I'm reading A Language Older than Words by Derrick Jensen who is described by Wikipedia as an "anarchoprimitivist." It's kind of about a lot of things other than environmentalism; the best scenes for me are when he talks about writing, learning & education. His writing class sounds like a blast:

( Intellectual, Philosophical and Spiritual Liberation and Exploration for the Fine, Very Fine and Extremely Fine Human Being )

Why literary criticism? Why not just try to make stuff?

Sudden Unexpected Death Syndrome (called bangungot in the Philippines, lai tai in Thailand, and hukuri in Japan) is sudden unexpected death of adolescents and adults during sleep. Bangungot is rarely observed in the Western world, and appears to occur more commonly among young men in East and Southeast Asian countries. The term originated from the ( Read more... )

It's the World Cup. Nationalist passion runs rampant! I didn't know till yesterday that Zidane was Algerian:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/france/5165296.stm

Skipper Didier Deschamps put his indiscretion ( Read more... )

iTunes song meme ( Read more... )

Freshman Year ( Read more... )

The first time I smoked pot I didn't feel anything.
Been listening to slow hip hop for a while.
I told my housemate that he should write a letter to the Swiss girl he had a crush on but never told, now that she is married.

dramatization of R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet," made with The Sims ( Read more... )

Was in London for the weekend, for my cousin's wedding. The bombing stuff is pretty crazy, and all too familiar. I sat next to Scotsmen at the reception. They played that "Down Under" song and the crowd went nuts (really). After that I got into a drinking contest and puked after half a pint. Got back to San Francisco and the weather is actually ( Read more... )

Feeling kind of cagey. Am only writing this because I don't know how to calm down. Still behind on work. An hour or two ago I was thinking maybe I should apply to a phD program in Drama. Sekou Sundiata replied to my e-mail, he said, "Events at the Apollo were good, but I am on the run now." Maybe if I drink tea I will calm down.