We see an inverse logarithmic ratio of class size to performance; the larger the class, the worse my grades. I really need to avoid those large +200 people classes. Class quality is absolutely minimal and I have no one to keep me on my feet. It's really sad that even at this stage I have a horrible propensity to procrastinate. I thought I was over ( Read more... )

Plain tuckered out! Can't wait until Thanksgiving, when I'd be enjoying a nourishing, homecooked meal of authenic Chinese cuisine. I don't believe! I don't believe that Chinese food is as bad as the stuff they serve at JJ.

It's finally time for an update. With the lagging summer evenings I'm in the mood. Have just returned from China and Japan, feeling remotely disappointed with my new hair-cut, and still jetlagged. Spent an evening tonight with some friends from high school, and it reminded me how remote I felt from many of them, particularly in high school. Have ( Read more... )

"...citing Tocqueville is a bit like citing the Bible; you can find almost anything in it to support your argument" (Washington Post, 1984)

My soul, will you ever be good, simple, individual, bare, brighter than the body that covers you? Will you ever taste the disposition to lvoe and affection? Will you ever be complete and free of need, missing nothing, desiring nothing live or lifeless for the enjoyment of pleasure? (10.1 ( Read more... )

An aria from the opera La Wally, by Alfredo Catalani ( Read more... )

From Life of Saint Teresa, describing transverberation

"This he plunged into my heart several times so that it penetrated to my entrails. When he pulled it out, I felt that e took them with it, and left me utterly consumed by the great love of God....The pain was so severe that it made utter several moans."

"What movies the soul is different, but the soul is the same- this restive and insatiable soul that despises all goods of the world and which, nonetheless, incessantly needs to be stirred in order to seize them, so as to escape the grievous numbness that is experienced as soon as it relies for a moment on itself. This is a sad story. It is a little ( Read more... )

I suppose I should update my public page. I've been deciding whether to clear all my previous entries from public viewing, but hell, I decided to write a new entry instead. Hopefully to discount some stupid things I've said in the past ( Read more... )

http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/eastmidlands/series3/richardthethird_battleofbosworth.shtmlRead more... )