Archive for February, 2007
Monday, February 26th, 2007
Quotes: Oscar Wilde
He is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course, that one shuts one’s eyes, and does not look at him.
My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go.
Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.
A thing [...]
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Monday, February 26th, 2007
Once and Future Headline
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. – Abraham Lincoln
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Monday, February 26th, 2007
Once and Future Headline
You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists. — Abbie Hoffman
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Monday, February 26th, 2007
Roomie being debauched?
My flatmate made me feel homesick today. He didn’t come home last night, I very rare occurrence. Perhaps, even the first time that he is engaged in such, presumably, libidinous behaviour. I felt sad because I didn’t feel I could ask him where he was. We get on famously. We have lots to talk about, [...]
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Friday, February 16th, 2007
Sense Memory
I picked up a pack of sun block that I have had stored in this plastic bag for ages…ever since I had not been putting it on like I should have while battling the Argentine sun, and the bald spot on my head immediately got a slightly singed sensation…can merely touching an ojbect trigger physical [...]
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Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Sadly, this is one reason I don’t live in the states.
I admit it…I am shallow and obsessive…I don’t want a single meal out to cost me a week’s worth of effort at the gym…and sadly….while this is a comically gross meal, I bet the majority of meals are closer to this then not…
(Think Johnny Rockets is a fresher alternative? A Rockets Double, chocolate shake and [...]
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Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Random thoughts for the day
When you show up right before class (well, not literally the second before but with insufficient time to properly do a lesson) you get the lesson you deserve. HOWEVER, that same lesson is certainly not what your kids deserve.
In addition, if you are going to advertise a special New Years event on TV…and that same [...]
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Sunday, February 11th, 2007
What I desire most to happen on my weekends
By this time in your life, almost 30, it is important to realize what you want, and perhaps more specifically, what you don’t want. Last night out was a microcosm of learning. What I want, is to not be utterly exhausted on my one weekend night. Monday is my day free of toil, so Sunday [...]
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Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Dream Diary: French Fighter Pilots
Dream Diary:
Like one of my favourite characters ever in a novel Kiosuke from Mishima’s brilliant Spring Snow, I have made a conscious effort to record my dreams.
Last night I was and wasn’t a contestant on some sort of strange dating game. I was a fighter pilot, and other times I was a disconnected third person [...]
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Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Sleep?
I am hoping that I have solved my sleep problem. Chris always spoke about winding down, the need to chill before going to sleep after getting off work so late. Perhaps that is what has been wrong with me….my attempt to be asleep a mere two, two and a half hours after finishing work. I [...]
