An attempt to record my thoughts and the events that help give shape to them.

 

So I Kind of Lied.

In my last post because I am currently sitting in a comfortable upholstered chair, next to a fireplace, in an oak furnished room with moderately dim lighting.

<3 Graham Memorial

<3 UNC

The One Thing I Dislike About UNC.

There isn’t an awesome place to study in semi-/public that has a nice fireplace, moderately dim lighting, comfortable chairs, and oak furniture.  Am I asking for too much?

The Life of a Philosophy Paper.

Phase 1) Spend 8 hours, from 6 PM until 2 AM on a Sunday night, being born with a backdrop of Death Cab for Cutie, Coffee, Chef Boyardee, and lots of Mucinex/Tissues.

Phase 2) Get completely mutilated beyond the point of resuscitation by a Professor’s lecture, a conversation with a TA, and a peer critique.

Phase 3) Repeat Phase 1

So I was rewriting a rough draft of a spanish paper.

And my TA had underlined the word I had used to describe people who were excited multiple times throughout the paper. 

I hop on teh internetz and do a little research, and it turns out the word I used for excited does not mean “enthusiastic” but rather specifically refers to the state of being sexually excited….

Elysium.

is the name of a film project currently in production that is being directed by Neill Blomkamp, who directed District 9, and has Sharlto Copley, who starred in District 9, in it.

Sequel to District 9 or coincidence?

If I OD on Mucinex.

At least I won’t have this damn runny nose anymore.

What is the difference between a man and a parasite? A man builds, a parasite asks, “where’s my share?” A man creates, a parasite says, “what will my neighbors think?” A man invents, the parasite says, “Watch out, or you might tread on the toes of God…

Andrew Ryan, Bioshock

Pandora Bracelet Beads.

Are like Pokemon cards for grown women.

My level 32 Aquamarine Rhinestone would kick your ass.

My brain is broken.

Last week I lost two sets of keys: my room keys, and then the key to my bike lock before I had even gotten my bike to campus.  So I bought a new set of room keys and a new bike lock, which cost me a total of $200.  No joke.

I found both keys yesterday…

And I got a 68 on my Philosophy Essay Exam.

This grey amorphous mass situated between my ears is freaking useless.