so, the 12th now.
it's been kind of cold the last few days.
i'm re-reading the fall now. i just finished re-reading it a few weeks ago, but had trouble thinking about what he was saying; camus.
i re-read the stranger a few months ago and understood it quite a lot better than when i read it twenty years ago or so. no need to re-read it again.
sometimes my mind gets clogged and i don't understand well what i'm reading.
i was also trying to re-read fear and trembling; no luck there. nor with the last chapter of heidegger's basic writings, both of which i last read roughly 20 years ago.
heidegger's later writing is somewhat poetic.
disclosure: immanence: presence.
i hope to study philosophy in graduate school eventually. i've never studied heidegger in school.
also, would like to study wittgenstein, among others.
camus won the noble prize in literature shortly after writing the fall. i am wondering what he was saying.
i've read nearly all of his books.
i used to think about visiting amsterdam, but never got around to it.
i got out some old clothes i had in storage. so, i have some new clothes to wear; what i wear is wearing out a little.
i put away my desktop computer. both desktops, from '04, are dysfunctional. i'm not ready to throw them away, but i'd rather use my laptop. -it had been taking up space in my room, clutter.
i'm thinking we'll be travelling soon. either to santa fe, nm, or to palo alto, ca, for graduate school.
i am waiting to hear about the eastern classics program at st. john's college; i should find out tomorrow. i went there for my freshman year, and studied greek philosophy for the most part. they immerse you in the material. it's a sort of immersion in these texts, to the extent that you end up picking quite a lot of it up.
or, i was admitted to stanford for the management science and engineering program a few years ago. i'd need to re-process my admission to re-enroll. that probably wouldn't be a problem. this is about studying business scientifically and philosophically, from what i can tell. i was there for a couple of months in '07, before i had to leave for medical reasons.
then i need for financial aid to be accessible.
i'm not sure which program i'll go to, if both are possible. i like both programs.
at stanford i'd try to apply to get a second master's degree in philosophy while i was there. i guess it would take three years altogether. this would be western philosophy.
after st. john's i believe i'd try to go on to a program in western philosophy. both eastern and western philosophy are very interesting. i find philosophy interesting generally.
my health now is better than it was before. so i think i should do well in either program.
i'm hoping at least one of them will be accessible.
i take alleve now for some of my problems. i tried aspirin for a while, recently, but started bleeding for practically any reason. i didn't realize it caused you to bleed so severely.
these analgesics do more for me than it seems like they ought to.
the dysphoria still hits me now at least once a day. very unpleasant.
the day is unfolding, unravelling quietly. i had the last of a bottle of red wine, my favorite.
i don't drink very often. sort of peaceful drinking wine.
so, i guess that's all for now.
it's been kind of cold the last few days.
i'm re-reading the fall now. i just finished re-reading it a few weeks ago, but had trouble thinking about what he was saying; camus.
i re-read the stranger a few months ago and understood it quite a lot better than when i read it twenty years ago or so. no need to re-read it again.
sometimes my mind gets clogged and i don't understand well what i'm reading.
i was also trying to re-read fear and trembling; no luck there. nor with the last chapter of heidegger's basic writings, both of which i last read roughly 20 years ago.
heidegger's later writing is somewhat poetic.
disclosure: immanence: presence.
i hope to study philosophy in graduate school eventually. i've never studied heidegger in school.
also, would like to study wittgenstein, among others.
camus won the noble prize in literature shortly after writing the fall. i am wondering what he was saying.
i've read nearly all of his books.
i used to think about visiting amsterdam, but never got around to it.
i got out some old clothes i had in storage. so, i have some new clothes to wear; what i wear is wearing out a little.
i put away my desktop computer. both desktops, from '04, are dysfunctional. i'm not ready to throw them away, but i'd rather use my laptop. -it had been taking up space in my room, clutter.
i'm thinking we'll be travelling soon. either to santa fe, nm, or to palo alto, ca, for graduate school.
i am waiting to hear about the eastern classics program at st. john's college; i should find out tomorrow. i went there for my freshman year, and studied greek philosophy for the most part. they immerse you in the material. it's a sort of immersion in these texts, to the extent that you end up picking quite a lot of it up.
or, i was admitted to stanford for the management science and engineering program a few years ago. i'd need to re-process my admission to re-enroll. that probably wouldn't be a problem. this is about studying business scientifically and philosophically, from what i can tell. i was there for a couple of months in '07, before i had to leave for medical reasons.
then i need for financial aid to be accessible.
i'm not sure which program i'll go to, if both are possible. i like both programs.
at stanford i'd try to apply to get a second master's degree in philosophy while i was there. i guess it would take three years altogether. this would be western philosophy.
after st. john's i believe i'd try to go on to a program in western philosophy. both eastern and western philosophy are very interesting. i find philosophy interesting generally.
my health now is better than it was before. so i think i should do well in either program.
i'm hoping at least one of them will be accessible.
i take alleve now for some of my problems. i tried aspirin for a while, recently, but started bleeding for practically any reason. i didn't realize it caused you to bleed so severely.
these analgesics do more for me than it seems like they ought to.
the dysphoria still hits me now at least once a day. very unpleasant.
the day is unfolding, unravelling quietly. i had the last of a bottle of red wine, my favorite.
i don't drink very often. sort of peaceful drinking wine.
so, i guess that's all for now.