Lying Weather Bastards

First of all, I gotta congratulate Joanne. She was accepted into the South Africa program. She was the only non-doctorate student to be accepted.

See, when I edit stuff, magic things happen. This has been a long weekend. Having the roommates gone was nice. But it went by entirely too fast. Kim won't be back till Wednesday, so I have one more night to myself in my room. But enough about that. I finally made it to the Hudson. It was nice. And a little chilly. Interestingly, it was also the closest I got to the snow. If you count frozen water at the base of teenage trees anywhere near snow. Being from Southern California, I could probably get away with that, but I'm sure I'd be laughed at. All of those threats of heavy snow were a bunch of lies. Bastards. It's been in the 20s at night all week. But no snow. I've been told to be careful what I wish for but I'm thinking that NYC will have another mild winter. I have another bloody presentation tomorrow. This one is on death. Lovely topic, death.

We read Borowski's This Way to the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen and two essays from Jean Amery's At the Mind's Limits. I'm going to present on Amery's essays. He discusses the unnecessary possession of the intellect. He also discusses the omnipresence of death, saying that as prisoners, they were no longer aware of the fact of death but rather the act of dying. What struck me the most about his life was that he committed suicide. After all he discussed about death, he ended up choosing it himself. In some ways, he ended up taking its power from it. Very dreary. Tomorrow will be a good day. I didn't do much tonight. I worked on this presentation pretty hard and ran out of steam. Tomorrow evening, I continue with whiteness.

Should I set a goal? Why not. By next Monday, I'd like to be on page 12. I'll keep you posted. I updated the pictures. There are just a few. I'll try to start taking more. It's actually fun. In other news, the legality of homosexual fornication is under review. Another reason not to head south. This is all I've got. I'm out of practice. I'll try to come up with some gems when I'm in better writing shape.