I have been busy with school work enough to not have done anything worthwhile.
Well, school work is kind of worthwhile, right?
Are you in high school, or university? I've always wanted to go to a university.
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Things have been well on my end of things. Rather tedious, actually. Tedium, though, is preferable to excitement in some cases.
Usually I'd agree with that, but I've been thinking it may not be so with me anymore. My job is very tedious and boring, so some mild excitement always rejuvenates me.
I don't like much, though. Overstimulation isn't fun . . .
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How about yourself? How've you been?
I honestly couldn't tell you. Life's kind of roller-coastery lately. I am turning a year older on Wednesday . . . a fact about which I have mixed emotions . . .
I always find birthdays to be emotionally stressful almost to the point of being arduous. However, this may be the first year in a long time in which I'm not dreading it. Why that is . . . perhaps time will tell.
All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the light that you see. All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the peace that you feel. All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to fill your heart on my own.
But the rainbow is an image of hope for many reasons, as it is a brilliant sight coming out of oftimes dismal weather.
I had a stupidly busy first semester (of the fourth year of an Honours BA in English at UWO), but I'm looking to settle down into more of a groove for the second half of the year. I'll miss the senior seminars in Paradise Lost and Restoration Drama that I had in the fall, but replacing them now with courses in Magic Realism and Biblical Literature will surely delight.
Other than that, I've been reading lots and lots of stuff, watching far too many movies (like two a day, honestly), and just generally enjoying not doing much of anything. That will all change now, of course, but the change will be a welcome one.
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High school, Mamelon; people used to make jokes about my youth.
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Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
I had a stupidly busy first semester (of the fourth year of an Honours BA in English at UWO), but I'm looking to settle down into more of a groove for the second half of the year. I'll miss the senior seminars in Paradise Lost and Restoration Drama that I had in the fall, but replacing them now with courses in Magic Realism and Biblical Literature will surely delight.
Magic Realism? You make school sound as fun as . . . as riding a donkey. Or something else that's really fun.
But I've never ridden a donkey . . . so I'm speculating.
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Other than that, I've been reading lots and lots of stuff, watching far too many movies (like two a day, honestly), and just generally enjoying not doing much of anything.
Heh, heh, is two a day a lot? *abashed* I guess it's relative.
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That will all change now, of course, but the change will be a welcome one.
As I grow older, I find that I often do welcome change. I've always disliked a lot of shifts in activity or environment because I take a long time to become adjusted to things. Now, however, I have a much greater appreciation for variety.
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Mamelon: I'm not particularly a fan of birthdays, either, to tell the truth, so I empathize.
In any event, I hope it passes without catastrophe.
This one should. Usually it's my own doing anyway, resulting from trying to so desparately to avoid it. Perhaps relaxing about it is the key . . .
On the upside, my mother has bought me the exact thing I'd been needing for some time. So this week started out fruitfully. I think I have an exemplary mother, but then, perhaps most do.
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High school, Mamelon; people used to make jokes about my youth.
Aww, well. I don't see anything wrong with being young. I only graduated from high school a few years ago, really. I remember hating every minute of it. What is your feeling about it?
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But the rainbow is an image of hope for many reasons, as it is a brilliant sight coming out of oftimes dismal weather.
Everything, really. Oftentimes it's just everyday banter about school, work, concerts, random crap that's happened, books we're reading, and the like. Other times we've had long, serious discussions about (for example) the minimum wage, revolution, books, religion, and everything else.
What can you possibly debate about the minimum wage?
I'm happy these days. There are things (mostly school-related) that could be better, but I'm happy.
Magic Realism? You make school sound as fun as . . . as riding a donkey. Or something else that's really fun.
But I've never ridden a donkey . . . so I'm speculating.
It should be good. The book list includes Borges and Kafka, which is good, and we'll be looking at The Castle of Otranto as a sort of precursor to the movement, which is also cool. I'm not so excited about having to read Timothy Findley's Not Wanted on the Voyage again, because it's BS and lame, but that's just the way it goes.
Other courses I wanted to take, but couldn't, include a thorough look at Robertson Davies and Carl Jung, the history of Hamlet as performed in the 20th Century, and a survey course devoted entirely to Jane Austen, which I would have killed a man to be able to take, but it just wouldn't fit the schedule.
That's right, Jane Austen.
Heh, heh, is two a day a lot? *abashed* I guess it's relative.
Well, look. That's like a four-hour investment in a day that is already busy apart from leisure, and the leisure of which is already being devoted partially to reading. It's less than I used to watch (I've seen over 1200 movies in my life, and have been keeping a list for the heck of it), but I'm still pretty happy with it.
As I grow older, I find that I often do welcome change. I've always disliked a lot of shifts in activity or environment because I take a long time to become adjusted to things. Now, however, I have a much greater appreciation for variety.
I like pleasant changes, and superficial at that. I like a change that doesn't really change everything, but only some things. I like a new school year, but not a new school. I like a new book, but not necessarily a new genre. And so on, and so on.
I guess in my more candid moments I just want to never do anything ever again. But that's no way to live.
Well, of course. It should be rather self-evident that the minimum wage should not exist, but people insist on debating it anyway.
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That's right, Jane Austen.
A course devoted entirely to Jane Austen. I think I'd rather jab myself repeatedly in the eye with a hot copper rod than spend an entire semester (and a semester's worth of money) reading her.
A course devoted entirely to Jane Austen. I think I'd rather jab myself repeatedly in the eye with a hot copper rod than spend an entire semester (and a semester's worth of money) reading her.
Just for you, I'd make a point of listening to nothing but Janis Joplin on my iPod while doing my readings.
That would teach you, after the fashion of Paedogogua, Lord of Instruction.
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Aww, well. I don't see anything wrong with being young. I only graduated from high school a few years ago, really. I remember hating every minute of it. What is your feeling about it?
It's entirely necessary, terribly important, astonishingly interesting, and not the least bit enjoyable.
I have several books coming in the mail, including a few that came today. I'm particularly interested in Hilaire Belloc's treatment of the Crusades, as well as several Chesterton books I had not yet read. I'm positively delighted.
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Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
But in this clan, who'd argue it? This is one of the last places I'd expect to find that sort of thing.
As I recall, Senori, ljossberir, msun641, and myself participated.
I have several books coming in the mail, including a few that came today. I'm particularly interested in Hilaire Belloc's treatment of the Crusades, as well as several Chesterton books I had not yet read. I'm positively delighted.
I've recently picked up a number of volumes by Freud, which are rather interesting.
I've recently picked up a number of volumes by Freud, which are rather interesting.
I'm sure that you think they are.
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Anyhow, T2, may I be granted by you to become a friend of this clan?
Sure. That said, Greek culture, through Alexander the Great, influenced Roman culture in the same way that Rome has influenced us. While we have directly inherited a stronger Roman influence, it is ultimately to Greece that we must pay homage.
Fair point; in fact, it is from the Greeks, via the intermediary Romans who conquered it in 149 BC, that we have society, language, and whatnot. I have completely undermined my argument, and yes, ultimately it is to the Greeks we pay homage, or at least one could argue; prior to the assemblage of Greece states, their great thinkers, and their beliefs, there was a region between the Euphrates and the Tigris - ancient Iraq, in essence, Mesopotamia; this area is reputed to be the origin of what this clan embodies, "philosophy", which is apparently a topic of discussion that we [you, T2, and I] are having, as speciously insignificant as it may seem.
Anyway, it's good to see you guys back, and I hope to lurk these threads again - hopefully, you do not demur. It's also quite a delight to see two of this forum's superlative (by which I mean what people mean by "good") moderators posting again.
And, to Mamelon, I can only hope that your birthday lapses without commotion and with due peace of mind; oh, and for the sake of custom, happy birthday.
Anyhow, T2, may I be granted by you to become a friend of this clan?
I'm sure that can be arranged.
Fair point; in fact, it is from the Greeks, via the intermediary Romans who conquered it in 149 BC, that we have society, language, and whatnot. I have completely undermined my argument, and yes, ultimately it is to the Greeks we pay homage, or at least one could argue; prior to the assemblage of Greece states, their great thinkers, and their beliefs, there was a region between the Euphrates and the Tigris - ancient Iraq, in essence, Mesopotamia; this area is reputed to be the origin of what this clan embodies, "philosophy", which is apparently a topic of discussion that we [you, T2, and I] are having, as speciously insignificant as it may seem.
Good point. Mesopotamia it is, then.
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I'm sure that you think they are.
I'm glad you concede that Freud is better than everyone.
As I recall, Senori, ljossberir, msun641, and myself participated.
I think Senori did nicely, but was trying to get something out of nothing.
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People don't hire more workers just because they can. There are a lot more people on the Earth than there are jobs, and there probably always will be.
This sort of thing kind of grates on me (along with the flinging of "monopoly" once), because there's no magical cap on jobs: you can always create more. I'll try and dig up/remember a nice story-example from a book I read.
Also, it is impossible to tell when Denver is trolling or not. (And Senori is apparently a damn communist :mad:)
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Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
You know, I've always felt it was hard to find someone with a completely different worldview than one's own . . .
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It should be good. The book list includes Borges and Kafka, which is good, and we'll be looking at The Castle of Otranto as a sort of precursor to the movement, which is also cool. I'm not so excited about having to read Timothy Findley's Not Wanted on the Voyage again, because it's BS and lame, but that's just the way it goes.
So is it a class about some types of romantic literature, then? Anyway, I'd enroll in it.
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Other courses I wanted to take, but couldn't, include a thorough look at Robertson Davies and Carl Jung, the history of Hamlet as performed in the 20th Century, and a survey course devoted entirely to Jane Austen, which I would have killed a man to be able to take, but it just wouldn't fit the schedule.
That's right, Jane Austen.
Actually, a course devoted to Jane Auesten seems very condign.
I like her writing, too. Not as much as Emily Brontë's, I don't think, though . . .
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Well, look. That's like a four-hour investment in a day that is already busy apart from leisure, and the leisure of which is already being devoted partially to reading. It's less than I used to watch (I've seen over 1200 movies in my life, and have been keeping a list for the heck of it), but I'm still pretty happy with it.
I understand. I'm used to turning something on in the DVD player as background while I'm drawing/cleaning/chatting, etc. On weekend days I usually go through more than two. But a show I watch the whole way through with my full attention? Probably only two or so a day, as well.
Anymore, though, I'm less likely to watch movies rather than episodes from some series.
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I like pleasant changes, and superficial at that. I like a change that doesn't really change everything, but only some things. I like a new school year, but not a new school. I like a new book, but not necessarily a new genre. And so on, and so on.
Ah, well, that makes sense. I don't really like big changes, either, except when I'm really in need of one (like right now - I'm in a rut).
Do you have a favorite genre of book?
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I guess in my more candid moments I just want to never do anything ever again. But that's no way to live.
I find this comment to be strangely comforting. Maybe because that's secretly how I've always felt, and didn't know anyone else did. In recent years I've become aware that to me, life has mostly felt like a great, tiresome chore. I've been trying to change that, however, by changing myself . . .
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What's to understand? All is vanity.
It always seems like truly understanding any one person completely is not really possible. However, I think the effort is probably always worth it.
You seem to be the kind of person one would really need to know in real life to understand much about.
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Well, of course. It should be rather self-evident that the minimum wage should not exist, but people insist on debating it anyway.
What about enforced price ceilings?
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It's entirely necessary, terribly important, astonishingly interesting, and not the least bit enjoyable.
Well, I agree with the last part, anyway.
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I don't even understand what you just said
You will when you're older. (J/K)
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I've recently picked up a number of volumes by Freud, which are rather interesting.
I think Freud is interesting, too, though I usually add the qualifier "morbidly" to that.
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And, to Mamelon, I can only hope that your birthday lapses without commotion and with due peace of mind; oh, and for the sake of custom, happy birthday.
Well, hello, Jen. What a surprise to see you. Wie geht es Ihnen?
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All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the light that you see. All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the peace that you feel. All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to fill your heart on my own.
But the rainbow is an image of hope for many reasons, as it is a brilliant sight coming out of oftimes dismal weather.
Okey-dokey, then. So if I post some long-winded craziness here, someone may perhaps read it, and like, respond?
That'd be kind of like Christmas. I think it's why I started hanging out in Debate.
It's interesting seeing you back, T2. Not to mention Senori and Furor. How have you all been?
I'll have you know, I always read your longer posts. If you take the effort to put that much into what you are discussing, then it is more than worth the read. The only reason why I rarely respond to such posts is that I usually find myself agreeing with your every word, and posts like QFT are considered spam. I will, however, do my best to respond constructively to them from now on, as I would love tp give you a miniature Christmas.
I had a stupidly busy first semester (of the fourth year of an Honours BA in English at UWO), but I'm looking to settle down into more of a groove for the second half of the year. I'll miss the senior seminars in Paradise Lost and Restoration Drama that I had in the fall, but replacing them now with courses in Magic Realism and Biblical Literature will surely delight.
Other than that, I've been reading lots and lots of stuff, watching far too many movies (like two a day, honestly), and just generally enjoying not doing much of anything. That will all change now, of course, but the change will be a welcome one.
How do you find the time for studies, reading, and movies? I can only assume you also work, and if that's the case, then that is quite a packed day.
High school, Mamelon; people used to make jokes about my youth.
What I always find interesting about you, is that you are so mature for someone of your age. When I first met you, I often thought you were in your upper twenties. If people made jokes about that, it more than likely stemmed from jealousy.
Like wine, cheese, and the majesty of art, I grow better with age.
I have to agree with you on this note. I mean no offence, but when I first came to these forums, I found you infinitely annoying. I was often at odds with what you said, and hated some of your decisions. But as I said earlier, I think that stemmed from a jealous source. Now, I respect your opinion, even if I don't always agree with it.
Everything, really. Oftentimes it's just everyday banter about school, work, concerts, random crap that's happened, books we're reading, and the like. Other times we've had long, serious discussions about (for example) the minimum wage, revolution, books, religion, and everything else.
Friends are always welcome.
On that note, I would like to request friendship. I like this place, and would be honored to be a part of it.
Oh well, there goes my attempt at a long-winded message; family - whether one hates them, or loves them, one cannot choose them, even if they're, to all intents and purposes, developmentally delayed, but not quite clinically arrested.
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So is it a class about some types of romantic literature, then? Anyway, I'd enroll in it.
Enroll, correct in the U.S., an orthographical error in the U.K. What's with the world - why can there not just be a uniform system of spelling?
Anyway, the frivolous matter of pernicketiness aside, I would certainly not pass up such an opportunity; it would undeniably serve to be of benefit to me.
I think Freud is interesting, too, though I usually add the qualifier "morbidly" to that.
Add 'lascivious' to that, and I would be even more inclined to uphold that opinion; oh, and Freud can be attributed to misogynistic vocabulary.
So, T2, which Freud works are you to read up on?
Well, hello, Jen. What a surprise to see you. Wie geht es Ihnen?
Hello, . . . Mamelon (I'm sorry, but I do not know your name). Yes, I probably can understand the causes of your surprise; I do not, after all, make the most conducive of statements, and frequent the Debate forum, let alone Philosophy', but when there is the opportunity to learn from the greatest of minds among those on the boards, I would like to capitalize on that, while acquainting the fine fellows who shape the brains trust.
With my rudimentary comprehension of German, "Wie geht es Ihnen?" reads as a formal "How are you?", which is also the rendition from German to English as "Wie geht es dir?". I can only say that I'm ok, at the moment; as for academia, I am brushing up work of years past - particle physics and other facets, fields, and theories of physics that strike me fancy - for no apparent reason, and I can affirm that I am not, by profession, a physicist.
Maybe we should converse over another channel, Mamelon.
Well, school work is kind of worthwhile, right?
Are you in high school, or university? I've always wanted to go to a university.
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Usually I'd agree with that, but I've been thinking it may not be so with me anymore. My job is very tedious and boring, so some mild excitement always rejuvenates me.
I don't like much, though. Overstimulation isn't fun . . .
I honestly couldn't tell you. Life's kind of roller-coastery lately. I am turning a year older on Wednesday . . . a fact about which I have mixed emotions . . .
I always find birthdays to be emotionally stressful almost to the point of being arduous. However, this may be the first year in a long time in which I'm not dreading it. Why that is . . . perhaps time will tell.
All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the peace that you feel.
All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to fill your heart on my own.
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Other than that, I've been reading lots and lots of stuff, watching far too many movies (like two a day, honestly), and just generally enjoying not doing much of anything. That will all change now, of course, but the change will be a welcome one.
From out that wine-dark fog,
And spake he unto all our crew:
"Go forth, and read my blog."
In any event, I hope it passes without catastrophe.
Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
Magic Realism? You make school sound as fun as . . . as riding a donkey. Or something else that's really fun.
But I've never ridden a donkey . . . so I'm speculating.
Heh, heh, is two a day a lot? *abashed* I guess it's relative.
As I grow older, I find that I often do welcome change. I've always disliked a lot of shifts in activity or environment because I take a long time to become adjusted to things. Now, however, I have a much greater appreciation for variety.
This one should. Usually it's my own doing anyway, resulting from trying to so desparately to avoid it. Perhaps relaxing about it is the key . . .
On the upside, my mother has bought me the exact thing I'd been needing for some time. So this week started out fruitfully. I think I have an exemplary mother, but then, perhaps most do.
Aww, well. I don't see anything wrong with being young. I only graduated from high school a few years ago, really. I remember hating every minute of it. What is your feeling about it?
All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the peace that you feel.
All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to fill your heart on my own.
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mikeyG and I do it all the time.
What can you possibly debate about the minimum wage?
I'm happy these days. There are things (mostly school-related) that could be better, but I'm happy.
As long as I live, I will never understand Furor.
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Whether or not it should exist, for instance.
It should be good. The book list includes Borges and Kafka, which is good, and we'll be looking at The Castle of Otranto as a sort of precursor to the movement, which is also cool. I'm not so excited about having to read Timothy Findley's Not Wanted on the Voyage again, because it's BS and lame, but that's just the way it goes.
Other courses I wanted to take, but couldn't, include a thorough look at Robertson Davies and Carl Jung, the history of Hamlet as performed in the 20th Century, and a survey course devoted entirely to Jane Austen, which I would have killed a man to be able to take, but it just wouldn't fit the schedule.
That's right, Jane Austen.
Well, look. That's like a four-hour investment in a day that is already busy apart from leisure, and the leisure of which is already being devoted partially to reading. It's less than I used to watch (I've seen over 1200 movies in my life, and have been keeping a list for the heck of it), but I'm still pretty happy with it.
I like pleasant changes, and superficial at that. I like a change that doesn't really change everything, but only some things. I like a new school year, but not a new school. I like a new book, but not necessarily a new genre. And so on, and so on.
I guess in my more candid moments I just want to never do anything ever again. But that's no way to live.
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What's to understand? All is vanity.
From out that wine-dark fog,
And spake he unto all our crew:
"Go forth, and read my blog."
Well, of course. It should be rather self-evident that the minimum wage should not exist, but people insist on debating it anyway.
A course devoted entirely to Jane Austen. I think I'd rather jab myself repeatedly in the eye with a hot copper rod than spend an entire semester (and a semester's worth of money) reading her.
Just for you, I'd make a point of listening to nothing but Janis Joplin on my iPod while doing my readings.
That would teach you, after the fashion of Paedogogua, Lord of Instruction.
From out that wine-dark fog,
And spake he unto all our crew:
"Go forth, and read my blog."
You are a sick bastard, you know that, don't you?
It's entirely necessary, terribly important, astonishingly interesting, and not the least bit enjoyable.
I have several books coming in the mail, including a few that came today. I'm particularly interested in Hilaire Belloc's treatment of the Crusades, as well as several Chesterton books I had not yet read. I'm positively delighted.
Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
But in this clan, who'd argue it? This is one of the last places I'd expect to find that sort of thing.
I don't even understand what you just said
As I recall, Senori, ljossberir, msun641, and myself participated.
I've recently picked up a number of volumes by Freud, which are rather interesting.
I'm sure that you think they are.
Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
Anyhow, T2, may I be granted by you to become a friend of this clan?
Fair point; in fact, it is from the Greeks, via the intermediary Romans who conquered it in 149 BC, that we have society, language, and whatnot. I have completely undermined my argument, and yes, ultimately it is to the Greeks we pay homage, or at least one could argue; prior to the assemblage of Greece states, their great thinkers, and their beliefs, there was a region between the Euphrates and the Tigris - ancient Iraq, in essence, Mesopotamia; this area is reputed to be the origin of what this clan embodies, "philosophy", which is apparently a topic of discussion that we [you, T2, and I] are having, as speciously insignificant as it may seem.
Anyway, it's good to see you guys back, and I hope to lurk these threads again - hopefully, you do not demur. It's also quite a delight to see two of this forum's superlative (by which I mean what people mean by "good") moderators posting again.
And, to Mamelon, I can only hope that your birthday lapses without commotion and with due peace of mind; oh, and for the sake of custom, happy birthday.
@Mam: Senori is precocious.:)
I'm sure that can be arranged.
Good point. Mesopotamia it is, then.
I'm glad you concede that Freud is better than everyone.
I think Senori did nicely, but was trying to get something out of nothing.
This sort of thing kind of grates on me (along with the flinging of "monopoly" once), because there's no magical cap on jobs: you can always create more. I'll try and dig up/remember a nice story-example from a book I read.
Also, it is impossible to tell when Denver is trolling or not. (And Senori is apparently a damn communist :mad:)
And onto Prizm sigging Furor's quote,
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Like wine, cheese, and the majesty of art, I grow better with age.
Be aware of singing as if you were half dead,
or half asleep:
but lift your voice with strength.
Be no more afraid of your voice now,
nor more ashamed of its being heard,
than when you sang the songs of Satan.
i know many of you from the debate forums; please, don't hold that against me...
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You know, I've always felt it was hard to find someone with a completely different worldview than one's own . . .
So is it a class about some types of romantic literature, then? Anyway, I'd enroll in it.
Actually, a course devoted to Jane Auesten seems very condign.
I like her writing, too. Not as much as Emily Brontë's, I don't think, though . . .
I understand. I'm used to turning something on in the DVD player as background while I'm drawing/cleaning/chatting, etc. On weekend days I usually go through more than two. But a show I watch the whole way through with my full attention? Probably only two or so a day, as well.
Anymore, though, I'm less likely to watch movies rather than episodes from some series.
Ah, well, that makes sense. I don't really like big changes, either, except when I'm really in need of one (like right now - I'm in a rut).
Do you have a favorite genre of book?
I find this comment to be strangely comforting. Maybe because that's secretly how I've always felt, and didn't know anyone else did. In recent years I've become aware that to me, life has mostly felt like a great, tiresome chore. I've been trying to change that, however, by changing myself . . .
It always seems like truly understanding any one person completely is not really possible. However, I think the effort is probably always worth it.
You seem to be the kind of person one would really need to know in real life to understand much about.
What about enforced price ceilings?
Well, I agree with the last part, anyway.
You will when you're older. (J/K)
I think Freud is interesting, too, though I usually add the qualifier "morbidly" to that.
Well, hello, Jen. What a surprise to see you. Wie geht es Ihnen?
All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to be the peace that you feel.
All that I yearn for, for richer or poorer, is to fill your heart on my own.
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I'll have you know, I always read your longer posts. If you take the effort to put that much into what you are discussing, then it is more than worth the read. The only reason why I rarely respond to such posts is that I usually find myself agreeing with your every word, and posts like QFT are considered spam. I will, however, do my best to respond constructively to them from now on, as I would love tp give you a miniature Christmas.
How do you find the time for studies, reading, and movies? I can only assume you also work, and if that's the case, then that is quite a packed day.
What I always find interesting about you, is that you are so mature for someone of your age. When I first met you, I often thought you were in your upper twenties. If people made jokes about that, it more than likely stemmed from jealousy.
I can only empathize.
I have to agree with you on this note. I mean no offence, but when I first came to these forums, I found you infinitely annoying. I was often at odds with what you said, and hated some of your decisions. But as I said earlier, I think that stemmed from a jealous source. Now, I respect your opinion, even if I don't always agree with it.
On that note, I would like to request friendship. I like this place, and would be honored to be a part of it.
Enroll, correct in the U.S., an orthographical error in the U.K. What's with the world - why can there not just be a uniform system of spelling?
Anyway, the frivolous matter of pernicketiness aside, I would certainly not pass up such an opportunity; it would undeniably serve to be of benefit to me.
Add 'lascivious' to that, and I would be even more inclined to uphold that opinion; oh, and Freud can be attributed to misogynistic vocabulary.
So, T2, which Freud works are you to read up on?
Hello, . . . Mamelon (I'm sorry, but I do not know your name). Yes, I probably can understand the causes of your surprise; I do not, after all, make the most conducive of statements, and frequent the Debate forum, let alone Philosophy', but when there is the opportunity to learn from the greatest of minds among those on the boards, I would like to capitalize on that, while acquainting the fine fellows who shape the brains trust.
With my rudimentary comprehension of German, "Wie geht es Ihnen?" reads as a formal "How are you?", which is also the rendition from German to English as "Wie geht es dir?". I can only say that I'm ok, at the moment; as for academia, I am brushing up work of years past - particle physics and other facets, fields, and theories of physics that strike me fancy - for no apparent reason, and I can affirm that I am not, by profession, a physicist.
Maybe we should converse over another channel, Mamelon.
It's weird indeed. I think your brain must be messed up. ; D