Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment.
I’ve been into reading the new yorker lately. Limonov is, at best, a problematic partner for Kasparov. In the seventies, he immigrated to the United States and modelled himself on Charles Bukowski–as dissolute in his prose as in his daily life. In his autobiographical novel, “It’s Me, Eddie,” contempt and self-pity are the prevailing emotions. He describes himself bumming off … Read More
deputydog’s pick for 9 of the world’s most repulsive buildings. the main thing to remember is that the building is a man-made stain on our planet.
was chatting with an italian who had never been to montreal before, and I guess it is kinda weird that you can go from a church to a strip club to a maternity wear store and then to celine dion’s diner in the space of half a block.
still progressing on philosophy of right (and by progressing I mean I want to scream out the window every 2 minutes). and I actually did scream when my TA told me (electronically) that I should be explaining “how the dialectic reflects as a trope Hegels conviction of the interdependence between reality, truth, dialectical method, freedom, and justice”… ARRGHHHHHH! this has … Read More
oh yeah, I forgot to mention I went to the variations on glenn gould concert at radio-canada yesterday. it was kinda lame. I was expecting to be able to see the montreal pianist perform–but when we arrived there was nary a piano in sight. we watched a video montage of the 6-pianists-in-their-6-cities with crappy video and cheesy landscape shots fading … Read More
not impressed. apple’s latest software update for the iPhone disables devices that have been unlocked by their users. meaning that iPhone owners are forced to keep a contract with at&t in order to use their phone. not that I was intending to buy an iPhone anyway, but this is not cool. I wonder what apple intends to do about phones … Read More
one of my favourite buildings in montreal.
amazing how incomprehensible one can be even when using relatively simple language. I’m reading Hegel’s the Philosophy of Right for my sustainable development class (don’t ask), and am currently in possession of two translations–I thought that somehow if I didn’t understand one, the other could help (hmm, sort of like civil code translations?). ahem. kinda getting stuck on Morality. Knox … Read More
…and seeing his face in every waking moment.
arrived ten minutes early to my 8.30 class (hooray for jetlag), and I suddenly have the urge to smoke. it’s not enough time to do anything substantive + it would be incredible to do something quick to relax. hence my thoughts turn to smoking. QED. too much social conditioning I guess (damn you smokers around me). so I’m back to … Read More