Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment.
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
the stuffed moose are a nice touch.
红烧 naxi fish. naxi smoked ham (火腿). fried naxi cheese. naxi baba. lijiang white snow tea (白雪茶). lijiang ricecakes. tibetan sweet tea. tibetan tendlik. fresh Pu’er tea. across-the-bridge noodles (过桥米线). spicy dou-hua.
surprised to be happy to pass through the US (customs aside, of course): unexpected layover in alaska with its gorgeous mountains, black people at JFK yelling 行李 to direct the passengers from our taiwanese flight… spent most of 20ish hours in transit in a semi-stupor (like usual, I barely slept the night before–and had a great weekend in HK), but … Read More