January 2012
1 post
October 2011
3 posts
Aristotle and Catharsis
I’m in the library trying to do some research for a paper in my Aesthetics class. I found a book that looked promising in the database, searched for it, found it, and went back to where I was working.
I flipped to the index and found the passages about catharsis, and went to read those pages. One problem: the author switches between ancient Greek and English whenever he feels like it.
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Single Dose of Hallucinogen May Create Lasting... →
“Lasting change was found in the part of the personality known as openness, which includes traits related to imagination, aesthetics, feelings, abstract ideas, and general broad-mindedness.”
I strongly agree with the conclusions of this study.
September 2011
17 posts
So I'm not one for memes...
…but I just stumbled upon Socially Awkward Penguin, and it might be the most relatable thing I’ve ever seen on the internet.
8 tags
A guide to exam success:
1. Don’t go to more than three classes. You’ll hate it, and it’s not like it actually helps. Ignore the fact that there is an attendance grade. You have bigger fish to fry.
2. Don’t open your textbook. Ever. You should buy it for appearances and because it will put you in the mindset of success.
3. Go out and have fun the night before. Hang out with friends. Drink...
Muscle Memory
I just discovered how to utilize ‘muscle memory’ for the first time with the guitar. It’s been really frustrating knowing chords and not being able to play them together, so this is a major improvement in my very slow-moving guitar-learning process. Now if I could actually understand music instead of just playing chords, I might actually get somewhere…
WatchBen Sollee - Hurting
New Camera
I bought Nick Welsh’s camera today, and decided I wanted to figure out how to use it. I got on my bike and set off to find something worth taking a picture of. It was pretty easy finding things to take pictures of because I just want to take pictures of everything. Whether the actual content of the pictures is worth seeing or not is yet to be determined.
So I rode my bike around...
TMBG.
They’re pretty great entertainers. Funny and self-deprecating between songs. A wide variety of songs, including one “sung” by their puppet band, Avatars of They.
They started off strong with Birdhouse in Your Soul, finished strong with Istanbul (Not Constantinople), and had a strong in between with my favorites, Ana Ng and Don’t Let’s Start. Great atmosphere.
I...
I spoke with my creative writing professor today about grad schools, and he gave me a lot of really good information, and has already offered to write a letter of recommendation for me. That’s exciting. The problem is I will likely need two more letters of recommendations from two other professors, and I can’t say I’ve ever really developed a close enough relationship with any...
Writing
My creative writing class has been reading a book of short stories called This New & Poisonous Air. Today, the author, Adam McOmber, was in class discussing writing and the creative process. It was probably my favorite class ever.
I really loved hearing about how he finds inspiration, what kinds of things he draws inspiration from, what his goals are in writing, what he likes about writing,...
July 2011
2 posts
June 2011
2 posts
May 2011
2 posts
April 2011
3 posts
Moral of last night:
momentaryflashesoflight:
tonyhead:
momentaryflashesoflight:
Never let Tony make your drinks or cure your hiccups.
It’s just not worth it.
Woah, hold on now. Let’s not blame anything on the hiccup cure. It wasn’t the peanut butter that made you feel sick, it was the massive amount of Kraken you took in.
Now that that is settled, I am sorry about the high amounts of Kraken in the Kraken I...
Moral of last night:
momentaryflashesoflight:
Never let Tony make your drinks or cure your hiccups.
It’s just not worth it.
Woah, hold on now. Let’s not blame anything on the hiccup cure. It wasn’t the peanut butter that made you feel sick, it was the massive amount of Kraken you took in.
Now that that is settled, I am sorry about the high amounts of Kraken in the Kraken I gave you. At least I put...
March 2011
1 post
FloodWaters: Feelings →
floodwaters:
my image, which I celebrated the completion of last night, was politely rejected unless I can’t figure out something else, in which case I figure they’ll have to settle for it.
“Those of us on the undergraduate research committee like it, but someone with more authority than us would like a…
Just tell them, “No, I cannot submit anything else.”
Throw some...
February 2011
3 posts
Tony
floodwaters:
glad to see you return to tumblr. Real good. I love you. See you sometime. Maybe I can drive ut to qdoba in Indiana and you can make me a sandwich.
dont work there
i quit
p.s. i love you too
went to your show the other day. good stuff.
floodwaters:
just worked a straight 10 hour shift.
quit
Native Americans in Arizona Vow to Deport All... →
momentaryflashesoflight:
Hell fuckin’ yes!
I would love for the Native Americans to declare war on Arizona.
January 2011
5 posts
Feather Evolution →
“So perhaps the question to ask, say some scientists, is not how birds got their feathers, but how alligators lost theirs.”
December 2010
1 post
November 2010
4 posts
Should I have done that?
My girlfriend’s dad, Greg, is a huge conservative. He has a “Thank you George W. Bush” bumper sticker, and he despises Obama, not to mention he makes his opinion very loud and clear on Facebook.
He and I are Facebook friends, and from time to time I will comment on what he says, and a passionate little debate will follow. I haven’t posted on anything of his in a long...
Florida mom kills daughter over Farmville. →
momentaryflashesoflight:
She’s a goddamn moron.
I thought you said it wasn’t hurting anyone, Tony! Yea, I remember our argument.
Regardless of my need to win a tumblr argument over a stupid game, this is really sad and pathetic. Just further shows out obsession with media.
This is incredibly fucked up. This woman doesn’t (or I hope she doesn’t) represent the way the majority...
“I tell you what I think about that. I know this is kind of a funny question for...”
– Bill Clinton, on Lil’ Wayne’s upcoming release from jail (via apsies)
October 2010
2 posts
floodwaters:
Lots of talk about the whaler going around lately.
See.
i would like to see "The Whaler Literary and...
ditto.
that may actually be the point though — to create a “society” with as much of a widespread reputation as possible without actually doing anything. it’s some kind of elitist power group, i believe.
September 2010
2 posts
“It’s often possible to spot introverts by their conversational style. They’re...”
– Revenge of the Introvert | Psychology Today
What am I doing right now? Oh, you know, just nodding my head in agreement through this entire article.
(via apsies)
Excellent article.
August 2010
4 posts
Why are so many people in their 20s taking so long... →
zackgilbert:
Something I’ve been thinking about lately.
Reblogging the radar, because it’s definitely a worthwhile read. It makes a lot of sense, and it says a lot of things that I have thought or felt recently.