fleeting moments

in short, today was a breeze. the second installment of the lectures which began with an italian wearing a hat is being taken by a woman who sounds like she knows what she's talking about. she may be a tough cookie, but at least she's talking *to* us. i hope my enthusiasm is warranted.

she even finished on time. half an hour between classes is new, strange and pleasurable.

the second class, on shakespeare... well, we'd been warned. the man is LEGEND. he blew away the entire conspiracy within fifteen minutes, and presented such a convincing argument that i'm left doubtless. as for the rest of the lesson - the man is interesting. so that's two great courses out of three, as opposed to the last semester's two out of five.

w00t!

bad accent: "shucks-speare"? is that like removing all of his organs and leaving the bones?

the next couple of hours were spent waiting for the meeting, and they were spent well. i sat with a classmate and poured out a whole lot of my personal philosophy in response to a few of his questions, and the debate appears to have left us both satisfied :)

the meeting itself seemed productive. i've been given a phone number and advice to pursue.

work was interesting, and i believe successful. the almost five hours felt like a long stretch, though. i left close to 10pm, did some shopping and then sat for an hour or two with yogi. we shouted ideas at each other and i believe we're both onto something.

it's now late, so i'm going to head over to pg's.

---URGENT NEWS!!!
it appears that there's a chance (i don't care how big or small it is) that if enough people buy operation doom it'll prove to nickelodeon that there's enough demand to begin another season of zim. i'm now officially BEGGING each and every one of you to either buy it, or pass this link along.

to anyone who doesn't understand the holiness of this mission, see the nightmare begins.

---i was well pleased to receive positive feedback from another classmate today, on drugs and drug policy.

flying anvils are great!

just a quick listen: i'm impressed by these piss-takers. and the baby in the bar is a really good idea!

and finally: money repayment is all about principles. i'm so glad i'm not alone, people who insist on paying back micro-amounts are douchebags.