Tuesday, 30 January 2007

milo trucks never fail to make me happy.
its the thought of having something free of charge [though i seem to be unable to press or do away with that nagging thought that the cost of the milo is included in our fees]

call me cheapo if you like, but
drinking free milo always makes my day [your smile too, but maybe you dont know]

today's tutorials were pretty good. im feeling pretty motivated to do well and study and be consistent this semester. shouldnt be a problem, i hope...

wanted to borrow 'la nausea' from the library today [im the only person who ever borrows it anyway] but they didnt have the copy i just returned 2 days ago though the status says its available for loan. its something i ve been dying to read since i finished 'introducing sartre' but been putting it off due to procrastination and other matters. should get down to it soon.

then i saw a critique on wittgenstein on the shelf and couldnt help but itch.
so i went to find tractatus logico-philosophicus and borrowed it. and a book on how to read it. wittgenstein is a pretty brilliant fella, but i think it ll probably be dead boring and i probably wont even understand 1/n of the text [yes, where n is an integer------> infinity] but i still borrowed it anyway. trying to read it and understand him makes me feel intellectual [or rather, i feel it adds to my intellect? these things. ah, he touched on words. the perfect philosophical language... frmph.]

and of his main propositions, these really intrigue [me]

the world is all that is the case.
what we cannot speak of, we must pass over in silence.
-ludwig wittgenstein-

but sartre appeals to me more i suppose;
i like the fact that he writes plays and novels.
and existentialism is just one super interesting thing i cant stop thinking about...
it doesnt help that somethings its deja vu when i read 'la nausea' [rather amusing that sartre originally wanted to name it melancholia... frmph.]



'Everything that exists is born for no reason, carries on living through weakness, and dies by accident.' - Jean-Paul Sartre-


sometimes i cant help but agree.

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