Saturday, August 9, 2008

Some passing thoughts and what I'm up to lately

- Yesterday I had a friend tell me that "There are a thousand interpretations of love...fucking is just a thousand and one." This he said after a brief discourse on the philosophy of short term relationships. I'm so confused with life in general right now that all I can do is laugh because it sounds hilarious. Maybe that's all I should do anyways?

- This winter I want to go on a snowboard mountaineering trip. I can't decide on where to go.

- I'm obsessed with hiking across the Scottish highlands next May. This country made me realize my fascination with bleak, featureless landscapes. I've been planning this since December 07.

- My parents are pressuring me on a daily basis to change my major from literary and cultural philosophy to something "more practical." My ration el is, if i have to go to college, everything else I could study would be a waste of my time, pointless; I mean whose to say that one field of study is more practical than another. If they're teaching it, it obviously has some practical application. Socially, it is awkward claiming a philosphy major. Everyone who asks what my major is gets this concerned look on their face, and if I don't mention the words "grad school" after stamping my own forehead with philosophy, they get this look on their faces that screams "Do you want to throw four years of your life away?!" WTF Today even, I saw Mrs.O'Connor, a teacher of mine from Stanton, who did exactly that to me. She even mentioned grad school for me! screw that!

- I really want to transfer to the University of Wyoming by next Spring semester.

- The Summer Olympics are pretty cool and I'm inspired by the marathon runners. I like the winter Olympics more, because I love snow sports, and Hockey is the mightiest of spectator sports.

- I think I'd like to go to Mongolia for a while. I learned alot about it when I read The Travels of Marco Polo

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