I'm writing a research paper on crucifixion for this class I'm taking on Jesus. One of the theories is that the reason why no one could find Jesus's body back then was because it got eaten by a pack of wild dogs. I don't particularly believe that, but it's funny to think about. Some god, right?

I think if I go to grad school, I might study Jesus. Most of the people that study Jesus are at theological schools, so it'd be cool to be able to come up with new, interesting interpretations of the man that so many of the people in this world thought was the Son of God and died to take away the sins of mankind.

Nietzsche has been the most inspiring philosopher I have read thus far. but, that doesn't mean writing a paper about his views on utilitarianism is easy.

i'm going "home" at the end of march for spring break (march 20-25? i think?)

it's gonna be strange cause i haven't been there in 9 months (in march). hopefully, i'll be able to catch up with people, but most likely i'll only really catch up with adrian/kevin/gabe and they've already come to visit me.

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#3 is the exact size i want, but i really like the other two

if you vote yes on prop 8, you're a homophobe. I'm dead serious, if I knew anyone that is voting yes on prop 8, i would call them a homophobe; luckily i think i choose to be acquainted with people that are smarter than that.

btw currently reading: Defying Hitler. it's a memoir of a dude that lived in germany right up until WWII. let you know how it went later

I have a midterm tomorrow in one of my history classes. This is honestly the only time that i can remember that I am actually scared about a test/class. I've always been good at taking tests, and I always feel pretty confident before tests. But this time it's different; this classes in only graded on one midterm and a final. if I fuck up on the midterm, i'm fucked; especially cause this is in my major. I'm mostly scared because i have no clue what she's gonna ask. She said the first essay is gonna basically about comparing 3 countries (one of which is Russia) and the second essay is about Freud. I read all the readings, for the most part, and i've gone over my notes and my notes from last year, but i can't retain anything. It's hard to focus on so many things at once. I've taken half my midterms already; my poly sci midterm was easy (that class is kind of a joke so far) and i think my philosophy one was. My philosophy midterm was earlier today and it was strange because she asked pretty general questions, but didn't want more than 2 paragraphs for each answer so i was like wtf?

Speaking of which, my interest in Philosophy has declined since taking this class; we're studying early modern philosophy. The midterm was about Descartes and his "meditations on first philosophy". His writing is filled with logical fallacies ( Cartesian circle) and poorly made points that are inarguable. It bugs me because he says that unless you can establish God, you can't know anything besides the fact that you exist (but just your mind, not your body). I don't want to go on a rant about religion (because it's obvious where i stand) but i want to say that for a "radical" thinker, he basically affirmed what everyone else already believed. You can argue that he asked the right questions, but his answers didn't even try to address the question appropriately (he asks "how do we know what we believe is true?") I guess i only like moral philosophy because it involves lots of arguments.

in other news my band found a singer a couple months ago, more or less, and it's turning out pretty good. we rent a monthly studio with another band and one of the guys has a recording set up. we have a very rough and unmxed/unmastered track . listen to it. if you don't like it, fuck off.

http://media.putfile.com/Anchorage-demo-1

yes our band is called Anchorage, like the town in Alaska. get over it.


That's about it for now. i'm gonna go read over my notes again and hope that i don't fail tomorrow. later

and it turned out pretty friggin good if i do say so myself.

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mood: satisfied