ups and downs and ups and downs
I had a pretty stressful weekend, and I'm not at liberty to discuss that situation here. I'm tired of it. That's all I'm going to say about that, because I too dislike it when people use blogs for thinly veiled comments on social situations.
I'm behind on studying, and quite frustrated with the professors of my Ideology course, and I have a midterm in it tomorrow. However, I have decided that I like Nietzsche, at least part of his writings, and I'll blog about that later.
My Intro to Linguistics prof from last year, the one that told me she would hire me as her T.A. in fourth year if I transferred to Queens University, emailed me yesterday asking me to tutor one of her Intro students. Yay for extra money and job experience! I love Hitay, she's a wonderful prof and a very quirky and funny person, whom I really need to take out for coffee one of these days. I want to take everyone out for coffee. I think Chris and I should take David Miller out for coffee one of these days, he would be interesting to talk to. I really wish Robert Munsch lived in Toronto, because I would TOTALLY buy a coffee for him. Maybe we could convince him to read The Paper Bag Princess to us. :)
This morning, I decided that I would like to get a cat someday and name it Chicken. I don't know why 'Chicken' appeals to me so much, but I find myself calling my cat that even now, when he's not being Satan. Or, if it was a girl kitten, I would like to name her John Stamos after the girl kitten in Diesel Sweeties.
From Letters to Clango:
Hi Clango,I figure there's no point naming a cat if it's not going to make you snicker most of the time. It's not like they listen to you anyways. :) That could be why one of our old dogs was named Megabyte...
Could you fill me in on why you decided to call your new kitty "John Stamos"? I don't quite understand.
-Jonathan
Chalk this up as a case of "weird for weird's sake." I was grossed out after seeing a picture of the Olson Twins on some news site and I figured John Stamos was a terribly innapropriate name for a female kitten.
posted by Heather Ann @ 11:58 AM
5 Comments:
Heh, I was wondering when you'd "discover" Nietzsche. Were I not a Christian, he would be my primary role model in life (his writings, not Nietzsche himself). He's Dostoevsky without the hopeful and redemptive ending... And his beliefs about the need for revisionist history are sheer brilliance. Enjoy! BTW, on the topic of calling animals the wrong name, my family dog is named Goliath. However, judging from the percentage of times he responds obediantly, he seems to think his name is, "you stupid dog," a term that comes into usage in both angry and affectionate times. This Pavlovian stuff really does work.
Nietzsche is cool, if not altogether uplifting. I discovered him while reading through some of Jim Morrison's writings, which can be interesting in its own right.
ok, this is gonna sound stupid, but
when you said "I too dislike it when people use blogs for thinly veiled comments on social situations." that had nothing to do with me right? I did make a passing comment about university being the breeding grounds for the future white collar management team.
anways, it probablly had nothing to do with me, but thought i'd ask, cause i would feel bad if it did.
Don't worry, Doug, had nothing to do with you. I was going to comment on your post about the breeding ground for white-collar workers, maybe I'll still do that. :)
David Miller is the coolest. If you ever take him out for coffee, count me in! I would also love to snag Jane Jacobs. What would be more fun than a 84 year old-Grandmother who is THE urban affairs guru? Maybe we could get them both to come!
I hope people commenting "anonymously" but then, uh, signing their post isn't one of your pet peeves. (I don't have a blog log-in ... yet.)
Darren
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