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  • Existentialism is for quitters

    Just when you think you are settled down to do some hardcore studying or reading- something always comes up.Pub nights, beer pong, brownies, or intense philosophical discussions. The essence of college. The discussion …

  • You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake.

    And you certainly won’t get to see one this winter. Houston sucks. But seriously, being special is very important to us. We stress it at an early age so that kids will feel their life has significance.We stress it at an…

  • The Impossible Dream

    To dream the impossible dream To fight the unbeatable foe To bear with unbearable sorrow To run where the brave dare not go To right the unrightable wrong To love pure and chaste from afar To try when yo…

  • Authenticity

    Silly humanity, idealism is for kids. So, I was in a rather optimistic mood as I read an Existentialism article assigned for homework. There is something beautiful in the breakdown of reality, isn'there? However, my fa…

  • Man is a peninsula.

    There is something very strange about philosophy. The subject matter itself seems to transcend belief- in that you can believe so many contradictory things about human nature simultaneously. It's countless contradictions…

  • Life's a stage You know how we all grow up with this warm+fuzzy view of Socrates? Well think twice: I'm starting to think he was a real ass hole. Following people down the street challenging their belief systems and …

  • ::edit:: ok, yeah, it's decided. I'm just bitter. Sorry to my fellow classmates....I'm a meanie like that. So now I've officially gone to all of my classes. I'm really excited about most of them, however, to qualify as …

  • For some odd reason, philosophy in general hasn't been sitting too well with me. Something that occupied so much of my thinking power last summer seems almost obsolete now. What changed? Damn the natural sciences. Damn…

  • I may be an orange peel. These short stories were amazing. So amazing, that I am willing to waste my precious time making a xanga post about them. mhm. My two favorite stories: one chock full of quotes, and one complete…

  • Decided I needed some fiction- and what better blast of magical realism than Franz Kafka? It's short and anything but sweet. What if, eh? I wasn't as impressed by the story as I expected, but I guess it has to be put int…