Hang on, Voltaire: Things I'm thinking about instead of going to school

9.12.10

Things I'm thinking about instead of going to school

stupid Blogger disappeared the "older posts" link at the bottom of my blog. hmph. once again the idea of switching but I'm too lazy to take everything elsewhere and get it all looking perfect again
Lucy REALLY wants on my lap right now - "What do you mean there's not room for me AND the laptop?! Duh: 86 the laptop!"
why did they cancel Trauma??? usually I can at least tell why the public at large would not like the same show as I do but this time I admit I am quite flummoxed. Thank goodness I can still watch Season 1 on Netflix.
Main reason I can't get going this morning (i.e. today's excuse): I can't figure out what the hell to wear
more worried than ever about Griz, who has a large fight wound on the side of his head, but I can't get ahold of him to go to the vet, plus of course he will probably go ballistic in the crate and at the vet's office so I'm not even sure he's treatable
fucking college kids deserting their pets each spring - I keep feeling guilty about how to handle things with Griz (and TC on occasion) but I need to remember the ultimate guilt lies with whomever deserted them - there should be mandatory licenses for pet owners
better go stare at my wardrobe choices and distract myself from this

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Applecart T. a dit…: A good portion of my "why am i up at 5 a.m. hmm, i will think about clothes i can walk in, look cute in, match undergarments and available socks in, have shoes that work for both office and other tasks …" inability to get to work on time …

I am impressed and happy that you still have your semi-ferrel feline friends around at all. It's not your fault; you are doing the best that you can for them; don't get bitten : (

Housecats are lucky and cold and want laptime no matter what. All your cats are lucky; and everything is relative : ); 23:26
heidimarta a dit…: Hi Susan,

Ha...I have many days when I can't decide what to wear. You'd think that meant I was a fashionista, with closet loads of clothing. Nope, but... Anyway, I definitely enjoy your sense of humor.; 11:02

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Wisdoms, or not

And the end of all our exploring

Will be to arrive where we started

And know the place for the first time.

--T. S. Eliot, "Little Gidding V," Four Quartets

Peter: I'm not hungry. I don't need any crêpes.

Walter: Oh, don't be ridiculous. You were abducted; of course you need crêpes.

--Fringe, 2:7 "Of Human Action"

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.

Don't go back to sleep.

You must ask for what you really want.

Don't go back to sleep.

People are going back and forth across the doorsill

where the two worlds touch.

The door is round and open.

Don't go back to sleep.

--Rumi, from Unseen Rain, (Trans. Coleman Barks)

Things just happen. What the hell.

--the philosopher Didactylos, Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

Eames: I tried Proust in college. I gave up after the first million pages.

Goren: It picks up after the second million pages.

--Law & Order: Criminal Intent, 10:4 "The Last Street in Manhattan"

Let food be thy medicine.

--Hippocrates

...There happens to be a lot about me that you don't know, Mr. Smarty Man.

--American Beauty

"...It makes me feel dangerous, like a spy, or a French person."

--Cougar Town

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.

--Margaret Mead

Pourquoi tu m'appelles 'beauté' comme si ça se voyait pas?

--Camille, Janine II

I had such fuckin' hopes...

--McNulty, The Wire

I wish to say what I think and feel today, with the proviso that tomorrow perhaps I shall contradict it all.

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don't taunt the fear demon.

--Rupert Giles, Buffy, "Fear Itself"

The world is full of this kind of dumb smart-alec who doesn't understand anything.

--Richard Feynman

When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college -- that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, "You mean they forget?"

--Howard Ikemoto

It's all fun and games til someone loses their row count.

--Anon. knitter

About suffering they were never wrong,

The old Masters: how well they understood

Its human position: how it takes place

While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along...

--W. H. Auden, Musée des Beaux Arts

I want some American food, dammit! I want French fries!

--Breaking Away

Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.

--Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye

I did not achieve this position in life by having some snot-nose punk leave my cheese out in the wind.

--Ed Rooney, Ferris Bueller's Day Off by John Hughes

Am I no longer young, and still not half perfect? Let me

keep my mind on what matters,...

which is mostly standing still and learning to be

astonished.

--Mary Oliver, Messenger, from Thirst

If ud wan2 has cheezburger if u wuz nuthr kitteh, tehn let uthr kitteh has cheezburger 2.

--LOLCAT Bible, Luke 6:31

I look around at this world you're so eager to be a part of, and all I see's six billion lunatics looking for the fastest ride out. Who's not crazy? Look around - everyone's drinkin', smokin', shootin' up, shootin' each other or just plain screwing their brains out because they don't want 'em anymore. I'm crazy? Honey, I'm the original one-eyed chicklet in the kingdom of the blind 'cause at least I admit the world makes me nuts.

--Glory, Buffy, 5:21, "The Weight of the World"

--Do you think we should change cafés?

--It's easier to change your mind than your café.

--The Moderns

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9.12.10

Things I'm thinking about instead of going to school

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