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i have been thinking lately…Since i have this pretty LiveJorurnal, a pretty Xanga, and my own website, i wanted to mesh the three together so as to optimise the hot air coming from my fingers. i think i've finally decided that this will become more of a mundane phenomenological exposition of the everydayness in which i find myself. The Xanga will become more of my own personal thoughts. My website will become more philosophically and theologically oriented. That way, each one has me from a different perspective, while maximising the amount of hot air i get to put on the near-infinitude of the web. In keeping with that motif, here it goes…
i flew First Class today from Philly to Atlanta to N'awlins. First Class is the way to fly. i wish i were rich to do so. Talk about being pampered! Sitting down, the flight attendant (aka stewardess) takes my coat and offers a drink…any drink. Once the plane actually gets in the air, it's more drinks (with refills even) and a choice of snacks (snack mix, Biscoffs, pretzels, and some chips). The seats are nice and spacious. Overall, very nice.
i really enjoyed the weekend meeting my girlfriend's friends, who are, for the most part, quite sane. i wonder how that happened i also thought of a theme for my Heidegger class (10 page paper due in two weeks): “Revelation of the World by Flight.” In Heidegger, the “World” hides itself from view unless an object (”equipment”) or a chain of references breaks down. In this breaking down, the “World” is revealed and Dasein may see it for what it is. Included with this is Heidegger's idea of Authenticity: “resolutely facing death.” Well, these two things seem to merge in the concept of a flight. The “World” is completely hidden until the plane angles differently (say, during takeoff, or initial descent, etc). At this point, the “World” becomes revealed, as well as the opportunity to momentarily leave Everydayness and be Authentic. i need to ask my prof. about this tomorrow in class. i hope he okays it.
My defense is tomorrow at 4:00 pm. From what i've been told, it'll be 30 minutes of discussing the topic with the professors and giving a brief autobiography of the past and future of the paper. After those two things, it's smoooooth sailing.
Lastly, my pet project (MOSphpBB: demo.impleri.net ) has actually gotten two responses. One, on the board itself, asks a question that could have been answered by reading the file attached to the download (ho-boy…) The other, over AIM, was more technical. i can't believe i was actually able to explain *how* to transfer a users table from one database to a totally different database (i.e. different architecture) and implement it without actually having intimate knowledge of SQL, PHP, phpBB, or Mambo. Wow, sometimes i even amaze myself…ok, well…most of the time!
Off to bed! Ciao.

Alright, so it's a bit belated, but oh well. Happy Turkey day, Black Friday, and the Saturday after Black Friday (pick a color!). Now that i'm posting all over the world, good luck in figuring out everything that happens to me!
For a change of events, i will let this be a guest post from my very lovely girlfriend…here she is:
oh this is quite the advantage…chris just told me i could type whatever I wanted too…mwahahaha! aparently he must trust me a whole lot, cause there are some pretty interesting things i could put here for the world to know But, I do love him, so I will keep my mouth shut (for the most part) Just in case you would like to know anything you can always e-mail me, after all, what he doesnt know others know, can't hurt him he he he. Hmm? So…what to type about….he says to talk about the weekend. Well despite the fact that I was nearly close to death several times, he wins the prize for being the most “out-of-it”, you will have to ask him what happened when he saw his lovely girlfriend getting blood taken…lets just say it involves hitting his head on the wall and becoming quite dizzy. What else did we do? hmm….a lot of mafia with some of my friends, we went shopping a little, we went out to eat several times, hung out with my family, did a whole lot of oogling a googling and just had fun not having to worry about being disconnected or suffering from “cauliflower-ear” (as my roomate calls it). I think it has been a pretty good weekend and I am sad to see Chris go, but I suppose he has to defrost at some point in time
Hmmmm….now do I have any secrets to tell??? Well, you see I don't keep secrets from my boyfriend, but I could tell you some that i know about him….. like, did you know he does not like to have his eye-brows plucked? or how about that he hates sleeping with pants on….hmm he also has a weakness for girls that have enlarged tonsils.. he likes to act like a female in public and wants to ride on the goat on the carousel…. he will not drink soda unless it is flat and he finds girls in scrubs particularly attractive. sometimes he also has stinky feet and he likes to distract me on a regular basis. …

Well i think that is all that this guest has to say about the “hot peice of man candy” we all call tenthyearjunior and maybe, just maybe I will be able to write in here again. ( That is, if I don't kill chris because he is keeping secrets from me) Don't be too sad that I am going….for I am always there…watching you…so be afraid….be very afraid.

Had a great meeting today with the pastor i talked about yesterday. His ideas (and his “church's” vision as well) on the subjects we discussed (basically everything i said we would) were quite similar to mine.
Secondly, i bought my girlfriend a wonderful present that is *really* inexpensive and can be held by a toddler's hand (provided that toddler doesn't eat it).
That it for now as i have to finish a five page paper for tomorrow and i haven't yet started it. Ha!

Well, my site is operational. It may not be entirely pretty yet, but it will be. i will be (enevtually) moving my blog there. For all of my faithful readers, i now have a forum set up at my site as well. It’d be cool to check it out and register

Other than that, things have been going pretty well. A couple of my Philosophy professors have reviewed the rough draft of my thesis and commented positevely on it (yay!). i took the GREs this week and scored quite well. i have one more month of class this semester (yay!). On the downside of that, i have a 15 minute presentation on a work of art (preferrably visual) that must include a written defense of why that work of art IS a work of art (or a good work of art) which must contain a compare/contrast of two major philosophers of art. i also need to write a ten page term paper on Heidegger. i have been looking at comparing Kant’s schematism with Heideggers, or their views of temporality. Woo-hoo!

i’ve registered for my final semester. i’m taking Metaphysics, 19th Century German Idealism (focusing on Hegel), German Independent study (translating a work of Heidegger’s that has been previously untranslated:) ), Recent American History (needed for an upper-level class outside of my major), Intro to Shakespeare, and Physics (with lab).

Now that i have a car again, i’m definitely planning to move out of this house for next semester. i’m waiting to hear back from school because i applied to be an RA in the dorm. Otherwise, i’ll be moving into one of the on-campus housing units (they’re having a couple of special deals right now that may work out for me).

Life is good. In two weeks, i will be seeing my lovely girlfriend again. Yay!