Friday, November 17, 2006
(8:00 AM) | Adam Kotsko:
Friday Afternoon Confessional: My Plighted Troth
I confess that at some point in the last week, I made the transition from "growing a beard" to "having a beard." This is a follow up to my previous transition away from "thinking about growing a beard" to "actually growing a beard."I confess that tonight I am catching a flight to Washington, D.C. I confess that I still don't like travel, but since most of my friends will be there, I might as well go too. I confess that I'm pondering the possibility of staying in Chicago for Thanksgiving, even though I've already purchased a train ticket home. (I have not purchased a return ticket, though. Maybe I'm worried that if I go, I'll never be able to come back.)
I confess that scheduling my arrival in DC for around 11pm was a little impractical, but it is part of my strategy to limit the amount of time that I am away from home to a bare minimum. I confess that finishing all my grading before the AAR would be wonderful.
I confess that I am reluctant to discuss theology except as a matter of intellectual history and that most often I literally walk away if someone asks me about my own personal beliefs, or even if the conversation seems to be heading in that direction
I confess that if there were a grad course offered over Deleuze somewhere in Chicago this spring, I would take it. (If anyone knows of one, he or she can let me know.)
I confess that I haven't been at my best lately. I'm not angry, though -- just disappointed.
