Friday, December 08, 2006
(8:02 AM) | Adam Kotsko:
Friday Afternoon Confessional: Legionnaires with 2x4s
I confess that I have become a fan of Robot Chicken. Thankfully, this isn't a very time-consuming thing, as one could easily watch the entire series in a couple hours. I confess that I'm a sucker for slapstick comedy.I confess that the semester is ending, but it's not going to feel like much of an ending at all -- I have a directed reading, an exam to study for, possibly an article to put together... Plus, you know, some me time. At a spa or something. I'll go sit in a sauna and relax, then be rushed to the hospital since I'm in such a constant state (yes, I'll confess it) of dehydration. All those years working for a chiropractor, for naught.
I confess that I can see the appeal of having sliced cucumbers on my eyes and whatever that green stuff is on my face. I confess that I'm not worried that this makes me gay, because I've been told that the one infallible sign of gayosity is noticing shoes, and I never do that. (You can have sex with men and stuff, but it's not until you start noticing shoes that you are really and truly gay.)
I confess that I need a haircut, but I'm not going to get one. I'm going to remain in a perpetual state of haircut-needing, hoping that it somehow morphs into a discernable "style" and the need thus dissipates. I confess that I spent much of this week hovering between insomnia and narcolepsy -- a "zone of indistinction" opened up, and I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I confess that I'm not going to take the Weber and Simmel course because it's too focused on religion. I confess that I don't think that religion exists as a discrete object of inquiry, even though for academic-disciplinary reasons I am able to categorize certain things as "religious." I'm thinking about taking Marion's course on love, but if any Chicago-area grad students know of interesting courses being offered in the spring (either winter or spring quarter), I'd be glad to learn of them. It doesn't have to be anything "religious."
I confess that Marta will be taking over Ben Wolfson's role as hater, effective this coming Tuesday.
