Friday, May 25, 2007
(12:00 AM) | Adam Kotsko:
Friday Afternoon Confessional: ...an even worse infinity
I confess that this week hasn't been nearly as productive as last week. I confess that at the very least, I've gotten somewhat back in the habit of doing regular language work -- when I enter into a "state of exception" (such as studying for the 20th Century exam or writing a paper), language work is the first to go, and it's difficult to work it back into my routine afterward.I confess that I use the concept of the "state of exception" far too often in thinking about my everyday life. I confess that I overuse the word "deploy."
I confess that I've really taken a liking to Philip Roth lately.
I confess that I'm a little disappointed that Futurama never had much mainstream success. I confess that I didn't much care for this season of Family Guy. I confess that the last half hour of this season of 24 was surreal beyond measure.
I confess that I put way too much effort into making a really fancy grade spreadsheet as a last hurrah for my TA position. I confess that I applied to be a TA for three courses next year, basically all the MDiv required theology courses (I can only get a maximum of two, one for each semester). I confess that someone is probably going to tell me that doing too many TA positions will really hurt me once I'm on the job market -- as will doing too few TA positions, wearing my hair the way I do, getting a haircut, being too tall, being too short....
I confess that my newfound interest in early modern philosophy is probably a residual effect of my whirlwind "Whitehead phase" last summer -- I immediately realized that I needed to read Locke, Berkeley, Hume, etc., to understand Whitehead better, but couldn't take the time out due to the demands 20th Century. Now that I'm done with the exam, my Lockean (etc.) longings have returned in full force.
I confess that I've been eating Frosted Mini Wheats almost every day for so many years now that whenever I change to a different cereal, it seems to throw off my entire bodily equilibrium.
