Friday, November 09, 2007
(10:25 AM) | Adam Kotsko:
Friday Afternoon Confessional: Splendid Vices
I confess that I'm sleeping too much lately, but it feels like not enough. I confess that finally becoming conscious of the fact that I feel depressed every year during November and December has not helped anything -- in fact, it has contributed to a growing sense of dread. I confess that the holiday season always makes me wish I was married, though the feeling dissipates soon afterward.I confess that I wish we could just skip Christmas altogether -- maybe we could just downgrade it to something like Easter, where you just go to church and then out to eat. I confess that I may punch anyone who sees fit to remind us that Christmas is really about Jesus (a cock-punch for anyone who uses the slogan "He's the reason for the season"). I confess that I have an exaggerated sense of duty.
I confess that I still have no clear idea on what to write for my French feminism paper. I confess that I'm increasingly unlikely to go to any SPEP sessions. I confess that I'm losing my ability to read in anything but marathon all-day sessions, with the notable exception of reading on the CTA. I confess that I just reread Louis Dupre's Passage to Modernity (on the CTA), the first text I read for my first class with Craig Keen -- judging from the underlinings, brackets, stars, marginalia, etc., I really read the hell out of that book at the time. I confess that I probably should've been reading this book on Origen that I'm supposed to be reviewing, but instead I've been keeping the Origen book in the bathroom.
I confess that someone needs to propose a "Doomsday" budget for Gov. Blagojevich's office.
