Is the there, there?

I am getting quite tired of Junior Sem.  Actually, that's an understatement. I feel like puking all over Junior Seminar then taking a shit on it. Really. I was pretty enthusiastic about the class at the beginning of the semester despite being loathe to take it since in combination with my thesis I knew it would just be too much. But I decided to make the best of it and participated in class, did all the readings, and was pretty actively engaged. I actually got more out of the class this semester than I did last year - partly because I enjoy literature more than poetry, but also because, like I've always said, I'm a completely different person after study abroad and this different person I believe is more appreciative of literature, more intelligent, and thus more capable of being in a class such as J-Sem. But fuck it. Now I'm tired. It' s the same thing every day! Deconstruct this, blur the boundaries of that, open up the narrative, question the reader's role. Is the there, there? WELL YES IT IS. BECAUSE IF IT WASN'T THERE, IT WOULD BE ELSEWHERE AND WE WOULD PROBABLY CALL IT HERE. Do I actually care how many versions of Ulysses there were? Well gee you never asked me but now that I'm asking myself I think I realize that I don't care.  How does the narrator interact with the reader. HELL IF I KNOW BECAUSE THE NARRATOR DOESN'T ACTUALLY EXIST! I refuse to sustain a conversation any longer about how a non-real narrator influences the reader he never interacts with. SUCK IT NARRATOR.   Oh and let's not get started on "absence." Because then we open a whole other world of meaning and interpretation. Lalalalalalalalala I'm done with J-Sem. 

Hello, again

I found another reason to add to the list of why I shouldn't have babies: I wouldn't be able to drink for nine months, which would be absolutely TERRIBLE. I'd be in pain every day and wouldn't even be able to drown my sorrows in some Belgian beer. I was thinking about this last night as I was drinking a Thunderhead IPA, which was delicious. I am getting a little weary of IPAs though. I need to buy more amber ales. Yum.

More substantial update to come later. Some topics to look forward to: what I'm doing with my life (woooo!), pictures (and lots of them!), and uhm wait I think that's all. Oh, how sad. Maybe this is why I've been neglecting my blog because I don't want to face the reality of NOTHING INTERESTING TO TALK ABOUT. Just kidding. My life is great. Seriously, it is.