Synaxis TV

• Woke Later than Intended
• Starbucks to Work
  • I chased after some Christian guy (he was carrying a bible) to ask if he'd lost his journal, and he said that he does go to Starbucks a lot and has a journal, but he hasn't lost one. Oh well. (Are more people journaling now for some reason? Why? Blog effect bleeding into the real world?)
• Got to see a minor car accident.
• Got More Chuck Palahniuk at West Lafayette Library
• Going to read Diary next.

• Talked to Jacqui

• Woke Earlyish
• Worked at Rawls
• Had a nice seat against the window. Was even able to work without my music (forgot it). A little too quiet though. Not enough people.
• Hotel Rwanda
• Good. About what I expected. Made me feel sad and apathetic. Why hurt myself caring if I can't do anything? Maybe that's why most people don't care. Well, probably not, but it seems to be a barrier either way.
• Trouble Sleeping

• Why? I woke up early. And didn't have much coffee. Oh well. Did lots of reading.

• Woke Early
• Panera
• Felt kind of weird being there so long. I need to find a new place to work. Or at least go to the Panera near campus. I shouldn't be drinking so much coffee and soda anyway. Spent a lot of time incorporating some new information about the emergence of the logic of visibility.
• Moe's with Allan
• Allan was leaving to Virginia the next day. He's a good kid.

• Cyberspace

• Napped Around 10
• More TV, Reading and Cyberspace

• Sleep at a Decent Hour

When receiving gifts I've always been one to want to wait and open them once the person who has given them is gone. I've always felt like this showed more appreciation for the gift and the act of gift giving. Some people, though, do get pleasure out of me opening the gift and seeing what is inside.

I don't know why exactly I came to take this disposition, but it was interesting to find that this used to be how the Japanese regarded gifts. Doi says that the Japanese used to wait to open gifts to show their appreciation for the act of giving rather than the gift itself, the symbolic instead of the real.

That's it.

• Woke Super Late
• Panera
• Feels weird to be here after so long. Coffee doesn't taste as good as I remember.
• Payless
• Tried to Stay Awake

• TV, reading, and cyberspace… Saw Team America. Set up websites for class.

Not quite sure what to make of this:

Peter Jonason (5/27/2006 10:47:53 AM): there are two criteria by which we judge friends
Peter Jonason (5/27/2006 10:48:00 AM): that we allow others to be our friends
Peter Jonason (5/27/2006 10:48:10 AM): ATHEISM and or HOTNESS
Peter Jonason (5/27/2006 10:48:29 AM): if one is an atheist we will forgive their ugliness
Peter Jonason (5/27/2006 10:48:41 AM): if they are hot we will forgive their religion

I've been peeking at Technorati searches for "atheism or atheist or atheists" and this was one of the results that came up. Click here for the full transcript…

Update: Kevin says, "Thats pretty much how i make my choices."

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• Woke Early
• Dropped Off Nicole's Car for Lesley
• Picked Up Some Books For Class at Stone
• La Fiesta Burrito Again
• Just couldn't resist that pork.
• Carolyn Left
• Nap
• Paycheck
• Time movies are so silly. Especially ones with Ben Affleck. What the hell was Uma doing in this movie?
• Cyberspace
• Up Late

• Couldn't sleep so I watched some more TV, read some Chuck Pahluniuk, and took care of some old tasks. What is up with my sleep?

  Will have to see how this alone-ness turns out with everybody gone: Hubert, Bev, Mark, and Carolyn.

• Woke Late
• HSSE
• There was some terrible terrible wind and rain.
• Moe's
• One last time before Carolyn leaves.
• Bistro
• Lesley was shaken by Sabrina's and Carolyn's departure. Call me sick but I like a perfect martini.

• Cyberspace

• Play/Work
• Dropped Off Nicole's Car to Fix Glass
• Work
• Stone

• Went with Carolyn to do some late work.