Monday, October 24, 2005

Puto ergo Sum.
Ah yes, Descartes. "I think, therefore, I am." Currently we're studying his Meditations on First Philosophy, not the book where the quote comes from, and I have a paper due next week. I'm enjoying Descartes and am still irked that I wasn't in class on Thursday because my body decided to get sick. *grrr* Descartes whole "doubt" thing is kind of discombobulating. More later. Need to check up on -important- school stuff. 'Til next time ...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

"All that we see or seem / is but a dream within a dream" - Poe
We started on Descartes in philosophy today. The question arose: how does one differintiate between the waking and dreaming world? Any ideas? Tell me. Later this I week I shall (hopefully) find the time to post my own views on this mater. 'Til next time ...
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Saturday, October 15, 2005

Fall Break
Tomorrow's the end of Fall Break and I have done nothing "constructive." However, I have:

^hung out with two of my best friends
^gone to the Fair and eaten all the delicious, unhealthy food I could
^played Neverwinter Nights like a mad woman
^saw Elizabeth Town with my (utterly wonderful) boyfriend and everyone needs to go see it because it's AWESOME!!

'Til next time ...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Secular vs Religious / Spiritual life
It seems a terrible shame that secular and religious life seem to negate each other. When a person tries to do good, tries to live up to his / her morals and ethics, the world reasons him. The world calls the person proud, stuck-up, or some other negative label. A zealot. Is it not possible to balance life within society with a life according to morals? I'm not trying to say that the secular world today is corrupt or immoral but it slightly depressing. *hmm* Have to go to dance. I'll continue this ramble later.
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Wednesday, October 5, 2005

Desultory post
Announcement
the_plaid_one (check the friends list) is going to be a father come May! Everybody should go to his site and wish him congratulations in hopes that one day he'll actually read the blasted thing and see how everybody hopes for the best for him.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2005

Hello all you happy peoples
Irish is doing her best to follow the criteria she laid out two days ago. I can expect that she'll be putting up something on Secular vs World View quite shortly. Oh, yes, I am not Irish. Well, I suppose that one could argue that I am depending on how one would characterize my heritage, but that's something else entirely. It is I! Me! Sam! So good to be back among you. Irish is reading some Emerson and is being a silly little girl (in other words: she's very happy about something at the moment to the point of silliness). I am here to bring you good cheer and to alight smiles upon your faces. When all's said and done, today is, indeed, a good day to be alive. Huzzah! Anyhew, need to be getting on me marry way no. Ta ta and what-not.

This posting brought to you by: the ever incouragable Sam.
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Monday, October 3, 2005

"Some how I ended up here in between / where there is always the comfort of knowing that I'll never be seen / when I fall"
"The Despair Factor," AFI, The Art of Drowning. Aside from the fact that it is the lovely CD I'm listening to at the moment, it's also a good lead in for today's post.

A few days back I ranted a bit about being stuck between an adult and a child. I believe that the few people who read this site with any kind of regularity find themselves in this same place (even if they don't feel like it because when you're seventeen your not really a child anymore but you aren't considered an adult yet, either). This is a close on my feelings towards this subject unless there are further questions.

I am dependant upon my friends and family and I am immature. I don't know if knowing that I'm immature makes me more mature for knowing or more immature for not doing anything about it. I've been told that I need to become independant. I'm not exactly eager for independance. I am, but I'm not. Most of my identity is wrapped up in my family. I'm very close to my family and I wouldn't be who I am today without my family. "You can never go back." Once I make myself independant of my family I can never go back to being a part of that family unit. It's a fact of life. At this juncture I'm not willing to severe all of my ties (nor is that financially feasible). As far as maturity is concerned ... well, there are some adults who I feel are more immature than I am. Part of the reason why I am immature is the lack of "world experience." If everything goes well, and I get off me lazy bum, I'll be spending a semester over seas in the next year or two. Not only will that point establish my independance, but I'll also be getting some world experience.

At the moment, I've come full circle. I once again no longer really care if someone thinks of me as a child or as an adult. I seem to be stuck with the "oh, she's an innocent and she's good" label. I don't particularly like this lable, I don't like to be treated with kid gloves. The only way I can grow is if I'm not longer shielded. Yet it seems that people automatically want to shield me. I'll understand some day. I am now back to figuring out how I work in the world, what I am doing here, how I can better belong here, and taking my time becoming "a fully mature adult."

'Til next time...
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Friday, September 30, 2005

Gardens of the Moon
So I haven't posted the past two days because I've been devoring a wonderful novel by Stephen Erikson. I thouroughly enjoyed my literary feast these past two days.

I am reaching a conclusion, I believe, about being stuck in-between an adult and a child. Expect more on that subject within a couple of days.

Secular vs religious-spiritual ... do the two really have to negate each other?

Ethics vs morals ... how the two are similar and how they are different.

'Til next time faithful readers, this has been Irish de Fenal.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Exams
Last night I stayed up late studying for a philosophy exam that I thought I would be having this morning. I was wrong. That will be Thursday. However, I knew most of the stuff, so I don't have to worry about that too much. On the other hand, I do have an Asian History test. I did study that last night, though. Currently studying that now (in theory).

Celtic music this afternoon. *whoo-hoo*

Currently going over some Chinese / Japanese terms. Also listening to "Rainbow in the Dark." Obsessing over death a bit from discussion in philosophy.

Back to stuyding!
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Monday, September 26, 2005

Stuck
I am somewhere in-between being a child and an adult. I don't really like it that much. Most likely because I can't really figure out what an adult is.

There are many types of tears, many types of crying. The most numbing and painful tears are the tears one cries because that is all that can be done. When the sorrow creeps up from the depths of the soul and the tears start to gently drip from the eyes to protect the body from damage. The tears one cries becuase to not cry would mean the heart stopping. *sigh*

I spent a good amount of time this weekend being bitter. I ended it in a feeling of contenment though. I think it may be all right in the end, after all.
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