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I was about to go downstairs and get ready for bed. Then Timothy told me about this writer he'd been introduced to in his English 101 class: Michel Foucault. *SQUEEE*
2013-11-02
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And before I finally get to bed, I just posted my loft for sale again. If you know anyone who might be interested, please spread the word!
I also need to get a quote from Pick N Pull (seems the local one closed, so there might be a drive....) on Percy the Swift. I do miss that car.
http://racine.craigslist.org/fuo/4166404308.html
I also need to get a quote from Pick N Pull (seems the local one closed, so there might be a drive....) on Percy the Swift. I do miss that car.
http://racine.craigslist.org/fuo/4166404308.html
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I had a dream last night wherein I was in a very different place, maybe a different world, without knowing where any of the people I know are. It was very like Phillip Jose Farmer's Riverworld in feeling, if not in detail. Though there were buildings and technology and things, it also felt kind of like an afterlife in the way those books do.
Finally, I found one of my girlfriends amidst the throngs of strangers. I was so relieved that my tears seemed to come from my whole being, with wracking full-body sobs. When I woke up, tears were streaming down my cheeks and onto my pillow.
Oddly, it's kind of a nice experience on occasion to feel that sort of indescribable sense of joy and relief so tremendous it can't be vocalized.
Finally, I found one of my girlfriends amidst the throngs of strangers. I was so relieved that my tears seemed to come from my whole being, with wracking full-body sobs. When I woke up, tears were streaming down my cheeks and onto my pillow.
Oddly, it's kind of a nice experience on occasion to feel that sort of indescribable sense of joy and relief so tremendous it can't be vocalized.
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From some class reading tonight on indigenous people's movements. "Beijing’s official stance is that all ethnic groups in China, including the majority Han, are indigenous; hence, the term does not apply." Well, how convenient for them.
*Article: The Emergence of Indigeneity: Public Intellectuals and an Indigenous Space in Southwest China by Michael Hathaway of Simon Fraser University.
Also, were you aware that a lot of chocolate made from beans grown in Cote d'Ivoir (which produces something like half of the world's chocolate these days) involves labor of enslaved children on the cacao plantations? I was not, until today as I read about chocolate's history and production. Something to keep in mind while shopping for chocolate. And even more reason to moderate consumption and stick to the much yummier higher end bars that aren't contributing to crimes against humanity.
*Article: The Emergence of Indigeneity: Public Intellectuals and an Indigenous Space in Southwest China by Michael Hathaway of Simon Fraser University.
Also, were you aware that a lot of chocolate made from beans grown in Cote d'Ivoir (which produces something like half of the world's chocolate these days) involves labor of enslaved children on the cacao plantations? I was not, until today as I read about chocolate's history and production. Something to keep in mind while shopping for chocolate. And even more reason to moderate consumption and stick to the much yummier higher end bars that aren't contributing to crimes against humanity.