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Snap, Crackle, Pop, Fusilinids
Sep. 14th, 2004 11:05 amAnother two hours spent staring down a microscope at tiny foraminifera that look like fossilized breakfast cereal. Ah, invert paleo.
Embarrassing moment of the month: Yesterday, after a rousing game of Settlers at the Catholic Center (which I won!), four of us--Chris, Cecilia, Stephen and myself--went on funwalk. Funwalk involves late-night walking to wherever until the wee hours of the morning. We had to go by Agnew for something, and since Cecilia had never seen my room, I offered to show her, and we all trooped down to the half-basement girls' hall. I showed off my map of Bulgaria, my swords and my fairy wings, and as we were leaving, the _entire hall_, who had all been apparently partying in the room next to mine, trooped out and started squealing, "Nicole! You have friends! Wow!" Honestly. And they wonder why I don't spend much time in my hall. I've done my time in a freshman dorm, and I think I've outgrown the mentality... I was mortified, but Chris reassured me that he completely understood my situation, and indeed, it was refreshing to think that he was once more considered part of an 'outcaste' group. *sigh* And I thought I was _done_ with high school.
( On senselessly obnoxious people )
On the up side, we started reading "Mere Christianity" for a discussion group. I am intrigued. It's philosophy, except it makes way more sense. :-) And here's some food for thought--C.S. Lewis spends a couple of pages talking about people who believe in a 'life-force' or 'general goodness that guides the universe'. He calls it the ultimate cop-out--all the thrills of religion with none of the social responsibility. He also says that true goodness is utterly terrifying given the current human condition--the argument thus far is that there is something out there that wants us to be good, and by golly, we're pissing it off every day of our lives. It's an interesting read--I'd love to hear from people who have another perspective on it, especially anyone who's done philosophy before.
Ok, enough deep thinking. I need lunch.
Embarrassing moment of the month: Yesterday, after a rousing game of Settlers at the Catholic Center (which I won!), four of us--Chris, Cecilia, Stephen and myself--went on funwalk. Funwalk involves late-night walking to wherever until the wee hours of the morning. We had to go by Agnew for something, and since Cecilia had never seen my room, I offered to show her, and we all trooped down to the half-basement girls' hall. I showed off my map of Bulgaria, my swords and my fairy wings, and as we were leaving, the _entire hall_, who had all been apparently partying in the room next to mine, trooped out and started squealing, "Nicole! You have friends! Wow!" Honestly. And they wonder why I don't spend much time in my hall. I've done my time in a freshman dorm, and I think I've outgrown the mentality... I was mortified, but Chris reassured me that he completely understood my situation, and indeed, it was refreshing to think that he was once more considered part of an 'outcaste' group. *sigh* And I thought I was _done_ with high school.
( On senselessly obnoxious people )
On the up side, we started reading "Mere Christianity" for a discussion group. I am intrigued. It's philosophy, except it makes way more sense. :-) And here's some food for thought--C.S. Lewis spends a couple of pages talking about people who believe in a 'life-force' or 'general goodness that guides the universe'. He calls it the ultimate cop-out--all the thrills of religion with none of the social responsibility. He also says that true goodness is utterly terrifying given the current human condition--the argument thus far is that there is something out there that wants us to be good, and by golly, we're pissing it off every day of our lives. It's an interesting read--I'd love to hear from people who have another perspective on it, especially anyone who's done philosophy before.
Ok, enough deep thinking. I need lunch.
