I'm 19!

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes! :)
I am still so busy...no time for writing, haha. But it is almost spring break.

mmm. life.

THERE ARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR READING THIS BLOG POST. PAY ATTENTION.

If you have Bela Fleck's LIVE ART cd, you need to listen to the song Bigfoot while looking at this post. (I'm serious. It's my blog, so my rules.) If you don't have the cd, then you can copy and paste this link into your browser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzk_NTjC2l0

Sadly, it is not the complete song, but it will do. (you are missing the best part, however, not to mention like 20 other brilliant songs. you should get the cd)

Secondly, you should imagine running up a hill in canvas sneakers and blue jeans through about a foot and a half of *really cold* crusty snow. that's what i did to get these pictures - racing the curve of the earth.

Third, you should read this poem, even though it is the ... second and a half time that I've posted it on here. :)

Finally will it not be enough,
after much living, after
much love, after much dying
of those you have loved,
to sit on the porch near sundown
with your eyes simply open,
watching the wind shape the clouds
into the shapes of clouds?

Even then you will remember
the history of love, shaped
in the shapes of flesh, everchanging
as the clouds that pass, the blessed
yearning of body for body,
unending light.
You will remember, watching
the clouds, the future of love.













...you will remember, watching the clouds, the future of love.

x_x

the olympics are like a drug. i can't help but watch them. this is quite detrimental to my sleeping and my homework...

so it will possibly be a bit before i write about my awesome ski weekend. :)

love,

اميلي هارنش (Emily Harnish)

philosophy

adding Conceptions of the Common Good was probably the best decision i have made here. this is a sample of my notes from today (they are unconnected and confusing...it's ok! it's like life. and my class.) -

faith is more than creed - emotions that infuse it
agony in faith: it's hard not always being right...a crucifiction
authority often leads to punishing the questioner
- because the rupture is too hard
- no solid ground *Cornel West: love
how do you articulate your No? (It is important to be able to say No -> not a relativist)
Where do we go when we do not allow ourselves that kind of No (militant)?
transcendence vs immanence (we have yet to articulate a 3rd option)
Is it possible to have theism not locked into transcendence? divine command? ...God navigating existential resentment (but there are other views as well)
...unfolding. emerging. refreshing but scary to believe that its not all figured out.
does the threat of violence need to exist behind a No? (for it to be heard?)
Are we capable of hearing a No?
*Martyrdom and self-sacrifice as a physical No
*Reading the crucifiction as a No
Resurrection is God's Yes to God's No
How long do we wait? (for resurrection)
When there is no 'Absolute Truth' where do you stand to say No?


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Thank goodness for Wikipedia and Dictionary.com...Yesterday I was wiki-wandering and researching monism, dualism, Spinoza, kierkegaard... it is so unsettling to find out that there are ways of viewing the universe that I have never heard of. and its like the more I read the more questions I have. scary. but so great. :D so great. really.

best day of the semester so far...

a.) I GOT A PACKAGE TODAY!!! thanks Jess, Chad, Esme and Eleni. Esme - the heart you drew for me made me so happy. :)

b.) the chance of school being cancelled for tomorrow makes me :D

c.) there is a 35% chance of 12"+ of snow. and a 90% chance of snow period.

d.) i got to hang out with a really interesting 90 year old man during my work study today.

e.) i didn't get out of bed today until 9:15. YAY for professors being out of town.

and...its the month of my birthday! so, readers: I am expecting cards.

snow. snow. MORE SNOW.

:O so much snoooowwwwwwww. ah.

on a brighter note, i got a 92.8 on my first stats exam. :)