It's Not Funny Anymore, I Said
May. 26th, 2008 10:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stinglikeabeeI don't know why I did it, I just did, and now I'm writing this through heavy-lidded eyes because of my sheer stupidity. Whatever possessed me to carry a 14lb cooler filled with ice and sodas ten minutes down the beach by my damn self?
I've been turning up sand in nasty crevices ever since. Moral of the story: tell everyone else to bring their own bloody drinks.
Wait, what? Morgan Freeman just said Antartica used to be tropical. I thought this was the French version of March of the Penguins? Gah. Well, I suppose there are worst things than staring at penguins whilst waiting for the allergy medicine to kick in.
In a delightful discovery, someone has brought philosophy to![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
scans_daily . Or maybe it's the other way round? Anyway, lo and behold: Ayn Rand and objectivism snark!
I hadn't even heard of Rand until I moved to LA; I don't think she's as well-known overseas (at least in the circles I traveled). I did try to read The Fountainhead, but was put off by the boring prose. Guess I'm just not patient enough for philosophy. It does make me wish I paid more attention to the philosophy major I dated briefly at uni though, instead of staring into his deep blue eyes and wondering whether he was wearing boxers (nope!). His notes might have helped me follow the comments on SD:
Sezmerrickm - The development of complex intellectual justifications concerning the virtue of selfishness to explain the moral necessity of doing whatever it was you already wanted to do anyway: the actual highest goal of philosophy all along?
Erm, okay. I'm going to pretend my incoherent state is to blame for the lack of comprehension. *suspiciously* It sounds like an essay question, one that will be graded on how well the pupil constructs their arguments--
LOOK! PENGUIN PORN!!!11
*covers eyes* Why didn't anyone tell me about the Pengy Porn? It's like watching your neighbours go at it, ewww.
Right, that's it. I'm off to bed. Meanwhile, Rand will be on my todo-list, so's I can find out why some commenters paint her as neo-con and 'batshit' crazy. If anyone has any links or readings to suggest, please do so!
PS Oh, and forgot. Wish me luck in the interview tomorrow :D
I've been turning up sand in nasty crevices ever since. Moral of the story: tell everyone else to bring their own bloody drinks.
Wait, what? Morgan Freeman just said Antartica used to be tropical. I thought this was the French version of March of the Penguins? Gah. Well, I suppose there are worst things than staring at penguins whilst waiting for the allergy medicine to kick in.
In a delightful discovery, someone has brought philosophy to
scans_daily . Or maybe it's the other way round? Anyway, lo and behold: Ayn Rand and objectivism snark!I hadn't even heard of Rand until I moved to LA; I don't think she's as well-known overseas (at least in the circles I traveled). I did try to read The Fountainhead, but was put off by the boring prose. Guess I'm just not patient enough for philosophy. It does make me wish I paid more attention to the philosophy major I dated briefly at uni though, instead of staring into his deep blue eyes and wondering whether he was wearing boxers (nope!). His notes might have helped me follow the comments on SD:
Sez
merrickm - The development of complex intellectual justifications concerning the virtue of selfishness to explain the moral necessity of doing whatever it was you already wanted to do anyway: the actual highest goal of philosophy all along? Erm, okay. I'm going to pretend my incoherent state is to blame for the lack of comprehension. *suspiciously* It sounds like an essay question, one that will be graded on how well the pupil constructs their arguments--
LOOK! PENGUIN PORN!!!11
*covers eyes* Why didn't anyone tell me about the Pengy Porn? It's like watching your neighbours go at it, ewww.
Right, that's it. I'm off to bed. Meanwhile, Rand will be on my todo-list, so's I can find out why some commenters paint her as neo-con and 'batshit' crazy. If anyone has any links or readings to suggest, please do so!
PS Oh, and forgot. Wish me luck in the interview tomorrow :D
