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Sep. 21st, 2004 10:00 pmWell, it's been a productive day. I got some more note-taking done for my paper (by which I mean I took notes on interesting points in the Book of Exodus) and found that one of the anthro department professors can refer me to a lot of studies that have something to do with my thesis. I should also look at the list of previously published theses - at a glance I found one by a guy who studied Hassidic communities in Philly. I can ask him where to find a Hassidic congregation. First I need to ask the Haverford alumni association how to contact him.
For Comp Lit I've been reading Sigmund Freud's The Uncanny. Reading Freud for that class is not as weird as it sounds. In this paper he explores the psychological factors that make something "uncanny," in both real life and literature. I must say it's absolutely fascinating (although I rolled my eyes at some bits where, predictably, Freud associated certain aspects of the uncanny with castration and some other typically Freudian stuff). If you like suspense literature or movies, or if you study them, you should read this paper. It will help you notice a lot of things.
Our next reading is Don Quixote, which is almost a thousand pages long. Bring it on!
I'm going to a blood drive on campus this Thursday. Red Cross people swing around here every once in a while to suck the blood of willing college students. Not only is it a good thing to do, but it will give me an excuse not to go to kickboxing in the evening! Of course, that's assuming that my hematocrit level is high enough. Otherwise I don't get to save a life or miss kickboxing.
I think I must be one of the Red Cross' favorite people, because I have AB- blood, the rarest type there is. I remember that made the nurses quite happy last time I was there.
This Sunday I'm going to see Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow with a friend of mine at the local theater. I'm looking forward to that, but it makes me sad, too. I was expecting to see that movie with someone else under different circumstances.
I've had similar feelings quite a lot for the past week or so. I'm doing fine and then for some reason I get struck by a flying piece of nostalgia shrapnel and I'm miserable. What really bothers me is that I think it's going to get worse instead of better as time goes on.
For Comp Lit I've been reading Sigmund Freud's The Uncanny. Reading Freud for that class is not as weird as it sounds. In this paper he explores the psychological factors that make something "uncanny," in both real life and literature. I must say it's absolutely fascinating (although I rolled my eyes at some bits where, predictably, Freud associated certain aspects of the uncanny with castration and some other typically Freudian stuff). If you like suspense literature or movies, or if you study them, you should read this paper. It will help you notice a lot of things.
Our next reading is Don Quixote, which is almost a thousand pages long. Bring it on!
I'm going to a blood drive on campus this Thursday. Red Cross people swing around here every once in a while to suck the blood of willing college students. Not only is it a good thing to do, but it will give me an excuse not to go to kickboxing in the evening! Of course, that's assuming that my hematocrit level is high enough. Otherwise I don't get to save a life or miss kickboxing.
I think I must be one of the Red Cross' favorite people, because I have AB- blood, the rarest type there is. I remember that made the nurses quite happy last time I was there.
This Sunday I'm going to see Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow with a friend of mine at the local theater. I'm looking forward to that, but it makes me sad, too. I was expecting to see that movie with someone else under different circumstances.
I've had similar feelings quite a lot for the past week or so. I'm doing fine and then for some reason I get struck by a flying piece of nostalgia shrapnel and I'm miserable. What really bothers me is that I think it's going to get worse instead of better as time goes on.
