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So It's Tuesday

Lots has been going on -- both during my prelim and after, so here's the week in review (in brief). The prelim was more grueling than the last one. (Previous was history of philosophy, this was epistemology). As it turns out, I don't know all that much about epistemology...and so I had 9 days to change that (at least per the questions I'd selected). It took me over a day to figure out what one of the questions was even asking, due to the poor wording. How the question was approved, I will probably never know. Taking one prelim during the summer was bad enough -- shooting for two was both depressing and stressing. After I'd had a fight with Lucas (from here) about some crap, I started the exam. I cut out caffeine because I'd been sort of an insomniac for a week straight. It took forever to sleep, and it was early morning by the time I was no longer awake...and then I'd sleep late...it was a vicious cycle. So I cut the caffeine and went swimming at the gym just about every day possible. The exam finally ended (I went to THOR during it), and I rolled the question on truth -- and I was really happy about it, but 36 hrs to write your own theory and then critique that of 3 other philosophers is not enough time to feel good about it.

The weekend had a party, mostly with people I don't really feel much about, or have much to say to...and so I had fun by being sarcastic to some unknowing clods who apparently have no attention span for films anymore (only serials) and it was just so vapid and put on and boring boring...and eventually I went out and had a drink with a friend of mine. Sunday night was great -- went to see the Alcohol Stunt Band! and it was their best show. My friend J. just got back from out of town, and so we went out to celebrate with R. It was good fun, and we were out drinking till 4 or something ridiculous...I hadn't been out like that in quite a while.

But the next day my eyes popped open at 8.30, and that was the end of that.
So today I slept in...and got pics developed and went to a record shop, and have been doing some writing (clearing my head) and that's about it.

Hope all is well with y'all.