A Lament
Yes, I suppose I have been commenting too much on other people's blogs to the neglect of my own blog. More importantly, I've realized today that I've completely neglected Areopoesis this quarter. I have also been thinking about other matters.
First, Aubade is a disaster, and there's nothing I am going to be able to do about it next year. I realize that I should have just become editor this year and dealt with the additional stress by neglecting the blogosphere and by finding and absorbing myself in the literary output of this University.
Second, I really have no organized plan for the rest of my education at this University, because making an organized plan would require me to know information that will not be available for some time. What do I want to study? Do I want to resurrect old questions, find new ones, or just stick with what I have?
Third, there are a terrific amount of missing parts of the Hebrew Bible. I know this is not supposed to matter, but I still miss them, because I really don't like it when the writer of Chronicles says, "Are not the acts of Jehosaphat (or whoever) described in the vision of Heelo, the Son of Marphat (or whatever)?" Like Anna, I really don't like when I haven't done the reading.
Fourth, I am beginning to fear that civilization as we know it will end in my lifetime. Yes, I know that's extremely paranoid, but Bowman directed me to this site and seeing it, I started to laugh, and then it occurred to me that as alarmist as this site is, it's not too far from the truth. Fred Ziegler essentially made many of these arguments to his Earth History class the same thing last year. Ziegler has bought himself an old water mill in West Virginia. He probably thinks he'll be dead by the time things get serious, and if not, he'll possess some useful infrastructure for our return to more primitive conditions.
Fifth, this Saturday night, I'll be home in Chicago. Next Saturday night, I will be in the wilderness of the Mojave. Saturday night after that, I'll be in Las Vegas, a city absolutely dependent on its fragile water supply.
ESA(20040313.1)
Yes, I suppose I have been commenting too much on other people's blogs to the neglect of my own blog. More importantly, I've realized today that I've completely neglected Areopoesis this quarter. I have also been thinking about other matters.
First, Aubade is a disaster, and there's nothing I am going to be able to do about it next year. I realize that I should have just become editor this year and dealt with the additional stress by neglecting the blogosphere and by finding and absorbing myself in the literary output of this University.
Second, I really have no organized plan for the rest of my education at this University, because making an organized plan would require me to know information that will not be available for some time. What do I want to study? Do I want to resurrect old questions, find new ones, or just stick with what I have?
Third, there are a terrific amount of missing parts of the Hebrew Bible. I know this is not supposed to matter, but I still miss them, because I really don't like it when the writer of Chronicles says, "Are not the acts of Jehosaphat (or whoever) described in the vision of Heelo, the Son of Marphat (or whatever)?" Like Anna, I really don't like when I haven't done the reading.
Fourth, I am beginning to fear that civilization as we know it will end in my lifetime. Yes, I know that's extremely paranoid, but Bowman directed me to this site and seeing it, I started to laugh, and then it occurred to me that as alarmist as this site is, it's not too far from the truth. Fred Ziegler essentially made many of these arguments to his Earth History class the same thing last year. Ziegler has bought himself an old water mill in West Virginia. He probably thinks he'll be dead by the time things get serious, and if not, he'll possess some useful infrastructure for our return to more primitive conditions.
Fifth, this Saturday night, I'll be home in Chicago. Next Saturday night, I will be in the wilderness of the Mojave. Saturday night after that, I'll be in Las Vegas, a city absolutely dependent on its fragile water supply.
ESA(20040313.1)
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