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Oct. 18th, 2000 12:57 amTonight I did, in fact, accomplish things - all of my art history worksheets, and quite a bit of studying for next week's test. I have had it up to "here" with lotus columns and kouroi. But I am almost caught up, just to the point of studying for and taking the tests that accompany these things.
I watched Buffy and Angel (well, not so much watched as had them on taping for mom while I did other things). I called V&E, and talked to E. for a little while about their new kitty and about the introductory books I bought today, on Derrida and Foucault and Semiotics and Structuralism and Poststructuralism (since E. has a phil. degree). I watched the tail end of the debates, too... Gore managed to pull off a few amusing snarky oneliners, and Bush managed to seem almost sincere. If I were on the fence and not very observant, I could see where I would have problems deciding. (Fortunately, I am neither of those things.)
When I was out earlier, I passed the mall, and saw that it was barricaded by the sheriff's office, and that the parking lot was completely empty. I thought this was strange but forgot about it. It turns out that early this afternoon, a young man chased his father into one of the department stores with a gun, and ended up in a standoff with police after the mall was evacuated, because somehow people thought he had a hostage. He didn't have a hostage, and the standoff ended when he shot himself. I wonder if the police would have treated him any differently if they had known he didn't have a hostage, and if he might have lived? It's really sad, and I'm sort of creeped out by it, too. However, I am glad that my friend who works at the mall, not too far from that department store, is unharmed.
I talked to my mom on the phone - had a long talk with her trying to sway her to the Al Gore side of things (she can't be swayed to Ralph, but her sole major objection to Al is that he was the running mate of "the snake" - she hates Clinton and refuses to even admit that he might have been a decent president, despite the Lewinsky scandal & what I see as his problematic treatment of women). She went to the doctor today and got medication for her nasty cold thingy. She's probably coming home in a week to ten days.
Sometime between the end of the debate and the phonecall from mom, I put on one of my new cheep jazz cds... Moonlight Magic from Pier One... I enjoyed it, and it helped me get some work done. The TV was too distracting. I still need to pick out a topic for my paper... I am thinking about Linear A and what we know about it (which isn't much), and efforts to decipher it, but that may not be acceptable since it is not an "artwork". So I might go with something medieval - maybe early medieval manuscripts or ivories or something. It's only 1000 words, anyways.
Before I go to sleep, I'm going to attempt to pick a topic for that paper, and I'm going to read for a while.
My kitty has been asleep by my feet all evening but he just decided to walk up and sit by my hip and scratch at his ears and generally wonder why he is not getting as much of my attention as he would like. I don't know why he's being so affectionate in the last day or so, but it's nice.
I watched Buffy and Angel (well, not so much watched as had them on taping for mom while I did other things). I called V&E, and talked to E. for a little while about their new kitty and about the introductory books I bought today, on Derrida and Foucault and Semiotics and Structuralism and Poststructuralism (since E. has a phil. degree). I watched the tail end of the debates, too... Gore managed to pull off a few amusing snarky oneliners, and Bush managed to seem almost sincere. If I were on the fence and not very observant, I could see where I would have problems deciding. (Fortunately, I am neither of those things.)
When I was out earlier, I passed the mall, and saw that it was barricaded by the sheriff's office, and that the parking lot was completely empty. I thought this was strange but forgot about it. It turns out that early this afternoon, a young man chased his father into one of the department stores with a gun, and ended up in a standoff with police after the mall was evacuated, because somehow people thought he had a hostage. He didn't have a hostage, and the standoff ended when he shot himself. I wonder if the police would have treated him any differently if they had known he didn't have a hostage, and if he might have lived? It's really sad, and I'm sort of creeped out by it, too. However, I am glad that my friend who works at the mall, not too far from that department store, is unharmed.
I talked to my mom on the phone - had a long talk with her trying to sway her to the Al Gore side of things (she can't be swayed to Ralph, but her sole major objection to Al is that he was the running mate of "the snake" - she hates Clinton and refuses to even admit that he might have been a decent president, despite the Lewinsky scandal & what I see as his problematic treatment of women). She went to the doctor today and got medication for her nasty cold thingy. She's probably coming home in a week to ten days.
Sometime between the end of the debate and the phonecall from mom, I put on one of my new cheep jazz cds... Moonlight Magic from Pier One... I enjoyed it, and it helped me get some work done. The TV was too distracting. I still need to pick out a topic for my paper... I am thinking about Linear A and what we know about it (which isn't much), and efforts to decipher it, but that may not be acceptable since it is not an "artwork". So I might go with something medieval - maybe early medieval manuscripts or ivories or something. It's only 1000 words, anyways.
Before I go to sleep, I'm going to attempt to pick a topic for that paper, and I'm going to read for a while.
My kitty has been asleep by my feet all evening but he just decided to walk up and sit by my hip and scratch at his ears and generally wonder why he is not getting as much of my attention as he would like. I don't know why he's being so affectionate in the last day or so, but it's nice.
