ricky gervais show

today is cold, the nerves run circles around my sanity... coffee flows freely yet ideas are static.

Today is the beginning of the rest of the semester, after a long and completely relaxing break. In the next 8 weeks I must complete 4 10+ page papers, plus one more referat. I'm trying to keep calm about it, and methodically approach it, but the mind just creates these flaming hoops through which I must dive headfirst...

Discussed today in my Büchner seminar this concept- that the body might be smarter than the brain... Büchner wrote in one of his letters to his beloved, that the "gräßlicher Fatalismus des Lebens" was tying his mind in knots, debating existence and the purpose of living. But his body was so deeply excited for her arrival that Friday--- his body knew, more than his mind, that life would continue, despite doubts of purpose, to exist and to anticipate her arrival, and to enjoy her presence. The body often is better equipped to see through the mind's hubris and into the true meaning of life...

I've taken to passing the time by playing tetris online and listening to the ricky gervais show (available as audiobook on itunes). Pure drivel at it's most brilliant. I can also imagine it'd be wonderful to drive to. If you're sick of NPR telling you how depressing this year will be, have a go at this show.

Frohes Neues! (Happy New Year),
Alex