1/3/13
I got the most fantastic news last night after my post. I received my grades that I had long awaited, and the one I was least hopeful for was a B+. My somewhat sullen mood was lifted and suddenly I couldn't sleep.
I thought of a million things at once, which it seems I haven't done in a while. I consider this a good thing (unless, of course, I'm actually worried about something).
Sure, it normally saps my ability to sleep for an appropriate amount of hours, but I still did alright.This was the kind of wishful thinking/dreaming that kinda makes your heart flitter.
And I decided to set my clock earlier, because I was that excited. I arose this morning and mosied around, showering and dressing and being out the door before too long. These minutes were slow and contented.
I arrived at the school around 6:30am and walked until 7am. It was chilly, yet serene. I covered two miles. The remaining hour I spent reading On the Road before class began. Dean and Sal just decided to return to New York and head to Italy from there.
My computer class is painstakingly boring, as I explained to Camilita whilst in class. It basically covers how to use Microsoft Office 2010. A toddler could pass this class.
Following class, I hung around in the registration office to catch folks who may need tutoring in the upcoming semester. Meanwhile, I was searching through study abroad programs offered at Ramapo.
They have a fantastic program, but apparently you must have enrolled there for a semester before being eligible. The question is whether this semester is full-time, as I could possibly attend a course there concurrently in order to fulfill the requirement if that is not the case.
I seriously considered ditching SCCC for this semester if necessary, I would have until next Wednesday to decide. However, there is so much for me here that I would rather not give up, even if it were to study abroad in London or Denmark or Sweden or even Wollongong, Australia.
I inquired about the details of the "one semester" requirement, hopefully as to make the reality of my options more apparent. Otherwise, it would probably behoove me to lay out any deadlines of my other potential routes in some organized manner (noted).
My Most Meaningful Encounter was...
...probably one that was more introspective than anything. For a long time, I have been quite critical, offering my opinion when it is entirely unnecessary, often at the expense of my own time, and perhaps the integrity of my relationships with others. Something silly came up in my Facebook feed about the harms of CFL bulbs that emit UV rays, and how the government sucks and its their fault. I spent probably ten minutes scrutinizing this and compiling a remark when I realized what I was doing: I was just adding a stupid remark to theirs. The following realization occured to me:
Let people with uncompromising opinions be. They are as good as animals.
And this stands to reason. Its an idea that is derived from Manly P. Hall's Neoplatinism. Opinion is the lowest and least justified mode of thought. It is devoid of sense; devoid of the things that seperate us from species who do not possess the power of the human mind.
Thus, to cling to a senseless opinion is animalistic. Furthermore, to lower oneself to combat with these inferences is demoralizing, degenerative, and unaffordable.
The remainder of my night I will likely spend reading and thinking, my two most peaceful and solemn endeavors.