March 2008
25 posts
“Would you accept a dinner invitation with Socrates? Beard, in case you didn’t...”
– Mary Beard. I would accept the dinner invitation, if only for the chance to be close enough to Socrates to conk him over the head.
Eush’s Solo Tour of the Islands, Part III:... →
(Parts I and II were Hydra and Lesbos, by the way.)
The moment I stepped off the platform onto Santorini, it started raining Chunks of Ice. It got better though. I took a taxi to Kamari, on the east…
Robert Fagles dies →
Upon arriving in santorini, i am hit by hail. Hard. I hope the weather improves.
Places I am planning on going before I blow this...
Meteora - because I am a tourist, and need to go somewhere that is not an island
Alonnisos - because I like to walk around with nobody else around
Paxi - because I opened my guidebook and it landed there
Now whether I can pull this off with my remaining weekends (and finish off my diving) remains to be seen. But I am now limiting myself to these places, and putting it up in public so I can...
Book initiative update: I've put "Foucault's... →
I felt the same way about the book sometimes too.
my family gets in on the act
my sister: how are you?
my sister: heard you almost drowned...stupid.
me: thanks a lot.
my sister: you know you are so stupid. you are going diving again? bahala ka.
I have such good friends
me: so i did not have such a fun scuba time this weekend
j: why not?
me: (explains)
j: you're supposed to die of cardiovascular disease
j: not scuba diving
me: nice.
“The whole point about Latin is that it is a wonderful language, with wonderful...”
– Mary Beard on the usefulness (or lack thereof) of Vicipaedia.
The need for a refresher course →
So today I hyperventilated at 66 feet underwater, and to top it off I couldn’t see because my mask flooded, and then when my buddy finally got me up to the surface I projectile vomited. Well, that…
The weather will be cooperating with my dive.
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‘If love is a bolt from the blue, then what...
The garbage men are finally collecting garbage. Whoo.
I am off class for the next 6 days. Didn’t I just get back from break?
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“I’m trying to soar to great heights here, and you just drag us right back...”
– My Ancient Greek professor, when I asked him if the metro was running tomorrow. (It is, by the way.)
I can’t believe I’ve been here two months and only started eating tyropitas yesterday.
this happens every class
prof: what's wrong?
me: nothing.
prof: you had this look of disapproval on your face.
me: oh. i have that look all the time.
classmate: it's true, she does.
Mytilene, Lesvos →
Not long after I returned to my flat I left for Piraeus again, as my ferry for Mytilene left at 18.00 (and would arrive around 13 hours later).
13 hours didn’t seem that long once I boarded, because…
Hydra Town →
For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to buy a round-trip ticket to Hydra on a Flying Cat to stay at the small island overnight.
Luckily, it turned out that I was right.
The success of my…
“ιω μοι μοι.”
– I feel the same way, Ajax. Back in Athens, and back to the daily grind.
“Lesvos makes the best ouzo in Greece, and if you have never had ouzo from...”
– From http://www.lesvos.com. It’s just too bad I don’t like anything remotely anise-flavored.
how to make an impression
c: do you think it would be wrong to say ‘In my year studying at Oxford University...’ in my honors application?
me: yes, it would be wrong
me: it's ‘University of Oxford’
