it's been a while, folks, but i'm still alive, and in the case of any widespread attacks of anthrax, i have a small supply of cipro stockpiled at my apartment. but i'm not worried. life in new york has been "normal" for the past few weeks, although it's still somewhat weird to know that there is a gaping hole somewhere in your hometown that wasn't there before.
i'm sorry everyone, but i'm going to miss the halloween party (but be assured i will be celebrating in the village).
i want to come home, but i'm short on both cash and time. after the attack, i went through a post-traumatic stress episode that nearly broke me down, and i'm quite homesick. my parents came up to support the new york economy and see how i was doing, though, and their vist was effective in giving me a little bit of a boost. and as far as my mental state now, i'm much better, loaded up on zoloft, and digging into my studies.
my parents took brianne and me to the hamptons. let me tell you something: the hamptons suck. they were petty bourgeouis, stuck-up, as though their shit-don't-smell communities complete with specialty shops selling things ranging from cheesy hand-made floor rugs to the year-round christmas crap. i had a fun time comlaining.
i've seen quite a few of the great, great thinkers of our day lecture, including: jurgen habermas, claude lefort, seyla benhabib, elizabeth young-breuhl, margaret canovan, jacques taminiaux, and andrew arato. all but habermas came to the new school to speak at the hannah arendt symposium. i was especially impressed by seyla benhabib. she is a strong, intelligent woman who possesses a keen awareness of our world.
classes are not going as well as i hoped. they're presented in a boring, pretentious, and useless format. i am really starting to despise academics. that's why i'm thinking of not going to my phd, but rather, i think i might get involved with some organizations that fight against defamation. i haven't decided yet, though.
anyway, i have to get to class now.
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