February 2008
28 posts
P Ulrich: Scryer and the Shrewstone
“My interest in Time and its concerns is daily fading away, and I am trying to...”
– RE Lee, in his last years
“The Christian text was a China-proper ontological thesis about the Christian...”
– Luo Zhao, Important New Tang Christianity Finding
“For people who want to improve four skills, speaking, listening, reading, and...”
– from a Japanese language school I am considering taking classes from. Not a good sign.
“Because writers represent the unconscious vigour and fighting spirit of a land....”
– Ben Okri
“A feather falls; A thought lit
Fairly forlorn with sunset
Ambling through the...”
– Pamela Wyn Shannon
reflecting on the lives of Ockham, Eliade and Mirandola.
Tonight till 2100. Some dozing in the afternoon, but few distractions outside of a brief run through some architecture books (Takao Ando) and one about the marketing campaign of the Economist. Lovin’ it but realizing how much more there is to learn.
I study in a library. Every day I get anxious and pace about, but the Japanese around me never move. Every evening when I leave (tonight at 18:30) they are still there studying. How insipid and lazy I have become.
Mixi will set up China subsidiary →
Reached ~600 flashcards sometime earlier this week I think. Rate of learning increased, some increase in focus, although I trail off in the late afternoons. Hoping to increase study time to 10hrs per day starting next week. Right now am averaging 10-7 weekdays, less on weekends. Still too slow, but thankfully picking up.
Meet the World: Information in flags →
Laziness an increasing problem. Too much time on the internet. My own thoughts muddled; this week flawed memory regarding first century history, atypical I think, although the presence of one such disturbs greatly; possiblity also of more. Not integrated into this society. This weekend a day and a half with a Japanese family. Still huge barriers, from both sides. Conversations with the son...
“I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I’d rather one should...”
– Edgar Guest, poet
4.12: Mother Earth Mother Board →
“His spirits are hurricane, his servants flames of fire. He goes on the wings of...”
– Johann Casper Lavater, of Henry Fuseli
No meat, no alchohol for Lent.
The path to the present moment
Time = now. But how did I get here? Reflecting over the course of my career to the present date, here and there a computer programmer, operator, technician, director of my own firm, responsible for project management, and various other tasks and responsiblities, starting programming at age 14 on scholarship at local university, early but much later than others, such as this esteemable fellow. ...
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