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Nov. 6th, 2009 12:05 amToday started off badly. I woke up full of absolute irrational rage. In my half-awake state just before rising, I'd been contemplating various issues that made me angry - I can't remember if it was because of a dream or not - and that resulted in me feeling rather not-good, to say the least. A brief conversation with someone before I went to school did a lot to lift my spirits, however.
I was exhausted in CanLit class; kept falling asleep, in fact. I hadn't finished my homework, either, and so wasn't able to turn in the assignment. Ugh. I ended up speaking with professor Roy after class - basically she just wanted to check up on me, I suppose, and ensure that I realized I was forfeiting that mark by not turning something in. That's fine. I understand. We ended up having a short conversation about the novel, in terms of form and its commentary on historiography. And we spoke - briefly - about this one guy in the class that drives me nuts. He's very... conservative. To put it mildly.
Today he was going on about morals. Not only do I think his points in relation to the novel were completely wrong, I was also very put off - even angered - by some of the stuff he was saying. Whose morals are you talking about? Don't go assuming everyone at the table has the same morals as you do, or even the same definition of morals. Don't go assuming that everyone at the table is a conservative Christian. At one point last week, when we were studying Green Grass, Running Water, he was quite butthurt over the novel's critique of Christianity as an institution, and said a ton of things that pissed me the hell off. You're the majority, buddy. You people have the power in this country. Your whole system isn't going to be dismantled by someone criticizing what has been done to people in the past in your god's name (and whether he approved of all that is certainly another, unrelated question).
... Anyway. I spent the rest of the day sleeping, mostly. And that would be why I'm now awake. Ugh. I'd intended November to be a fresh start, but I still feel like I'm slipping, so much. On the other hand, I don't feel bad enough. I know I am trying, and if I keep at it, things will get better. It's just hard, sometimes, a little. But I have to keep at it.
I feel the need to be social. Maybe I will go to the communal coffee time tomorrow.
I was exhausted in CanLit class; kept falling asleep, in fact. I hadn't finished my homework, either, and so wasn't able to turn in the assignment. Ugh. I ended up speaking with professor Roy after class - basically she just wanted to check up on me, I suppose, and ensure that I realized I was forfeiting that mark by not turning something in. That's fine. I understand. We ended up having a short conversation about the novel, in terms of form and its commentary on historiography. And we spoke - briefly - about this one guy in the class that drives me nuts. He's very... conservative. To put it mildly.
Today he was going on about morals. Not only do I think his points in relation to the novel were completely wrong, I was also very put off - even angered - by some of the stuff he was saying. Whose morals are you talking about? Don't go assuming everyone at the table has the same morals as you do, or even the same definition of morals. Don't go assuming that everyone at the table is a conservative Christian. At one point last week, when we were studying Green Grass, Running Water, he was quite butthurt over the novel's critique of Christianity as an institution, and said a ton of things that pissed me the hell off. You're the majority, buddy. You people have the power in this country. Your whole system isn't going to be dismantled by someone criticizing what has been done to people in the past in your god's name (and whether he approved of all that is certainly another, unrelated question).
... Anyway. I spent the rest of the day sleeping, mostly. And that would be why I'm now awake. Ugh. I'd intended November to be a fresh start, but I still feel like I'm slipping, so much. On the other hand, I don't feel bad enough. I know I am trying, and if I keep at it, things will get better. It's just hard, sometimes, a little. But I have to keep at it.
I feel the need to be social. Maybe I will go to the communal coffee time tomorrow.
Yuu. Fic writer & book lover. M/Canada.