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Thoughts, (in)sincerity, and bedlam

A boy wears his heart on his sleeve...

I, like Montaigne, believe that we as humans ARE not, but "are" the sum of our inconsistancies, or rather the changing passage which we call "life."

This last month has been incredibly formative for my "life." I have had friends have become enemies and only to return to be even more beloved. Then a less platonic form or love has been twice proposed to me. I rejected one and now lay teetering on the edge falling into either bliss or torture. Retreating back into my past state is no longer an option. To hide in the emotional immaturity is not possible. I weave between peaks and crests, tears and joy, love for today and love for yesterday.

I am afraid of tomorrow, but like Montaigne's view of a linear trajectory of "life," I too would like to return to the beautiful happenings of yesterdays and yesteryears. To emphasize those beautiful moments, to amplify them and have them radiate with you through the trajectory would be a triumph of the greatest calibre, for that is an art without measure or calculation.

You want to know more? Uh... I totally got drunk on vodka with my friends in Princeton. I couldn't even walk for an hour. I'm such a fuck up. I won't be doing that again any time so. Friends, friends, friends... let's fucking make more friends. Ugh. Ick. I wish I were a hermit.

One of my dearest friends has been diagnosed with strong form of mental illness. His young life has been condemned to mental institutions, enclosure in his house, separation from his love, and the termination of his studies in which he was excelling. I've cried repeatedly for him this past week. I miss and love Saladin. God bless him. I so understand him and hope and pray that he will be strong enough to recover.


Sexy is to be dark and depressed,
not tight, stark and repressed.

Med käraste hälsningar, KEN




New to Opera with Warm Wishes

Perhaps to start blogging will be a fun resolution for 2007 (along with running and weight lifting - grrr!). To share a bit of what goes on during the crazy semesters during a PhD program in Art History will be fun or whatever.

I start this blog during the swan song of a lovely winter break shared with my family and my best friend, Aleksey, Bela and Marina. Though it hurts to separate from the them, the memories keep us going. I'm so sappy, but it's so true. So if anyone sees me walking around College Avenue at Rutgers with a smile caused by no apparent reason, know that it is a memory in my fucked up head.

I'm nervous about starting a new semester. I still feel bastardized by the past one. I was not myself and I hated it. I became introverted and spastic to the point of freaking out during one of my presentations. I can only laugh now. So Spring 2007 is a clean slate for all of us. I will be taking two courses at Princeton so that change of scenery can only be therapeutic. I want to enjoy life again because recently is has sucked. That is it... not a complicated desire.

I wish all my fellow academics, especially my dears, Aleksey and Bela, a pleasurable semester!

Let's sing along!!!

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