I'm sitting in front of my computer contemplating art and the avant-garde, working on an outline for my master's essay. But I need a break. So I blog.
I got a new book a few days ago. It was a pseudoimpulse buy. They just came out with a complete translation of Lacan's Ecrits. It's very sexy. You can see a picture of it here.
I say pseudoimpulse because I'd been eyeing it for a while and Lacan is a weak spot in my reading. Then I was at a meeting regarding the future of English as a discipline and someone was talking up Lacan, so I went home and bought the book.
Up to this point, he had been one of those people I could vaguely cite ("Desire is absence," "The mirror-stage of development," "subjectivity is a process of signification") while having read very, very little. The trouble is, like most people we all ought to have read, he's a bit difficult. Although he's cited as a philosopher and through the guises of cultural theory, he was clearly writing as a psychologist to psychologists.
I finally borrowed The Thin Red Line from the library; it's been on my list for a while. I'll probably watch it this weekend.
I don't know if I've mentioned it yet, but I've started playing online poker again. If any of my old poker buddies want to try and coordinate a weekend online tourney or something to that effect, let me know. I use Paradise Poker, but I could start an account on another server.
OK, back to work.
Posted by pjaussen at February 9, 2006 03:05 PM | TrackBackHey Paul, would love to get a game set up sometime. Josiah and I talked about it a little bit already. I don't know if Paradise is mac-usable which would be a requirement with both of us. we thought it would be cool to have Skype running too so that we could talk to each other. We need to set this up.
Posted by: ARoss at February 14, 2006 09:26 AMHey Paul,
You should call Chip after you watch the Thin Red Line. He would love to chat with you about it. He puts the movie right up there with the New Testament. Ask anyone who lived on Catacombs Chip's junior year. They probably watched it with him at some point. Lang and I just saw The New World (on Chip's recommendation) and we loooooved it. If you have a chance to see it, be prepared for a very slow, very beautiful, very experiential movie. I don't think that you will regret it.
I miss you two. I'll call you soon.
Posted by: Charity at February 14, 2006 02:43 PMAndy,
Like I said, I have no problem signing up to another online poker site, altho I'd be surprised if Paradise is not mac-friendly.
I'll send around an email in a couple of weeks and we'll try to set it up. I'm hitting my busy period right now, but in about a month I'll have some free time.
Good to hear from both of you.
Posted by: paul at February 14, 2006 03:40 PMSexy. Very sexy)
I quit playing a couple of years ago and never come back.