okay, bad link down there.. this video still manages to make me well, snort in some form of laughter, though i cant say much for the laughing out loud though.. only things that are so fantastical and removed from reality can make me laugh. used to be fantasy, that.. until the living the loving the fighting and then the dying got quite the same after a while.. still havent finished that series though.. anyways. recently found malcolm bradbury's eating people is wrong in some corner of the house, sitting there for years waiting to be read.. its like one of those books you know youd probably enjoy in time to come just that the time hasnt come yet.. by the time youve forgotten about it and found it again, perhaps the time is just right.. i must have gotten it somehow at least two years ago and its been sitting there since and i wouldnt have found it if not for this sdjkbfasuigtsuigt student i have to see first thing tomorrow morning.. (i was looking for stickers) anyways. it managed to be something about teaching. a little. somewhat. god? chance? a good system of storing books? :/ anyways. heres a bit of it:
"I feel really sorry for him," said Emma. "It's simply impossible, of course, to respond fairly to him; there's just no common ground." "Oh," said Treece sharply. "I wouldn't have thought that was true. Indeed, you seem to have disproved it." "Well, it's like talking to children," said Emma. "You get some pleasure out of doing it, but you never really feel you're exhibiting any part of youreself; just exercising in a void, and that just isn't good enough for you yourself." "Oh, you expect too much from life," said Treece, adding with a sweet smile, "You're just like me."
another bit?
"But why are we teaching in a university in the first place? Goodness knows it's not for the money. It isn't because we want to teach, or because, simply, we love scholarship. Isn't it because we want to live in a world of circulating ideas and critical valuations? Isn't it because we love independence and freedom of thought? Or am I being naive?" "In a way, Stuart, I really think you are," said Viola. "Well, I don't," said Treece. "If our function isn't to talk about what is good when the rest of the world is talking about what is profitable, what can we do?" Lionel Marshall interposed: "You seem to think that the function of the university is to give a training in taste and to improce the standards by which people live. But to what effect? How would this serve them, as far as their social function is concerned?" "They would act as a group of protestants when people tried to lower standards and mortgage the values of our civilisation; you must admit there is always that risk."
okay well, it only gets to the really good part on the next page.. its late, dont like typing with punctuation, the whole thing is long, *inserts other lame excuses* so you can either get the book yourself or borrow it from me..
2:00 am
gail.
loves anything new
gets caught up in causes, events, loves
but doesn't do anything about them.
professes to be a supporter of the green movement
but leaves the lights on
disapproves of mcdonalds
but eats there anyways.
godwise, the jury's still out.
schoolwise, fass rocks my socks
but why do i have like a ton of work to do?
familywise, i guess theyre/its great
we just need to figure out what to do around each other?
freindswise, hey you guys are awesome.
blogwise, realises that the profile section is crappy
but doesn't know how else to fill up the space.
