old schoooool.

I Wish Undergrads Would Learn How to BE QUIET in the Library, Mix #4.

(And in honor of undergrads, all the songs on this list were songs I loved in college. MAJOR FLASHBACK. Also, the songs are arranged in rough chronological order, according to when I started listening to them. And, yes, yes, I should actually be writing a paper right now. Whatever.)

1. El Scorcho - Weezer
2. Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk (Reprise) - Rufus Wainwright
3. As Is - Ani DiFranco
4. Take Me Anywhere - Tegan and Sara
5. The Past and Pending - The Shins
6. Us - Regina Spektor
7. Such Great Heights - Postal Service
8. July, July - The Decembrists
9. Jesus, Etc - Wilco
10. With Arms Outstretched - Rilo Kiley
11. I'm A Cuckoo - Belle & Sebastian
12. Like Eating Glass - Bloc Party
13. Lloyd, I'm Ready to be Heartbroken - Camera Obscura
14. The Funeral - Band of Horses

my brain, a strange place.

I went to the symphony last night, and instead of actually listening to the Beethoven and Bartok being played, I thought about Hobbes' materialist philosophy. In my defense, I had spent several hours reading Hobbes, and thinking about how everything we do is merely a series of reactions to the physical world. So, as the older gentleman on my right dozed off, I tried to picture what sound waves look like, and how we hear them, and the amount of pleasure we derive from the experience. I considered explaining all this to the friends I was with, but then I realized that nobody actually wants to think about this stuff. Except me, maybe.

And if I actually derive pleasure from being in grad school (which is not necessarily the case) what would Hobbes say about that? I think he would say that I'm still living in the state of nature, and my passions are definitely not consistent with natural law.

Oy.