http://schweblog.com the weblog of Jesse Schwebach Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:13:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en More than that: the chance, the fate, that suffuse the past before my eyes are conspicuously present in the accustomed confusion of these books.  For what else is this collection but a disorder to which habit has accommodated itself to such an extent that it can appear as an order? —Walter ... http://schweblog.com/2010/02/unpacking-my-library/ This is one part letter to self, one part letter to friends, and one part speculation. I have both endured and helped friends endure heartbreak of varying degrees.  In spite of it all, it seems like our generation doesn't really suffer from an overabundance of heartbreak, but a profound deficit of ... http://schweblog.com/2010/01/on-figuring-out/ As I get older, I'm coming to appreciate shorter lists of bests and worsts.  Collections of top tens flood you with far too much information to digest, especially if it concerns a subject that you're unfamiliar with.  Top three lists, I think, are better for a number of reasons.  First, ... http://schweblog.com/2010/01/2009-in-music/ Here is how holiday gatherings with my family inevitably go. (serving ourselves, sitting down to eat) Aunt/uncle/cousin: You didn't want any ham/turkey/other meat? Me: Nope, I'm a vegequarian.  I'll eat fish, but no other meat. Them: You're still doing that, huh? Me: Yep. Them: So, do you think it's wrong that I eat meat? Me: ...can we ... http://schweblog.com/2010/01/holiday-recap/ My brother and I used to play a game.  It was never explicitly identified as such.  One of us would spontaneously decide to not talk to the other.  (This included antagonizing one another, which was really the primary form of communication between us.) Neither of us were particularly good at the ... http://schweblog.com/2009/09/the-game/ While I'm not familiar with the exact theological axioms that pro-lifers employ to defend their anti-abortion stance, one of the most frequently-cited reasons that I hear in the political babble is anchored in the possibility of life.  That is, the fetus, while not a viable entity capable of biological autonomy, ... http://schweblog.com/2009/09/pro-lifers-radical-environmentalists/ I am a strange person.  Probably abnormally strange.  Stranger than most at least.  I wake up and pretend I'm a snake or a raccoon or something else.  I play really weird Japanese RPGs.  I FX4 off of things, including my friends' cars.  And curbs.  And things in the grocery store. I'm ... http://schweblog.com/2009/08/my-weight-in-books/ There are times I wake up and like to pretend that, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., I am a different person with a different life. Grinding coffee, I think about making my own wine.  I grew up on a farm.  I could grow grapes.  My vineyard would ... http://schweblog.com/2009/06/what-i-would-do-in-another-life/ I'm signed up for a class on "early" Heidegger next semester.  To aid my engagement with this prolific, challenging philosopher, I have blasphemously made a profile for Martin Heidegger on Twitter, where I will be quasi-biographically updating "his" status as I work my way through Being and Time. If nothing else, ... http://schweblog.com/2009/06/heidegger-now-on-twitter/ Make new friends. Read. Stop worrying about dying alone. Bike more. Write. (Mostly) overcome my fear of spiders. Practice empathizing. Make things. Play board games. Camp. http://schweblog.com/2009/06/summer-to-do-list/