Excerpts

why settle for just one form of depression

me: conceiving of everything as shadows is my new thing
I blame reading too much about monetary policy
the Baron: i haven't looked into monetary policy at all, but i'm prepared to be convinced that the fed basically sucks
me: to be fair
all things do

at least 80% of my conversations begin or end here
me: well on a basic level, myself also being too tired to get into a long argument, though you raise good points, this is why smart libertarians hate objectivists
my longer answer involves Christianity

The rest is sadly too vulgar for this audience.

Sobornost' Man

The following is taken from a conversation I had via text with a friend writing a paper about secularism in Russia. I have left out all of his responses; mine are unedited.

"Haha yeeeah. Blame the Germans."

"It's always the Germans. Or the Austrians, for non-Russian Slavs. Everything and always. I bet the IP is a Habsburg front group."

"EXACTLY. Werner Herzog would be a great Slavophile."

And another

DL: Ya khochu pokurit'... 

TKB: And I want to be a carny.

LL: Why do you want to marry Brian Carney?

I'm just pleased she thought of Brian before Jay.

(Translation: I want to smoke.)

But you trusted them before?

"I'm never going to trust independent voters again."

"Why? I'd take that."

"What?"

"Charlie Sheen over Sarah Palin."

"What?"

"I don't believe in governance, Christopher."

Inspired by this.

The best part of waking up

Yesterday I fell asleep on the futon in our common room and woke up next to a bottle of cold beer.

I live with wonderful people.