Things That I Love.

[sechan19]

Given the time constraints that now face me as a full-time graduate student, I've decided to take a page out of the immortal Sei Shonagon's pillow book. Interspersed between her various sprightly entries on life at the Heian court were random lists of things - things that are cute, things that are bothersome, things that are famous, etc. From time to time, I intend to do something in a similar vein - both to keep folks appraised and to keep my blogging time to a minimum when I really can't spare it (as I can't particularly right now).

And without further ado...

Things That I Love:
* Making tea and breakfast in the morning in my tiny, lovely kitchen.
* The word "kunst" (and all its variations), which is too funny.
* Super-cool colleagues and mentors.
* Getting excited about theory, as such, for the first time.
* Realizing that this is my house, which I share with no other, and that I can fall asleep on the couch if I bloody well want to.
* The Primanti Brothers' Pittsburgh-style Hoagie – easily the burliest, most macho sandwich I’ve ever eaten. Hey, it's not like I needed my arteries for anything.
* Having unlimited printing privileges at the university library and as well as access to Jstor.
* Death, dying, ghosts, and all ritual, tradition, and art associated with them - particularly in China and Japan.
* Re-reading beloved books with the little snatches of time that are left to me after a long day.

Comments

[lillith-knox.livejournal.com]

Okay - Primanti Bros' is great, but really? What's the deal with the fries IN the samich? Cultuure shock for me, definitely.

[reteva.livejournal.com]

Supposedly the sandwich was designed to be a complete and compact meal in and of itself (fries on the inside to facilitate its being eaten single-handed) for truckers and the like. Of course, the sandwich's own natural burliness, and subsequent lack of structural integrity, pretty much precludes this possibility. But who's counting, right?