2006!!

i know, nice title. well, it is 2006. happy new year to y'all.

in fact. happy new year to all y'all who are actually cerebrating new years day with time away from responsibility. some of us have already re-entered that realm. at 9:30 this morning, we at the columbia medical center began again. notwithstanding, the rest of the columbia community doesn't begin til jan 17, or that most other schools don't start til next monday, or the ridiculous fact that the rest of the country including banks and postal services are enjoying this national holiday. so forgive my complaints.



forgive my complaining. but at the end of the day, don't we all really deep down love to complain. there is an element in modern society or maybe just our generation that likes to compare adversity. as if we validate ourselves by bragging about how hard we have it. recently, i've been reading "notes from the underground" an obscure piece by dostoyevsky. he furthers this point by inserting that "it's the moaning that expresses the pleasure of the sufferer, for if he didn't enjoy it, he wouldn't moan. . . moans that express all the humiliating pointlessness of the pain." and people like to admit that there is pain and there is no enemy, while concurrently bemoaning their complaints.



either way. we started school today. welcome back, here's five lectures that you will need to know. enjoy. i guess the japanese tradition of the new year will find conceptualization this year. because i feel that my 2006 will strictly mirror the manner in which it began.