Back at school..

Currently staying in an apartment in Austin, just to finish my silly bachelor's degree. Why silly? Studio Art. I only needed one class to graduate, an upper division writing component. What did I choose? Venus and Hermes in the 19th century. Seemed useless enough.

First writing assignment: Discuss the importance of the antique world in our world today. At first I was going to say there was no significance at all. But I started thinking, and wrote about the fundamentals of democracy, philosophical thought, and rhetoric. Other people wrote about architecture, tradition of sports, and other such things. My paper got an A. There is something intrinsically flawed with the education system when I get an A. I am not an A student.

Then we did research on various representations of the beings Venus and Hermes. I chose Hermes Trismegistus, an entity that was quite intriguing. The Egyptians worshiped a god named Thoth, a god of wisdom that was the patron of astrology and alchemy. Better known, is the Greek Hermes, god of writing and magic. Both were psychopomps, meaning they guided souls to the afterlife. Anyhow, the Greeks discovered that the Egyptians were worshiping a god similar to their own, and concluded that the two gods were one and the same. Thus, Hermes Trismegistus was formed, meaning Hermes the thrice great. But the funny thing about Hermes Trismegistus, is that the beliefs of Hermeticism and the prophecies foretold by him, point directly towards Christianity. He was actually considered an Egyptian contemporary of Moses. Within Hermeticism was a trinity consisting of God, World, Man. Hermes Trismegistus was said to have foretold 'the ruin of the antique religion, the rise of the new faith, the coming of Christ, the judgment to come, the resurrection of the world, the glory of the blessed and the torments of the damned.' Pretty interesting.

I've been really lazy about meals lately. I bought the materials for my sandwiches: bread, cheese, roast beef, turkey, pastrami. But I don't actually make sandwiches anymore. I place some meat directly into my mouth, then eat a slice of bread. The key is having nothing to wash. I've also taken to eating boiled eggs. Just because there's less to wash than from frying eggs. Yesterday I bought some carrots and tomatoes. For the sake of simplicity, I eat these raw. Just rinse and eat. Every time I eat something, I eat some of my salt & vinegar chips. Food intake for yesterday: 3 boiled eggs, 1 whole carrot, 1 whole tomato, 1 slice of bread, 1 cookie, some tiny pickles, a few slices of roast beef and pastrami, chips.

I went bowling last Saturday. I'm horrible at bowling. I think I was getting better at the end though. How bad you ask? It's not even a matter of score. My gutter ball percentage is about 50%.