Just came back from the coffee house two blocks away from my apt, which is great but it closes at 10 pm. Tonight's reading acquisitions were somewhat modest; definitely not as productive as I would like. O well. Sadly, I'm not a speed reader, but want to learn to read more strategically. Anyhow, read an exciting essay by Nietzsche called "On truth and lies [...]" and now Thomas More's Utopia, which is actually quite engaging thus far. So here's what I'm thinking: after dinner I often retire to my room and read in bed -- bad habit, I know -- but then food coma kicks in and by the time 10:30-11 pm rolls around I am exhausted want to sleep. So maybe the thing to do, at least for a week, is to just hit the cafe after dinner for at least a good solid 2 hours of reading (and with caffeine, too); then go home and read in bed.
What else? Reading de Man is unbelievably painful. I cannot believe I have a whole semester of de Man and Derrida. My only saving grace is that we will be reading Paul Celan, plus some political writings; otherwise, I have to sit still until de Man week and 1/2 is over. Talk about discipline and punish. fuck.
okay, so I believe that latte and cappuccino is beginning to kick in. back to reading -- or shower?
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