You ever wear a sweater or sweatshirt over a normal t-shirt for warmth, and then catch yourself being nervous about taking off the covering, because, you know, what if you only imagined putting on that shirt underneath?

I can’t comment directly on Krustukles’s recent entry, so I’ll do so here. She writes of ethical thoughts regarding vegetarianism vs. omnivorism, listing some interesting thoughts in an attempt “to develop an informed position on the subject”. What struck my particular interest was the point: Regardless of whether animals have a consciousness which to us is not apparent, it is easily demonstrable that most things more complicated than fungi have some kind of nervous system, if only rudimentary. Even if a cow isn’t contemplating Proust, it does feel pain. This is always a stopping point in my discussions with WO on animal killing. He argues that, yes, cows may feel…

There is a biting bug in my apartment. It only bites feet. Growl. I was up at 04:00 thanks to the marvelous burning/itching sensation of three new bites on my feet. I already had seven across both feet before I went to bed. I got a few more between 04:00 and 07:30. So I’m on campus, wearing loosened Tevas due to painfully swollen feet. I vaccuumed the apartment, but if it doesn’t stop, I’m not sure what to do.

…I used to study for exams during storms hoping that the power would go out so that school would be delayed or canceled and I wouldn’t have to take the exam. It’s not that I did poorly on exams, I just wanted to be rid of the stress. Well, it’s storming now. I figure that if the power goes out in fifteen minutes, it only needs to be off until 09:30 for my test to be canceled…