today was fabulous. i can’t remember if i mentioned on tuesday that my philosophy professor this term rocks socks like you wouldn’t believe; if not, well, he does. let it be known. it turns out he holds his office hours in an irish pub downtown; obviously i had to check it out. i headed over after my inida recitation and found him with maybe a dozen other nyu philosophy students, some of whom have already graduated or took his class years ago but keep coming every thursday night because he’s just that cool. we did some drinking (and even talked a little philosophy), and incredibly enough it turns out that we’ve been going to the exact same clubs for years - he goes to batcave now, and before that went to lbv at mother, and the bank before it closed. i don’t know how it is that we’ve never met, but i’m keeping an eye out next time i go. all the other people there were equally entertaining; a very good time was had by all and i expect i’ll be there more or less every thursday for this semester at the very least.

my other classes - india lecture and india recitation - today were interesting to be sure, but they sort of pale in comparison to my ethics lecture. i’ve never been so entertained in a class in my life, much less in a philosophy class. a philosophy class specialzing in ethical theory, even. needless to say i’ll probably end up taking all the other classes he teaches over the next year or two.

i got a lot of reading done between classes today, and reactivated my nyu net account and everything, so that’s all good. i feel really good about being back in school. i hadn’t realized till now quite how much i missed it. the schedule is exhausting, the workload daunting, and the commute ruthless but i’ve had the best week i’ve had in months. i’m a lot more enthusiastic about all this than i thought i would be, and i’m not just saying that because i’m a little drunk. which i am, by the way. a little drunk that is. shut up.

i have no classes tomorrow but i’ll be in the city for a while anyway to hang out with spencer and pick up my pa book and do a little more textbook shopping. might go see a movie later in the evening, although i have a lot of work to do the next few days. we shall see. right now i’m going to go read my einstein homework until i fall asleep. goodnight!