Not a ton going on right now. I know all the Warcraft stuff is probably super boring to read about for those of you who don’t play - the solution of course is that you should play. But yeah, don’t think I don’t realize how weird it must sound to non-gamers that I used to spend most of my free time doing normal twentysomething things like drinking and, um, reading philosophy papers, and now I spend most of it playing one particular video game. I have friends who’ve been completely absorbed by MMO’s before, and I admit that I always thought it was totally bizarre and a little pathetic at the time, but now I completely understand. My addiction isn’t the kind that’s going to lead to skipping work or a decline in my personal hygene, but I can totally see how it can be like that for some people. It’s possible that I’ll stop playing so much when I hit the level cap with my character - or it’s possible that I’ll just start a new character and lose another couple months of free time. I am aware that I’m almost never on irc these days, and that I’ve become even worse at answering email. Let’s hope that’s the worst thing that comes out of all this.

Other than that, life is good. As the weather has gotten a little warmer, I have started to realize that it’s been nearly a year since I graduated from NYU - it doesn’t feel like that at all. Somehow it feels like this is just a really long summer break that hasn’t ended yet. I still miss being a student very much and am still thinking about grad school. I haven’t applied yet, mostly because I don’t see a way right now for me to do the grad school thing, at least financially. Chris and I can afford our apartment only because we both work, and even with the money I’d get if I enrolled in a PhD program I don’t think we’d be able to make ends meet. Plus I’ve still got my undergrad student loan to pay off, although it’s not a huge amount of money. Academically, on the other hand, I do think I’m ready for grad school. I was a little burned out by the time I made it through my senior year, but I feel like I’ve recovered from that and I’m itching to get back into that kind of work. As for whether it would be computer science or philosophy - that’s something I still haven’t decided yet, so it’s probably just as well I can’t afford it right now.

I bought a Cranes album yesterday and have been listening to it since - it’s fucking fantastic. I’ve heard them before, of course, mostly in clubs and other people’s cars, but I’ve never owned any of their material. It reminds me of the first time I heard The Smiths. I want to go smoke cloves and think about death.