salute to goethe

HOW happy I am that I am gone! My dear friend, what a thing is the heart of man! To leave you, from whom I have been inseparable, whom I love so dearly, and yet to feel happy! I know you will forgive me. Have not other attachments been specially appointed by fate to torment a head like mine? Poor Leonora! and yet I was not to blame. Was it my fault, that, whilst the peculiar charms of her sister afforded me an agreeable entertainment, a passion for me was engendered in her feeble heart? And yet am I wholly blameless? Did I not encourage her emotions? Did I not feel charmed at those truly genuine expressions of nature, which, though but little mirthful in reality, so often amused us? Did I not—but oh! what is man, that he dares so to accuse himself? My dear friend, I promise you I will improve; I will no longer, as has ever been my habit, continue to ruminate on every petty vexation which fortune may dispense; I will enjoy the present, and the past shall be for me the past. No doubt you are right, my best of friends, there would be far less suffering amongst mankind, if men—and God knows why they are so fashioned—did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity

-goethe

starry eyed dreamer

the world as it works

What the hell? My grades do not define me as a person. What kind of pretentious dick only talks to people who have straight-A's? Does he presume that the only people worth noting are people who do well at school?

I am a B-average student. I get A's for some classes, but most of the time I score high B's. My score roughly evens out to be a nice grade that is by no means awful nor award-worthy. It's a good grade. Yet some prat decides that it's not enough. Apparently I don't qualify to converse with him.

You know what? Forget you! That's just too much ass-hattery. I'm not worth your time? Yeah, well you're not worth mine either. Who wants to hang with a loser who obsessively memorizes everyone's GPA and extracurricular activities anyways?


-Chien

hammer time!

go WEST HAM! cheers for showing arsenal the way back home!