I didn't know that the Ramones had already broken up. I guess I'm an information poor.
I've done a presentation on the capital punishment controversy in the applied ethics class. The resume or should I say paper is written in Japanese, so --to my great regret-- you may not be able to read it. (It's not quite finished, though.)
Now I've gotta write a paper on information and ethics. What I'm gonna write about?
Well, but that's an excuse. I must manage it.
I'm going to move out of my room at the end of this month and going to share one whole house with a friend of mine. I already have a lot of things (and books) in my room, so I guess it's going to be a REAL work to bring them to the new house. The mere thought of it makes me down. So I'll try not to think about it.
No, it's 'weakly news', not 'weekly news'.
Today is the day of the entrance exams I mentioned below. She and I have worked very hard, but who knows if she's gonna make it or not.
Someone has told me that she's not the kind to study philosophy, not cut out for studying in general. But how can you tell that she's so? I'm no better than she.
O, my, I haven't written here for quite a while, have I? I've been busy, as you might have supposed.
Now I'm doing what? I'm busy reading and checking someone's translation of some 'business ethics' book. It surely takes time.
Here's another news. Instead of eating out every night and day, I began cooking for myself. Since I have converted into a vegetarian quite recently, all the dishes on my kitchen table are filled with vegetables. If you don't mind that, you can always come to my house and eat some (but be sure to bring some money, will you?).
I was sick yesterday and so couldn't go to school. (Reichenbach, --p. 60.)
The translation of a book on business ethics is almost done, though I will still have to look through other translators' translation. It's been fun translating and checking others' translation but it also has been taking up my time, so much that I'm beginning afraid that I won't be able to hand in my master's thesis next January. O, well, I gotta do what I gotta do (and this is a goddamn tautology).
Recently I've been to the movie theater twice, once for "Alien Resurrection" (in Japan it was "Alien 4"), once for "The Full Monty".
Alien wasn't so bad (actually, the movie scared me to go to the bathroom twice during the movie), but I think "Alien 2" (and this I guess is also the Japanese name for the movie, whose original name was "Aliens", perhaps) was more exciting.
The Full Monty, which is an British movie, was very funny and also moving. It was very much like "Brassed Off!!", the one I saw a few month ago. Both describe the situation of the working class people in Britain, who get unemployed and struggle to live somehow. I felt the Full Monty was funnier while Brassed Off!! was more serious and moving. I recommend to see both of these movies, but especially the Full Monty.
(Reichenbach, --about the half of the section 5)
O, well, yesterday I slept from the evening to the wee hour. I was bushed because I had to hand in a paper yesterday. I almost gave up finishing the paper, but somehow I did it.
Then I woke up and cooked a meal (yakisoba--fried noodles or Japanese-style spaghetti I suppose) and took a bath before coming to school at the break of dawn. A bit cool, but it's a fine day.
(Reichenbach, sec. 16, -p. 116)
I met my ma yesterday at JR Kyoto Station.
(Reichenbach, sec. 18, -p. 121)
Ah, it's getting increasingly weak. It's been quite a while since I last updated this page. Let me briefly describe what my life has been like since then.
In July, I went to Kanagawa Prefecture to attend a meeting of utilitarians (JSUS). After that, along with the teachers and students of Ethics, I went to Fukui Prefecture for an intensive study of Information Ethics.
In early August, the associate professor and I attended the Contemporary Ethics Study Group at Sensyu University (in Tokyo), and I did a book review of some book on Bentham. It was a good experience. And I remember going to Uji for fireworks in late August. I saw so many people sitting and crowding near the Uji River. (Not in the river, though.)
In September, I've done nothing notable so far. Several deadlines are coming to get me.
It's late afternoon now, and I feel very sleepy. This morning, I slept on the sofa in the students' room of Ethics. Yes, I certainly have a bed of my own in my flat, but you know, I'm so busy doing stuff and such a cyberholic that I'd rather stay here all day than waste time going back to my flat. The only problem is, they don't have a bathroom (I mean, a shower bath) here!
It's been raining for a week. Last Tuesday, we had Typhoon No. 7, which caused a lot of damage and more than ten deaths across Japan. And one of the roofs in my flat had a leak. Shite.
Last Friday I went to the botanical garden which is located in the northern part of Kyoto-City. In the big greenhouse, there were lots of weird-looking tropical flowers and trees. No, it's not flowers! It's not trees! It's SOMETHING ELSE! It's Martians! It was raining that day too, and that very hard. I got soaked to the bone and the nerves, and also to the precious brain. Shite.
Now it's midnight. About one hour and a half before the sunrise. I'm sitting up preparing for the today's class of philosophy of science. We are now reading some Reichenbach's book. He says "We must now investigate the question whether the time order defined above can be carried through consistently", so I guess I must investigate it. Bye for now.
It's dawn now. My brain is not properly working and I can't understand what our Reichenbach is saying, so I'd better get some rest. But unfortunately there's no bed nor sofa to sleep on. Shite.
I have a strange feeling that nobody's reading this page.
Morning. I've slept for a couple of hours on three pieces of chairs.
Lunchtime. I've attended the class of the philosophy of science in the morning. Before the class I received the report I had handed in last week. Evaluation, low. I sure have a lot more to study.
It seems Ms. Certain has been conferred the doctor's degree today. She came here (the students' room of ethics) a while ago with her parents, all of them dressed neatly. Considering the present state of my intellectual level, I can't possibly imagine being in her position. I sure have a lot more to study. Shite it.
It's getting dark now. I had two classes in the afternoon and I feel fairly exhausted. Come to think of it, I hadn't attended three classes in succession since last June. I feel very sleepy, but I guess I'd better work.
Master thesis, whew. It sure looks like a big mountain to climb up.
Late evening. Feeling tired. I want to sleep but I've got some work to do. The incessant conflicts between Oughts and Wants.
Woke up in the dead of the night. Feeling much better. Let's set to work.
It's very early morning now. I can hear the bell of a nearby temple ringing. I wonder how long I've been staying at school. More than one day, for sure.