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the summerness of summer

summer fell upon me like an unexpected kiss. mmmm, it’s good to be done.

on friday morning, i woke up at 8:20, rolled out of bed and on to my bike (it was waiting beneath my bed like a trusty steed). i was seated in the room for my philosophy 102 examination by 8:30. at roughly 8:50am, i left the room after stamping my seal on the completed exam. i was sound asleep by 9:05.

when i woke up again, i was too busy wondering whether i’d missed lunch to realize that, oh most glorious of days, my sophomore year was over.

well, not competely: there is the small matter of reading 5 different selections of ancient greek from various texts by wednesday, but that’s so far in the future i can revel in the summerness of summer for as long as i want. and, it’s just reading.

so i celebrated. i went to a cornerstone party-like-event at the oval, and also to jenna shuer’s birthday party. i kicked back and hung out, having nothing else to do. finally dan and i celebrated by beating return to castle wolfenstein, the end of which was great–i had to defeat a resurrected, immortal [wait–if he was resurrected, he was dead..so he couldn’t have been immortal. ah, don’t think too much], undead, battle lord named Heinrich I. how cool is that.

now i’m back from climbing at the wall for an hour, sitting in my room amidst the usual mess, compounded by the various boxes sitting on the floor waiting to be filled. i can’t wait to move into my apartment for the summer. only one complication: i have to vacate my current room by 10am on thursday morning, and more than likely i won’t be able to move into kingscote until friday. a dilemma, then.

goodbye plato, descartes, locke, kant, hume, wittgenstein, and gettier. hello dreamweaver, flash, asp, perl, javascript, html, and c++. from one world of abstraction to another. perfect. i think i’m going to love my job.

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By Jonathan Lipps

Jonathan worked as a programmer in tech startups for several decades, but is also passionate about all kinds of creative pursuits and academic discussion. Jonathan has master’s degrees in philosophy and linguistics, from Stanford and Oxford respectively, and is working on another in theology. An American-Canadian, he lives in Vancouver, BC and has way too many hobbies.

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