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Lani

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About Me


the word was never meant to receive eternal significance, to be given eternal life, to transcend the page. the ink escapes my intentions faster, more relentlessly, than the utterance. i would rather remain silent than murder myself through the page. - berlin, 2003

i've been told i'm a walking poem. whoa. did i like that.

i engage in performative contradictions. daily.

my academic obsession (click):

The MacMillan Center Initiative on Religion, Politics & Society

my music (click):

My Interests

Beneficence. Agape. You. Her. Getting my essay done. Still.

I'd like to meet:


Fearless lovers. The resilient and committed. The beautiful. The strong. The heros. Myself. Only different.

Music:

Golden Gun. Pilgrimage. Both Sides Now. In Rainbows. Anything by Kate Bush.

Movies:

Antonia's Line. Titus. Spirited Away. Delicatessen. Hero.

Television:

www.meettheplaygroup.com
Reno 911. South Park. The irreverent.

Books:

Confessions. City of God. The Life of the Mind. The Metaphysics of Morals. The Genealogy of Morals. Greek Mythology. Any history of the Roman Empire, early Christianity or the Reformation. The Human Condition. Anything by Roald Dahl.

Heroes:

Please see: I'd like to meet.

My Blog

a note from a student

Just wanted to say thanks for a great semester. I feel like this class was sobig and broad that the section really made or broke the class - I know a lot ofpeople whose TA broke the class, but I reall...
Posted by Lani on Sun, 25 May 2008 04:22:00 PST

words

i've said it once. but i'll say it again. words escape our intentions, faster, more relentlessly. more violently. more shamelessly. than any action we could contrive.conventions and vernacular.i hate ...
Posted by Lani on Fri, 23 May 2008 09:05:00 PST

socrates

wondermentthe clouds he tried to explain to earthcondemnedwrote the history of the worldwith one defenseand all those who mockedare now the despisedplease tell me againhow small i amunder the stars of...
Posted by Lani on Thu, 22 May 2008 02:32:00 PST

...

it is strange to me to believe in absolute self-sufficiency. is this not the basic conceit of one who does not acknowledge our natural need for others which is a necessary condition of both the propag...
Posted by Lani on Mon, 05 May 2008 10:33:00 PST

doodling


Posted by Lani on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:40:00 PST

schadenfreude

chaos begets chaosi could hold the line only so longwithout a personal breachyourself slipping into the others you made meit is the lack of allegiancethat differentiates you and imy circle expandingyo...
Posted by Lani on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:01:00 PST

today

regardless of the testamentsi costume in ignoranceyou said i was but a chimerai concede the factbut question the valueyou, the great destoyereat loyalty with firei will not pretend today i love youthe...
Posted by Lani on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:26:00 PST

warpaint

i've convinced a good friend of mine to participate in a photo shoot with warpaint.coming soon.woot....
Posted by Lani on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:59:00 PST

hospitality (or what i learned this week)

offer a room of one’s own. ask "are you going to be alright?" "do you need anything?" "are you hungry?" "did you sleep well?" "do you want another ... ?" "do you want to go?"never assume. know y...
Posted by Lani on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:34:00 PST

of course

i have nothing of particular import to write. just about humility and grace. a friend suffering in utah. a mother lonely and afraid. a small altercation. a wonderful rejuvenating conversation. about ...
Posted by Lani on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:41:00 PST