On the path of knowledge, one must drink tea among the barbarians.
I have returned from my sojourn among the oblivious and the vacant.
Of course I had some lovely tea along the way. I drank a tall cup of Jasmine Green Tea whilst I sat at Caribou Coffee and read chapters on Middle Eastern history and World War II. There were these little girls (only little girls, no boys.). There were usually only a couple at any given time and since I was there three hours, I saw a few sets of them. The first pair were incredibly rampunctuous and spent the large part of their time running up and down the shop making themselves a vague nuisance. Another set was merely loud and obnoxious. The third reminded me a set of children I'd like to damn to hell. But I don't do that. They were beyond hellish however, as they skitted about in identicatl brown, glittery, peasant skirt with matching Bohemian tops. I wanted nothing to do with them.
After I left the Coffeeshop, I ventured to the library despite my rancor towards it. I had looked at some books beforehand on Amazon and had decided on books like "The Nine Parts of Desire" by Geraldine Brooks and "Princess" by Jean Sasson. There were others but that slip of paper escapes my grasp at the moment. I found "Princess" and that was it. I was incredibly dissapointed.
You see, for my Middle East Politics course, I need to write a term paper. Now this paper need be no longer than 4 pages excluding bibliography, footnotes and title pages. Brevity is the soul of wit and though I am witty, I am not brief at least, not in academic papers. I will no doubt, fill many more pages with anecdotes about honor killings and clitoridectomies (shudder...). To do this, even the four pages, I need information. I especially need information about the Sharia and the Hadith.
After my trip to the library, I drove to the Barnes and Noble half a block away. There I found "Nine Parts of Desire" and another book by Karen Armstrong, a reformed nun, called "A Short History of Islam". I'm sure none of these are absolute page turners but Geraldine Brooks is proving highly readible.
I've returned home to my humble domicile and now try to digest the information I've absorbed today. There is a movie to watch but I'm going to wait on that. I've other things to do.
Of course I had some lovely tea along the way. I drank a tall cup of Jasmine Green Tea whilst I sat at Caribou Coffee and read chapters on Middle Eastern history and World War II. There were these little girls (only little girls, no boys.). There were usually only a couple at any given time and since I was there three hours, I saw a few sets of them. The first pair were incredibly rampunctuous and spent the large part of their time running up and down the shop making themselves a vague nuisance. Another set was merely loud and obnoxious. The third reminded me a set of children I'd like to damn to hell. But I don't do that. They were beyond hellish however, as they skitted about in identicatl brown, glittery, peasant skirt with matching Bohemian tops. I wanted nothing to do with them.
After I left the Coffeeshop, I ventured to the library despite my rancor towards it. I had looked at some books beforehand on Amazon and had decided on books like "The Nine Parts of Desire" by Geraldine Brooks and "Princess" by Jean Sasson. There were others but that slip of paper escapes my grasp at the moment. I found "Princess" and that was it. I was incredibly dissapointed.
You see, for my Middle East Politics course, I need to write a term paper. Now this paper need be no longer than 4 pages excluding bibliography, footnotes and title pages. Brevity is the soul of wit and though I am witty, I am not brief at least, not in academic papers. I will no doubt, fill many more pages with anecdotes about honor killings and clitoridectomies (shudder...). To do this, even the four pages, I need information. I especially need information about the Sharia and the Hadith.
After my trip to the library, I drove to the Barnes and Noble half a block away. There I found "Nine Parts of Desire" and another book by Karen Armstrong, a reformed nun, called "A Short History of Islam". I'm sure none of these are absolute page turners but Geraldine Brooks is proving highly readible.
I've returned home to my humble domicile and now try to digest the information I've absorbed today. There is a movie to watch but I'm going to wait on that. I've other things to do.
posted by Misheru at 10/09/2005 08:04:00 pm
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