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Oct. 31st, 2008 10:40 amMarks and Sparks has got their Christmas decorations up. Let's take a moment to ponder the full horror of that, shall we?
Sometimes I hate the modern world so very, very much. The fact that I know perfectly well that, being what I am, I'd have hated any given century even more is very little consolation!
In other news, it is Reformation Day/ commemoration of Martin Luther. I've always really liked Luther, despite everything, and not merely for his prose style (though that helps). So have a gratuitous Luther quotation:
"If I knew that the world would end tomorrow, I would still plant my apple tree."
The mixture of gloomily staring into the darkness and yet refusing to stop hoping is, somehow, very Luther.
Also: relating to that other holiday taking place today - I've just noticed that there is a row of carved pumpkins on the MCR piano. Criminally, I forgot my camera, but the one with the college crest (sort of - they haven't managed to difference it properly) is particularly impressive.
Sometimes I hate the modern world so very, very much. The fact that I know perfectly well that, being what I am, I'd have hated any given century even more is very little consolation!
In other news, it is Reformation Day/ commemoration of Martin Luther. I've always really liked Luther, despite everything, and not merely for his prose style (though that helps). So have a gratuitous Luther quotation:
"If I knew that the world would end tomorrow, I would still plant my apple tree."
The mixture of gloomily staring into the darkness and yet refusing to stop hoping is, somehow, very Luther.
Also: relating to that other holiday taking place today - I've just noticed that there is a row of carved pumpkins on the MCR piano. Criminally, I forgot my camera, but the one with the college crest (sort of - they haven't managed to difference it properly) is particularly impressive.