8 October 2003: One Does Not Argue

Monday night, after writing the previous entry, I went to Aleph's, and hung out and talked with Aleph, Gemrise, and Argus about our lives and what we were planning to do with them.

Yesterday I did yoga, did homework, then cooked dinner for Dragon Lady. 

Today I walked to the DMV, took a number, filled out a form, waited around for two-and-a-half hours reading Declare, and then took a vision test and a 36-question multiple-choice test which I hadn't prepared for in any way and which I passed easily. And then they gave me a learner's permit. Soon Dragon Lady will teach me how to drive.

I walked home from the DMV by a circuitous route that took me into Cactus Taqueria and a bunch of bookstores and through the UC Campus, and I bought the new Neal Stephenson book. I came home and napped and went and taught an aikido class. Then I came home again and read to Dragon Lady until she fell asleep. We finished The Hobbit this past weekend; tonight we started The Wind in the Willows.

"One does not argue about The Wind in the Willows. The young man gives it to the girl with whom he is in love, and, if she does not like it, asks her to return his letters. The older man tries it on his nephew, and alters his will accordingly. The book is a test of character. We can't criticize it, because it is criticizing us. But I must give you one word of warning. When you sit down to it, don't be so ridiculous as to suppose that you are sitting in judgment on my taste, or on the art of Kenneth Grahame. You are merely sitting in judgment on yourself. You may be worthy: I don't know, But it is you who are on trial."

- A. A. Milne, author of Winnie the Pooh

 

Hmm... seeing it written out like this, my life isn't terribly exciting. But my God, it's good.