From The Little Prince, Antoine St. Exupery:
"Oh, where I live," said the little prince, "it is not very interesting. It is all so small. I have three volcanoes. Two volcanoes are active and the other is extinct. But one never knows."
"One never knows," said the geographer.
"I have also a flower."
"We do not record flowers," said the geographer.
"Why is that? The flower is the most beautiful thing on my planet!"
"We do not record them," said the geographer, "because they are ephemeral."
"What does that mean--'ephemeral'?"
"Geographies," said the geographer, "are the books which, of all books, are most concerned with matters of consequence. They never become old-fashioned. It is very rarely that a mountain changes its position. It is very rarely that an ocean empties itself of its waters. We write of eternal things."
"But extinct volcanoes may come to life again," the little prince interrupted. "What does that mean-- 'ephemeral'?"
"Whether volcanoes are extinct or alive, it comes to the same thing for us," said the geographer.
"The thing that matters to us is the mountain. It does not change."
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actually the main reason why i want to close this blog down is quite simple: the prelims are coming, and neither of us will actually have much time to post stuff here. therefore it is better to shut it down than to have people wasting their time visiting an unupdated page every now and then.
in response to kai, i blogged here because of a few reasons. a) i thought it was a novel idea at that time. b) i thought it was funny. c) i was bored. d) people might read it. oh yeah and e) the hope of landing an endorsement deal. (though how one gets one through a blog eludes me. it was kai's idea!) ok just kidding.
well, anyway, a) the novelty is wearing off, b) it's not so funny now, c) i'm getting very very unbored and even panicky and d) erm. i'm not so inclined towards entertainment nowadays? perhaps neither is kai because inspiration doesn't come quite as easily for either of us now. and of course, the ever important reason e) neither of us have landed an endorsement deal yet.
anyway. all blogs are ephemeral. but one hopes (barring incidence of alzheimer's disease) that memories will always be permanent.
"Oh, where I live," said the little prince, "it is not very interesting. It is all so small. I have three volcanoes. Two volcanoes are active and the other is extinct. But one never knows."
"One never knows," said the geographer.
"I have also a flower."
"We do not record flowers," said the geographer.
"Why is that? The flower is the most beautiful thing on my planet!"
"We do not record them," said the geographer, "because they are ephemeral."
"What does that mean--'ephemeral'?"
"Geographies," said the geographer, "are the books which, of all books, are most concerned with matters of consequence. They never become old-fashioned. It is very rarely that a mountain changes its position. It is very rarely that an ocean empties itself of its waters. We write of eternal things."
"But extinct volcanoes may come to life again," the little prince interrupted. "What does that mean-- 'ephemeral'?"
"Whether volcanoes are extinct or alive, it comes to the same thing for us," said the geographer.
"The thing that matters to us is the mountain. It does not change."
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actually the main reason why i want to close this blog down is quite simple: the prelims are coming, and neither of us will actually have much time to post stuff here. therefore it is better to shut it down than to have people wasting their time visiting an unupdated page every now and then.
in response to kai, i blogged here because of a few reasons. a) i thought it was a novel idea at that time. b) i thought it was funny. c) i was bored. d) people might read it. oh yeah and e) the hope of landing an endorsement deal. (though how one gets one through a blog eludes me. it was kai's idea!) ok just kidding.
well, anyway, a) the novelty is wearing off, b) it's not so funny now, c) i'm getting very very unbored and even panicky and d) erm. i'm not so inclined towards entertainment nowadays? perhaps neither is kai because inspiration doesn't come quite as easily for either of us now. and of course, the ever important reason e) neither of us have landed an endorsement deal yet.
anyway. all blogs are ephemeral. but one hopes (barring incidence of alzheimer's disease) that memories will always be permanent.
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