Diversity

Mood: Hammock in the Sun
Listening To: Someone else watching 'Arthur'
Reading: Venus in Furs, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Eating: Danish blue and water crackers, petit ecoliers (petits ecoliers?)
Drinking: green tea
I got a bunch of free books today. Not the least of which is Venus in Furs, which was written by the bloke after whom the term 'masochism' was minted. I was going to pick up Mirabeau's Torture Garden, but I thought it was a bit much. I find, oddly, that my idealism goes really quite well with the book, but my cynicism does not. 'Whoever allows himself to be whipped, deserves to be whipped.' And '(woman) can only be his (man's) slave or his despot, but never his companion. This she can become only when she has the same rights as he, and is his equal in education and work.'
I don't think man and woman can ever be truly equal, in either, because they were created expressly to be different. They can be companions, yes, but to attempt to be exactly like one another is impossible. In my opinion. But then, neither can two men be equal, nor two women. And I'm going to stop yammering now because I have been eating chocolate biscuits all day, and it is not helping my brain. I got, also, the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, for three dollars. Which is freaking cool. And also, this little vintage compact mirror with a little rouge in it, and a ring with fake jade. SUPAHCOOL! It's a bit heavy, but it's fun to wear. And it smells a bit like nag champa.
Oh, I got pictures of the BABY! He's huge and supah ugly lookin. I'm so happy.