Monday, August 16, 2004
"The only gift is a portion of thyself"
-Ralph Waldo Emerson Heh, does anyone know what that means, cos if they do, well I need to know. Yeah, well today was the first day of school. It went um okay. Okay so it didn't go that bad, but if I didn't have anything to complain about what could I write, heeeheee. It is kind of pathetic how it's only the first day and I had THREE homework assignments. And they weren't even those fruity getting to know you essays, they were the real deal. Oh well, I suppose I better get used to not having I life right now. Siiigh. GOOOD BYE SUMMER!!! Ok, I'm better. But I do have to admit, it's nice being an upperclassman. I don't feel like an upperclassman, but I know I am, so it's kinda cool. Heh, tonight when I was washing my face, I was trying to hurry so I got soap in my eyes and under my contacts, so I was freaking out and try to get it out of my eyes. Then I felt my nose starting to run, and I cracked my eyes open and started to freak out cos it was blood. So I was stumbling around my bathroom trying to get some toilet paper to wipe my nose, but I couldn't see anything cos I had soap in my eyes. My little sister finally came to my rescue. But not after calling me a "very weird person." Pssh, she doesn't know the first thing when it comes to weirdness. Hmm well that about sums it up, have a good night.... Abigail succeeded at 10:13 PM.
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Go to http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Essays/Best/EmersonGifts.htm The quote is at the right end of the eight line of the second paragraph.
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You know Emerson and his transcendentalist beliefs. He's bewailing the prevalency of people giving purchased gifts to one another. He says that such a gift is not a real gift, just an expression of you giving your "compliment and love", as he says. On the other hand, Emerson thinks that gifts such as gems from a miner and shells from a sailor are okay, because these gifts are evidence of the giver's effort. |
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