I was informed by my major advisor that I’m not getting honors, even though I went through all the motions and what not (I didn’t make the GPA requirement). Oh well. I’m still glad I did it.
So over here at my new digs at B2, I have a colleague called Todd Lappin, who apparently is a big fan of international music as I am. I traded him some Tarkan, MC Solaar, Positive Black Soul and others for some Mandarin hip-hop and some French hip-hop which included some music by a group I hadn’t heard of called ATK. They have a song called “J’Fuck”, which I’ve listened to a few times in the last day or so. Pretty catchy. So here’s what I was thinking about it as I was listening to it on the way to work today and I had an interesting thought:
If English is the most widely spoken language (over geographical area, I understand that Mandarin has more actual speakers), and you make the argument that “fuck” is the strongest word in the English language, does that make it the strongest word in current speech? I realize that there are probably stronger words in other languages, they just lack the ubiquity of English. Am I making any sense? What do people think?
Speaking of which, there’s something extraordinarily satsifying about commuting to work. I hope I never loose this feeling of enjoying going to work, and feeling like a productive member of society. Maybe it’s the fact that I don’t have to drive to work, but I like hopping on the BART, reading a book, and stepping out a few minutes later at the doorstep of the building where B2 is. Walking out of the underground, the buildings seem even more towering than they already are and their radiance is welcome.
