Kant on the Natural Sublime

Bold, overhanging, and, as it were, threatening rocks; clouds piled up in the sky, moving with lightening flashes and thunder peals; volcanoes in all their violence of destruction; hurricanes with their track of devastation, the boundless ocean in a state of tumult; the lofty waterfall of a mighty river, and such like-these exhibit our faculty of resistance as insignificantly small in comparison to their might. But the sight of them is more attractive, the more fearful it is, provided only that are in security; and we willingly call these objects sublime, because they raise the energies of the soul above the accustomed height and discover in us a faculty of resistance of a quite different kind, which gives us courage to measure ourselves against the apparent almightiness of nature.

Sublimity....does not sublime in anything of nature, but only in our mind insofar as we can become conscious that we are superior to nature within, and therefore also nature without us (insofar as it influences us). everything that excites this feeling in us e.g. the might of nature which calls fourth our forces, is called then (although improperly) sublime. only by supposing this idea in ourselves and in reference to it are we capable of attaining the idea of sublimity that Being which produce respect in us, not merely by the might that it displays in nature, but rather by means of that faculty which resides in us judging it fearlessly and of regarding our destination as sublime in respect of it

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Judgment

INJURY

This morning I slipped and fell and landed on a beer can that was crumpled up in the back of the shower. I got a pretty bad gash on my hand. It must have been from the keger night. *sigh* Oh the dangers of being in University. One of the many dangers of partyin hard.

KEGGERS

So we had a kegger on Saturday for my birthday. We are proud to announce a profit of $9.80. Not quite the easy $1000 we were hoping for but hey. Better than nothing. The next day we went out for breakfast and spent our profits lavishly. Here are a list of tips for anyone who feels they should attempt a kegger in the future.

Rule #1: EVERYBODY PAYS!!! Make sure everyone pays at the door. For me, this proved difficult and only a mere quarter of our quests ended up paying admission. Charging your friends admission at the door is a tough job that I dont have the heart for. How can you possibly charge friends when there being nice to you, bringing presents, singing drunkly on your door step. or their cute? or have nice titties? but just take my advice at face value: friends and hotties are hard to charge.

Rule #2: Hide all your shit. youd never guess what goes missing. all our furniture, artwork, and other random shit was thrown upstairs and locked in a basement.

Rule #3:Paid help helps. My friends Adam and Max were paid out mercenaries. There big boys, so we gave them some beer and they helped watch the door all night.

Rule #4: If at first you dont succeed....go back ater. We didnt make what we expected to but atleast we broke even. we think we can do better next time so were trying for fame and fortune again. in 3 weeks time we are having a "Black Light Keger" and hoping to earn enough to buy a pair of nice couches. Hope it goes well.

TERRY FOX

Walking past the park yesterday i noticed a large statue of Terry Fox. Why is it that Terry fox is treated as a christ-like figure in our society? People worship this man. It's like Terry Fox has a cult following. Im suprised people dont pray infront of that statue every morning. In my opinion Terry Fox's achievments are a little over rated. I believe he deserves far less social credit then what we merit him for. Please dont think I'm a monster, Dont get me wrong, Terry Fox was a good man and made many noteable achievments in the fight against Cancer, but should not be treated like a a demi-god, as he is today. First of all, Mr. Fox is only considered a hero because he was handicapped. People run accross the country ALL THE TIME raising money for cancer. Able bodied people raise far more money then Terry Fox did in his day and their names dont even make the headlines. Susan G. Komen, Nancy Brinker, Fred Hutchinson, who has ever heard of these people? Where are their statues? Terry's original Marathon of Hope only raised $24 million in support of cancer. Jeff Bezos the founder of Amazon.com (another statueless individual) donates this amount anually. It's only because Terry Fox had a stump for a leg that he will be remebered for generations to come.

Scondly, Terry never completed his run across the country. He died half way. If you think about it we worship him for doing a half assed job. He never even finished the job and he's still one of the most celebrated canadians of all time!!! Way to be clutch terry.

Using superior logic the only reasonable conclusion is as follows. Terry Fox's legacy was faulsly created by cancer researchers in order to maximize profits. His achievements, although noteworthy and truly amazing are far short of gaining him the cult status he has today. Terry fox is a hero, Yes, but a God? I think not. His achievments have been blown far out of purportion by the media in order to create a legacy. This faulse legacy is used today in order to generate profit for various reasearch foundations. All readers who disagree with the statements made in this post should perhaps start a Chruch of Terry Fox. I'm sure there would be many followers.

MY THOUGHTS ON ROYAL GALAS

The Royal Gala truly lives up to its namesake. It is by far the royalist of apples. In fact in my mind it reigns supreme over any fruit. Its crunchy sweetness, perfect size, and its ability to quickly ripen are all contributing factors to my undying piety for this marvelous fruit. The Royal Gala is literally a "royal gala" for my taste buds. they have a ball when biting into this tasty fruit. They are simply delicious, and unlike the "Delicious" apple itself The Royal Gala (or RG for short) does not partake in lies or deiciet of any kind. Long live the king of apples, the Royal Gala.