I had family here for about two weeks about a month ago, and it allowed me to observe humanity in the wild (or in captivity if you want to think of it that way).
See, I have two (locking) doors between the outside and my apartment. In the middle is kind of like no-man's land. The innermost door was broken a little bit before they came and I did not get around to fixing it given I still have the outside (and more secure door of the two) preventing access. I do not get around to a lot of things, but that story is for another day.
Also, I did not tell them because as comes with parents visiting a certain amount (additional) nagging would no doubt occur.
Once unlocking the outside door, you can push the inside one whether it is locked or not. The family members, however, did not pick up on this fact for the entire two weeks in which they resided in my house. They would turn the handle and noticing it was locked would either knock or use the key regardless of it's pointlessness. They are simply (still) in the dark.
The door's standard operation involves 2 to 3 steps.
(1) Insert key and unlock (if necessary)
(2) Turn knob and
(3) Push (probably simultaneously with (2))
Now, when (2) is not possible, it is assumed (3) is also not possible, thus (1) is initiated whether or not (as in the case of my broken latch) it is necessary.
Conclusion: Human Science tells us that in the process of operating a door a brain can never initiate the action of pushing said door should its knob not turn (if it is a certain type of door usually requiring knobs) regardless of a lack of physical limitations preventing such an action from resulting in an open door.
Which leads me to propose my first hypothesis:
If a certain order of processes in an operation are in the domain of Common Knowledge then Human Science dictates that any contradicting order is impossible regardless of actual fact in the domain of Physics and/or Reality.
This year's classes have an incredibly large amount of required textbooks. I've never had to buy this many textbooks in my university history. For example, my Zen Buddhism class requires 5 textbooks (of which I've purchase one). Given, that is a one year class, but my other East Asian Studies class, Aesthetics and Politics in Korea is a half year and requires four books in addition to a course reader. It's kind of rediculous, and I am feeling it after coming off of my vacation to Korea and Japan. Of course, this means I'll be spending all of my time reading. Though, clearly I am not doing that now.
I don't have much actual class time this year so it's all right I suppose, and of course I'll survive with lots of ham to support me.
Onto a more important topic.
I found another 15 or so coffee filters just now. As a result the coffee is brewing. I didn't think I had any left. I made a joke the other day contending that the situation was similar not having any condoms. True? It's close.
Hah, which makes me reflect on my many posts comparing coffee to women, which makes me think I had/ve kind of a problem with coffee addiction. If you scan through all the topics related to coffee you might get confused and think I've been having affairs with women, until you realise I'm just talking about Lattes of various types. I gotta stop that really.
That said however, yesterday I discovered the Pumpkin Spice Latte has returned. But, whether my previous claim is true or not is something for you kids to decide.
By the way, my pot of Killing Horse "Hoodoo Jo" has just finished. I recommend this because it is delicious and Canadian and resent that they sell it in the "Organics" section at Loblaws (where the hippies are).
Oh, now I am going to go read "Zen in the Art of Archery" by Euegene Herrigel, which must be finished by next Friday's Zen class. I have some things to say about that class by the way -- in the future. This is a novel, but admittedly, it is not even 80 pag
