no idea if it is raining here. I haven't made it to a window yet. I decided if going back to sleep was good enough for the cats it was good enough for me and went back to bed. The cats were not too pleased with that idea.

I'm not sure how you separate the dancer from the dance on this.

The dancer is never the dance. Well, not because of the dance. I have a lot of opinions. They are not me. Some of them are naive, some of them are cynical--some of them are realistic, some of them are optimistic. It's perfectly possible for that to be true.

I draw a huge distinction between "your stance is naive" and "you are naive." I don't know how else one would describe an opinion without describing the holder--but it has to be possible, doesn't it? As long as it's perfectly reasonable for someone to hold a particular angle that doesn't define them entirely, which I honestly believe.

This ebay listing is so not right: [link]

Going to bed btw 11:30 - 12 should not = being awake at 6. Still, am awake.

This is so my life. This morning my big triumph was getting the little wiggle (my son) to fall asleep again after he woke up at 5 am, thereby allowing me the decency of rising at 7.

I'm sorry you're sick, msbelle.

I'm kind of anti-torture, period. But then again I don't watch 24 or Alias.

yeah, I don't really feel sick anymore, but I don't wanna stray far from home just in case.

I'm glad the babysitting is working out. little wiggle...hee.

I love the cozy Sunday at home thing anyway. Especially if either tea or hot cocoa is involved.

Little wiggle is an apt name for him. He's VERY wiggly, especially when his diaper is being changed. Which, btw... um... I better go check.

It's a gorgeous day here. Yay.

I need to do some work and some cleaning today, but first I believe I am going to go out to breakfast and run amuck at Target and Marshalls, and maybe even Old Navy.

Hey Burrell, I got your message and I've been swamped (in fact, in class right now!) This friday is sort of open. At least in concept.

ita, I'm not disagreeeing that one opinion is not the sum total of a person. But your comment was making me think about what I think a person is, beyond part of the food chain. I'd say that we are an amalgmation of our thoughts and opinions and memories.

It gave me some interesting things to contemplate on today's commute.

We're an amalgamation, yes. If all a person's stances are naive, then I'd be hard pressed to characterise them otherwise.

But even if a person is naive I think it's an important rhetorical distinction between an opinion and a person--let's just call all the other stances inadmissible in this court (or better yet, merely irrelevant). I don't care whether Trudy's naive or not. It has nothing to do with my point, and as pretty much a personal attack, distracting attention from the debate at hand.

This friday would work for me too, at least in concept. Let's try to make it happen.

I'd say that we are an amalgmation of our thoughts and opinions and memories.

Mmm. Interesting. I'd agree, although I'd add that we are also defined by our relations to other people.