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Has anyone here been affected/ expect to be affected by the Muslim ban? I expect this will complicate quite a few visits this year and I'm wondering if there are plans to accommodate those affected. Additionally, are there any foreigners who are considering NOT attending a US university because of the Trump presidency and Trump policies?

I heard back from them yesterday.

Declined Vanderbilt and Stony Brook today. Got in off the WL at Toronto and will be declining that as well. Will also be declining Villanova, assuming I get in off the WL.

Guys, remember when MySpace let you pick a song for your page? Im pretty sure that I constantly switched between super emo and Dipset. Also, did anyone here ever use sconex? Also also, it would be great to keep in touch with everyone so all fb adds are very welcomed. As I have the same profile pic, everyone who already added me knows it. Those who haven't should.

Have you considered having it as an open draft in academia.edu?

Regarding creative philosophy... We would REALLY get along. I think I've been saying this to everyone who would listen, and perhaps people I've met at the grad visits could attest to this. I heard about Hölderlin through Heidegger. Actually, I think I heard about everything through Heidegger. And being interested in Greek and German thought, Hölderlin would be a natural interest. I'm not totally in love with him, though, but I want to be. I've been meaning to read Hyperion for a few years now after a friend told me it changed his life. I'm interested to see how it goes. Very exciting.

The initial difficulty in reading Deleuze is incredibly frustrating, but it does dissipate after you start reading him as a sort of creative writer. That's to say, as dancing on the edge of the really real and pushing against the limit. I've never read A Thousand Plateaus, but I've read Nietzsche and Philosophy and What is Philosophy?. And I read some of Anti-Oedipus. It's the only book I've ever thrown out of a window, by the way, because it was so frustrating. But I suppose that goes to show that my strong opinions aren't meant to be held eternally. I'm planning on reading Hyperion this summer, too! Twins!

Got a, "We're gonna offer you a slot if you're in a position to accept our offer" type email from Fordham yesterday. I don't even want to open that can of worms, so I'm declining it outright. Nothing against Fordham, but it's crunch time and I'm really drained. I just want to devote my time to Trump memes now. Today, declining Stony Brook, even though I loved them.

I haven't read that! Thanks for the recommendation! I think, for me, in a way, reading Borges is a lot like reading Plato in that he throws you into a sense of aporia. Recently, I've been thinking a lot about what makes reading Plato fundamentally distinct from reading anything else. For me, it's the most pleasurable thing in the world but t doesn't bring me out of the world. Idk what you all think about that.

Anyone here like Borges?

Did you get an offer? I declined this morning. Fingers crossed. Everyone seemed so happy to be there.

Starting two projects which I had begun years ago but had to put off. I'm picking up reading Shakespeare's works starting with the histories and reading again Being and Time, but this time linearly. Mad continental...

I just declined DePaul and Duquesne.

Just declined Boston College. I'll be declining a few more by the day's end.

You can still do philosophy, though!! Even if going into a grad program doesn't make sense right now. Just stay in the soup!