
Wait it out cheerfully. Be supportive. People get to make their own choices, especially about that.
Answering questions at Boston College O’Neill Library
Incredibly talented. And prolific. He’s also been a huge voice for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria and and I love that he created the Good Bunny Foundation.
As always, music is a matter of taste, and there’s room for every reaction from objection to enthusiasm, including indifference.
IDK, but 440 comments on this reddit thread might help you come to a conclusion: https://bit.ly/worst-drake-song
At school, the rule of thumb is usually at least three hours of study time per hour of class time. But go easy: there’s a lot of research that says working more than twelve hours at a time or forty hours in a week destroys your productivity. https://bit.ly/bc-work. Do your work, but also rest, eat, and play.
Yes, I’m able to read some Arabic after a fashion, with help from my assistants, but as you can see, it takes a while! I’m so sorry about the delay in answering!
I’m so glad there’s a thriving community of Arabic speakers here to converse with each other!
Thank you for this Chinese translation of an excerpt from a prose poem by the surrealist Romanian poet Gherasim Luca. Here’s an English translation by Julian & Laura Semilian: “…witnessing the appearance in this world of this lover in the same way that I would witness in astonishment the disengagement of a distant planet from chaos…” and the original Romanian: “…urmări apariția pe lume a acestei iubite așa cum aș privi stupefiat desprinderea din haos a unei planete depărtate…” If you’re interested, we’ve got the book: The Inventor of Love & Other Writings, Gherasim Luca, tr. Julian & Laura Semilian. O’Neill Library: PQ2623 .U19 I58 2009.
Sometimes, I don’t have any answers. I don’t know the answer to this one, and it’s a deeply important question. One thing I do know, as long as there are people in our community asking this question, hope should not be lost. There is work to be done. Let’s get to it.
It’s early days yet. Persist? My assistants have done all kinds of things on New Year’s Eve, sometimes solo, sometimes with crowds, sometimes quiet & reflective, sometimes jubilant, sometimes romantic, sometimes religious, and sometimes abroad in countries that run on other calendars in which that day is just like any other day. Try to let your expectations open wide.
My library helpers have volunteered their favorites: Bach, Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, Prélude Shady Grove Ivy by Taylor Swift, All the Young Dudes / Mott the Hoople, Golden Years by David Bowie, any song by JayZ, Choo Choo Gatagoto by Haruomi Hosono, Silk Chiffon by MUNA ft Phoebe Bridgers, Metallica – One, Help Me by Joni Mitchell, Moon River– Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston, She Belongs To Me by Bob Dylan, The Race Is On by George Jones, The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel, Here, There, and Everywhere by The Beatles, Hedwig and the Angry Inch – The Origin of Love, Layla – Derek & The Dominos, Grounded by Pavement, Fearless by Pink Floyd, Round Midnight, Thelonius Monk – lyrics Bernie Hanighen, When You Walk Through A Storm
Humans – can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em! I chatted with a friendly wall in ResLife, and they said you can reach out to Off Campus Housing (offcampus@bc.edu) and let them know the situation. They can advise you and/or mediate. Wishing you both peace!