Me: god i love nietzsche. he is my philosopher boyfriend. his writing is hot
Brent: That’s frightening. He’s anti-semitic and misanthropic
Me: And I’m attracted to both of the above qualities
Brent: I suppose, but Nietszche bothers me. He blames woman and Jews for all the worlds problems
Me: Yes. But he does so in a very appealing manner.

Other men competing for my affections:
Jon Stewart (especially Jon Stewart), Edward Norton circa Primal Fear, F.A. Hayek, and Billy Joel
I realize, my crush on Hank Rearden has dissipated some (but I haven’t read Atlas Shrugged in quite a while, because it will make me cry) but if he and Fransisco want to fight over me, I would be all for it. So long as they don’t invite John Galt.
And I’d say Paul Johnson, but he’s 70+. Which is somehow more bothersome then the fact that F.A Hayek and Nietzsche are dead, and Hank Rearden is a literary character

Me: I’m reading a 900 page book on German History from 1770-1866
Brent: Hot!

“I am so tired of that stupid cave”
~Brent on the Allegory of the Cave

Me: The exorcist wasn’t scary at all
Brent: That’s only because it didn’t play on your personal paranoia; the supernatural = impossible, a hockey-masked killer = possible
Me: Yes, exactly
Me: I never really worried about getting possessed
Brent: Right, because a demon would be rooting around inside you for a soul, find nothing, and leave the way he came in

Me: Well, Road to Serfdom & Failure of Socialism are both on my bookcase if you want to use them
Ben: I know, and Road to Serfdom is all highlited and margin noted. I want my own copy
~This makes me so proud! My younger, wiser sibling is going to go to UChicago and turn into a drunken Straussian.