musings on the torah

to quell my anxieties at missing old, dear harvard, i have taken to a study of the torah. partially in hebrew. it is, in fact, quite interesting. more interesting than i originally thought, because there are some interesting notions in genesis that are not often explored in mainstream thought. for instance, Adam is not the first man created. He is merely the first servant of god created. god creates him in order to till the earth of the garden of eden. he is essentially a human extension of god, a servant on earth. It is interesting that the torah mentions that both adam and other men and women live on earth at the same time. this is further evidenced later on when Seth and the sons of Adam take beautiful women for their wives. These women mysteriously appear on earth, they are not part of God's divine lineage. Another interesting fact is how scared God becomes when Adam eats from the tree of knowledge. God fears adam will eat from the tree of life and will become eternal, like God himself. God sends him out before he can do this. Is God's action the result of a power struggle? Is he afriad Adam will usurp him? It seems that we have the case of a Man-Fearing God. There are other smaller inconsistencies within the Torah. Talmudic scholars have commentated on the fact that the first explanation of the creation (the 7 day theory) is actually written in a different style than the shorter creation theory which occurs in 2.4a of Genesis. Since ancient times, these scholars have postulated that there are two distinct theories of God's creation, and hence two theories of how man came into being. Modern cross-referncing of greek and aramaic texts has supported these conjectures. I intend to read more of the Torah and study some of the other philospohical issues that come up.

On another note, I miss Harvard a lot, as you will have read above (if you've read it at all). Hopefully, this blog will remain a way for us to stay in contact (I have been pooping, thank you Pedro). I don't trust anyone, let alone myself, which is why I will delete this post after I make it. In fact, I'm deleting it right now. I miss all of you guys, especially our dearly beloved raccoon ladies (i agree, sea lions are way more relatable).

in other news, i read an article explaining that in a few short years, invisibility cloaks like those in harry potter may in fact become a reality. scientists are working on them right now, as we speak, in secret, invisible laboratories. I made a joke just there, but I'm not actually joking about the entire subject. It's true. Word. Anyway, think about the implications! Next year, I'll use one of the prototypes to check out all the freshman girls when they shower. Yeaaah, boy! Thats actually sick. I'm contemplating deleting that, but I know its what you all like to hear, so I'll keep it. Actually, I think I'll delete it.

Today I committed the perfect crime. And since I acted alone, I was my only accomplice. But the perfect crime has no accomplices. I can't trust anyone, let alone my own self. Goodbye, blogger world. Goodbye.

P.S. I've listened to most of the Frank Zappa albums straight through. Vegetables truly are the saviors. They're real good and keep you fresh, baby.

P.P.S In other news, short antiquated dolphin busks robbed a bank earlier today with high-powered mackadazie pistol whippers. 18 were injured and flipped whiplash is a common side effect of the post nasal discography eliminatrix.