impulse buy!!

[alexr_rwx]

One of these... early birthday present to myself? I'm thinking that it's going on the righthand side of the desk, hooked up to the KVM, where the vt220 is right now. We'll see, though... maybe we could put it out in the living room.

As Mel delamancha pointed out, it's quite irrational to use this as a part of a bargain with myself to make me sit down and translate San Manuel Bueno, Martír into English, but I consciously realize this, and I'm doing it anyway.

Comments

[eponis.livejournal.com]

As long as we know that our actions are intentionally irrational, that makes them rational (i.e. thought-out and decided upon), right?

Happy early birthday to you!

[oniugnip.livejournal.com]

... perhaps... *grins* So does rationalizing an action make it rational?

That, and I really wanted one, so it's okay. And a happy two-and-two-thirds-months-early birthday to you! :)

[falun.livejournal.com]

as long as it works, no?

[oniugnip.livejournal.com]

I think you (and many other anglohablantes) would appreciate the novella... so yes :) Means are irrelevant, and all values are human values anyway! *facial expression to indicate seriousness and gravity*

[agonistes]

I think you should put a picture of Jeff Buckley on the new whatsit-computer-thing.

Inspiration for when you're translating, and all that.

*nods sagely*

[oniugnip.livejournal.com]

... do you hear that silence?

... that's the sound of me furiously using google-images to find apropos background pictures, featuring Jeff Buckley!!

Why not a nice Unamuno headshot (http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t287/T287893A.jpg)?