Chapter 2: the grind and the refined - To the Lighthouse

I love Virginia Woolf. I'm currently reading "To the Lighthouse" and it is an amazing reading experience. I imagine listening to a professional reading of it a-la "Selected Shorts" would be even better. I won't go into spoilers, but on the second part of the book Woolf goes through a string of events fans of "Game of Thrones" might find painfully familiar. Or just painful.


In other, possibly less distressing news, I have sent a sample of saliva to be genetically analyzed. I am interested in genealogy and history, and it could be interesting to find out more about my ancestry. I can choose whatever cultural heritage and philosophy to follow or create, but I cannot repudiate my genes (at least not with the current technology). It will take a couple of months to find out the answers. In the meantime, I'm hoping for significant neanderthal traces or remains. I've never felt fully human anyway.

The sky on my way to the post office. Must be an omen, right?

Lastly, it looks like I'll be going East again, probably in early August. Can't wait for those flights.