/lit/ - Literature

read heidegger please

That other guy made a thread complaining about his problems, so I want to do so to. I'm 25 years old and I still live in an apartment my parents provide for me, while pursuing a philosophy degree. I have a girlfriend who is the sweetest, easiest to get along with person I've ever met, who also loves classic literature and cuddling, and she is a college dropout who has odd jobs.

I, unlike her, am trying to get through college after taking several years off after finishing high school, but since I have ADHD and struggle with math, I have been taking only 2 classes per semester until I finish my math and science credits, because I need to spend a lot of extra time studying. I've been in school for 2 years but have only finished 1 years worth of credits. Realistically I could be taking more classes per semester, last semester I read The Odyssey, The Inferno, Gilgamesh, King Lear, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Hamlet in my spare time. I don't have any work to do this summer, and I have been playing Nier Automata, hanging out with my girlfriend, running, and I finished Don Quixote, and just started on The Master and Margarita which I own in a beautiful Folio Society edition.

I got a 1.9 grade point average which barred me from most universities with any standards towards hateful degenerates such as myself. I have a 4.0 now, probably, considering I haven't got anything less than an A, so I will likely be admitted to a decent university I've been taking classes at as a non-degree seeking student.

Having ADHD and autism has always made my life difficult. I didn't have any friends in high school and I've been banned from the local lgbt center because I had altercations with the people in the non-binary group, because they were really neurotic assholes. I also got banned from my college socialist club because I disagreed with them on stuff and would just keep arguing with them even though they didn't want to argue anymore. I'm kind of a nerd about having principles and stuff, I guess I would fashion myself as an intellectual, but come across as an awkward loser. The thought of it makes me very sad. I often feel like there's no hope for me in socializing, people make me nervous.

I haven't read GR but I have read Lot 49, and though it was very odd, I found Pynchons prose to be extremely interesting to read. I can only imagine that V. and GR are going to be very very interesting when I get to them

I'm reading Snow Crash today, hopefully I finish it soon. It's interesting but like 200 pages too long. I've been reading 3 straight chapters of why religion is like a mind virus. Like I GET IT