Of riddles that may not be riddles and other discoveries of the day

[tarigwaemir]

Ad Mundo Exteriore,

My proctor's email signature:

What is the face that does not appear in the mirror?
If there were no mirror, could there be a face?
The autumn wind answered my questions:
The colour in a flight of leaves.
If you are puzzled, please keep reading.

The last line makes me think it's a riddle. What do you think? If it is a riddle, what's the answer? Is there no answer? Is there no riddle? Is it a Zen koan, where the moment you stop trying to answer the question becomes the moment of enlightenment? Some food for thought.

I learned that my TF for biology is a post-doc. O_O No wonder he knows so much. He looked really young, so I assumed he was just a med student, but apparently not. I hope I'll be able to earn my Ph.D. that quickly. I doubt it, but one can always dream, neh? ::imagines herself working for years on her dissertation, living hand-to-mouth in a shabby little attic apartment:: (Forgive the melodramatic image. I read too many Marie Curie biographies when I was little.)

I want to try the deus ex machina challenge on temps_mort this week, but I have no idea what series to write for. Also, I should probably work on the Winamp skin as soon as I finish with the math midterm tomorrow. I have nothing else with which to update by Sunday, unless I go on another icon-making spree. Admittedly, icons seem to attract visitors to our site in droves, but I feel more comfortable making skins.

I think the second tsumego in my book appeared in the Hikaru no Go manga. The formation looks familiar. Of course, since I have no instinctive talent for remembering go patterns, I may be entirely wrong.

Tryo-chan, you're going to get a kick out of this: http://www.newgrounds.com/assassin/hamster/. Well...unless you've seen it already. (I'm spending way too much time in the Anime-Kraze forums. O_O Don't ask me why.)

...Tari

Comments

[aetherangelette.livejournal.com]

wuut....i think youve conffudddddddled me tooootaalllly. >_<

I never DID like that roundabout way of thinking. When you stop understanding, it is when you truly understand. 'Cuz then you go on a try to understand that, and ERF! What a circle...