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maybe i told you that i got it into my head to read dante's "inferno." one might wonder why i decided to do this. i am wondering why i decided to this.

someone did ask me and pretty much the only reason i could come up with is that rather than randomly (in my head) committing people that tick me off to a certain circle of hell, i thought i'd be more literate and commit them to the circle appropriate to them.

not really the reason. but is always good to become more literate. and honestly, i don't really regularly mentally commit people to any part of hell very often. mostly just when someone lies to me or breaks my heart or if they're someone trying to destroy the institution of public education through "reformy" methods. but anyway, more true would be for me to say, "oh my god, i'm in the x circle of hell" when i'm frustrated with the situation that i'm in. and i suppose it would be good to declare the circle with accuracy.

anyway, i am about done with it. and i'm quite glad. to tell the truth, i find the whole idea of hell so very ridiculous and stupid, as well as just plain distasteful. the only thing i'm really finding amusing about it all, is how dante creates the punishments to go with the sins. and i realize that mostly dante is making political statements as he creates the circles.

so my mind wandered while reading it- to what circle i might be committed to in dante's hell. i'm thinking the 5th. for wrath and sulleness. (-:

maybe someday i'll read about the spheres of heaven and consider where i might belong there. (-: but that's a pretty big might, i'd say. i can't really lay any claim to heaven, i know. fortunate that i don't believe in that either.

but for now, i'm getting ready to descend a little deeper and meet the devil, himself.