No one who speaks German could possibly be evil!

I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel - all the portfolios are completed, the ritual project is done (even if it is twice as long as planned/necessary), and I'm just waiting on abuot 10 more papers from my UD students.

Unfortunately, I had to get an extension on my German film paper, since I've pretty much hid a brick wall when it comes to Werner Herzog. Like his films, he exists just to make everything more complicated. Here's his response to a fiarly innocuous interview question, just to give you a sense of what I'm dealing with:

Q: Before we start, are there any philosophical insights you'd like to give your readers?

A: I can answer your question only by quoting hotel mogul Conrad Hilton, who was once asked what he would like to pass on to prosperity. 'Whenever you take a shower, always make sure the curtain is inside the tub,' he said. So I sit here and recommend to people the same. Never ever forget the shower curtain.

(from Paul Cronin's Herzog on Herzog, 2002)