quoth the raven (XLIII):

hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He has forgotten to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce.

karl marx

my puny life is far from being a "world-historical fact", as i am far from being somewhat important. but my life has gone beyond the tragedy, and it is definitely a farce now. how will it end remains yet to be seen.