- I saw "We Were Soldiers" for the first time yesterday. I thought it was great. Gibson excels at that type of role.
- I haven't been writing at all lately (like, for a week). I'm mostly sitting around, playing cards and video games, but that doesn't sound very profitable. So if anyone asks, I've been volunteering at the local soup kitchens and rescuing cats from trees. For the underprivileged, inner-city youth.
- "Spiritually. Ecumenically. Grammatically." <- ought to be on a bumper sticker. I'd buy it.
- Donald Trump didn't remove the crown from the Miss USA winner who's been out partying. What a compassionate guy. Seriously, they should name a building after him.
- I wrote an email to somebody and it was like ten to midnight (setting up the excuse early) so I mistakenly wrote "inherent" instead of "inerrant." You don't easily recover from something like that. Luckily, it kind of makes sense in the way I used it, so maybe the person won't think I'm idiotic as much as redundant.
- Rocky Balboa is only a week away.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Friday, December 15, 2006
dec 15
- If you want to buy a corn or pellet stove, I may be able to hook you up...
- I don't know if anyone got the A.A.Milne joke, 'cause no one leaves comments. Or maybe you got the joke, but didn't think it was funny. That's likely too; I have a strange sense of humor.
- Apocalypto is getting good reviews. Take that, Barbara Walters.
- CNN showed footage of this terrorist rap/recruitment video thing. Seriously, that was bizzare.
- I don't know if anyone got the A.A.Milne joke, 'cause no one leaves comments. Or maybe you got the joke, but didn't think it was funny. That's likely too; I have a strange sense of humor.
- Apocalypto is getting good reviews. Take that, Barbara Walters.
- CNN showed footage of this terrorist rap/recruitment video thing. Seriously, that was bizzare.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
- School's out.
- Christmas list: Career, Car, and somebody to pick up my script that I haven't finished. I've got my fingers crossed.
- My boss kept telling me he was going to call me in today. He didn't, and I'm glad. In all my free time, I slept and did other boring things. I swear, this town is like Walnut Grove on tranquilizers. It's got a bar, and... and, um, yeah...
- I'm thinking of starting one of those online businesses where you write people's college papers for them. Unfortunately, I have no amibition. I'm like Mycroft Holmes without the deduction skills.
- Seeing the movie doesn't make you a fan. You're not a LotRs fan if you've seen the movies but haven't read the books. You have to read the trilogy, the Silmarillion, and the Hobbit, at least. Reading Tolkien's letters and the History of Middle Earth are bonus fan stuff. Watching Hitchhiker' Guide doesn't make you a fan. Watching the travesty that was The Spirits Within does not make you a fan.
- A.A. Milne was a great writer. If I were ever going to write a children's book, his stuff would probably be the only works I'd study.
- "Good writers borrow from other writers, great ones steal from them out-right." Hmmm..
- Look for my new book to hit store shevles soon: "Now We Are Sick."
- Christmas list: Career, Car, and somebody to pick up my script that I haven't finished. I've got my fingers crossed.
- My boss kept telling me he was going to call me in today. He didn't, and I'm glad. In all my free time, I slept and did other boring things. I swear, this town is like Walnut Grove on tranquilizers. It's got a bar, and... and, um, yeah...
- I'm thinking of starting one of those online businesses where you write people's college papers for them. Unfortunately, I have no amibition. I'm like Mycroft Holmes without the deduction skills.
- Seeing the movie doesn't make you a fan. You're not a LotRs fan if you've seen the movies but haven't read the books. You have to read the trilogy, the Silmarillion, and the Hobbit, at least. Reading Tolkien's letters and the History of Middle Earth are bonus fan stuff. Watching Hitchhiker' Guide doesn't make you a fan. Watching the travesty that was The Spirits Within does not make you a fan.
- A.A. Milne was a great writer. If I were ever going to write a children's book, his stuff would probably be the only works I'd study.
- "Good writers borrow from other writers, great ones steal from them out-right." Hmmm..
- Look for my new book to hit store shevles soon: "Now We Are Sick."
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
So...
Well, something happened, and i'm not sure if it's good or bad. Anyway, my boss pretty much said he has to be at work all the time now, and I'm kind of on call, but not actually working there anymore, as a paid employee. Or this will be happening in the next few weeks. I wasn't sure, and he wasn't either.
Like I said, i hated the job, but didn't want to leave out of loyalty. If he doesn't need me, then it could make things a lot easier. We'll see what happens.
- Only two finals left. One should be easy. The other I should be studying for right now. But I'm not. 'Cause I'm stupid.
- House is better than The Unit. I've seen multiple episodes of each, and while the Unit is in no way bad televison, House is better. But apparently I'm the guy who said Ocean's 12 was as good as Ocean's 11 because the writing was well done (I don't remember saying this, but I'm told I did. I don't get drunk, so I really have no excuses.).
- I cannot think of a single move this year that I really liked. 2005 had Kingdom of Heaven, which I think is vastly underrated. 2001, 2002, and 2003 had LotR. I can't think of anything exceptional from 2004. I can't think of anything that came out this year that I'd want to own. I'll probably get Pirates 2 and X-men 3 at some point, just for the collection.
- 2007 is around the corner. And I feel old at 20. My friend who is only a year older than me is married with a kid. Maybe I'll get an igauna...
Like I said, i hated the job, but didn't want to leave out of loyalty. If he doesn't need me, then it could make things a lot easier. We'll see what happens.
- Only two finals left. One should be easy. The other I should be studying for right now. But I'm not. 'Cause I'm stupid.
- House is better than The Unit. I've seen multiple episodes of each, and while the Unit is in no way bad televison, House is better. But apparently I'm the guy who said Ocean's 12 was as good as Ocean's 11 because the writing was well done (I don't remember saying this, but I'm told I did. I don't get drunk, so I really have no excuses.).
- I cannot think of a single move this year that I really liked. 2005 had Kingdom of Heaven, which I think is vastly underrated. 2001, 2002, and 2003 had LotR. I can't think of anything exceptional from 2004. I can't think of anything that came out this year that I'd want to own. I'll probably get Pirates 2 and X-men 3 at some point, just for the collection.
- 2007 is around the corner. And I feel old at 20. My friend who is only a year older than me is married with a kid. Maybe I'll get an igauna...
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Dec 12th
- I'm depressed. I am so eager to graduate, and I'm not going to know if I can for another month, and I get the feeling it's going to wear me down. Anyway...
- “Quando dio, ole castigarci ci manda, quello che desideriamo.”
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
I thought it was interesting. A pagan-founded sentiment, of course, but the thought still makes you thank God for Romans 8:26.
- You know the feeling you get when you know something bad is going to happen, but you can't do anything about it? It makes you depressed. I'm depressed. I'm going to go write.
- There's this scene in the West Wing where the president is talking to his chief of staff and says something like, "Sweden has a 100% literacy rate! 100%! How do they do that?" And his chief of staff says, " Maybe they don't, but they can't do math." That's got to be one of my favorite lines of all time.
- “Quando dio, ole castigarci ci manda, quello che desideriamo.”
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
I thought it was interesting. A pagan-founded sentiment, of course, but the thought still makes you thank God for Romans 8:26.
- You know the feeling you get when you know something bad is going to happen, but you can't do anything about it? It makes you depressed. I'm depressed. I'm going to go write.
- There's this scene in the West Wing where the president is talking to his chief of staff and says something like, "Sweden has a 100% literacy rate! 100%! How do they do that?" And his chief of staff says, " Maybe they don't, but they can't do math." That's got to be one of my favorite lines of all time.
Monday, December 11, 2006
Dec 11th
- Finals are finally here! Woot.
- Since it took me so long to be able to get in and speak with my advisor, I wasn't able to sign up for classes, and now I have to wait even longer, and I probably won't get what I need anyway. I feel like I'm in a one of Scott Adams' strips.
- I haven't done any Christmas shopping yet. In fact, I have procrastinated on just about everything this semester. I think all of my papers were finished the day they were due at the earliest.... It's a good thing my parents don't read this....
- Well, Christmas is right around the corner, so we get to see all the Rudolph, Frosty, Grinch, and Claymation movies you can handle. And then some more. But are the networks content? Nooooo. They feel the need to drop utter crap on us with the inventions of Frosty Returns and Jim Carrey's Grinch. Frosty Returns is just bad televison. It's bad. There's really nothing else to say about it.
The live-action Grinch facade is in a different category. It's part of the "Rip-off the Name, and Screw Up the Story" genre. That's like making a Robin Hood where the Sheriff of Nottingham has a voodoo-practicing mother, and Robin Hood actually went on the crusades. Oh, wait, they did that too.
- Risk: It's All In The Wrist.
- PETA: People Eating Tasty Animals. On that note, we here in Michigan recently voted to not allow the shooting of doves. I was in favor of NOT shooting doves. Just because there was no reason to, and doves aren't hurting anybody. There are plenty of things to kill out there that need killing (read: Spiders).
- Follow-up: I like animals. I think animals were created by God both to comfort and provide resources for man. Killing animals with a purpose is not a bad thing (i.e. the entire Old Testament system of animal sacrifices, and as for food, etc.) Killing animals for other reasons is generally not good (except Spiders. Kill them all). In other words, I'm about like 80% of michigan's population. Use them as a resource, but don't be malicious about it.
The problem comes when people (read: Peta) start claiming animals are somehow on par with people. My dad almost voted for shooting doves just to shove it in the face of people who call it murder. Equalizing hunting with murder is trivializing both human life and the taking of it. It's also a pretty hefty accusation against God.
I don't hunt. It's not because I'm against it, but because it doesn't interest me enough. I'm not against people killing deer, because I'd rather they did than I hit one with my car. I know a lot of people who don't hunt, and who don't like the practice. I'm okay with that too. The people who I have a problem with are the ones who think animals are people too, and the ones who think animals are here for humans to take out their frustrations upon.
- I'm off to my Women's History (And Why Men Are Stupid!) class.
- Since it took me so long to be able to get in and speak with my advisor, I wasn't able to sign up for classes, and now I have to wait even longer, and I probably won't get what I need anyway. I feel like I'm in a one of Scott Adams' strips.
- I haven't done any Christmas shopping yet. In fact, I have procrastinated on just about everything this semester. I think all of my papers were finished the day they were due at the earliest.... It's a good thing my parents don't read this....
- Well, Christmas is right around the corner, so we get to see all the Rudolph, Frosty, Grinch, and Claymation movies you can handle. And then some more. But are the networks content? Nooooo. They feel the need to drop utter crap on us with the inventions of Frosty Returns and Jim Carrey's Grinch. Frosty Returns is just bad televison. It's bad. There's really nothing else to say about it.
The live-action Grinch facade is in a different category. It's part of the "Rip-off the Name, and Screw Up the Story" genre. That's like making a Robin Hood where the Sheriff of Nottingham has a voodoo-practicing mother, and Robin Hood actually went on the crusades. Oh, wait, they did that too.
- Risk: It's All In The Wrist.
- PETA: People Eating Tasty Animals. On that note, we here in Michigan recently voted to not allow the shooting of doves. I was in favor of NOT shooting doves. Just because there was no reason to, and doves aren't hurting anybody. There are plenty of things to kill out there that need killing (read: Spiders).
- Follow-up: I like animals. I think animals were created by God both to comfort and provide resources for man. Killing animals with a purpose is not a bad thing (i.e. the entire Old Testament system of animal sacrifices, and as for food, etc.) Killing animals for other reasons is generally not good (except Spiders. Kill them all). In other words, I'm about like 80% of michigan's population. Use them as a resource, but don't be malicious about it.
The problem comes when people (read: Peta) start claiming animals are somehow on par with people. My dad almost voted for shooting doves just to shove it in the face of people who call it murder. Equalizing hunting with murder is trivializing both human life and the taking of it. It's also a pretty hefty accusation against God.
I don't hunt. It's not because I'm against it, but because it doesn't interest me enough. I'm not against people killing deer, because I'd rather they did than I hit one with my car. I know a lot of people who don't hunt, and who don't like the practice. I'm okay with that too. The people who I have a problem with are the ones who think animals are people too, and the ones who think animals are here for humans to take out their frustrations upon.
- I'm off to my Women's History (And Why Men Are Stupid!) class.
Friday, December 08, 2006
Dec 8th
- My PSC teacher bought 8 pizzas and showed a video of a comedian for our class today. That guy rules.
- I wrote a 6 page paper comparing Faulkner to O'Connor today for a class on those two authors. I still haven't read any of their writings.
- A kid in my first class this morning hasn't missed a single class period at all this semester. I'm pretty sure he's a freshman or possibly a sophmore. He said something about paying for the eductaion, so why not get it? "Silly, silly, silly!" - guy from Frosty.
College is NOT about paying for an education. It's about paying for a paper that says you're educated. Certainly, you will learn things while at college. You will not learn things that justify paying 5k a semester. The 5k is for the paper.
Some might say that this is cynical, and I'm sure it is, but I don't think I'm wrong. I took a Calculus class that I don't remember a single thing from. The same with Geology, Biology, Weather, that computer course, and some of those SOC courses. I remember some from History, and some from poli-sci, a lot from my first Literature class.
Mostly, what I've "learned" from college is to write better papers, and that was worth a good bulk of what I've spent. So I guess you could say that you're paying for skills, not knowledge, and that works, but it doesn't explain why I should go to a "statistics in psychology" class. I took it for the credits, nothing more.
I know I've said all this before. It's finals week, though, and my contempt for this place is growing by the hour. Check in a week; I should be all jolly by then.
- TV is having a bunch of game shows on recently. They all look the same, but the great (and it is great) thing about these game shows are the hosts they are using. Bob Saget would have been enough, but they tapped the perfection that is William Shatner, a man so bizzare that his persona has become a parrot of a parody of himself. And now they've got Penn from Penn and Teller hosting a show. This is like the apocalypse of game show horror, and we can only blame Regis Philbin for starting it all. The thing is, people are watching this stuff.
- William Shatner and Bob Saget hosting game shows.... IN THE SAME MONTH. Christmas came early this year! Naturally, I will not watch any of them. Just the fact they are there is enough. The only way this could be any better is if Chuck Norris started hosting one called "A Fistful of Dollars."
- I wrote a 6 page paper comparing Faulkner to O'Connor today for a class on those two authors. I still haven't read any of their writings.
- A kid in my first class this morning hasn't missed a single class period at all this semester. I'm pretty sure he's a freshman or possibly a sophmore. He said something about paying for the eductaion, so why not get it? "Silly, silly, silly!" - guy from Frosty.
College is NOT about paying for an education. It's about paying for a paper that says you're educated. Certainly, you will learn things while at college. You will not learn things that justify paying 5k a semester. The 5k is for the paper.
Some might say that this is cynical, and I'm sure it is, but I don't think I'm wrong. I took a Calculus class that I don't remember a single thing from. The same with Geology, Biology, Weather, that computer course, and some of those SOC courses. I remember some from History, and some from poli-sci, a lot from my first Literature class.
Mostly, what I've "learned" from college is to write better papers, and that was worth a good bulk of what I've spent. So I guess you could say that you're paying for skills, not knowledge, and that works, but it doesn't explain why I should go to a "statistics in psychology" class. I took it for the credits, nothing more.
I know I've said all this before. It's finals week, though, and my contempt for this place is growing by the hour. Check in a week; I should be all jolly by then.
- TV is having a bunch of game shows on recently. They all look the same, but the great (and it is great) thing about these game shows are the hosts they are using. Bob Saget would have been enough, but they tapped the perfection that is William Shatner, a man so bizzare that his persona has become a parrot of a parody of himself. And now they've got Penn from Penn and Teller hosting a show. This is like the apocalypse of game show horror, and we can only blame Regis Philbin for starting it all. The thing is, people are watching this stuff.
- William Shatner and Bob Saget hosting game shows.... IN THE SAME MONTH. Christmas came early this year! Naturally, I will not watch any of them. Just the fact they are there is enough. The only way this could be any better is if Chuck Norris started hosting one called "A Fistful of Dollars."
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Dec 7th
- Anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
- Changed settings so anyone can comment now.
- I have that song that goes "pula pula pula pula pula pula pula" stuck in my head. The problem is three-fold: I don't know any other words to that song, I don't know what "pula" means, and I don't know if the guy is actually saying "pula." So there you go. Yet another reason to hate the radio.
- I talked to my advisor person to see if I could graduate this coming semester (remains to be seen, I may end up with a few summer classes). Anyway, the guy was talking about summer graduations, and said that there's no ceremony for people who graduate in August. He acted like it was a bad thing.
I don't care about standing up in front of a bunch of people I don't know to get a piece of paper from a school for which I have no respect. CMU was cheap, and it was close by, so I went. I am not going to brag about having a diploma from this place. It's like having a diploma from the DNC. "Congratulations, you've endured 4+ years of unceasing liberal propaganda. Have a cookie."
I mean, there is a level of pride of accomplishment in actually having a degree, certainly, but as for school pride? None whatsoever. I couldn't care less if they win a football game, I don't wear shirts that say "CMU," and I don't care if our school mascot remains the Chippewa. I don't care if the student senate passes resolutions, and i don't care if Rao looks at them, giggles fiendishly, and throws them in the trash. I don't care if they spend 180,000 dollars to paint white lines of the sidewalks for "bicycle lanes," and I don't care if not a single person acts like they're there.
- On the News right now, they're talking about how Kalamazoo is still recounting a state senate election ( I think that's what it is ). Anyway, the Republican looks like Putin, and the Democrat looks like a china doll.
- My PSC 328 prof played (he didn't play it himself, he played it on the computer...). "Green Fields of France" on Wednesday, claiming it would ruin our day. He actually left the class before it started so he wouldn't get depressed. Now, sure, the song is sad, but I made it though my day all right. Until I got online afterward and looked up the lyrics ('cause you miss a lot the first time you hear a song). And then I was still okay. So clearly, my heart still needs to grow three sizes this year.
- Schwarzenegger should declare California a sovereign nation and cede from the union. Seriously, who would not be thrilled with this? He'd get to be president, California could become New France, and the rest of us normal people would never have to pretend Martin Sheen is important ever again!
- The Today Show has said "scathing" and "scorching" about the Iraq study group report 4 times in the first two minutes of show. And then some expert got on and said "twiddly-winks." He may have been making a point, but I think he just wanted to say "twiddly-winks." I mean, who doesn't?
- Changed settings so anyone can comment now.
- I have that song that goes "pula pula pula pula pula pula pula" stuck in my head. The problem is three-fold: I don't know any other words to that song, I don't know what "pula" means, and I don't know if the guy is actually saying "pula." So there you go. Yet another reason to hate the radio.
- I talked to my advisor person to see if I could graduate this coming semester (remains to be seen, I may end up with a few summer classes). Anyway, the guy was talking about summer graduations, and said that there's no ceremony for people who graduate in August. He acted like it was a bad thing.
I don't care about standing up in front of a bunch of people I don't know to get a piece of paper from a school for which I have no respect. CMU was cheap, and it was close by, so I went. I am not going to brag about having a diploma from this place. It's like having a diploma from the DNC. "Congratulations, you've endured 4+ years of unceasing liberal propaganda. Have a cookie."
I mean, there is a level of pride of accomplishment in actually having a degree, certainly, but as for school pride? None whatsoever. I couldn't care less if they win a football game, I don't wear shirts that say "CMU," and I don't care if our school mascot remains the Chippewa. I don't care if the student senate passes resolutions, and i don't care if Rao looks at them, giggles fiendishly, and throws them in the trash. I don't care if they spend 180,000 dollars to paint white lines of the sidewalks for "bicycle lanes," and I don't care if not a single person acts like they're there.
- On the News right now, they're talking about how Kalamazoo is still recounting a state senate election ( I think that's what it is ). Anyway, the Republican looks like Putin, and the Democrat looks like a china doll.
- My PSC 328 prof played (he didn't play it himself, he played it on the computer...). "Green Fields of France" on Wednesday, claiming it would ruin our day. He actually left the class before it started so he wouldn't get depressed. Now, sure, the song is sad, but I made it though my day all right. Until I got online afterward and looked up the lyrics ('cause you miss a lot the first time you hear a song). And then I was still okay. So clearly, my heart still needs to grow three sizes this year.
- Schwarzenegger should declare California a sovereign nation and cede from the union. Seriously, who would not be thrilled with this? He'd get to be president, California could become New France, and the rest of us normal people would never have to pretend Martin Sheen is important ever again!
- The Today Show has said "scathing" and "scorching" about the Iraq study group report 4 times in the first two minutes of show. And then some expert got on and said "twiddly-winks." He may have been making a point, but I think he just wanted to say "twiddly-winks." I mean, who doesn't?
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Dec 6th
I've been busy lately, with work and school. I'm starting to feel like I'm going to graduate and get stuck in a service job, or something. "Maybe if I move to New York," I think to myself in moments of insanity. I'd hate New York. I'd hate California. I could move to Florida, but what with all the hurricanes, man-eating alligators, and torrential flooding, I'd be dead within a year. The rest of the states are no different than Michigan. Trust me, I took a geography class once, and I didn't fail it. I know these things. So I'll probably stay in Michigan.
So I got on myspace, and searched my hometown, and quite a few people came up. I recognized a few of them (one of them is a co-worker). I almost signed up out of boredom, before realizing I already did that about 3 months ago, and haven't got back on since. It takes too much effort... or something.
It looks like I'm going to continue working at the Fitness Center for another semester, at least. There is something about that place that I just... hate. My boss(es) are great guys, my co-worker (yeah, there's only one) is cool (which is refreshing, considering the bunch of yahoos we've had in this place before her), but I feel like I'm getting more idiotic by the day as people come up and talk to me about the stupidest things, and I feign interest when I really just want to say, "Shut up. Shut up. For all that is good in this world, please shut up," in a deadpan voice. That would probably get me fired.
Also, there's no place for advancement here. Not that I'd want to make it a career, but it's my boss, my other boss, and then me. The bosses are co-owners. I feel a need to be in a position of authority, because when you're the low man on the totem pole, being glib, being sarcastic, and being cynical is dangerous stuff. Authority allows for familiarity and for comfort, because the only person responsible is you. If I tick someone off right now, it goes back to my boss. I feel like I'm being repressed. And now the obligatory follow-up: Ekke, Ekke, Ekke, Ekke, Ptang, Zoo boing!
I kind of want to quit, but my boss has been tremendously loyal to me over the years (I think we've had 12 other employees come and go in the four years we've been open, and I worked the first day the place opened). They work around my school schedule, and been flexibile when there were problems. He needs me to stick around for another six months, so I probably will. Also, there aren't a lot of opportunities for work around here.
But after I graduate, I have to get out of here. It's a little scary, since I have no idea where to go to find a better job that I will like. I mean, i like writing, and a job that will require me to write opinion pieces, short stories, or plays is probably non-existant. I'll probably end up working some job i hate while trying to write a play on the side. After it's done, I don't know what I'm going to do with it. Anyone know how you go about getting your play published?
So I got on myspace, and searched my hometown, and quite a few people came up. I recognized a few of them (one of them is a co-worker). I almost signed up out of boredom, before realizing I already did that about 3 months ago, and haven't got back on since. It takes too much effort... or something.
It looks like I'm going to continue working at the Fitness Center for another semester, at least. There is something about that place that I just... hate. My boss(es) are great guys, my co-worker (yeah, there's only one) is cool (which is refreshing, considering the bunch of yahoos we've had in this place before her), but I feel like I'm getting more idiotic by the day as people come up and talk to me about the stupidest things, and I feign interest when I really just want to say, "Shut up. Shut up. For all that is good in this world, please shut up," in a deadpan voice. That would probably get me fired.
Also, there's no place for advancement here. Not that I'd want to make it a career, but it's my boss, my other boss, and then me. The bosses are co-owners. I feel a need to be in a position of authority, because when you're the low man on the totem pole, being glib, being sarcastic, and being cynical is dangerous stuff. Authority allows for familiarity and for comfort, because the only person responsible is you. If I tick someone off right now, it goes back to my boss. I feel like I'm being repressed. And now the obligatory follow-up: Ekke, Ekke, Ekke, Ekke, Ptang, Zoo boing!
I kind of want to quit, but my boss has been tremendously loyal to me over the years (I think we've had 12 other employees come and go in the four years we've been open, and I worked the first day the place opened). They work around my school schedule, and been flexibile when there were problems. He needs me to stick around for another six months, so I probably will. Also, there aren't a lot of opportunities for work around here.
But after I graduate, I have to get out of here. It's a little scary, since I have no idea where to go to find a better job that I will like. I mean, i like writing, and a job that will require me to write opinion pieces, short stories, or plays is probably non-existant. I'll probably end up working some job i hate while trying to write a play on the side. After it's done, I don't know what I'm going to do with it. Anyone know how you go about getting your play published?
Monday, December 04, 2006
Benedict Arnold
- Okay, so Mr. Arnold wasn't all that bad a guy. First of all, he was a military genius who wasn't respected by any of his peers except George Washington, and secondly, he thought the French were a bunch of freedom-repressing pagans. What's not to love? You can never say that enough about the French, either. Yeah, so he tried to betray the colonies to the British, but you would to if you had the ego that Arnold had, along with the maturity of an eight year-old. I mean, you can only sleight those guys so many times before they try and give away the Hudson.
- I may end up graduating next semester, if I can get 21 credits of the classes I need. That's seven classes. I want to quit my job and just sleep for a really long time tomorrow...
- Timothy Busfield is great. Really.
- I cannot wait until this semester is over. Three more papers and finals.
- I may end up graduating next semester, if I can get 21 credits of the classes I need. That's seven classes. I want to quit my job and just sleep for a really long time tomorrow...
- Timothy Busfield is great. Really.
- I cannot wait until this semester is over. Three more papers and finals.
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Dec 3rd
- Just because I haven't linked it here yet...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgf60CI_ks
- There is both tremendous pressure on me to do school projects while at the same time an overwhelming feeling of boredom, and yet I can not force myself to sit down and actually do the projects. Instead, I get on this blog and write about it. As my cousin Andrew would say, "How does that speak to your character?" Probably not good...
- So I wore a black suit to church today, and when I put on my driving gloves, I looked like I could have been in Resevoir Dogs. No, I didn't say that to anyone at church.
- Follow-up:I want a job where I get to where a dress-suit every day. When I eventually become the writer I want to be, I think I'll throw on a suit while I type at my computer.
- Okay, I have to go write papers. On books I haven't read.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgf60CI_ks
- There is both tremendous pressure on me to do school projects while at the same time an overwhelming feeling of boredom, and yet I can not force myself to sit down and actually do the projects. Instead, I get on this blog and write about it. As my cousin Andrew would say, "How does that speak to your character?" Probably not good...
- So I wore a black suit to church today, and when I put on my driving gloves, I looked like I could have been in Resevoir Dogs. No, I didn't say that to anyone at church.
- Follow-up:I want a job where I get to where a dress-suit every day. When I eventually become the writer I want to be, I think I'll throw on a suit while I type at my computer.
- Okay, I have to go write papers. On books I haven't read.
Friday, December 01, 2006
Conservatism
- I updated my profile, so now if you want to stalk me, you won't have to do so much work.
- For the two (three?) of you who come here and actually read those episodes I write, I really am close to finishing the 10th. I'm just really having a hard time transposing it from the notebook to the computer. And I don't know how to end this one...
- So, my Marxist Soc prof keeps going on about how the social right and the economic right are fundamentally opposed, and the social right keeps getting hosed by the economic right. "They vote pro-life and get tax cuts for the rich" is the phrase he keeps using, borrowing from Franks' What's the Matter with Kansas.
As far as that goes, I think I have to agree with him. Really, what progress has the social right made over the last 40 years? Society has become progressively more and more liberal.
That being said, I still vote Republican, and always will, barring some unforeseen shift in politcal outlooks. First of all, Franks' whole premise in Kansas is that Kansas is worse off economically now that they vote Republican, when in fact there is substantial evidence that shows dramatic economic growth since they began to vote in conservatives.
But that's side-bar. I vote Republican because I'm a social conservative, made so by my "religious" beliefs. If you see each life as created and given by God, then abortion can never be right.
1) Say there is a man who is going to cut off your right hand if you don't kill an innocent by-stander; are you then morally free to kill that innocent?
Yet many would argue that it is morally right to take the life of an unborn child in cases of great trauma against the mother. And the even bigger problem is that they use this "justification" as grounds to argue for completely free-range abortion practices.
2) The other side: The biggest weakness my argument has? That a young, well-off white guy is making it.
Not that I would give any ground on this, but the fact that I'm a guy makes any argument I propose on this issue much less substantial in the eyes of people who are undetermined on the issue, regardless of the argument itself. The fact that I come from a middle class background further weakens my ability to debate this.
And that leads us to point three.
3) Politics are not decided by logic, as much as I think they should be. No, instead, we get politics by emotion. "What about in the cases of rape and incest?" tugs on the emotional strings, and then anyone who says abortion is still murder is made to look like a barbarian (Devos, first debate) by the media and the opposition. And what about those cases? Those cases that make up maybe 1% of all the abortions that are carried out daily in our nation? I take you back to point 1.
And then we go back to point 2. I can never be in that position, so it's easy for me to be detatched emotionally, and argue logically. Murder is murder, plain and simple. Well... that doesn't mean much coming from a guy who will never have to worry about it.
The second reason I vote Republican? Because while they aren't making much progress, they are at least stemming the tide. If the Democrats ever get total control again, you'll see what I mean. Yes, the Republicans are giving ground, and yes, most of them only give the social right lip-service. It's better than having the other guys in there.
And, lastly, their fiscal polices work. Reganomics work. Bush's tax cuts are working. So there you go.
- For the two (three?) of you who come here and actually read those episodes I write, I really am close to finishing the 10th. I'm just really having a hard time transposing it from the notebook to the computer. And I don't know how to end this one...
- So, my Marxist Soc prof keeps going on about how the social right and the economic right are fundamentally opposed, and the social right keeps getting hosed by the economic right. "They vote pro-life and get tax cuts for the rich" is the phrase he keeps using, borrowing from Franks' What's the Matter with Kansas.
As far as that goes, I think I have to agree with him. Really, what progress has the social right made over the last 40 years? Society has become progressively more and more liberal.
That being said, I still vote Republican, and always will, barring some unforeseen shift in politcal outlooks. First of all, Franks' whole premise in Kansas is that Kansas is worse off economically now that they vote Republican, when in fact there is substantial evidence that shows dramatic economic growth since they began to vote in conservatives.
But that's side-bar. I vote Republican because I'm a social conservative, made so by my "religious" beliefs. If you see each life as created and given by God, then abortion can never be right.
1) Say there is a man who is going to cut off your right hand if you don't kill an innocent by-stander; are you then morally free to kill that innocent?
Yet many would argue that it is morally right to take the life of an unborn child in cases of great trauma against the mother. And the even bigger problem is that they use this "justification" as grounds to argue for completely free-range abortion practices.
2) The other side: The biggest weakness my argument has? That a young, well-off white guy is making it.
Not that I would give any ground on this, but the fact that I'm a guy makes any argument I propose on this issue much less substantial in the eyes of people who are undetermined on the issue, regardless of the argument itself. The fact that I come from a middle class background further weakens my ability to debate this.
And that leads us to point three.
3) Politics are not decided by logic, as much as I think they should be. No, instead, we get politics by emotion. "What about in the cases of rape and incest?" tugs on the emotional strings, and then anyone who says abortion is still murder is made to look like a barbarian (Devos, first debate) by the media and the opposition. And what about those cases? Those cases that make up maybe 1% of all the abortions that are carried out daily in our nation? I take you back to point 1.
And then we go back to point 2. I can never be in that position, so it's easy for me to be detatched emotionally, and argue logically. Murder is murder, plain and simple. Well... that doesn't mean much coming from a guy who will never have to worry about it.
The second reason I vote Republican? Because while they aren't making much progress, they are at least stemming the tide. If the Democrats ever get total control again, you'll see what I mean. Yes, the Republicans are giving ground, and yes, most of them only give the social right lip-service. It's better than having the other guys in there.
And, lastly, their fiscal polices work. Reganomics work. Bush's tax cuts are working. So there you go.
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