mrcrisp

it's been a few months since my last experience with alcohol, and after a few rounds of tsing tao my filterin' organs aren't too bashful about pointing it out. i have a couple of finals tomorrow, and then i'm done with school for a few months. considering that i've spent most of my time lately preparing articles for the newswire, there has been little time for actual studying. right now i'm deciding between drinking some more or at least brushing up enough to perform adequately in tomorrow's exams. of course, one can study and drink copiously concurrently, right?

quandary of the day: as somebody who pretends to know a thing or two about writing, i've always known that it is unfavorable to use words that end with "-ly" or "-ing" on a consistant basis, or even at all. yet, i find myself compelled to do so. one of these days i'll get my shit together and stop resorting to lazy verbs and adjectives, or their bastard child, adverbs. god, tsing tao is a delicious brew.

currently reading the andromeda strain while enjoying my new ipod and a seemingly inexhaustible supply of candles.

argh, studies. studying. my father used to say "repitition is the sole of whit." he used it as an excuse to be obnoxious and redundant. i think the real saying is "repitition is the sole of knowledge." i'm not a large fun of knowledge, i don't see how knowing a lot will have a positive effect on my life, and i don't think it's entirely necessary to seek knowledge. maybe that's why i've always had issues with education. and maybe that's the excuse i use not to dedicate myself to studying that which i am "required" to. the real test, i suppose, is not how well i perform in my classes but how much i take away from them. this year alone i've discovered a new interest in mathematics (which will no doubt serve me well in my military carreer) and i've learned enough japanese to survive and hold fairly rudimentary conversations. no complaints. my exams tomorrow are of course a final assessment of my ability to absorb and retain knowledge and do more good for my teachers than they do me. honestly, i would abide failing in either class, though that's not an entirely feasable outcome. because of my more casual stance on education i feel it's more important to learn what interests me than to grade well. so, regardless of the outcome of tomorrow's tests, i'm please with this past and possibly last semester of college. now i need to stop typing before i convince myself to outright reject the necessity to take the final exams.