Alright, yeah, so I went on my first date in a while last night. I hadn't slept in forty hours, hadn't eaten in twenty, hadn't shaved in God knows how long, and my hair was such a mess I refused to remove my idiotic baseball cap. Other then that, it was a rather good time. The girl shows a lot of promise, and I'm curious as to if she has any political beliefs. I doubt we'll start dating, though - she didn't really say anything horribly interesting in the three hours we were going out last night. I do enjoy talking with her though, albeit it not as much as I wish I did.
How is it so many people can be blind to what's happening to America? I point out that Bush is one of the worst Presidents we've ever had and people label me anti-American. Fuck that, I'm more jingoistic then just about anyone in the country, but that doesn't mean I'm afraid to point out what is blatantly wrong with our current political system, and the irrepearable harm it is doing to our international foreign policy.
Ah, fuck it - it's too early for political talk. My neighbors woke me up at four in the fucking morning by running around upstairs and pounding on a door, so I dropped a Massive Attack CD in my new stereo, cranked it all the way up, hit the bass boost, and am doing my best to keep them awake and/or annoyed.
Oh, I've been adopted as a research assistant for my World Lit. Professor. This means I get to skip the first half of the semester so long as I read a few books and write up reports on them. Cooler still, they are books I've been wanting to read for years. Unfortunatley the name of the second one is lost on me at the moment, but it's written by an autistic boy. The other book is NAMESAKE by Jhumpa Lahiri - her first book, INTERPRETOR OF MALADIES was just fucking amazing. Dig this; her FIRST book, a collection of SHORT STORIES, won a Pulitzer Prize. Not only did her first book win the Pulitzer, but it was also a collection of short stories - I've never heard of that happening. That's pretty rare in the world of the Pulitzer. Not that I put much stock in those book awards, but I found that more then interesting.
I think I'm going to clean up my apartment a little. Probably I'm going to invite this girl I went on a date with yesterday over to watch movies tonight or tomorrow, and I'll need this place pretty fucking spick and span...shit, but I'm out of paper towels for which to clean with....well, it's off to the gas station I go.
How is it so many people can be blind to what's happening to America? I point out that Bush is one of the worst Presidents we've ever had and people label me anti-American. Fuck that, I'm more jingoistic then just about anyone in the country, but that doesn't mean I'm afraid to point out what is blatantly wrong with our current political system, and the irrepearable harm it is doing to our international foreign policy.
Ah, fuck it - it's too early for political talk. My neighbors woke me up at four in the fucking morning by running around upstairs and pounding on a door, so I dropped a Massive Attack CD in my new stereo, cranked it all the way up, hit the bass boost, and am doing my best to keep them awake and/or annoyed.
Oh, I've been adopted as a research assistant for my World Lit. Professor. This means I get to skip the first half of the semester so long as I read a few books and write up reports on them. Cooler still, they are books I've been wanting to read for years. Unfortunatley the name of the second one is lost on me at the moment, but it's written by an autistic boy. The other book is NAMESAKE by Jhumpa Lahiri - her first book, INTERPRETOR OF MALADIES was just fucking amazing. Dig this; her FIRST book, a collection of SHORT STORIES, won a Pulitzer Prize. Not only did her first book win the Pulitzer, but it was also a collection of short stories - I've never heard of that happening. That's pretty rare in the world of the Pulitzer. Not that I put much stock in those book awards, but I found that more then interesting.
I think I'm going to clean up my apartment a little. Probably I'm going to invite this girl I went on a date with yesterday over to watch movies tonight or tomorrow, and I'll need this place pretty fucking spick and span...shit, but I'm out of paper towels for which to clean with....well, it's off to the gas station I go.
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I feel the same way about Bush. the_cowboy is pretty understanding, but when I went to visit him last fall, I couldn't wear my "Kerry/Edwards" pins or talk politics at all because College Station is "Bush country." I'm fortunate that my parents are very intelligent and help to back me up when I get into the same argument with my two aunts and an uncles who say that I'll understand when I'm older. Bullshit! I understand that my friends and peers are being killed in a war that we have almost no support for and which we are sending our soldiers in unprepared for!!! WTF?!? Sorry. I get a little excited.
That's awesome if you move to Seattle. Beautiful city.
I hope you find a girl who fascinates you. This one doesn't seem to be it.