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GEORGE BUSH DOESN'T CARE ABOUT INUIT PEOPLE! (Drill ANWR! American oil for American people! USA!)
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May. 6th, 2008 | 09:28 pm
This entry should last you a little while. I have stuff to do, and honestly, my brain is a tad fried and in need of recharging. I didn't know my thoughts were in such high demand, thanks to you Google people.
1) Obama is the projected winner North Carolina... and obviously half of Indiana Democrats at the time of this post (and some jackass Republicans) just don't get it yet. This whole process really inspired me, at first. Now, it just proves to me that the "powers that be" still have control over the democratic (small "d") process in America, and they still can have influence that distorts and perverts the will of the people, and prevents real issues from being discussed. That's mainly why I chose International Studies, instead of Political Science as my new major. I couldn't be tied down to the study of American politics, because it is deeply flawed and entirely frustrating in its contemporary form.
2) Two finals this week, and I'm done. I can't even study for my 8AM exam tomorrow, because my mind and heart knows that it would be a big exercise in futility. I was looking for this semester to answer a lot of questions I had about in what direction my academic/post-collegiate career was going. However, all it has left me is the same doubt and a little more uncertainty. Ah well, at least one class is a guaranteed "A" or an "extremely high B". Here's to a summer of self-discovery (and moderate drinking, like a character in an Earnest Hemingway novel or something).
3) I hate to sound self-important, or to toot my own horn (giggidy), but I feel very under-appreciated at work. My department would be really up a creek for a little while, if I weren't there to do the things I do. I think my boss knows that, because she always slips in positives comments to keep me from flipping whenever I see co-workers slacking off or flaking out or whenever she needs me to works hours I obviously don't feel like working. I guess I am partly to blame for this situation as well. I take the extra hours, because a) I enjoy any extra cash I can make, and b) working keeps me from having time alone to think about other crappy things that I tend to not want to deal with right now, in my life. So yeah, we have etched out a nice little means of co-dependency there, for right now.
4) I opened up a savings account with my part of my tax return, and my "economic stimulus" thing the government dished out to everybody. Partly to have some money stowed away (probably to save more for a car), and partly to say, "FUCK YOU GEORGE BUSH! YOU WANT ME TO STIMULATE YOUR FUCKED UP ECONOMY? HOW ABOUT YOU STIMULATE *THIS* BY KISSING IT?!?! *Points to rear end*"
Just kidding about the political statement, but yes... that money could have been used in wiser ways. Everyone I know is either using it to pay off debt, or place into savings... so it basically defeats the purpose of the whole operation.
I want to get paid in euros, like Gisele Bündchen and Jay-Z.
5) I'm slowly becoming a "foodie". Food has almost become like porn to people that thoroughly enjoy porn (which has become sort of pointless and not interesting to me, as of late). You get introduced to the simple stuff... like mild cheddar or a yellow Gouda, similar to the normal bimbo-fake tit straight hardcore you find in a smut mag or skin flick at age 14. Soon after, you find yourself knee-deep in Japanese tranny midget clown porn.... or er... you just find yourself making a Muenster grilled cheese sandwich or something with a nice Gorgonzola cheese sauce. I feel frustrated that I haven't had the time,energy, or resources to devote time to exploring my culinary aspirations. My oven is broken, and I need better cooking pots (I saw a set on America's Test Kitchen that I really dig), to really get down and dirty. I haven't even made a fresh pizza by hand, or fired up the blender for an alfredo or pesto sauce in ages.
And I totally want to get into scratch-baking. I've been aching for a good blondie lately.
I guess my quest for cooking mastery stems from my newly found urge for total self-sustainability. Lately, I've wanted to be able to be 100% self-sufficient, so I'd have no reason to depend on another person for something I can do myself. I've just really decided to quit looking to most people for dependency and assistance. Going it on my own, seems to be the quickest and easiest way to live physically and emotionally. */Dr. Phil moment*
I promise that I will have more culturally relevant information here later. I need to start "bringing the heat", as Danielle said. Not all of us can be Journalism majors that aspire to work for the New York Times, and whatnot. OHHHH SNAP!
Catch you folks later.
-Leon
1) Obama is the projected winner North Carolina... and obviously half of Indiana Democrats at the time of this post (and some jackass Republicans) just don't get it yet. This whole process really inspired me, at first. Now, it just proves to me that the "powers that be" still have control over the democratic (small "d") process in America, and they still can have influence that distorts and perverts the will of the people, and prevents real issues from being discussed. That's mainly why I chose International Studies, instead of Political Science as my new major. I couldn't be tied down to the study of American politics, because it is deeply flawed and entirely frustrating in its contemporary form.
2) Two finals this week, and I'm done. I can't even study for my 8AM exam tomorrow, because my mind and heart knows that it would be a big exercise in futility. I was looking for this semester to answer a lot of questions I had about in what direction my academic/post-collegiate career was going. However, all it has left me is the same doubt and a little more uncertainty. Ah well, at least one class is a guaranteed "A" or an "extremely high B". Here's to a summer of self-discovery (and moderate drinking, like a character in an Earnest Hemingway novel or something).
3) I hate to sound self-important, or to toot my own horn (giggidy), but I feel very under-appreciated at work. My department would be really up a creek for a little while, if I weren't there to do the things I do. I think my boss knows that, because she always slips in positives comments to keep me from flipping whenever I see co-workers slacking off or flaking out or whenever she needs me to works hours I obviously don't feel like working. I guess I am partly to blame for this situation as well. I take the extra hours, because a) I enjoy any extra cash I can make, and b) working keeps me from having time alone to think about other crappy things that I tend to not want to deal with right now, in my life. So yeah, we have etched out a nice little means of co-dependency there, for right now.
4) I opened up a savings account with my part of my tax return, and my "economic stimulus" thing the government dished out to everybody. Partly to have some money stowed away (probably to save more for a car), and partly to say, "FUCK YOU GEORGE BUSH! YOU WANT ME TO STIMULATE YOUR FUCKED UP ECONOMY? HOW ABOUT YOU STIMULATE *THIS* BY KISSING IT?!?! *Points to rear end*"
Just kidding about the political statement, but yes... that money could have been used in wiser ways. Everyone I know is either using it to pay off debt, or place into savings... so it basically defeats the purpose of the whole operation.
I want to get paid in euros, like Gisele Bündchen and Jay-Z.
5) I'm slowly becoming a "foodie". Food has almost become like porn to people that thoroughly enjoy porn (which has become sort of pointless and not interesting to me, as of late). You get introduced to the simple stuff... like mild cheddar or a yellow Gouda, similar to the normal bimbo-fake tit straight hardcore you find in a smut mag or skin flick at age 14. Soon after, you find yourself knee-deep in Japanese tranny midget clown porn.... or er... you just find yourself making a Muenster grilled cheese sandwich or something with a nice Gorgonzola cheese sauce. I feel frustrated that I haven't had the time,energy, or resources to devote time to exploring my culinary aspirations. My oven is broken, and I need better cooking pots (I saw a set on America's Test Kitchen that I really dig), to really get down and dirty. I haven't even made a fresh pizza by hand, or fired up the blender for an alfredo or pesto sauce in ages.
And I totally want to get into scratch-baking. I've been aching for a good blondie lately.
I guess my quest for cooking mastery stems from my newly found urge for total self-sustainability. Lately, I've wanted to be able to be 100% self-sufficient, so I'd have no reason to depend on another person for something I can do myself. I've just really decided to quit looking to most people for dependency and assistance. Going it on my own, seems to be the quickest and easiest way to live physically and emotionally. */Dr. Phil moment*
I promise that I will have more culturally relevant information here later. I need to start "bringing the heat", as Danielle said. Not all of us can be Journalism majors that aspire to work for the New York Times, and whatnot. OHHHH SNAP!
Catch you folks later.
-Leon