welcome back kids

here we are minutes before philosophy. german is with my prof from last year. she's really cool. history of rome is gonna be great. prof morgan is absolutely crazy and british. i'm stoked. we'll see about phil, but it's already pass/fail :) and i have anthro with jen, so that shouldn't be a big deal. i think tis gonna be a good semester. hmmm, 12:03 and still no phil prof. i suppose i shouldn't expect too much from the phil dept though. i'm glad to be back at school. please disregard my not caring comment from earlier.

i am the warrior; bang bang!

recent developments

the vapidity of news reporters continues to amaze me. is it possible that they really take themselves seriously?

school starts tomorrow, but it doesn't feel like it. Because I'm so far from campus and "student life" i don't have the sense of apprehension and excitement that buzzes around campus this time of the year. it's kinda sad. but i'm a senior this year, so i really don't care. i just wanna graduate and make money so i don't have to worry about making rent or scrimping change to eat. being broke is so overrated.

owen wilson tried to kill himself. am i sad about this? not really. luke's enough wilson for the both of them.

excessively preponderant than civil

what's the point of writing anything here? it's just you and me. i already know everything in my head and i tell you everything anyway. meh.

superbad? more like justok...

before anyone beats me to it...

MC Rove is no longer "in da House."
yeah, there, i said it. word to ya moms.

got more rhymes than the Bible's got psalms

walking in the kitchen this morning, it occured to me that there is a generation of iraqi children who have no personal experience with the offenses and repression of the Hussein regime, but are surrounded with violence that exists because of our occupation. these children are in a very crucial point in their development where they will remember and hold onto this period as we all do with our childhoods. they, most likely, will not think that our "liberation" is/was a positive thing. and i fear that this will lead to anti-american/western sentiment that cannot be unlearned, even if democracy and western culture come to permeate the nation. i'm not necessarily concerned with this generation becoming radical islamists, or whatever fox news and the administration are refering to them as lately. What i am concerned about is that once this generation grows up and comes to power in Iraq, the majority will want to form an anti-western government that will influence the surrounding area. Also, with our rebuilding efforts, if we ever get them back to operational, and they make something out of the desert, they can influence global economic politics. especially if iran continues its own anti-west political philosophy, the two countries could form a powerful coalition, reminescent of the influence exerted by the soviet bloc to oppose and confound western policies and governments. this would require the two groups to realize that they have the same enemy in america and put aside their sunni/shiite division. a united islamic front against the corruption of the west could be quite dangerous...
but this leads me to wonder if perhaps the government isn't fueling the islamic division as a way to destabilize the area and play the groups off one another until we have a solitary group to work with that becomes dependent on the US for support against their enemies.

so gavin was back at work on tuesday. so i'm back with rob in production. except now i'm in CP effective today because jr is heading back to lubbock this weekend. jen and i moved into the carvers' last night and will be residing there for 2 weeks. got the money situation just about figured out. it looks like i've lost about 20 pounds since i've started eating right and occasionally exercising. school is gonna be cool this semester...i hope. but right now it's just work and sleep around here. but hey, it pays the bills.

everything will be all right...