Jeff Morrow on the Republican platform – In fairness, there’s progress in the language. The gays have gone from moral atrocity to mere “incompatibility.” On a sin scale, they’ve moved up from the level of pedophiles to the level of OS/2 Warp.
Still cleaning my room, hanging out with cool people, multiple trips to Walgreens, hanging shelves, writing a paper (yeah, yeah).
Arnold’s talk about the Soviet occupation during his childhood is probably untrue – “I wasn’t an action here back then,” he says. When have you ever been an action hero? Arnold, Arnold, the characters you play in the movies are not what you are in real life.
Police in New York arresting people for no rhyme or reason – They’re also being forced to work double shifts. That’s never good for keeping your wits (and nerves) about you.
Why my class schedule rocks
If I end up getting into this last class that I want, I will end up with a class schedule that goes 10:00am – 1:00pm on Mon/Wed/Thu and 2:00pm – 3:30pm Mon/Wed, with a PE 9:00am – 10:30am on Tuesdays. That means most of my Tuesday and my entire Friday will be free. Why is this wonderful?
Monday we get Labor Day off, so I have a four day weekend. After that, we get Rosh Hashanah, giving me another four day weekend. Week after that is a full week, followed by Sukkot on a Thursday (four day weekend, seeing a trend?) and then the next week is Shimini Atzeret, again on a Thursday — four day weekend! So in the first five weeks of school, we only have one full week, and I have four four day weekends. Man, whith a schedule like this, how could I not get all As?!
Back at Brandeis! Unpacking, sorting, organizing, being frustrated about all the stuff I have and the state of my room. Hauling my big fridge up a flight of stairs. Taking many trips to Home Depot.
Tock, tock, tock
Ever have a time where you need to move on but your emotions continue to hold you back? What’s a good remedy?
(I’ve tried chocolate chip cookies and they don’t work, so I’m out of ideas.)
Prof’s lesson on offensive words leads to harassment complaint – What did the guy work for, Front Page Magazine?
Raids Net Song Swappers in Copyright Crackdown – This article is notable for its accuracy — not once do they call the alleged actions “theft” or “stealing.” Thank goodness someone is finally getting it right.
‘African-American’ Becomes a Term for Debate – And it’s about time. I’ve never liked that label. All racial labels are ambiguous, but ‘African-American’ is even more so then necessary.
Best professors?
It’s my last year at Brandeis, and I’d like to take some classes that are just really good. I’ve re-tallied all of my various requirements and found that there are six classes I need to take (I somehow missed one in Journalism!) including an independent study and an internship, so I have a few free blocks to take things that are just good. Because of the sorry state of my GPA, it would help if they weren’t terribly difficult, as well. I’m gonna try for straight As, which will be a fun goal since so far I’ve never done it at Brandeis. And, since its my senior year, I’m gonna be taking a lot more high-level classes then I was first semester freshman year, when I got closest to this goal (4 As, one B+ because I only went to COSI 2a about 1/3 of the time).
Big Thunder
Today Jessica, Shaina, and I went to Disneyland. Strangely, walking around Disneyland brought back more memories then anything else from this trip home. I thought about elementary school and middle school, about Outdoor Ed and the science class trip to Florida, about Kevin and Kenny and Samantha and Magic cards and the Fullerton College theater program.
See, back in middle school I had a Disneyland annual pass, and after school and on weekends I would go there with friends. We became Disneyland experts and knew all the ins and outs of the park, which rides would have the shortest waits at which times, which drinking fountains were coldest, where to spot the hidden Mickeys, etc. Disneyland was an important part of my life, as strange as that probably sounds. And I like to visit it from time to time, to see what has changed and what has stayed the same.
Mumblings
22:15:14 Danny Silverman: well, i can’t help it if i can’t understand you
22:15:28 Shaina Silverman: yes you can
22:15:33 Danny Silverman: oh
22:15:35 Danny Silverman: okay then
22:15:47 Shaina Silverman: I’m glad that’s settled
Contemplating Wicked, listening to Gin Blossoms, playing with my online banking thingy. Not figuring out what classes I’m gonna take…I should really do that.
Trascript of the Olympic 800 meter sideways cobblestick shuttlerun – Don’t miss the comments.