How much more college can I get? I spent a few hours yesterday sitting in a local park reading Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. I have rarely felt so connected to my identity as a college student than I did yesterday.
Then I played frisbee.
If you run out of dishwashing detergent, don't use the kind of soap you would use to wash dishes by hand.
Good thing I was in the kitchen!
I love watching Fox News Channel but unfortunately I don't have cable. So I get to take advantage of great websites such as newshounds and crooksandliars. Crooks and Liars had some pretty interesting clips from last night's Republican debate. Looks like Ron Paul is shaping up to be every non-Republican's favorite Republican candidate. He's certainly mine. Of course, he is a libertarian and, as such, I disagree with much of his stands on government's role in our lives but I strongly agree with what he has to say regarding our never-ending "War on Terror." Last night he said that 9/11 was blowback due to our policies in the Middle East. That seems pretty obvious to me but in the modern Republican party it is like saying the earth is orbits the sun in the middle of an inquisition. Check out Paul sounding rational, then Rudy whipping out his 9/11 credentials and calling Paul absurd. The most striking thing to me is the crowd's response, it is sickening.
Unfortunately, these days, attributing any sort of rationality to terrorism is a political death sentence.
They hate our freedom!
Yaaaayyyyyy!!!!
Anyone who doesn't think that is a pussy!
Yaaaaayyyy!!
And a traitor!
Yaaaayyy!!!
How can you argue with that? You certainly can't. And that's the beauty of it. I think that Giuliani is the most dangerous Republican candidate. He has a strong chance of being nominated and elected. But he's the most fascistic one out there and he always has been.
Well, here I am. About done with my third year of school and my last year in Eugene. In a month and two days I'll be out of here. Difficult to imagine. What's even more difficult to imagine is the idea that I'll actually miss it here. Not so much that I'll wish I could be back but I will miss certain things. Low rent. School friends. That's pretty much all I can think of at the moment but I know there will be things that blindside me. Like I said, difficult to imagine.
I'm looking for apartments on craigslist.com and so far have found some potential leads. Even one building that I used to live in seven years ago. Yowza! I should be able to find a decent enough place that I can afford. I just have to get used to small. Along those lines, I need to get rid of a bunch of stuff. I am thinking about organizing a little sale as I have far too many things and even now not enough space to hold them. I can only imagine how little space I'll have when I finally move into my new apartment. But getting rid of things is good. I certainly don't need everything that I own. TV, DVD player, VCR...all that stuff is pretty much obsolete. I have a computer, why could I possibly still require a TV? Of course, that brings up the question of whether or not anyone ever requires a TV, but I'm thinking much more practically than theoretically.
So this is it. This is what I've been wanting for the last two and a half years. Better make it happen!
