Is gun control good or bad?

You know, there are few things that can alter your self-esteem levels like looking for a job. Over the last week I've been elated, dejected, pissed off, annoyed and flabbergasted at various intervals due to the things I've encountered ( Read more... )

Ok, this one is a bit more reality-based. I'm no expert on international nuclear proliferation, but I have a question about our nuculer policy with respect to North Korea ( Read more... )

I loved the responses I got to my first question about the meaning of life. So, I think I'll ask another one. This one's even easier.

What is the true nature of the universe? Feel free to answer in any way you see fit.

I've decided that I need more intellectual stimulation in my life. So, this journal will temporarily become a forum where I will ask questions, and I'd like you all to feel free to respond in whatever way you'd like to them. Alright, here's the first one, and it's an easy one.

What is the meaning of life?

I'm drunk. I've been celebrating Kentucky Derby Eve with the fools in the Stanford band. We went in front of the Stanford Post Office dressed as proper Southern folk and drank mint juleps for about 3 hours. Possibly the most fun I've had in years. Until Bryan Adams showed up as a 'newly emancipated citizen'. Shudder ( Read more... )

So, here I am, 25 years old. One quarter century. I guess it's time to take stock of things, to figure out where I am and where I'm going ( Read more... )

So it's 1:30 in the morning, and I just got back from what was most likely the best first date I've ever had. Most other ones have been boring and stupid, and I feel like a fish in a bowl and there are people watching me. But this one was different. Bonnie (my date) actually likes me. And we had a movie-esque first kiss ( Read more... )

I've been sitting here at my house for quite a bit this last month, and the whole unemployed thing is starting to wear thin. So, I'm going to do something about it. I'm going to apply for a part time job at a bookstore, and do massage therapy on the side ( Read more... )

One of my biggest guilty pleasures is listening to happy hardcore and cheesy uptempo trance music. I spent a good chunk of my unemployed day organizing the electronica in my windows media player, and I learned two things: 1., I have a lot of really bad music; and 2., I dance really poorly. I'm currently annoying my sick housemate (Erich Eminhizer ( Read more... )