After reading the New York Times, looking at various headlines from around the world, and reading an email from lisa ive come to a conclusion.

everyone that has not realized that the world as it is today (a very small, interconnected, interdependent, communication heavy world) is how the world actually  is needs to die off.  they are the problem.  ( Read more... )

well i just finished yet another summer at drift creek camp.  and it was amazing, it topped any and all expectations.  once again i went in thinking i could just get some money from them and offer my services as babysitter for a month.  but we both gave and recieved so much more ( Read more... )

I DECLARE THIS THE SUMMER OF GEORGE!

my parents are riding up my ass about my alcohol violation earlier in the year.  i dont really need that added stress right now with finals and then camp coming up.  cant they learn to just leave me alone about my life?

i am watching star trek: first contact, and i realized that john f kennedy's vision for the future is completely embodied in the future that star treks creators made.  not surprising since star trek originated in the mid 60s but still, its amazing how everything is interconnected like that.  ok, back to star trek.

life goes up and down and up and down.  provided my life trends upwards in the long run i think i ca nbe happy.  and if i look at my life, it is moving upwards.

i was thinking earlier that so much of ourselves is constructed by those around us.  for example, at least half of who i am is directly connected to my best friend john.  and then the remaining half i can account for between my friends and my parents.  events in my life have been formative but my interpretation, reaction and understanding of those ( Read more... )

"Hey guys, our first class starts in ten minutes," Roy said to his roommates, still half asleep.  Today was the start of a new life for them all; they were really going to work this time.  No more 5 am frat parties with alcohol, sex and drugs for them, well for him at least he thought to himself.  Jimmy, Brad, Steve and Roy had all ( Read more... )

SO i was thinking about something. Have i existed since the moment i was born as a single person, or are the changes so radical throughout my life that there is no such thing as personal identity ( Read more... )

i did this as my midterm for dr. young's class and i find it very interesting ( Read more... )