yeah, this semester has been a bomb. at the start, by the time i straightened out my schedule, i was stuck with only twelve hours, but still a solid schedule consisting of physics, world politics, english composition ii, and media and society. i knew it would be tough, people told me it would be. i didn't think it would be this bad though ( Read more... )

as promised, here is my english essay on the consumer culture most of us live in. this is the version i turned in. its still not as strong as i wanted it to be, but still my points are made and i reached the word limit. so enjoy:

The False Sense of Satisfaction and Completion Through ConsumptionToday, more than ever, people are easily ( Read more... )

nuclear power is so last century

if you knew any better you'd click on it

do you ever read someone's argument or complaint or whatever and somewhere near the end they say something like, "now i'm not looking for your pity." half the time i see this and the idea of pity hadn't developed in my mind. and at these times, i despise the author of such argument for being presumptuous, and even pretentious. and then you have ( Read more... )

today was alright. i finally got out of bed around eleven, and after a bite to eat, began writing my paper due for english. it was a really good topic, and though i only spent a few hours writing the 1500 words, i think it turned out well. i really did crunch that last hour before class to complete it though. its about the consumer culture we ( Read more... )

yeah today was shit. the best thing that happened was that i found out i'd be mowing lawns this weekend. don't ask why. and coincidentally, my birthday is this weekend. yay. and i don't think my parents know its coming ( Read more... )

my whole plan for spring break was to go on an anti-sxsw trek through texas. sure sxsw is great, but its also too expensive and too crowded for me, so i figured i could see the bands i wanted as they stopped to play outside of austin, tx. first on our hit list was modest mouse in fort worth. other bands would follow in other cities, but any ( Read more... )

...and i'm outta here. just as soon as my car is repaired. pos lemon.

went to the bay again this weekend. made some cashola, which will be well spent the coming week. yeah yeah spring break is here, and really i couldn't wait for it. its still not even rollin yet for me, no not till tomorrow, but i'm kinda pissed i'm not yet having fun. and least best of all, vicky seems all but enthused to see me. dunno whats ( Read more... )

so this week has been awful ( Read more... )