Eleven Days: "Meet Me", Remy Zero: "Save Me"

The day's not even over yet and I already have enough to cover a slow news week. Let's start from the top or what happened today.

I finally fell asleep in the two-o'clock hour and when I woke up around 8, I turned over and was convinced it was 2pm. Don't know why. So this feeling of complete failure overcame me, relating to what I professed in the previous blog. Then I realized that it actually was 8am and slept for another hour.

BoDeans: "Naked"

Took a two-hour nap at the Union today sitting in a chair. When I woke up at 10 to one, I very groggily walked to my class and I know I overheard an Indian man ask another man "Will you be attending death?" like it was an everyday question. Maybe he was referring to India as death.

During my one-o'clock class, a power lecture, I took more notes than I ever have in that class before: two pages. About halfway through, all I could think about was how much I liked the way my South African professor wrote the number "2" on the dry-erase board. I also realized how much I hate Bernie Henry, a classmate in not just this class, but my Pol S class immediately following this one. And he was also in my two Pol S classes last semester. Give me a break! He's one of those pushy know-it-all types that seriously raises his hand and talks for about ten minutes out of every fifteen. I can't stand him. Plus, he's fat. So Mary, your insane theory holds true here. (Mary insists that I hate fat people, which I don't. Let's not forget that my late grandfather was a very big man and I love *him* infinitely. But I made the mistake of laughing it off in high school instead of pointedly refuting it and it has dogged me ever since. But what are you gonna do? That girl is a fireball -- no one stands in her way, which sometimes is a very good thing.)

Travis: "Turn"

How about this weird new Farelly Bros. movie slated for the fall?!? Don't remember what it's called but here's a synopsis. Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear play Siamese twins and are living large. Then the Kinnear half wants to pursue a career in Hollywood and drags along the begrudging Damon half. Also starring Cher. WEIRD. Let's just hope it has the funny of "There's Something About Mary" and not the lame of "Shallow Hal." Here, Here.

Ben Taylor Band: "Just in Time to Fall Down" Yes, the son of James Taylor and Carly Simon and no, I can't tell its not his dad.

Today in my Pol S 270 class we discussed the dangerous subculture of drug resale. People buying generic forms of expensive drugs from Canada, Mexico and the new vanguard drug emporium: India. They buy them for one or two cents per pill compared to the $5 per pill here in the US, then resell them in poor neighborhoods and really anywhere here in the US. They are making a killing and its a dangerous game to play. Maybe a new prescription drug plan is in order. Hmmmmmmmmm.

My new favorite comic is Sarah Silverman. I saw her on Bill Maher's new show on HBO and though she's been funnier, this made me laugh really hard. Hope it translates:

"My niece's school has banned tag from the playground. They think it fosters unhealthy attitudes through someone winning and someone losing. This is fucking retarded. I think kids should work towards something, and winning happens in real life anyway. I tell my niece that when she doesn't win, an angel gets full-blown AIDS. And you know what? She wins. You have to speak their language."

Primitive Radio Gods: "Ghost of a Chance"

My Pol S 270 prof, Weissberg, today kept saying tostesterone and it got to a point where I couldn't take it anymore. I wasn't going to say anything because that would be a surefire failure right there. But my God, tostesterone!?!? It's kinda funny.

Weissberg also offered this little tidbit: "I was talking to this Ecuadorian waiter once and he taught me the Ecuadorian waiter pen trick: when you lend someone a pen, keep the cap... they'll never steal it." What a weirdo. But he's a funny and nice guy. He offered to help me on my resume later in the semester.

Well, children, that's it for me today. I'll be back soon though, so check back often. I've got this blasted midterm to cram for on Thursday, so I'll be here... doing that.