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May 09, 2005
Mirror, Mirror on the wall, Who needs to Sleep like a Bear after Fall? And other miscellaneous ramblings...
I had my first of two exams today. As has been somewhat habit-forming for morning exams over the last three years (today's was a 9 a.m. special), I did not go to sleep the night before. After seeing me fatigued, a friend suggested taking Tylenol PM tonight in order to restore my system back to normal by tomorrow. That suggestion might work well for most people because most people probably have sleep patterns that are fairly consistent. Mine, on the other hand, are about as stable as a schizophrenic three-legged reindeer with Parkinson's disease on skates.
I have never tried an illegal drug, not even marijuana (seriously). After my exam this morning, I couldn't help but think, "This would be a great time to give heroin a try!"
GREAT NEWS! The kid who received a ten-day suspension for having the nerve to use his cell phone during his lunch break to talk to his mom, who happens to be serving a one-year tour of duty in Iraq, had his ten-day suspension reduced to a (drum roll) TWO-DAY suspension. According to CNN, after the substantial news media attention (undoubtedly driven by the story at thinkingfool.com), the school received a flurry of emails, prompting the administration to tell Kevin (the cell phone-abusing kid) that his suspension had ended. Even though none of you told me that you emailed the school's Assistant Principal, I'm pretty confident we're responsible for getting this kid's suspension commuted. Look at that, the blog isn't even a week old and already we're changing the world.
Speaking of great sayings, "Sometimes you're the bug and sometimes you're the windshield." Today, I'm definitely the bug.
Movie News... If you haven't seen The Interpreter starring the wonderful Nicole Kidman (does anybody NOT like her?) and the half-psychotic, yet incredibly talented Sean Penn, DON'T waste your money! The film is not very good. My biggest question is this one: did the screenwriters (apparently there were FOUR of them at different times) ever consider making the character who is the subject of a possible assassination attempt a character about whom the audience actually would give a damn? I don't know about you, but when I learned what this guy had done during his time as the president of a fictional country, I kept hoping that the bastard would get shot!
Today on the Metro ride home, some random guy started talking to me (okay, I confess that I initiated the conversation) about his girlfriend's German Shepard. Apparently the guy let the dog out in the backyard the other night around 2 a.m. so that the animal could do its business, a.k.a. "make stinky." The dog decided to jump over the backyard fence and is now wandering the streets of Washington, D.C. What kind of dog is it? Not to worry, only a fully-grown German Shepard! Hey, could be worse. The guy said his other dog, a pit bull, is still at home ... last time he checked.
Would the world be better off if the Soviet Union were still in existence? Sometimes I think so. What's worse, communism or Al-Qaeda?
Upcoming posts...
* The classmate who "outed" himself during the middle of a small seminar...
* A different classmate (same class) who looks just like a notorious sexual felon and why this made the class more enjoyable...
Time to continue the erratic sleeping habits.
Comments
al-queda definitely worse than communism, but menkel-meadow exams worse than anything ever.
Posted by: Jew-boy at May 10, 2005 02:11 AM
MM is still my favorite teacher by far, but the exam was definitely about as fun as having your head submerged under water.
Posted by: Fool at May 10, 2005 03:17 AM
bring on the kid who outed himself please (meaning tell the story, not bring him to me)
Posted by: huge dong at May 10, 2005 08:38 AM
My sympathy to you,son!Those Hornbooks really are heavy to tote while riding your bike amongst the cherry blossoms of Disneyland-East. Tell me, is there any truth to the rumor that by the time you have reached the exalted status of Law 3, you can REALLY tell me just how many angles can dance on the head of a pin, yet can't find your way to the courthouse???
Posted by: silverlegaleagle at May 10, 2005 05:46 PM
I'm voting communism is worse than al-quaeda, or at least the USSR was -- both in terms of sheer human misery created/imposed, and the threat posed. We're all worried that al quaeda might get a nuclear weapon. The USSR was known to have ... um, quite a few.
Then again, they were never going to use them, so al-quaeda might well be worse after all. Who knows.
Posted by: erosophe at May 11, 2005 04:48 AM
I think this is the real question: which country would be more likely to sell nuclear devices to terrorists, the Soviet Union or Russia (and the former Soviet states)? Security seems so lax at many sites and money is needed desperately by Russia and its scientists. That's why a non-Soviet world seems more dangerous. On the flip side, communism results in such inherent evil that it's good not to tolerate it.
Posted by: Fool at May 11, 2005 03:16 PM
