I'd rather be torn in half than squirm in the middle.
Mood:
annoyedMusic: Yo La Tengo - Barnaby Hardly Working
I'm so sick of this election.
When I'm in Ann Arbor I have to be conservative to counteract the bleeding heart liberals. When I'm home I practically have to be a goddamn hippie to counteract Fox News's newest minion, my mother.
My mom seriously thinks that "the majority" of the world's 1.6 billion Muslims hate America and treat their women like shit. This baffles me beyond words. I'm not going to get into the specifics of the argument because they are inane and retarded and I don't want my mom to sound as ignorant as I think she does.
For me, this just shows exactly what Bush has done to our country. Division. Extremes. Hatred of "the other". Not to sound like a fatalist, but it reminds me a great deal of what Anne and Canning taught me about Nazi Germany last year. To hear my mother spew this nationalistic rhetoric when I knew she is much more intelligent than she sounds really bothers me. It makes me wonder how many other intelligent people have been completely brainwashed by this administration's lies and by Fox News's biased horseshit.
In other news, home has been better than I thought it would be despite these differences with my mom. There hasn't been any arguments over school like I thought there would be. Looks like the 3 weeks I gave my mom to cool down after our last conversation worked pretty well. My dad and I had a fantastic conversation about technology and culture. He just finished reading the book "Spiritual Machines" which I really want to read. We talked about how we are at the steep edge of an exponential curve that describes our technological advancement. Not only is it amazing to watch this growth, but it is amazing to think about how humanity will handle this change - and whether or not we will allow it to continue. It provides an interesting parallel to my History 318 class right now, where we are talking about Europe before and during the era of Total War. In that era as well, people felt like the times were changing so rapidly, that their way of life was so unpredictable from year to year that they could not fathom what the future would bring. This also fed into the "sense of inevitability"; the feeling held by so many people of the time that war could not be averted. Team that up with completely untested and unseen levels of of technology and you have 2 wars that killed over 50 million people. I really hope we don't find ourselves in a similar situation in a decade or so. With the technology we have these days, or will soon have, I would argue that the death toll of a World War could easily reach upwards of 100 million, possibly even a half a billion people. Simply unthinkable.
| My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul |
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| themast goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as yourmom. |
| cosmosandpop tricks you! You get a 3.5-inch floppy disc. |
| darksorrow tricks you! You get a rotten egg. |
| gospelx gives you 19 white coffee-flavoured pieces of bubblegum. |
| ioncrash gives you 5 brown raspberry-flavoured pieces of chewing gum. |
| joses tricks you! You get a piece of paper. |
| juniperivy gives you 4 purple vanilla-flavoured miniature candy bars. |
| laforgetm gives you 6 teal orange-flavoured gummy fruits. |
| manda684 gives you 1 white orange-flavoured miniature candy bars. |
| szee03 tricks you! You get a toothbrush. |
| tangledreality tricks you! You lose 22 pieces of candy! |
| themast ends up with 13 pieces of candy, a 3.5-inch floppy disc, a rotten egg, a piece of paper, and a toothbrush. |
| Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern. |
Yessssss...I got a floppy disk!
A cause I feel very strongly about
Vista.
Mood:
pleasedMusic: Belle & Sebastian - Put The Book Back On The Shelf
Some phases of life amaze me.
Right now, I am enthralled with college. This summer has been the most liberating experience of my life. The thing is, while I've settled into a nice groove, I'm ready to pick up and move on when it's time. For now, I can enjoy everything around me guiltlessly.
There ain't nothing more beautiful than that.
Return from Hiatus
Mood:
sleepyMusic: Weezer - The World Has Turned And Left Me Here
woooooooooooo.
Man, LJ? I think I remember what that is. It's been more than a month since I've written here, so long that my account expired. But I'm happy to announce that it's renewed and I'm back! For now at least....
I don't think I'm going to 'recap' the last month or whatever; I think it'd be both lame and incomplete. Rest assured, it's been a great fucking summer and I'm going to be sad beyond belief when I have to move out of 917 State.
So what's in store for the last month of Summer 2004? Probably a lot more of what it's already been: work, fun and growth.
"Growth?" you say, what kind of cracked out bullshit is Eric spewing this time? Well yeah, I'd have to say I've grown over the summer, thank God. It's the kind of growth that needs to happen, the "holy shit I'm totally on my own now and have to pay bills and rent" kind of growth, and I'm glad to finally be moving towards "real life". The summer has once again turned into a time of introspection about the future, what I'm going to do after college, etc. It's good to feel like it's all decided though. I'm still going to be a teacher when I graduate, and whether or not I go back to school later on will just have to depend on how things go; I can't predict everything. And that's the future.
I've also started to think a lot about writing, more specifically writing a book of some sorts. Now, I know I'm not really in the position to just sit down and write a book at this point in time, but it's one of those things I'm starting to see as a life goal, perhaps even a "dream". The more I think about it, the more I realize I have to say, and I think if I really put some effort into it I could find a clever way to say it all. So that's something else to look forward to.
Lately, I've been thinking about the election and in a grander scale, the future of our country. This election will undoubtedly be a bifurcation point for our country. It's clear that GW's plan for the US will continue to follow his own private agenda if he is re-elected, and it is clear that he is willing to take this country to the brink of destruction in order to satisfy his childish desires. I do not think he's a terrible person per se, but I think he's a terrible politician and President. I do not think Kerry will be much better and I do not want to vote for him, but voting for a 3rd party candidate isn't going to do shit. I don't want to vote for Kerry but I've been forced into doing it. Fuck this election.
I'm starting to get a little bored around Ann Arbor. The status quo still entertains me and I have a great time with my homeboys, but I'm starting to look for a little more out of life these days. The only problem is I don't know where to look to find it. I'm not going to fret over it, but it's certainly on my mind. Aiii. Too much on the mind I tell ya.
Also on my mind but not weighing on it at all like other things, is the Tour de France. I really thought Jan would pick it up this year instead he's sucking ass. Tyler has dropped out; I'm not suprised, fucking baby. No Beloki, no Vinokourov, Mayo is down by over 40 minutes and tried to quit the other day. WHERE IS ALL THE EXCITEMENT? I'll tell you where: it's smeared all over the tires of US Postal, the most amazing cycling team ever assembled. Stage 14 is on Tuesday(tomorrow is a rest day) and the way things are looking, I would be very suprised if Lance didn't win. Yes, that makes me wrong but I'll take it; there is nothing I would rather see more than Lance standing on the Champs Elysses in yellow for the sixth year in a row. The only thing I'll be pissed about is not being there to see it in person this year, last year totally fucking spoiled me. God, I fucking love the Tour de France.
I picked up Tales of Symphonia this week. I'm only about 5 hours into it, but I really dig it so far. The attention given to actually playing the game in the real time fighting sequence is what I've been looking for in an RPG for a long, long time. It's like an A-RPG...but not, which is perfect.
I'm looking forward to the release of Mac OS X.3.4 (Tiger). I've been reading up about it and found a beta copy on BT last week, I hope to have it downloaded by the end of this week. Waiting until it's officially released next year simply is not an option.
Well, I have returned and that's what I have to say for now. I'm going attempt getting up at 8 tomorrow to run two laps around the track. I'm going to miss having the track across the street when we move away....fuck moving.
-E
PS - I'm working on a new layout....hopefully it'll be done by September ;)
Ahhhhh!
Mood:
amused| themast's LJ stalker is thewhitehotness! |
| thewhitehotness is stalking you because you are really good at bowling. They are also in jail for murder! |
Internet-less.
Mood:
tiredMusic: Led Zeppelin - The Battle Of Evermore
No internet in the house until Monday :(
Meanwhile, I continue to steal bandwidth from my favoritest job ever: HITO. w00t for the laptop.
Methinks we shall have a kegger in the house on May 15th. All are invited. Email for details.
I'm going to go now because I have nothing else to say.
Peace, bitches.
Truths of life.
Mood:
drunkMusic: Led Zeppelin - Four Sticks
Drinking Jenga is the best drinking game ever.
I want to have sex with my laptop.
Moving is a pile of shit. A big, stinking, steaming pile.
I must sleep/pass out now.
<3 to all out in LJ land.
Mood:
pissed offMusic: Better Than Ezra - Misunderstood
It's 10 AM on April 27th and I'm off to take an orgo exam....
...and it's fucking snowing out.
Fuck this school. Fuck this state.
Ode to Nice Guys
Mood:
pensiveMusic: Everclear - So Much For The Afterglow
Got this from one of Erin's friends,
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buttgremlin, who seems pretty cool. Thought I'd post it up here, it's a nice contrast to this entry from over a year ago.( Ode to Nice Guys )
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Man, going through all my old entries to find that Nice Guys Finish Last thing was interesting. I have a lot of really fucked up entries. Sometimes I forget how unstable I used to feel. Things have been much better than that lately and I'm glad. The beginning of college really fucks with people....
Go 10 entries back
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| Name | | | Eric |
| Age | | | 21 |
| Birthday | | | January 18th |
| Sign | | | Capricorn |
| Height | | | 6'2" |
| Eyes | | | Brown |
| Hair | | | Brown |
| Location-1 | | | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Location-2 | | | Grosse Pointe, MI |
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| REM - Automatic for the People | ||
| The Beatles - Abbey Road | ||
| Nirvana - Nevermind | ||
| REM - Murmur | ||
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| The Godfather I | ||
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| Ed Norton | ||
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| Movie | | | The Last Samurai/Master and Commander |
| Album | | | DJ Danger Mouse - The Grey Album |
| Song | | | The Beatles - Martha My Dear |
| Video Game | | | NCAA Football 2004 |
| Anime | | | Matantei Loki Ragnarok |
| TV Comedy | | | Scrubs |
| TV Drama | | | THE OC! |
| Restaurant | | | sushi.come |
| Website | | | 1UP |
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