I’m having some annoying problems with scheduling this year, but for the spring, so far, I have:
Ancient Athenian Democracy (Senior Seminar)
Oil, Water & War
Intro to Political Theory
Woohoo
Listening to: “Taxman by The Beatles”
Well, I posted about my job yesterday, so today’s topic is taxation. I want to start by saying that I understand the purpose of taxes. Without money, our government would be unable to do much of anything. While this may be an improvement in some areas, other things are important (firefighters, policemen… but you know all of this already).
What annoys me are things like this: As a full time student, I am exempt from Social Security and Medicare payments. According to the government, however, I am only a full time student when I am currently enrolled in a full load of classes. So, during the summer, I can not eligible for this break. Unfortunately I earn most of my money during the summer, which helps me get through the semesters at school.
Well, that’s the end of my rant. It’s just painful to see the taxes spike up like that the week after classes get out.
Listening to: Two Hearts Beat As One - U2
Reading: Process of Constitutional Decisionmaking p. 1259
Watching: The screen
Soon to be: Hopefully sleeping
Here I am.
I had a big presentation today. Three guys, 80 minutes. It went well, but apparently I get lost in the woodwork. *Note to self; déjà vu* Tiananmen Square though; I got pretty into it by the end. Chinese politics are fascinating. I wish I had their (the students) guts. Maybe I do, give me a repressive government, we’ll see.
Away from U2, Sixty Second Interval - The Vapors
One of the nicest guys; funny, polite, thought-provoking, intelligent. So we shot him with a pickle. Maybe I’ll have pictures to post at some point, we’ll see. Or a video. James says the muzzle velocity was 210 mph. That’s exactly why I passed on that one.
70º is my new limit, anything more is too much. It’s always at the end too, when I have to concentrate on finals and ridiculous papers. High school was much worse.
Oasis (I want to be cool like Paul, and almost succeed at times) - Roll With It
Enough for now, back to The Law.
Editing now: Don’t Cry - Guns n’ Roses
I got two new posters today, and I just finished putting them up.
Sara will like one of them. After I bought it I noticed what looks like a gold necklace floating in the middle of the picture. It’s weird. And yes, she was a bizzle fo shizzle in that movie, I don’t care what you say. *cough* Sara *cough*
I like the picture though.
The other is just classic and I’ve been listening to the album for days straight anyway. It doesn’t depress me too much, despite the subject matter.
Classes are mostly good. My math class is boring and the teacher is getting annoying already. Two classes so far and we’ve gotten out late both times. She assures us it won’t normally happen. Okay…
Greek is the most interesting, but I can tell it’s going to take a lot of work. Once I learn enough words, I’ll start blogging in Attic Greek 
I’ve been getting a lot of sleep lately, and it needs to stop. I have to get some work done after all.
Hmm… the second computer is up and running after some Linux/SUBS (ask me what SUBS is!) nightmares. Go SETI go.
It was raining most of the day, and it would have been a good opportunity to wear my hat, but it wasn’t that hard in the morning. Maybe tomorrow?
I survived Bootcamp. It wasn’t too bad, but there was too much wasted time. I’d rather say goodbye to friends I won’t see for months…
