Books and Hassles

True to my word, here’s the weekend update.

Midterms:

• Film Midterm (Scantrons and shit)
• English: In Class Essay
• Math: test, not really midterm

So they were alright considering the film midterm took about 10 minutes.

Guess what was this Saturday? Book Sale at the library! Yeah, it was pretty cool. There was this Harvest Hoedown thing that was in the way but I got some cool books like a compilation of Hemingway short stories for a buck.

Here I borrowed Chuck Palahniuk’s Lullaby which I haven’t started yet but will soon. I’ve been meaning to read more of his books since they’re a fairly quick read. Who knows, maybe they’ll make this one into a movie as well.

The other book I got is Kafka’s The Metamorphosis. I’ve been interested in reading some of his stuff and I hear a lot about this one. So far it’s pretty interesting through the main character’s perspective as a bug. More on it later on.

In other news, Halloween seems to be coming up faster than I expected. Should be a fairly packed week. Uh, I’ve decided that I’m going to be Speed Racer this year. Fun schnazz. Party hearty this Friday and stay safe. You still need to vote the week after.

Don’t forget!

Nah, you won’t forget.

‘08AMA

Since I can’t vote, I have to make a difference some other way. Hopefully you guys can go on out and vote for me, eh? Not like…vote for me, but vote in place of me yada yada yada. Did you know that our voting demographic (13-26) outnumbers those of seniors? Yeah, one problem: we’re fucking lazy.

This is probably the most important election in our lifetime unless Jesus comes back and runs against Robocop in the greatest election ever. How will you face your kids when they ask “Who did you vote for in the election of ‘08?”

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for a few good men to do nothing.”- Edmund Burke

Don’t go voting Conservative just ’cause I brought up Edmund Burke. I think the choice this year is pretty clear. There is no way for anyone in their right mind to vote McCain/Palin. McCain’s not a bad guy, he’s done well in the past (not recently). Palin’s a different story. The problem with them is, they’re the wrong pieces to this puzzle we’re dealing with. The consequences of tax breaks and loopholes made for large corporations are starting to take its toll. It is because of a lack of government regulation in business that we are knee deep in this pit of recession shit. With the recent bailouts of banks and insurance companies, things are getting out of hand. This ridiculous $700 billion plan, foreign banks plundering, and the banks we have at home ending up in the ownership of foreign investors is dragging us down to a place where we don’t want to be. If the government continues to bail these banks out, we’re going to have a socialist economy; an entire facelift of our government.

The economy is just the start of it. We can argue immigrant reform, the war(Iraq, Georgia, and perhaps Iran),  gay rights, and more but that’s way too many things to discuss.
Friday, September 26th- The Presidential Debate

WATCH IT. Then go over to factcheck.org for the truth. Please, our government would not work without participation. If McCain becomes president, then dies, then Palin takes over, you’ve got only yourself to blame. The polls are close. Remember Gore vs Bush? We all thought Gore was going to win. NOPE.

Come on.