Tastes like cherry Starburst
The title of this entry comes from an actual wine review published in today's New York Times. It made me giggle, especially when contrasted with the rest of the article, which was much more highbrow: "Reds Easy to Drink, Easy on the Budget" (I think you need a login to view it.)
In other news (longer discussion hidden behind tags for your convenience), it turns out hormone replacement therapy increases risk of Alzheimer's and dementia (researchers were hoping it would be the other way around). I've said this before and I'll say it again --- nobody really understands how hormones work. But what really worries me is that nobody seems to be doing studies, longitudinal or otherwise, about whether hormonal birth control has effects like HRT, and it makes me really paranoid. Dammit, I trust my body to regulate its own chemistry, it even does a pretty good job of coming to equilibrium when I mess with it artificially.... but I still wish I wasn't so unlucky and incompetent with condoms and sometimes I even wish I had the nerve to just give up and get fixed. And finally, my generation apparently trusts the military a whole lot more than the baby boomers do/did, according to an article in yesterday's New York Times. Of course, as a letter to the editor pointed out today, kids my age don't have to worry about getting drafted, which I'm sure has a huge effect on attitudes and whatnot. I guess if military action is a show other people put on for you (and it's certainly portrayed as such on TV), it's easy to think everything's okay. Also, post 9-11 nationalism, blah blah blah, but that's all I'm going to say about that.
In news of my life, it sounds like I'm not in big trouble for missing my student yesterday. Another tutor filled in for me for a bit, then decided I wasn't coming and sent my student home. Unfortunately things are total chaos at the Learning Center right now, so they couldn't find my student's phone number, so I'm going to have to just apologize and reschedule tomorrow. So much randomness!
Today I think I'll go take a closer look at one of the potential rentals I played phone tag about yesterday. Also I will strive to return my much-overdue library book, pay my fines, and pick up the books they've got on hold for me: Kevin Crossley-Holland's book on the Norse myths (recommended by Neil Gaiman's bibliography to American Gods), and springbok1's sister's novel Fires of the Faithful. They had bell hooks' Feminist theory: from margin to center ready too, but I guess the hold expired because I didn't pick it up on time because I suck like that. Sigh.
Finally, I started writing this entry at 11:19 am but got distracted and did some dishes in the middle of writing it. I wish there was a "started writing" and "submitted" time stamp for entries. That'd be kinda neat.