I remember when, I remember when I lost my mind...
This has been a bad week, politically. It hasn't entirely been bad for me, personally. Actually, I would say I've had a good week.
It is true, that I have not met all my goals this week; however, I realise now, I set myself up for failure by demanding more than I could do in a week with poor weather. That's not to say I haven't made progress; I simply expected 5X as much progress as I could deliver. In other words, the goals need to be recalibrated, but only slightly. I also need to step up my commitment to a better life(style).
I'm kinda sad right now. I teared up listening to "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" this evening. I don't know why I'm bothering to repeat it. It is the emotional masochist in me. I need to experience some pain right now.
I'm not sure what to say. The political landscape is changing rapidly. Health care reform is most likely completely dead at this point. And SCOTUS [Supreme Court of the United States] just voted 5 to 4 in a major decision and game-changing way. Now that corporate America can legally and freely by elections without any pretense of Democracy, what will happen? I know this is a bit of a hyperbole, but I do think the decision is perhaps the 2nd worst SCOTUS decision, the first being Dredd Scott (1857). I just don't know what to make of it.
I'm also saddened by Haiti. I know, it's amazing that I could care about global problems after that bitching about first world problems. BUT, you know, those first world problems are going to bring us more in line with Haiti and Mozambique than, say, Japan and the European Union. I don't have money now, but I will donate 10 dollars to Haiti next month. I just need to look into which organization to donate it to. As of right now, I am currently planning on Doctors without Borders or the Red Cross.
History is full of troubled times, and I'm sure there are many, many other pessimists out there that can paint a graver picture than I can. It is also true, that it is darkest before the dawn. Thus, we must be realists, not the political science sense, but in the rational sense.
Speaking of history, I'm also reading this really neat book by Simon Schama, The American Future. It deals with American war, American fervor, What Makes an American, and another topic that escapes my mind. It is very eye-opening and makes me wish I had studied US history. But, that's another story.
I'm full of stories right now. My mind is so troubled, too. For once, it's not the inner demons.
It is true, that I have not met all my goals this week; however, I realise now, I set myself up for failure by demanding more than I could do in a week with poor weather. That's not to say I haven't made progress; I simply expected 5X as much progress as I could deliver. In other words, the goals need to be recalibrated, but only slightly. I also need to step up my commitment to a better life(style).
I'm kinda sad right now. I teared up listening to "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" this evening. I don't know why I'm bothering to repeat it. It is the emotional masochist in me. I need to experience some pain right now.
I'm not sure what to say. The political landscape is changing rapidly. Health care reform is most likely completely dead at this point. And SCOTUS [Supreme Court of the United States] just voted 5 to 4 in a major decision and game-changing way. Now that corporate America can legally and freely by elections without any pretense of Democracy, what will happen? I know this is a bit of a hyperbole, but I do think the decision is perhaps the 2nd worst SCOTUS decision, the first being Dredd Scott (1857). I just don't know what to make of it.
I'm also saddened by Haiti. I know, it's amazing that I could care about global problems after that bitching about first world problems. BUT, you know, those first world problems are going to bring us more in line with Haiti and Mozambique than, say, Japan and the European Union. I don't have money now, but I will donate 10 dollars to Haiti next month. I just need to look into which organization to donate it to. As of right now, I am currently planning on Doctors without Borders or the Red Cross.
History is full of troubled times, and I'm sure there are many, many other pessimists out there that can paint a graver picture than I can. It is also true, that it is darkest before the dawn. Thus, we must be realists, not the political science sense, but in the rational sense.
Speaking of history, I'm also reading this really neat book by Simon Schama, The American Future. It deals with American war, American fervor, What Makes an American, and another topic that escapes my mind. It is very eye-opening and makes me wish I had studied US history. But, that's another story.
I'm full of stories right now. My mind is so troubled, too. For once, it's not the inner demons.