Solitude in the stacks
The university library echoes with the staccato clicking of keypads and ... not much else.
I am jonesing for coffee.
And fresh air. The grass outside looks so inviting right now. Maybe I'll go to the park after this and read a book.
* * *
In other news, this movement continues to bother me on some level. Maybe I'm just some naive, fluffy-headed liberal, but the idea of putting up literal walls around our nation conjures a lot of historical images for me -- none of them positive.
And half-cocked bands of anti-immigration enthusiasts roaming around the borderlands like vigilantes is disturbing as well. Somebody is going to get hurt. (That is, if you don't count the thousands of Mexican nationals who have already died due to heat exposure/dehydration.)
OK. I realize I'm adding nothing new or insightful to this debate. It's just... wow. [Shaking head.] Wow.
I am jonesing for coffee.
And fresh air. The grass outside looks so inviting right now. Maybe I'll go to the park after this and read a book.
* * *
In other news, this movement continues to bother me on some level. Maybe I'm just some naive, fluffy-headed liberal, but the idea of putting up literal walls around our nation conjures a lot of historical images for me -- none of them positive.
And half-cocked bands of anti-immigration enthusiasts roaming around the borderlands like vigilantes is disturbing as well. Somebody is going to get hurt. (That is, if you don't count the thousands of Mexican nationals who have already died due to heat exposure/dehydration.)
OK. I realize I'm adding nothing new or insightful to this debate. It's just... wow. [Shaking head.] Wow.