Scatter-Brain
During my morning excretion, I watched through the window, two squirrels scattering for the last of food on a bare tree. They were spinning around the branches and far outskirts of the treetops, searching. The Autumn now is even growing old. This was all very swift and neurotic, as the movements of a squirrel will seem to us, slower mammals. In that spirit, my brain is scattered and unfocussed.
The Vatican gave in to science, very tongue-in-cheek, the other day when they said that evolution exists in the bible. The funny thing about all of that is the Vatican rejects intelligent design. That alone should be a nice hit against our Fundamentalist president. Of intelligent design, they said, "The fundamentalists want to give a scientific meaning to words that had no scientific aim."
Its getting quite a bit colder outside, as the year prepares to close. I'm curious as to what 2006 will bring. This year seemed eventful, the next should be better.
I'm pretty tired of making such a low payrate. Its ridiculous. If you put state (read: welfare) insurance, state and Pell grants for school, a monthly visit to the local food shelf, and my pay all together, you still get someone who can barely get by. Thats kind of fucked up. Of course, if I weren't a full time degree student, I wouldn't have this problem. I'd be working my ass off at two jobs and rolling in it. I'd buy new musical equipment, CDs, comic books, band shirts... all sorts of things that I enjoy. Instead, I'm buying my education. Not a bad trade off, but it really makes me poor as fuck. The one thing that actually gets me about my finances is missing shows. I missed Six Feet Under.
I really am glad that I am not a part of the metropolitan US. I enjoy this somewhat rural life much more.