muse

America the Island.
And me without my telescope.

maybe its my own blind ignorance or my tendancy to focus on, well other things. when it comes to the discussion of world politics i'm at a bit of a loss. i'd like to lump in the rest of america with me, but i do know there are students my age with vast stores of important dates, names and the current status reports of every nation on the globe. i don't mean to jest. there are those who get more enjoyment out of world politics than the average american could ever fathom outside of sporting events and sex. while you may not have to cancel monday night football, having at least a general understanding seems to be important. while there are these elite few who truly understand, maybe more than i realize, i get the feeling that relative to the remaining civilized world america is slightly...isolated. once again, possible its just me. its incredible how every movement made in the states is observed from abroad. decisions are calculated with all eyes turned towards the man across the water. i am troubled because my knowledge of world happenings is a bit subpar. maybe i should have been reading more than the sunday comics. earlier this week in conversation, a student suggested that when america holds an election the rest of the world should be counted in the vote as well. i imagine its not terribly original, but it did make me think. go read a newspaper.


classes start tomorrow, but i dont have class on mondays so i have another day to wait. i've been sick for the past few days so have been laying low. i wanted to write something here about vampires and how ridiculous they must feel running for cover when the sun comes up. its possibly the most inconvenient thing i can imagine and also why can't they see in the dark, like a bat can? i was watching this movie and the vampire had to use a flashlight. she even used a glow stick at one point. kind of real lame. get a job. so i did write something.
so classes start tuesday and i'm a bit excited and hope to take a trip this weekend somewhere into the country side in honor of mountain day, maybe every monday will be mountain day. i'll attempt to take pictures eventually, i'm awkward enough without the camera at the moment.