[inlink]emilyjane,3[/inlink]

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This weekend has been a really nice one. Just hanging out and being lazy. The only problem is that I will have to pay the piper soon enough as I have a ton of crap due tomorrow. The favorite thing I have to do tomorrow is return all the books I bought from the bookstore. It is the last day to return them. The only reason I got them was so I could do my hw while I waited for the same books that I ordered online to come. I think ti is obserd that you have to buy books for your class. All classes should be required to have all the books that are nexxessary for the class on Reserve in the library so people who aren't made of money can still access them. People should still buy books if tehy want to, but if you can't afford a $200 econ book because you don't have money your access to an education shouldn't be punished. Plus the books stores run such a racket and obsurdly overcharge for books that aren't in stock when you need them and they won't buy them back when you don't argggg.

That is my rant but all and all I am pretty content right now. It is senior orgy week all this week at my school, which basically means that there is an event for seniors each night. Last night we went to a bar called Front Page. Its walls are covered with the front pages of newspapers from famous events. It was neat but I saw all of these people that I sort of new from the classes I took as a freshman but I haven't spoken to them since. It is funny to see people that you sort of know ridiculously drunk and acting like morons. Oh the amusements of sobriety. Tonight they are showing the movie Mean Girls on a screen in the quad. I am going to go. We'll see how much I watch. I am meeting up with someone to work on a project we have been doing for a while now. NOthing too exciting.

The nipple is still pretty happy. Maureen - if you want to post the pics, I would really like to see them. If you don't feel like lowering the resolution we can IM or something. That is all for now. Have a good night y'all

THe first week of school has been going well so far. I have been really busy lately, but very little of it has to do with my actual classes. At least I have been doing a decent job in keeping on top of things and being productive. Hopefully that will continue. On a side note, I hate the fucking shuttle service to my apartment - it is unreliable and sucks. I am such a supporter of public transport but it is crap like shuttles leaving 5 minutes before they are scheduled to that make me want to give up on it. In fairness to public transportation, this is run by a private company contracted out by my school for the apartment building. So it is not truly public, but you get my drift. I do still have much love for normal DC public transport. They are generally pretty reliable and on time and that is all I ask.

Happy Birthday Mike!!!! Hope you had a great time tonight. Wish I could be there.

[inlink]jason,3[/inlink]

Hey Jason, welcome to the site. Don't worry, you are not the only Republican as I am a member of Satan's minions as well. I do agree with you though that arguements become too partisan all the time. Rather than look at an idea and judge it on its merits, people look at what party is supporting an idea and fall in line based on who said it. It is okay to agree with a certain party's ideology and vote accordingly, but often times people become so concerned with following what the party says that they do not make their own decisions and ideas. People should stop discussing parties and people and focus on ideas. Fighting over whether Bush is a moron or not accomplishes nothing. We should talk about how the policies that he has put in place are correct or flawed. Take the arguements above petty personal/party bickering and debate ideas not people.

Yours Truly,
-A fellow GOPer