I've Missed You!

So, it's been a while, huh? How have you been? I've been good. I went home for a while for Thanksgiving, have been studying a lot for the LSAT and delicately crafting my applications. Translation: I went home for a while for Thanksgiving, I've been staring at my LSAT prep book in the corner of my room pretending it isn't there, mocking me and my non-studying, procrastinating ways, while writing so many essays I can barely stomach the English language any more. Hence the lack o'blogging. Much English languaging to be done.

Discussion topics?
1. The Dems took the house and the senate, Rumsfeld was fired and George Bush is pledging to work amenably with the likes of Nancy Pelosi. Has Hell frozen over?- discuss.

Well, no I don't think Hell has frozen over, although I do wish the dems could have won on their own efforts, instead of the A-Triple B (AnyBody But Bush) philosophy that put Clinton in the White House. Whatever, we're here, we're unclear on message, get used to it. That's not how it goes, is it? I am excited that Nancy P to the Losi is the new Speaker of the House, because that is one tough broad. I really do think she'll be able to keep the party in line, focused, and on-message. As much as I crave to the bottom of my very soul a witch hunt for the bastards in the White House, I think she has it right in taking impeachment off the table and working to actively create change. We don't want to make the mistake of gloating, because there is way too much poor governing to fix. The top of the agenda should be the reinstatement of oversight, of actual honest-to-God checks and balances. Personally i think this will just happen organically because now the executive and the legistlative branches are from opposing sides, but still, i think a clear move in that direction is important. It's been a while since this happened, so I think my righteousness has abated a bit. Sorry, this should have been a lot more vitriolic... I'm sort of disappointed in myself.

2. Read Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma. Do it now. Right now. I'll wait.

Seriously, Pollan is one of the most interesting, articulate and impassioned writers I have ever read. Let's put it this way: he makes industrial agriculture seem nuanced and intriguing. I'm a bit bashful to admit that part of the reason that I applied to Berkely was because Pollan lives there. I think it would be hard to casually bump into him at a dinner party, woo him away from his loving wife with my feminine wiles, and spend the rest of his natural life cooking me sustainable, locally produced gourmet meals if I remained in Minnesota. I stayed up half the night reading about his adventures in the belly of the beast, the beast in this case being the American Agri-Military-Industrial complex. Eesh... you want to be scared off of fast food, save yourself $9 bucks and instead of going to see Fast Food Nation get OD from the public library. How sustainable and green of you!

3. I'm a-takin' that there LSAT on Saturday. I hope I can get me sum of that edumacashun at a fancy lawyerin' school.

I don't even really want to talk about this, but I think it bear mentioning. You all probably don't, as the majority of the readership of this blog are my friends, and you all have heard me bitch ad nauseum and ad infinitum about the LSAT. Well, come saturday, that will be no more. Then you can hear me bitch about waiting for my acceptance or lack-there-of letters to come. Hooray!