silence

It was not my intention, after the last post, to go so long without posting again, although I will admit I knew it was a possibility. One of the side effects of the new semester and new apartment is that I’ve been a little disconnected from my regular world. I spend far less time paying attention to current events, or thinking or reading for fun, and far more time reading for class and working to make my new space mine.

And, really, there was nothing I could say about Katrina, but it felt like it’d be weird to post without mentioning it at all. So there’s my mention. The whole thing is so terrible there’s not much else I can say.

So instead, I’m going to talk about: ME!

I’m really enjoying both my classes and my apartment. I picked McDaniel largely because I’d already examined and rejected nearly every other small liberal arts school in the country and it happened to enter my life at the same time. That’s pretty much how I ended up with my apartment, too. McDaniel, though relatively unknown, seems to have a very high caliber faculty who expect a lot from their students but are also extremely friendly and supportive. My apartment has high ceilings and wood-paneled walls that make me feel like I’m on a beach vacation. It’s a wonderful sanctuary. Eventually I’ll post some pictures.

For now, I am off to pick up my sister, who resides on campus, just a mile away.

4 thoughts on “silence”

  1. You’re probably going to be entering a bubble for awhile, but, speaking from experience, a bubble is a good place to be. Comfortably numb, as it were. Good luck with everything.

  2. Dick Cheney: “Go F–k Yourself”

    Vice President Dick Cheney, in Gulfport, Mississippi on a tour of the Katrina hurricane zone was cursed out as he answered questions from reporters…

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    Tian has it mirrored also.

    Raw Story has the transcript: Off camera, a protester shouts, “Go f–k yourself, Mr. Cheney. Go f–k yourself.” The camera remains on Cheney while we hear scuffling in the background.

    CNN’s reporter asks Cheney, “Are you getting a lot of that Mr. Vice President?”

    Cheney replies, “First time I’ve heard it., Must be a friend of John…, er, ah – never mind.”

    Cheney laughs it off, but there are many people dead that aren’t laughing right now.

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