March 10, 2011

Having gone to bed at 30 after ten the previous night, I woke up at 7 am. I dreamed that I was a captain of the guards of a lone fort beset by demons and was tasked with organizing the defense.  I woke up before the attack.

I had a glass of green tea and multi grain cheerios for breakfast.

I went to class, chatted with a friend about Libya and the next exam, and did implicit differentiation in calculus. Got home, realized I didn’t feel like making lunch, went back out and got a steak burrito from a Mexican restaurant in Chelsea square… it was extremely good, mostly authentic  excluding the economic substitution of a flour tortilla for the traditional corn one. Nothing like the garbage normal people get from chain restaurants.

I continued doing calculus, took a short break, got back and am finding myself too distracted with rage by the news conversation about Libya to focus on my work… The way in which this situation is discussed is revolting beyond belief.  It shows how utterly inhuman, brutal, short sighted, and openly xenophobic the so called “political class” pundits of both “liberal” and “conservative” slants making whinny remarks about “always having to bear the burdens of other countries” getting involved in “a third Muslim country” (Bosnia, and Somalia were both Muslim countries, I find it amusing how quickly we forget about those conflicts) and snide remarks about the French being unable to back up their claims of action… the French actually do have the military resources necessary to hold a no fly zone, as does Italy, as does the UK. All of which have been much more decided and clear on this subject than our whinny sycophantic government. If they do something I’ll applaud them but I’m sick to death of seeing that dried up hag of a secretary of state publically challenge the stated opinions of the commander of chief and actively advocate collusion with the likes of Mubarak, the Saudis, and Gaddafi when she isn’t paying lip service to the people she would betray without a second thought, the people of Libya who only want the same western weapons and resources Gaddafi already has, because he bought them with oil… that… is real “blood for oil.”

But I already have enough of a headache…  

I did some more homework, I’m up to problem 28 of 45… the differentiation of velocity was a bit too much for me after a long day of math, and headaches. I’ll finish that tomorrow and probably end up taking the test on Saturday… which means I’ll not be able to review it with my professor, but I can review it with the testing room staff… so while not ideal I could conceivably retake on Sunday if I have to. Which is the last day the testing room is open before spring break therefore my last chance to get this crap over with now. Which I fully intend to do!

We had sausages, onions, peppers and potatoes for dinner. I also had some pear nectar. I’m very tired so I think I’ll be going to bed now, its half past 10.