Almost there...Steady...Almost there...
Spring break begins tomorrow afternoon! WOOHOO!!! It should be a blast. My room-mate is going to drive down from Bellingham on Tuesday, and we'll go hang out in downtown Seattle, see my dad, and other fun stuff. I am also going to search for a well-paying job so that I can begin saving for the Greece trip. I hope that works out. It should be exciting. Well, I think that about covers life right now.

A Modest Proposal...
Have you ever had the feeling that people thought you were the next Hannibal Lecter? I had that feeling today in Ancient and Medieval Worlds. The prof asked the class if it thought that what was natural was always good. Nobody else ventured an answer, so I did. I pointed out that it is common for male lions to eat the cubs of rival males in an attempt to breed with the female. This being natural, it follows that cannibalism is NOT a bad thing at all, but a good thing. It was as if somebody had set of a nuclear bomb in the room. A shockwave of silence radiated outwards from me, jaws dropping, unable to believe that I had said the 'c' word. The looks in their eyes screamed "Murderer!" as if I were somehow guilty of cannibalism. It was all quite weird. I think it may have been the first time any of them actually noticed me. Granted, they only noticed what they thought of as a soulless demonic baby-eater who took delight in torture and cruelty. It was weird, to say the least.

In other news, I applied for the Ancient Philosophy study tour in Greece and Rome for Jan term. It looks like I have a pretty good chance of getting in, as I am a philosophy major, and have a particular interest in the history of Hellenic and Hellenistic culture and philosophy. It looks like it will be really cool. Well, I think that about covers it.
Will out

Too late for that...
Today was an odd mixture of events for me. The day started off with a bang, in the form of a History of Modern Philosophy midterm. In honor of the occasion, I dressed up as Keith Wyma. It was quite hilarious. Afterwards, I decided to reward myself by skipping my afternoon class. I went back to my room after lunch and changed into shorts and a hawaiian shirt. Donning my sunglasses and sandals, I grabbed a camp chair and a book and made my way out to the loop, where I spent about an hour just leisurely reading. I went back and prepared for my ethics bowl team meeting. The meeting occured, and surprisingly enough, everybody showed up. Afterwards, we went to the HUB, and watched President Bush address the nation regarding the use of force in Iraq. It was at this point that things turned grim. Despair creeped into my soul as he uttered the words that I dreaded, and yet fatalistically expected to hear: "We shall be forced to go to war." I knew it was coming a long time ago, but I naively deceived myself and held out the hope that cooler heads would prevail. War really puts a damper on an otherwise glorious day, and made the whole thing seem rather bittersweet. Sigh...