also, complacency and obliviousness are the acid and base of mental states. [so obviously mixing them makes for a neato science project.]

second summer term started this morning, for me, and i've got this great professor who talks fast and with an amazing african french accent, does this cool little lean when pointing to something he's just written, and says hilarious things which seem to be either idioms from where he's from (not sure of the country), or how he views americans, in either case, funny. today's comments are: "..as simple as drinking whiskey." -- "round your lips like you're going to smack someone." i'm not sure if he meant smack as in slap or kiss, either is funny, each for separate reasons. and my personal favorite of the day, "..you can use the rest of the time to go and drink some pepsi or something." boy howdy does he know american culture.

speaking of carbonated beverages, as he did, i've been off carbonation for the better part of four or five weeks, and as little change as there is and as little of a difference of diet as it is, i honestly feel noticeably better. maybe it's something else.

television programs broadcast from earth now occupy a volume of space with a diameter of over a hundred light-years. we pollute everything. and, if i haven't made mention of it, scientists conclude that by mid-this-century, we will have our first starless night. worldwide. and, of course, this, about birds. and i was either watching a nature documentary on public television, or listening to npr, i cannot remember which, and they said that the next decade or three are, perhaps, the most crucial in modern history as far as the environment is concerned. and of course our president is a complete moron. i mean that. and you probably already knew that. i hope people realize this when 2004 rolls around. if i'm not out of the country, i will leave if he's reelected. what an idiot.

at least, i guess, this has my mind on things other than ideal thoughts. [as well as covers up the hideous, and almost deleted, last entry. please don't read it, and i don't mean that in a secretly wishing you would sort of way, i honestly wish you wouldn't.]

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