September 23, 2004
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I won’t bore you with the details of the begining of my day. I had
another class that I had to be at by 1 in the PM. Today we had to write
on little sheets of paper, cut them out, and paste onto a folder. I can
go into more detail, but lets face it, the most important part of the
story is the paste………….or, in the case, glue stick. It was fun.
Like being a kid again. The whole time, I kept wanting to laugh
thinking of the episode of the Simpsons when Ralph Wiggum was eating
his paste:
MRS HOOVER: Ralph, are you eating your paste?”
RALPH (With the paste in his mouth): No Miss Hoover.
Ahhhh, so funny. You have to love Ralph Wiggum.
I also had a meeting with chick that does resumes.
She was of great help, although my resume is already good, this will
make it better. Plus, it gives me a chance to come up with another
resume, so that I can get a job that is not in a call center if I so
choose.
When I started this little journal, I told
myself I would offer my opinions on things such as politics, which I
have not done. So, here goes.
I was thinking the other day, that the time we live
in now, is like the 1960s. Just look at the similarities. Both decades
we were in wars that we had no business being in, and they both turned
into disasters (sure, we have not lost yet in Iraq……the key word
being yet. Sorry, but there is no way this war is over, I don’t care
what any stupid Republican says). The country is and was very divided
on these wars, lots of peace rallies in both decades. Both decades had
a slick-talking, funny haired senator from Mass. running for president.
In the 60s, there was a massive civil rights movement. Today’s version
is the gay rights movement. In the 60s, we were worried about the cold
war and the Soviets attacking us. Now, we are worried about terrorists
attacking us. The 60s had a brash, wealthy Texan as president. Now, we
have a senseless, stupid, wealthy Texan as President. The September 11
attacks are today’s equivlient of Kennedy being killed, both very sad
and tragic, and both mirred in conspiracies. I’m sure the are more
similarities that I have not thought of. The point is…………well,
I have no point. But, with the decade not even halfway over, its going
to be interesting to see how things unfold. We will tell our children
about the times that we live in. Really, it is a historic time, even if
it is not good history. Times are turbulant right now, which is exactly
how people describe the 60s. Its just amazing how history repeats
itself, and how we are powerless to do a damn thing to change it.
