unholy life update:

so there's the insane amount of work i have this weekend...
1. finish reading Dictee for AS10...i have to say i like the wackiness of this book. i wish i could spend more time on it--maybe then i'd know what the hell is going on. ah well, i will write monday's paper on the way to rainy mountain if all else fails. then study for the midterm wednesday.
2. write a french paper on montaigne's "of cannibals" (des cannibales). i liked it when i read it in english, and i like it in french. we're also reading a piece by balzac, whom i unofficially hate as much as dickens.
3. poli sci midterm tuesday. so far, congress and i have yet to be well-acquainted.

sorry, am i the only one who loves the C2 commercials? god save me.

the village voice's erik baard has a piece on our nation's not-such-a-cowboy?-cowboy.

the roomies and i were talking--ok iii was talking at the roomies--about how the debates are to politics what the superbowl is to the NFL. 2 teams. 2 quarterbacks. (nobody else deserves a voice anyways) instead of mouthguards though, these guys are armed with... well who are we kidding. the debate rules are so careful to keep our candidates from harm's way that nothing short of babies wearing floaties in a kiddie pool could top the obscene levels of precaution these guys are taking. with all of this, trib writer dave martin's presidential debate drinking game might be in order. reminds me when jon stewart busted out the tequila on meet the prez. who says politics can't be fun, anyway?

yesterday's NY times had an op-ed piece by former presidential candidate al gore.

ok kids, let's go watch the debate.