Grad School, what an incredibly energizing feeling. I am reading a crapload of books right now. And I can tell you way more about celebrity culture than I could three weeks ago. I've read the entirety of 6 books in the last three weeks, and am working on my seventh and eight right now. The other week, we read all about
I think I outed myself as a radical when the professor asked, "Does anyone think its actually possible to eliminate class from society?" She wasn't trying to be reactionary, since she is most definitely a liberal, but was trying to spark a discussion. And I took the bait. I gave the standard Chris Mullen answer, which is "Of the million years or so of human existence, class society has only existed for a fraction of it, for the past few thousand years, and that industrial capitalism with class as we are familiar with has only existed for the past 150 years, and that until the 1600s, the majority of the population of the planet did not live under the rule of a state. So it doesn't have to be this way. We can't go backwards in time, but human society is what we make it."
Another student asked me about the soviet union, and I started to go into the history of the russian revolution before saying, "Uh, lets just say that's a larger conversation."
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Well, I'm officially divorced, now. When I got the letter on Tuesday, I burst into tears, of a long long time of hurt and disappointment that finally led to that moment. I suppose it is some closure, finally.
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I went to the most insane Wooden Shoe meeting last week. I've been to nearly 11 years worth of Wooden Shoe meetings, ranging everywhere from short and sweet, to long and tedious, to medium and intense. This one was more of a "holy shit" meeting, and I can say, it was the absolute worst one I've ever been to. I've never been threatened with violence at a meeting before, and its been a long time since anyone left in tears. But at the end of it, we did the right thing. I just wish it hadn't come to that point.
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My love life: confusing. Yup.
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Other things in my life:
-Oregon Ave Octopi, our punk/radical softball team which gathers on Sundays at 10am (with beers), has our last gathering this coming to an end next week.
-I went to the Troublemaker's School on Saturday, tabling for the Shoe. It was great to hang out with Fulvia all day and see Solidarity comrades, and all other sorts of comrades from over the years. I always find those things more useful for networking than anything else.
-The Phillies have won 5 straight NL East Division titles. These are the glory years. I have tickets to Game 1 of the Divional Series, and Game 6 of the Championship Series, and Game 7 of the World Series. Hopefully, I won't need to see the Games of the other two, though it'd be fun.
-Anyone want to see "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" with me for my third time?
