December 2011
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Courses I want to take number 1: Contemporary...
For various reasons, it’s been a hellish few months. But my current energies are almost entirely focused on preparing my graduate school applications. Which is why I haven’t had time to respond to many of the replies to my last few posts. (Sorry folks,I haven’t forgotten you.) While working on what is I believe the fifth rewrite of my statement of purpose, I thought I’d...
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Is this really the world we want?
My normal coping mechanism for learning of some political act that angers me is becoming flippant and making tongue-in-cheek jokes. It got me through the 2004 elections, losing my first campaign in 2006, and through the weight of stupid statements by talking heads, pundits, and political candidates. But recently, my coping mechanism has been failing more often. My anger bleeds through and my true...