So I thought this would be a good time to give an update about the scholastic experience here. One of my classes is a stupid requirement on World Cultures:
China,
Asia, and whatever bullshit. It’s reading old stuff like Confucius and stories. At least I got an A- for the midterm, so I should be able to keep that up.
I have two classes that turned out to be different from what I expected. One is International Politics. It actually has little to do with actual international issues and is almost all game theory, charts, lines, numbers, etc. I’m not doing too well with an 80 on the midterm. Then again, that’s getting 3 True/False wrong and getting all the more important problem sets completely right. The test was poorly weighted and only out of 30 pts. It’s a bit frustrating, but what can you do. Those readings were dumb anyway.
My Power and Politics class could be interesting because it deals with American political infrastructure and such, but it also turns out to be a lot about polls, trends, theory, and more charts, graphs, lines. I got an A on the midterm, so I should be fine on that.
My Political Theory class is what I expected, but the theorists are boring other than the Federalists, Locke, and JS Mill. I got an A- on the midterm and I should be doing fine on the essays that we’ve handed in.
As for the classes I’m registering soon, there are two that look real interesting, Supreme Court and Civil Liberties. I looked through the syllabi and they deal with mostly Supreme Court cases, which I like. The other two classes I have to choose are up in the air. So far the ones that I’ve looked at seem like I won’t like them like the classes I’m taking this semester.
We watched a great documentary, No End In Sight, in International Politics today that picked through the process of the Iraq War. My professor said that it would be nonpartisan, but it naturally turns out against the war because of the incompetence of all the people involved. It also doesn’t just blame everything on Bush, because he’s not truly involved with such things. Granted, it’s his administration, but the people making the poor decisions while ignoring good advice are the ones in direct fault. I would recommend watching it to inform oneself on one of the most important events of our lifetime. Lifetime count as like High School and up. I didn’t follow much even during High School…
Later in the day, I get a call from Hasan that he’ll be around tomorrow. However, he said that he’ll be free later in the night after doing some stuff. When 11:00 rolls around, I call him. No pick up, obvs. Anyway, hopefully I’ll be hanging out tomorrow.
Anyway, with shows coming back, here’s the DL.
New show that you must watch, Aliens in America. It’s Freaks and Geeks with Malcolm in the Middle. A bit of family dysfunctional filled with racial stereotypes, tensions, and social awkwardness.
Battlestar is back up. I’m telling you, currently the best show on television and one of the best of the decade. Watch it!
Top Chef. Though you might not like it if you’re not interested in food. Same goes for Hell’s Kitchen, though it might be more exciting for most because it has a loud cursing British man.
Again, How I Met Your Mother. Probably the best comedy on television until 30 Rock comes back.
Now onto the pop culture. THE SOUP! Watch the fucking show. If you don’t enjoy watching pop TV, at least watch this because it just aggregates all the funniest clips and rips the shit out of them.
Rock of Love. It’s Flavor, but with Brett Michaels from Poison. It’s meh.
The Hills. The snobby dumb drama just makes it one of the funniest shows on TV. It hits awkwardness all the time and it’s just leaves you dumbfounded how these people operate.
American Idol. Probably all of you will find it stupid, but they sometimes do good songs and they all actually have good voices. I’m actually rooting for one guy he’s a classic rock dude and has done Queen and old school stuff. Unfortunately, he’s not a front runner and the little Archuleta faggot is going to win.
