September 1, 2005

• “Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, got what it take to make a mountain man leave his home”

  I’m watching news coverage of the hurricane aftermath. It just seems
  like total devastation; its incredibly sad! Luckily, some other
  countries are trying to help us out, even Venezuela, which is
  absolutely amazing seeing as we don’t really see eye to eye on many,
  many things. One of my VPs had the idea to collect money and send it to
  the Red Cross. I think we’re definitely going to do it. I feel so bad
  for all of those people…

  I have two classes today. The Spanish Literature class is going to be
  interesting. It’s all in Spanish, of course, and I’m fairly good at
  understanding the language but trying to analyze lit and poetry perhaps
  might prove to be a little bit more of a challenge. I also have my
  Mexican History class. I was kind of forced into taking it because of
  scheduling but I’m actually very excited about taking it. I think it
  might be good to take this class since I’m still planning on studying
  abroad for a couple weeks in January. The professor seems very, very
  knowledgeable.

  I just really want classes to be finished for the week though. I
  want
  my weekend to start. I already have a bunch to do this weekend but
  luckily, that will be punctuated by a visit from Ry. Oh yeah and its
  Labor Day, which means that we already get a short week, an even
  shorter week for me because I don’t have classes on Friday.

  Steve and I are going to read “The World is Flat” by Thomas Friedman at
  the same time so we can have somewhat of a book club. It should be
  interesting. He’s liberal, I’m conservative; those viewpoints are
  always fun when they’re thrown together. Supposedly, Steve is a slow
  reader so I’m continuing to read my Narnia books at the same time.
  
  
  Interesting fact of the day:
  the developing countries in Latin America with the least amount of
  poverty are Costa Rica and Cuba; you learn something new everyday.

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