The first week is over... well, the first half week. We started Wed, and both labs were canceled because of the short week. On top of that, Monday is a holiday, so no school. In Physiology, the professor talks to the slides. Chemistry is going to be even more difficult. I was able to get into that Roman History class, so I dropped the other class I had signed up for. The instructor doesn't lecture very well, he said people complain that he goes too fast, so now he goes too slow. The TA is the same one I had for Western Civ, he would just continue talking fast, and then post notes on the internet. He is a good talker though, is able to keep one's attention. For English, the first class was hosted by a friend of his, the professor was double booked. On my schedule it showed a Schuldt teaching the class, or something like that. It's not the same guy. This guy is pretty cool, (he showed up for the second class) the writing is going to be less formal I think, which is good cause I hate that formal shit. We'll see if I find it easier than last semester.

I think that's all of my classes. There is a shitload of reading to do for history. It's ancient sources too, that stuff is dry as shit. Most of it you can find on Gutenberg.org, but I've got the books on order and I will make it interesting to myself by comparing the translations I get online with the Penguin Classics editions. Chemistry is going to be tougher, like I said. The first homework is a review, and it is a killer. It is for me anyway, some of it is tedious, so it's taking time away from other reading I need to be doing. Not that this post isn't helping either.

I was watching a Daily Show episode, and he said they canceled Crossfire. It's true, I had to look it up, because of course CNN didn't make it their primary priority letting that be known. Really, the only news sources I get to is CNN and Google, with a little Yahoo mixed in. In English we are required to have access to NYTimes.com, which means some of that will be required reading. Anyway, it seems the new guy in charge of CNN agreed with Stewart. Funny, I didn't see anyone discussing it on that conservative website. I had planned to check out some liberal forums, but I have a feeling it's going to be much of the same thing, people talking shit about conservatives. Too much negativity, though that's what my wife says about me.

Some other things of interest in the news; Bush wants to spend millions on a tsunami early warnign system for our coastal states. Hmmm, we've made it two hundred years without them. Even if I were back in NC, I would still think it a waste of money. Sure, it would have been tragic for my family and I to get wasted in something like that, but it would have been over quickly. I'll bet the aquatic life over there loved it after all those bodies washed out to see. That's probably an insensitive remark, but it's not like the rest of this country is 'feeling their pain'. If people in this country were concerned about stuff like that, we would be taking care of the situation in Sudan. I wonder how long the people in this country can turn a blind eye to shit like that, and still profess to be a 'great world leader'......