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I am writing a paper for my Political Theory class and I am having trouble with it.  I really need to get writing the rest of it, but I feel so distracted.  It’s one reason I wish I didn’t come home this weekend but I haven’t been home in so long.  This is probably my fourth trip home.

For the paper, I need to make take a stance on Creon’s decision in Antigone and argue for it with different theories we’ve read.  A very interesting topic, but I just don’t see how I can squeak out five to seven pages of it.  Was Creon rightful in not giving traitors a proper burial, even if it it was his own nephew?  A part of me feels like he is because law needs to be followed, regardless of association, but another part of me says that people need to be given a fair chance.  Whatever I come up with, I’m sure it will be a shaky defense.

I need to work on an About Me page.  I believe it’s a big no-no in the blogging world not to have one, and I better practice what I preach.  Maybe I will fill out one of those surveys, where they ask you from your name to what’s your favorite Pakistani musical artist, to use as filler.  But first, I need to continue this paper.

Last night a classmate of mine wanted me to help him with our book we have to read and review for a class. We both didn’t read it yet, so we took it chapter by chapter. We sat in the bean-bag farm in the library, and I just passed out. I was so comfortable and the book was so boring (although it was chuck-full of sexual characteristics) that I decided to take a 15 minute nap. Well, that nap turned into an hour-long. I decided that I wasn’t being any use and just went home and gone to bed. I hate not being helpful, but I was beat from the long day.

I saw Barack Obama in La Crosse yesterday morning. I met up with my friends Greg and Jake and his girlfriend. I had hoped to hang out with them later, but I had to run back to Winona for class then work. Seeing Barack still didn’t help me make up my decision on who to vote for, but I love attending rallies such as these. You can see some pictures on my facebook album.

I really can’t adjust to cold as well as I use to. Right now I just want to bundle myself up like a little kid who can’t even move his arms (because he has so many thick clothes on!) and just lie in wake in the middle of a leaf pile.  I should get use to the cold, because I think I am falling in love with the ice.

Amid all the crisis, tragedy, and bad news, its always nice to hear about a feel-good story such as this one.  I see this construction worker (Tim “Ox” Yeadon) every-day I go to work and he does put a smile on my face every time.  There was one time he never saluted, but I will let it slide.  He was actually reaching for a cigarette.  I am surprised he never takes a break and salutes every car non-stop.  That’s pretty amazing endurance, especially how hot it gets some days.

Did my first photography assignment for Visual Communication (retaking the class just so I can actually LEARN something with a better professor) and I will admit that its not that great.  I rushed myself and so everything looks all scratched and blurry.  I was also short on ideas.  It was pretty bad, maybe its my Senioritis kicking in.  But is it normal for it to exist 5 years?   Hopefully the next go around I can have some good pictures so I can post them up here.

Finally got around to paying some bills today.  It looks like Xcel Energy took into account that I over paid my last bill by…um, let’s see. $250?  So the only charges I seem to have to pay is just random fees for just having an account.  Let’s hope this is correct. I really love online bill pay, because if they didn’t have it I don’t know if I would ever find the motivation to buy a stamp.  With the internet, so many postal items are becoming obsolete.  In these days, I argue that the Post Office is only good for delivering packages…granted they don’t do it as well as UPS, but it is the only thing they are good for.  On the other hand, of course, getting a letter in the mail is something extra special.

Went to my brother’s engagenment party camp-out thing.  I was a bum most of the time.  I don’t know what my problem was, maybe it was the age difference or just the fact that I was missing homecoming.  I don’t feel bothered missing homecoming except I did miss some friends.  Pretty much everyone at the camp-out that night was either married or engaged or whatever, so naturally they talked about things that uninterested me. I was put off the next day when my brother refused to help me to take 30 seconds of his time to take a photograph for me for a school project.  I worried about my homework, and felt I wouldn’t get any of it done if I didn’t go back to Winona.  So I left early in the day so I could grab my tripod (I almost wrote iPod, hah).   It sort of bugged me on the ride back that they weren’t willing to help me when I needed it.  A push of a button was all that mattered.  I was frustrated until I got to hang out with my buddies.  The night turned out great.  Fell asleep watching Beetlejuice unfortunately.  I haven’t seen the movie in its entirety in so long.
The Pack are on tonight, hopefully it will be a good game.  I am contemplating driving to Rochester to buy my buddy Jake a shot after or during the game.  I will have to see how much energy I have later.

*insert Zelda sound f/x*

In an attempt to spice up my blog again, I decided to give it a new layout. In order to actually use a pre-made one from Wordpress, I had to upgrade. So I went ahead and upgraded, but the links didn’t work properly. So I exported my entries, deleted wordpress, and uploaded from scratch. However, when I went to import my entries, WP refuses to do it. Ugh. Oh well, might as well start from scratch right?

I don’t know how long I intend to post. Like most, I want to do it forever but life outside the Intertubes yearns for my presence. Who knows when I will be dragged away. I’ll see if I can set up my Macbook to get me into some routine.

School has officially begun. I will admit that I wasn’t fully signed up for my classes until a few weeks ago. If asked why, I can only admit that I was just scared of finishing my minor. My minor: English Creative Writing. Most people I’ve told began gagging at the thought. I had originally sought Political Science back my freshman year, but was shocked to discover I had put English instead. Instead of switching, I stuck with it, figuring it would improve my writing skills and actually use it to be able to analyze and deconstruct texts. Attending classes today, I finally realized that I was definitely mistaken. I was surrounded by people passionate about Edgar Burroughs, Lewis Carroll, and Olivia Newton-John. So I jumped ship, and landed on the USS Polisci, eventually turning back and waving to my former minor as it sank into the abyss of its own Romantic glory.

Looking forward with the blog, I don’t know if I will delve into my personal affairs as much. Although I would like to, but things wouldn’t be as special. I want to find a focus, but I am still young….okay I’m turning 23 next month. Fuuuuuuck. For right now, let’s see how I fair this next week.

If you have reached this point, please comment! I have installed a security feature that will allow people to post without having to sign-up. I am sure you have no idea what to comment about so I will post a couple of questions right now. Atleast answer one of them.

1. How do you know me, Westley Wamsley?

2. Do you like tennis?

3. How did the Chesapeake (Va.) and New England (Mass.) colonies vary in their settlement patterns?

BONUS QUESTION

If I have 6 eggs, and you took away 4, then where did all this grape juice come from?