linear approximation of sleep
Well, per my usual thursday night, I did not sleep last night. I studied for math, did physics, logic, and other homework. I think I did well enough on my math to pull me out of failing range but we shall see.
so I had big plans to head out to jim's at like 5 this afternoon, but I fell asleep and woke up at 9:30 so that was upsetting.
apparently I'm going to see switchfoot tomorrow with the Honorable Judge and sons. thats nifty.
I started reading "Lectures on Computing" by Richard Feynman and all of a sudden, my logic class makes sense. it's amazing how big of a difference having material explained to you in english really does help in the learning process.
today was the lxa pumpkin smash. we had a pretty good turnout for having not advertised at all (aside from away msgs.) my car held 50some pumpkins last night and now it's all muddy...but it was well worth it.
IHOP is an excellent venue for a breakfast leading into another day without sleep. however, when they don't have regular coffee, it makes me sad.
smoking is bad for you and me.
bla.
ok, so I had a discussion with my political science professor about this...why do we consider ourselves to be "irish-american" or "italian-american"? I mean, we're all american citizens and more likely than not, we haven't been the countries we affiliate ourselves with. this is a very uniquely american trait. if someone moves from germany to mexico and starts a new life there, they refer to themselves as a mexican, not a german-mexican. sure, you can say "well my great-grandparents came from poland," but that doesn't mean you did. a bunch of generations before your great-grandparents, I'm sure someone moved from somewhere else like egypt. does that make you an egyptian-polish-american? how far are we going to take this? it just seems silly to me to have such a strong affiliation to a particular group that you aren't really a part of. sure, my ancestors were croatian, but I've never been a citizen there. it's interesting to get involved in the traditions of the family that have origins there but in no way does that make me croatian.
ok, sleep time
cheers
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