schopenhauer and school daze

I'm working today in the lab, and I've managed to finish "Schopenhauer in 90 minutes" in about 160 minutes. Happily, I have underlined much of this book and decided to order several of the series, which may or may not be a bad idea.

Drinking Liberally is tonight in the good 'ole Asheville sector. From 7-10, I'll be talking politics and drinking beers. Can't wait for a slice of that good pizza from the Brewing Co.

I'm beginning to really think about the zine I'm going to do for Women's Studies. I want to do it with a thesis something like, "Stand up comedy can provide a voice for feminism and educate the public." I think since comedians that aren't owned by any major corporations really can say what they want and have a free space for social and political commentary. They can be political activists, figures, artists in and of themselves. Margaret Cho is like this, for sure. It's pretty exciting. I'm going to do Cho and Kate Clinton, the fumerist, at least. I'll have to do a lot of research and include my own commentary within the zine. I'll interview people around campus, too.

I guess in Women's Health, we're going to be doing sterilization as our project. We will talk about it for 25-30 minutes, and I suspect a PowerPoint presentation is in order. I believe that's next week, but it's crazy because we get out of exams on the 10th of May. It seems there's still much to be done.

I'm doing an article for my news writing class about the reactions to the shooting at VT. I'm collecting interviews today and I'm hoping it will be a good piece.

I saw Ira Glass last Friday and it was amazing. He talked a lot about radio, which is what I'll want to do eventually, radio or film, respectively. He went way over time, which I didn't mind, except that I had to piss and it was beginning to snow.

The weather around here has been insane. I don't know who's in charge.

Last night, the sorority girls played touch football outside of my dorm, on the field, and there were a bunch of guys sitting up near the main door watching them and drinking beer. I don't know if the sororities really welcome spectating, but it seemed like they were having a blast out there. I usually speak to everyone but I remained unfriendly to the guys because they were only stargazing and it pissed me off.

I don't see women lined up to watch them play anything. Good.

Oooh! An eighties dance will ensue this Friday night, I believe, and I don't know what kind of clothing I have to work with, but I want to be there. A friend of mine is going to DJ, and he's a really cool guy. I definitely want to be supportive of him. It's going to be at the Grey Eagle, and I assume there will be a cover charge of sorts.

I guess that's all the news for now. Thanks for reading.