Not much happening

Good Morning!

This month has been boring. Not much going on. Let's see if I can scrap together an entry, just to knock the rust off of this blog.

Ok, first thing's first. The Yankees. What the hell? Can we just trade our bullpen for some other team's bullpen? Like, say, the 1998 Yankees bullpen? The offense will come around, but I can't see how a team with as much money as the Yankees have can't put together a bullpen four years in a row. Maybe I'll write a letter to The Boss to that effect.

I am pretty happy with my life right now. I think I have pulled things together nicely since leaving school, and I'm pretty much aching to get back to academia. I caught up on Harry Potter, and I hate the person that told me how the 6th book ends before I read it (although I can't remember who it was that told me...). Shame on you, nameless spoiler.

I have been reading Barack Obama's book "The Audacity of Hope." So far I think he has taken the most logical stance on how to fix the American political atmosphere and make it conducive to actually governing the country, but I am still hoping for some more specific policy ideas. I like his style though, and so far he has my vote. He seems like an extremely intelligent, down-to-earth man, but I think he will have to overcome a lot to get through the primaries a year from now. I'm reluctant to throw any major support his way right now considering how easily a candidate can be felled this early in the game.

I'm glad that the Bush White house is winding down though. Bush is finally showing signs that he understands how unwilling the nation is to listen to the same story over and over again when it comes to Iraq. He hasn't actually done anything about it except subtly change his rhetoric, but at least he is no longer trying to be a superpresident. Congress is clearly distancing themselves from him, and that is a good thing. Perhaps the Republican candidate in the next election will actually make me think. I still harbor some centrist, moderate ideas in some realms of policy, so maybe someone like Giuliani could make my decision a little harder if he continues to be socially liberal and doesn't give in to the Christian Right. We've still got a year until the primaries. Things will change a lot between now and then.

I had more to write about this morning, but I can't seem to wrap my head around anything. I'm distracted by the fact that summer school is looming on the other side of this weekend. Wish me luck. I'll be abiding in 316C Bragaw, hopefully by myself. We'll see if I get a roommate assigned in the next 3 days.

Has anyone heard any good new music lately that they want to send my way? I've been listening to old stuff lately (Pet Sounds and Blood on the Tracks, mostly) and I would love to hear something new.