Still Reading:
Where Bigfoot Walks ~ Robert Michael Pyle
New Laws in effect, starting today:
- Indiana: it is now a crime, punishable up to $10,000, to flick a cigarette butt from a car.
- Missouri: the teddy bear is now the official state toy.
- Florida: underage students at cooking schools can now take small tastes of wine, although they are expected to spit them right back out (yeah ~ that'll happen.)
Listening to:
Nothing at the moment, except the clacking of the keyboard. For some reason, the Dixie Chicks are going through my mind. I wish they'd hurry up and cross the damn road so they'd be out of my head.
(I'm warning you now. This may turn into a bitch-fest.)
Man. I am tired. I got about three hours sleep last night ~ maybe. On top of that, I went to class, took a major test (perhaps the last one of the session) and went down to the art department and worked on my monster drawing for about four or so hours. It's going to be 36" x 40" when it's done ~ whenever that may be.
We were told today that after tomorrow, we aren't to come back to class until further notice. Our *&^@#) &*%#!#@$ *&%#^*$@...:::ahem::: wonderful elected officials (official what, we won't say) couldn't balance the state budget for the new fiscal year, so a partial government shut down went into effect. Twenty two thousand people's jobs are hanging in the balance at the moment, as well as my and quite a few others educations.
It isn't hampering some folks, since Wednesday was to be the finals for the first five week summer session. They'll just have their finals tomorrow ~ or in at least one class I know of, no finals at all. On the other hand, I may be royally...screwed. I am smack in the middle of a ten week course and it may be cancelled for the rest of the summer. Tonight, I was told that, in a worse case scenario, I may not be able to go back to school for two months. It truly sucks.
Just to add some weirdness to this entry: also as a result of this fiasco, among other things, folks on the interstate had better use the bathroom in Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia or any other state that borders Tennessee because all the welcome centers are locked up tight. Consider this a Firewolf Public Service Announcement.
You know, I don't get into politics very often because 1.) I don't have that much of a tolerance for bullshit and 2.) They don't know what they're doing except when it comes to pushing their little pet projects through. This whole situation proves it. The governor has had his heart set on a damn income tax and he has done everything he could to force it through, including closing state parks and many dire threats of what else could close. Tonight, they said that this year's tax increase was the largest in Tennessee history ~ fifteen percent.
All I want is my art degree. You politians need to get over yourselves.
Now, what did I do with all those writings on anarchism? Even if I don't agree with a lot of the doctrine ~ it's starting to sound even better than it did before.
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