oh man, they're playing steppenwold in the movie.  he's gonna have to download this song now...

the ephrata library sucks.  he drove out there tonight, with the intent of loaning out fight club.  the problem is, the lancaster libraries suck badly.  he couldn't find the book, so travis decided to find some thompson.  they don't even have a copy of fear and loathing.  he finds generation of swine, which complements the copy of hell's angels matt loaned him quite well.  still, he can't find fight club anywhere, and that angers him.

mr rose subbed for his journalism class today, so that made him happy.  he spends pretty much the entire time talking with shane and rose about the future and whatnot...pretty much the same conversation travis has with everyone anymore, but still, it was tight.  rose is the coolest guy in the world, and made an otherwise lousy class pretty cool.

travis also got a haircut tonight.  standing under the faucet, dylan playing in the background, he reflects upon the past week.  last time he took a shower at night (last thursday night), the goatee was gone.  this time, it's the excess hair.  he thinks about his guess that the disappearance of the facial hair was a rite of passage, symbolic for the fact that he's moving on and going to survive, and that everything will be all right.

or whatever.

dawn and heidi are both in rehab (at least he thinks heidi is) and travis isn't sure exactly how to feel about it.  he pities them, and wishes them the best.  he knows that most don't feel sorry for them, but he can't help it.  it's one of the things he's talked with mr. rose about in class - rose's son is a recovering drug addict, and feels sympathy for them.  rose mentions how one kid in a class he subbed for said "i think we should put poison in all the heroin in the country, and that'd kill all the drug addicts and end the nation's drug problem."  he reflects upon sheldon stauffer saying aids and cancer were created by god to punish the world for their sins.  he's sickened by this area who can be so cold and callous and claim to be a right-wing, christian community.  he's sickened by the truck across from the post office with a license plate reading "JESUS" and a large sticker saying "jesus is coming," and then a large sticker reading "i love animals - they're delicious" right next to it.  he's sickened by the idea that this area is warm and loving; in reality, they're simply your typical cold, uncaring republican prick bastards.

and he wants out.  badly.

in other news, tuesday's a good night for movies.  sexy beast, heist, and zoolander are all out on video, yo, and it's gonna be tight.  travis can't wait.  kingsley is supposed to be amazing in beast, hackman is in heist, and zoolander just looked funny.  travis is excited for the fifth of march.

he's babbled enough.  he sighs, laughs at a joke from the movie, and hits save.