late night inspirations are such a pain!

i just finished writing and typing a paper for my introduction to philosophy class titled "an examination of 'values' in today's political climate" and am, of course, all fired up and want to keep ranting and raving!!! i really need to go to bed since i am going to try to get up early enough to get a run in before i have to get ready for work and go pull a double.

but, as you can see, no such luck. so here i go...

as much as i like my philosophy professor, i despise the class. it is painfully boring and completely pretentious, but i have managed to fake it through every test. luckily, for the gordon rule requirement, my professor requested that we write a paper focusing on some aspect of philosophy and how it is applied to some subject we are interested in. not a research paper or any sort of pseudo-scholarly attempt at a paper...basically an op-ed piece. slam-dunk! i got this, son!

so i examined the frustration i have with the republican party hijacking the term "values" and making it synonymous with their own ideals. it was a fun paper to write.

but i did not sign on tonight to further write about this paper. during this particular class, i am often struggling to stay awake, and must occupy my mind and body so as not to pass out from sheer boredom. so i write things that i fully intend to type up here later. this keeps my mind away from the line seperating "learning mode" from "dormant mode" and gives me something to do with my hands. it also serves two other, bigger purposes: it keeps me from looking like a slacker who sleeps in class AND it makes me look like an engaged, eager to learn student who is a champion note-taker. score two points for me and my awesomeness.

flipping through my philosophy notebook tonight, making sure i didn't miss any important information i'd intended to include in my "values" paper, i came across several blog beginings and thought i should at least log on and write something...it has been over a month, after all.

given my propensity for politically-charged rantings, i had plenty of material to write about the latest goings on: a debate i had with a bar customer at the shithole i don't work at anymore, an open letter to the entire democratic party (which needs some fine-tuning...i really wanna get that one right), and a response to the latest controversial decision handed down by the supreme court regarding campaign finance.

i fully intend to come back to all of those rough drafts and post them soon. but for now i have gotten my blog fix...even if it was pretty unsubstantial and really didn't acheive much in the way of conveying ideas.

i told you late night inspirations are a pain! seems like such a good idea until you're knee-deep in shit. like i am now. good-night, friends...i'll write again soon.