Wednesday, March 31, 2010

An Intense Love-Hate Relationship

I can never quite figure out how I feel about the month of March.  On one hand, it's St. Patrick's Day season, so it's dance dance dance never ending . . . but at the same time, that dance means I am overloaded with schoolwork and constantly tired and sore.  Would I trade it for anything?  Nope!  Do I wish I had more time to sleep?  Ohhhh heck yeah.

Anyway, that's why I've been gone for most of March.  I've kept up mildly better with mine and Ashley's politics blog (then again, I have her constantly pestering me to update that).  But I do have two movie reviews to post, and a recap of Battlestar Galactica's Season 3, which I just finished.  Also upcoming: A Racetrack-based wallpaper, and a completed Minstralian Alliance story over at my website.

It's hard to cover a whole month of politics in a single post, but I'll try to hit the major points (to the non-politicos among my readers, you may breath a sigh of relief :P)

  • Jim Bunning filibustered a jobless benefits extension bill.  He accomplished little except making a fool out of himself, flipping off a reporter, and providing me with excellent material for a mini-essay about the faults of the filibuster over at Double A Politics.
  • President Obama signed the healthcare bill, after the House passed the Senate version.  Joe Biden became notorious for calling the bill "a big f***ing deal", and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me had a ton of fun pretending that America turned into a communist state.
  • The Joint Chiefs of Staff commissioned a study to look into the effects of repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell and have made it harder to enforce.
What else happened in March?  Well, my English teacher lost a couple of my assignments and blamed me for it . . . that was pleasant.  I've decided that The Sound and the Fury is one of the best books ever written, but is most definitely the worst movie of all time.  I'm heartily sick of my name after making 4 letterhead/business card/envelope sets as part of our corporate identity unit in Yearbook.  I've been promised a Nexus by my dad if I write apps for it.  Oh, and of course, I got into college!  Not sure where I'm going yet, since I'm still waiting on a few decisions, but I'm really happy with where I've gotten in so far.

That's all for now . . . I'm going to try to steal some sleep now!