"It's important, we communicate
and tune the fate of this union, to the right pitch
I never call you my bitch or even my boo
There's so much in a name and so much more in you
Few understand the union of woman and man
And sex and a tingle is where they assume that it land
But that's fly by night for you and the sky I write
For in these cold Chi night's moon, you my light
If heaven had a height, you would be that tall
Ghetto to coffee shop, through you I see that all
Let's stick to understandin and we won't fall
For better or worse times, I hope to me you call
So I pray everyday more than anything
friends will stay as we begin to lay
this foundation for a family - love ain't simple
Why can't it be anything worth having you work at annually
Granted we known each other for some time
It don't take a whole day to recognize sunshine."
-CoMMoN, "The Light"-

I just bought the X-Men movie. VHS, but it's also available on DVD. Rejoice.

It's been awhile. I'm leaving in a few hours to go home for a week. It's been a long two weeks. Bridge Builder's ended two weeks ago. The job search begins anew. Life is strangely back where it started in July. Except it's colder. More news from the front soon. Happy Thanksgiving all.

I have never ever been this excited and intrigued by politics. It all started maybe earlier this year when i picked up WiNk's political science book and realized how interesting our political democracy is. I've always been pretty good at history so i can relate and understand everything but I was never very interested in it. The last election was in '96. I had just turned eighteen, voting age. But I wasn't an American citizen yet so i didn't even have the option of voting (not that i would of anyway). This time around however, the 2000 election suddenly seems like a pivotal, historic moment in my life. Suddenly, friends and co-workers have also simultaneously been sparked with political interest and we talk about the issues. Last night, watching the election results come in was pretty damn exciting (even though this Florida gaff makes me question the intelligence of the whole voting process). In a way, this is the closest i'm come to understand what it means to be "American". I didn't vote once again because I forgot that I was an absentee voter from California and the deadline passed. I did take a test that said my views fit most with Bill Bradley but he dropped out long ago. I guess i would of voted Gore. More importantly, I think next time around I'm gonna vote. It's also nice to see that all my high school history classes may prove useful after all.

Wow, once again you stun me with your logic.

I'm smarter than you. Live with it.

I think instead of questioning the myriad of human preferences you should just thank someone for making girls appreciate things other than physical attributes. Otherwise little males like you would be slowly phased out.

Me and my roommate were arguing the relative attractive qualites of Lucy Liu the other day. She said that Ms. Liu was not attractive at all and that she in fact looked "weird." I said that Lucy was pretty cute and attractive, despite her "weird" eyes. Now, the point isn't about how attractive Lucy Liu is but rather about how differently we perceive "attraction." Now my question of the day is, do animals do that? I mean, we're taught that the biggest and bravest male animal always get more girls. But for some reason, that doesn't happen with us humans. So in the world of animals, are there some physically unattractive males that get by on being smart and charming? And do some animal males simply prefer the "blonde" or "brunette" animal female? I mean, lucky for us, girls don't always pick the biggest guy, as nature would dictate. And so if that's the case, do animals do that too? Can they have preferences? Or does that basically negate the whole natural selection thing that brought well adapted animals anyway?