finally had two great shifts at work, $115 friday, $70 today, you can't beat that.

spent the weekend at home. it was good to sleep, do some astronomy extra credit (why i went in the first place), do laundry, not spend money, and read for class.

had the longest council meeting ever tonight. a lot of people really like our new advisor for her professionalism, but i don't know ... we're just college kids, i think a friendly demeanor wouldn't hurt. the meeting was 6-940 or so. we passed a packet of budgets, something like 9 - 4 and 4 voting reps missing. several organizations sat through the meeting, discussed why they needed more money, and in the end, we didn't change a thing. i hate stuff like this but it matters, and tonight we could have made a little difference, but we didn't. there was finger pointing and raised voices by the end. two more meetings ... i'm gonna try and stick it out.

thursday onward looks pretty sweet ... katie's performance, spring formal, kate again, party, no work sunday morning, spree day. yes, please

tonight in my intercultural communication class, a student was speaking about how he is in support of the war. at first i respected him for speaking openly about his feelings. although i disagree entirely, i appreciated his willingness to present a view that opposes the view held by the majority of the student body (granted most of the class is adults, and i'm not sure what their opions are). then he went on to say that if he "was at Wheaton" he's be the first one "with a bucket of rocks to throw at that girl." i hadn't heard the story and that link does give much information either. but the fact that he made such a blatant, aggressive, violent statement just shocked me. he made a few comments about "those protestors," and I think mo, richard, adrienne, sara and i were probably pretty expressive with our faces, especially about the rock throwing. we were some of the last to leave the room, and the prof. said "bye" we all said "bye" he said "bye all you war protestors." he's made some comments that lead me to believe he is either anti war or at least not whole heartedly behind it, if even just because of the wastefulness of the war and how we could spend the money feeding all the hungry people in the world instead of on bombs.

the guy's statement was just the most ridiculous thing i've heard in a classroom.

from wbz.com "A flag display in Norton is causing quite a controversy
Some Wheaton College students are displaying an American flag, upside down, outside their window.
It's their anti-war statement.
It has evoked such anger, the home has been vandalized and the students have received threatening messages."

I don't understand pro-war people who feel the need to be violent towards those who are anti-war. I don't understand pro-war people who call those who are anti-war "anti American." Aren't we fighting in Iraq right now with the supposed intent of implementing a free-er system of government and way of life? Isn't that one of the core values of US American society? Everyone loves free speech, unless they're saying something you don't agree with. Being anti-war does not mean you are being anti-American. Being anti-war is just as American as being pro-war, because in America we have the right to say how we feel. We have the right to speak out against our government if we choose to, and we can do it without fear of being jailed or harmed. But apparently, the holier than thou pro-war "Americans" feel they have the right to oppress those who wish to speak out - just like the oppressive government we are trying to get rid of in Iraq.

not much else going on today.
peace out.

had a good weekend, definitely. worked friday, hung out at the beav, tried to go to leit's but there was a line and rain was starting. went to the blarney, where somehow we did not know anyone. came home early, but stayed up doing pointless stuff. got up early saturday (930?) but somehow didn't leave for amherst till 1130. had a really good day shopping with danielle, even though all i got was one red top. but it's a great red top. went to this place called the hangar for wings, nachos, and pitchers of beer with danielle, meredith, megan, and elizabeth. brian met us, and later fletcher and his friend toni/y. very fun place, i wish we had one here. a giant plate of wings (up to 4 different flavors, not just buffalo) a giant plate of nachos, 2 pitchers of bud, and a coke was only $36. how can you beat that? fun atmosphere and stuff, too. later we went to the moan and dove. a pretty classy place, with candles burning, and peanuts in the shell! it sort of reminded me of an english pub, everyone just talking, good music playing, but they weren't trying to make you pretend you were at a club or a dance-y bar. fun times. bars out there close at 1 so we went back to danielle/meredith/megan's place and played some hott trivial pursuit. i cheated a lot, for other people. it wasn't an intense game, i felt like everyone should have a chance at winning, haha. after awhile, i didn't get to read cards as much. slept on the couch after everyone left. meredith and danielle got up to see me off at 830, what good friends :) work was pretty good, council was short, the new exec board took over, and then i tried to go to astronomy but it was raining and they were showing a video i've already seen.
today was highly typical except my 225 class was cancelled, which was a nice treat. i made beer steamed shrimp, spanish rice, and biscuits for dinner, since i was home. yum! went to my astronomy observation tonight, saw jupiter near the beehive cluster - ooohaaaah. but it was cold and cloudy. will probably go back thursday to be a super student.

goodnight