Why We Fight and Steve Irwin

Those two things actually have nothing in common, but it's safe to say that they probably sum up the past 24 hours or so. That and eating like 6 meals.

I would suggest to everyone to watch Why We Fight though. Although most documentarians irritate me, or take an idea to an extreme, or don't really have well-balanced views that I can actually get on board with, I was quite impressed with the documentary and, frankly, a little bit shocked about how all these pieces of the world slowly were cobbled together in my head to form a more cohesive idea about the nature of capitalism, government and governance. Of course the whole documentary is just his personal thesis on the nature of the military industrial complex...but it was incredibly fascinating and eye-opening. As entertainment and education, I'd probably put it on par with reading Fast Food Nation or Nickel and Dimed. In either case. Two yellow, chinese, thumbs up, and a recommendation if not an imperative to go get it. It's really quite something.

My personal life is probably just more depressing than anything else. Made no friends, done nothing outside my apartment, becoming increasingly distant from the idea of law school and being social...and stuff like that. I don't know what it is, but i'm not sure I have the energy in my to do this again. Not school or studying or anything like that, but to start over again with a whole group of strangers. If you consider my recent history, I've spent the last 4 years of my life in entirely new places. I started at Duke, then went to India, then to Wash U, and now to Harvard. Each one has been great so far, but I just don't know if I have the desire or energy to do it anymore. My lust for life doesn't include meeting tons of new people and being thrown into uncomfortable social situations. My lust for life means being around old friends or people that I am comfortable with and care about, and enjoying their company. In any case, hopefully things slowly change and I decide to take control and actually go out and meet people...but at this rate, i'll probably just be sitting in my apartment feeling bad about the Crocodile Hunter being dead.

I did, however, go to a Red Sox game with my old pal Gini yesterday. The 2 o'clock game was rain delayed until about 5, and we watched 3 innings (including me scarfing down a foot long hot dog!), got bored of the impending rain delay, felt sick of sitting in misting rain (which had never even stopped in the 4 hours I was outside)...and went to an Indian restaurant to have dinner (which incidentally sucked. Why is it that no ethnic restaurants in the entire country have ever been able to capture the flavors of their home countries? Americans can't make baguettes, our cheeses can't mature, indian food is all punjabi and second rate, chinese food isn't even remotely chinese, and on and on and on. It's something I've never understood, and would very much like an answer to than "it's the water.)

School starts in two days, so the posting should start picking up and becoming at least somewhat interesting. It's equally possible that it will drop off precipitously as I get sucked into school and find myself increasingly bored and boring. (Law school DOES make it impossible to talk about anything but the law doesn't it?) But chances are it will increase. Maybe we can get into all out fights about legal doctrine.

Edit: Actually, this intransience seems to be a trend in my life. Although only spread across two cities, my transition from elementary school to high school took place over 4 years in 4 different schools in 2 cities on opposite sides of the mason dixon line.

Edit 2: Post fuckers!! Or at least post something like "still a douchebag..." just to give me some feel for whether I'm talking purely to myself or at least passably communicating something.

(New Addition: I may start posting whatever I'm drinking, listening to, watching, or whatever usually belongs in this spot....)

Drinking: the Little Penguin Vintage 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon. Surprisingly good. Not terribly subtle, and a little sweeter up front than I had expected...but I'm actually enjoying it. Of course someone will declare me a philistine and uncouth bastard who doesn't know shit about wine for praising a 7 dollar mass-produced bottle of wine...but then I'll just nod my head, agree, sip, and slowly begin turning red.