I would really like to get through a month of blogging without taking a week-long break from it, but once again I failed to have been inspired by much of anything lately. I think this is perhaps symptomatic of my seemingly endless sojourn in quarter-life limbo. I’ve applied to graduate now, though, so at least I feel like I have a real springboard to move on and out, and if I get into that French program it’s very likely that I won’t return for a very,very long time.

A few things I wanted to talk about though:

  • Obama backtracked on repealing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy for gays serving in the U.S. military. Yet another disappointment for the LGBT down south. Canada not only allows gays to serve openly in the military, but actually allows gay wedding ceremonies to happen on military bases. Get your shit together, Obama. The studies have been done. End the madness.
  • A woman was set on fire outside a stripclub in Tarzana. Setting aside any potential feminist issues here, that is just an incredibly heinous act. How cruel does one have to be, how detached from reality, in order to douse another human being in lighter fluid and throw a match on them? This was apparently the result of a personal argument between the woman and two of the bar’s patrons. However, there was also the case of a homeless man who suffered a similar fate in October of last year, which seems to indicate that people will do this kind of thing pretty randomly. Let’s not have this be the start of a new trend, please.
  • On a much, much lighter note, tunethousandnine continues its glorious release streak. I plan on busting out a bunch of mini-reviews of albums soon, but it’s been damn hard to keep up with the amount of quality aural candy out there.
  • I will be soon be training on the video side of That’s Entertainment, thus solidifying my status in the Bowtie Brigade and hopefully picking up more hours during the week. Make money, save money, leave. It’s all coming together.