June 14, 2010
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Whining followed by a love-letter to Britain
You'd think that after almost eight years of writing papers and reading textbooks I'd be sick to death of it...and you'd be right. When I finish my second masters next spring I plan on pursuing my doctorate the following Fall. Am I a glutton for punishment or is there simply a lack of better options? A little of both, I guess.
I didn't want to go to college. It seemed stupid to bury myself under $100k of debt for a degree when I didn't have any clue what I wanted to do or was good at. I told people I was going to study "psychology" because I was sick of people asking me what I was going to study at college...then I was sick of them asking what I was doing in college. I appreciated their interest in my life, it was nice to have some acknowledgment of my existence, but I heard the question time and again and I didn't have a real answer.
Bah, bored with this.
Apparently the Brits are pissed because they think the United States hates them over the Gulf Spill. Please take a moment to face-palm yourself... ... ... ...
Dear British types,
It has come to our attention that you believe our current distaste for BP and its handling of the Gulf Spill also extends to you. When we finished laughing we roundly agreed that our anger was solely for BP so unless the entirety of your nation and culture are represented by them, we are quite content with our relationship.
That being said, if you are represented by BP, you are a bunch of tea-sucking, rot-jawed, funny-walking sons of inbred monarchs and their plague-ridden whores. May your whole nation sink into the ocean and then get covered in oil slick. Do not make us send Texas over to Europe to show you what a real nation looks like.
p.s., your goalie sucks.
Your loving younger brother,
American Types
Comments (8)
hahha, nice letter.
lol Maybe you should switch to journalism. I met up with a friend on Saturday, she just got her doctorate. She's teaching at CSU.
Question for you. I have my first speech due this week. I want to take advantage of the situation and bring some awareness to people. I've narrowed it down to be based on the constitution, what we need to do to protect it, the communist goals, founding fathers intents, checks/balances, etc. Here's the question, do you think it's overkill or unacceptable even, to pass out these things:
An article demonstrating the possible absurd outcomes of regulations. (A woman was sentence to wear a tracking device for selling a goldfish to a 14 year old - a violation of animal rights)
A list recommending books and websites.
A page of quotes
A page with a brief description of political theories - Alinsky, Overton Window, Cloward and Piven
45 Communist goals
What do you think?
P.s. your goalie sucks.
I think that part may have been below the belt.
@dropsofjupiterihh - in terms of grading it's overkill but in regards to your passion and purpose for the speech then no, it's not overkill. Those who are interested will be glad for the extra info and those who aren't will, at very least, take it with them. It's certainly not unacceptable. It'll be helpful that you care about the subject as that is carried in your tone of voice and tends to draw more attention from people.
Good luck!
@escaping_logic - thanks!
@JJ_Ames - OK. Thanks!
My guess is that half of the people in this country didn't even know that BP stood for "British Petroleum" anyway.
@derektb - ha, you're probably right.
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