So it has been quite some time since I last updated. So interesting things have happened which I would like to tell you about. So I got a job at BooksAMillion here in the city. I like it. It is a ton of fun most of the time. Other times customers are rude and coworkers and managers can be a bit testy which can make a great day get demoted to being just good. Getting paid is quite nice. The other job that I have is here on campus and it is dull and boring. The people running the program are not organized and it drives me nuts. Every day it is the same ole story and every day it makes me want to frown. Oh well. Regardless of how idiotic the system is, it is still allowing me to have free housing for the summer for minimal effort.
I miss everyone tons!! Sometimes I wish I was back in good ole shreveport and then I remember that no one else is really in good ole shreveport this summer anyhow and then I am glad that I am not there sitting on my ass and bickering with my mother.
I do spend dome time sitting on my ass here in the city though not as much as in summers previous. This is primarilly because of the fact that I am working. I also have done some shopping, but nothing outlandish or outrageous. When I am sitting on my ass I am most likely reading. The mission is to read 10,000 (ten thousand) pages this summer. I still have 7,000+ pages to go. In my next update I'll give the current lists of what I have read and what I plan to read. I was motivated to this lofty goal because I realized that I have not read enough in my lifetime. There are so many great works that I have not been exposed to and I know that my university is not gonna expose them to me. So I have taken things into my own hands and plan to read some great classics and some contemporary works that are all the rage.
Besides that, I am gearing up for the Summer Institute in Diversity in Philosophy at Rutgers. From the 31st of July to the 7th of August i'll be in NJ in deep philosophical conversation with 12 other students from around the nation. The program is highly selective and I am psyched that I got chosen to go. I have made my flight reservations and all i gotta do now is the readings and pack.
Anywhoo...thats whats goin on right now. I'll tell you all more as it develops. Peace to everyone!!!!
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