I must stop neglecting this blog!
Mood:  cool
Yes, as our seemingly-three-headed dragon friend over at Fafblog did two weeks ago, I have taken a weeklong break where no break was warranted. But The Medium Gibnir has made up for it, and so shall I, albeit not as funnily.

By the way, if you don't know what I'm talking about, you clearly need to get on the Fafblog bus. Like right now, friends. With this blog linked to my facebook.com profile, I never know who's reading it these days.

Anyway. For fear of sounding too much like a LiveJournal, I'll make a few points on the real world before launching into a boring documentation of my own marginally interesting life.

1. Hurricane Katrina. I missed the boat on slamming Bush's response to the crisis. I think it was actually my dad who noted that an evacuation plan that involves getting in the car and driving yourself out of town is not an evacuation plan. Not to mention the socioeconomic and racial inequalities the disaster so harrowingly exposed. Well this Friday there will be benefit dinners and concerts and the like. We're also accepting about 25 students whose colleges have closed to study here. Good job Yale.

2. The California statelegislature passed a bill legalizing gay marriage! It's only of secondary importance that Arnold's going to terminate the bill; the landmark has been made. Yeah, that's my state! Unfortunately for the fruits, the nuts are in charge this time.

3. RIP Rehnquist. And John Roberts...eh, as long as Scalia's not chief justice, things could still get worse. I think.

4. And now from the Department of Bad Timing: The Bush budget gets voted on the week of September 20th, and if passed the Arctic Refuge will get the axe, setting a precedent for opening up pretty much any place imaginable for drilling. So four busloads of Yalies are joining students from all over in what might become the biggest environmental rally in history. Unfortunately, with headlines like "Gas Supply Falls to Lowest Point in Five Years," it might be a hard sell.

So it goes.

Like I said: middle of story. Good things coming. Like maybe in a few decades.

Right?