it's midnight and i got nothing

all,

the title of my post says it all. but i'll leave you with a few small thoughts:

- what's wrong with the service industry? or why did i wait 1 hour in bestbuy for them to find the external hard drive that was previously purchased online and arranged for pick up? note: employees in question were shooting the breeze with one another while one of them off-and-on helped my girl and i. am i expecting too much?

- between work, errands, and my commute - where does my leisure time come in? what can america learn from other countries in order to be happier and more efficient at the same time? or is that not possible. they always say the happiest people often come from the poorest countries, why is that? i have all these little activities planned: a cooking group, reading group, cards/dominos nights and a myriad of individual projects that never seem to actually get done.

- my girl brought up a movement for white studies programs, similar to black studies, latino studies and asian studies that would deconstruct whiteness and consider whiteness as something to explore, not something automatically superior. something about that doesn't sit right with me. yes, a class on whiteness, but a whole major/minor? how can you talk about whiteness and not talk about power, heirarchy and the "status quo?" if anyone has any further info or reading, that would be cool. a quick google search didn't elicit much.

- summer seems to be officially over though it doesn't bring the same loathing as it always has. my guess is because the end of summer no longer means the start of school. does this mean i'm growing up?! i really only like the spring/summer cusp and the summer/fall cusp though - so i'm pretty shit out of luck for most of the year. i am looking forward to guilt-free hibernation in the apartment this winter.

and, finally, sorry for the lame post!

leda