how wonderful is a friday that happens to fall on wednesday? today was a lazy day (as they all tend to be). i just got back from hanging out over at matt and paul's crib, which was an interesting change of pace. we shot the shit, hung out, and watched some star trek. i think the plans call for us doing some hanging out in some sort of drinking establishment later this evening.

ahhh…the 4th of july…independence day…more reason to slack off than i really need. it's kinda scary to think that everyone is going to go outside tomorrow and blow shit up and preach about how we're gonna pave over the middle east and whatnot. aside from the big barbecue i'm hoping on having tomorrow, i'm not overly excited about the impending holiday. i'm actually getting quite sick of all the blind patriotism i see around me. flag waving rhetoric that's keeping people from taking a long hard look at our own government. it really bothered me to hear people ask "how could they do this to us?" and "what did we ever do to them?" well…i'm not going to sit here and preach the gospel of whatever, but i will say that it's no big surprise that they hate us. take a look, sometime…it's all there. true…terrorism isn't a very constructive way to have your ideals heard and paid attention to. i dont endorse in any way what happened back in september.

but i will say that it was bound to happen. it was just a matter of when. and what are we stuck with now? a halfwit president who gets to make up his own rules as he goes along. and if you don't like it? you're a terrorist. you're with them.

bullshit.