Posted 10:40 PM by Ben
The friend went away for a week and now he's back. I know I'm not negatively affected by this guy. I know I only have a legitimate room in this apartment because my parents are paying for it. It still bugs me.

Educational stuff... I start my practicum tomorrow. I am nervous but not too nervous, which is a good thing. I'll be paired up with Erin and it'll be nice knowing somebody in my classroom. I get to observe for a while, which is great because I still don't feel ready to teach. I hope this is a legitimate result of the classes I've taken and not a character defect that will never be un-defected.

I've been pouring over Google's usenet archives lately.... I just found a 131-post discussion about the rules of war as applied to World War Two. The posters may have no lives, but they attack each other with the best back-and-forth discourse I've ever seen, arguing tiny little points and gradually (possibly unintentionally) getting closer to an overall truth about the topic. It's geek heaven and it's nice knowing that if I ever have a moral question it has likely been discussed to death on an easily-accessed usenet archive.

Shopping for my practicum was a pain in the butt. If there is ever a shortage of Dockers, I could make a fortune on the black market now.

Lastly, I will just say that Collective Soul are a lot better than most people would think. They're lame, but it's a talented kind of lame and I dig the warm, happy sort-of-rock music.