Time...

...is the fire in which we burn. There is no better indicator of that than tonight. Greg and I had a discussion about philosophies on life. I lean more towards enlightenment, and I would venture that he leans more towards hedonism (egoist hedonism at that). I have done very little of the reading I need to do, so I'll have to finish the rest tomorrow at work. Hopefully I'll be able to get most if it done--God willing I'll get all of it done. I need to ensure that I can answer the questions in the book for tomorrow night's class. I'm just disappointed that Deb won't be there tomorrow night. I'm going to miss her insight and companionship in class. It beats sitting by myself trying to figure out the rest of the people in my class.

Next Monday is going to be a holiday. I couldn't wish for anything better, I could use the extra day off, especially for sleeping in. It'll eliminate Monday morning from the equation; but Tuesday will end up being the equivalent--it never fails how much work pops up after a weekend off, whether it be 2 or 3 days. Hell, sometimes after just a night of sailing and ignoring the world things pop up to deal with. It makes me want to keep my cell phone turned off and not turn it back on.

I haven't finished my reading for class tomorrow night yet. Instead I'm watching the Republican National Convention, and am quite disgusted by it, too. I fear that the Republicans believe they are so moral that they will supress everyone else and force them into a society where arrest and prosection for disagreement with the government will become the norm. We need to turn that tide and take back the bill of rights and our civil liberties. If we don't, we are going to taint our future and bring us back into the dark ages. If we keep up this conservative turn, we're going eventually lose our civil liberties and our freedom of choice--and we'll be a country governed by fear.

Anyway, I'm going to sign off for now. Need sleep....