RE:surrection

12 year-old Charles: The word erection is in the title if you look for it.

Adult Charles: I write from the library while i should be working on my thesis. Revisions are such a pain in the ass. It's always been so much easier for me to be flawless.

Earlier i read a blog entry of a Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV), and she laid out a timeline for the invitation process. I took away two things: (1) don't worry about seeing that invite until the beginning of August, and (2) maybe i should start using my blog again - get everyone back in the swing before i leave.

Unrelated to Weather.. or much of anything.

Whenever i read or hear the word Hamas, I don't think "terrorism" or even "Palestine." When I hear Hamas all i can think is, "delicious with pita bread."

WTF, Mate?!

This Midwest weather is crazy, and the Midwesterners seem to think this is normal. I think they've had too much corn.
After writing a paper for several hours, i went out last night. When i came home at about 5 a.m. the weather was nice. It was breezy but the temperature was about 55 degrees. The high yesterday was 63, and i was wearing shorts and a t-shirt all day. I went to bed and woke up a couple hours ago to a frigid draft coming in the window above my head. I turned on my computer and checked the weather - knowing it was cold outside and i didn't want to use the trusty stick-your-head-out-the-door method of weather analysis - and it is 18 degrees and the windchill makes it feel like it's 4 degrees. 4 degrees?! The low tonight is going to be 5 degrees (not windchill). Flex some super-simple math muscle: that's a nearly 60 degree swing in less than 36 hours. I'm thinking this is bananas and my friends are like, "welcome to Kansas" as if this is some normal gig. Weirdos.
Oh, and to top it off, yesterday was the anniversary of Icepocalypse. Don't remember Icepocalypse? Here are some pictures from last year's electricity ending event:

My Body is Awake

Do you think it's a sign of some sort of metal illness when i start rewarding myself with basic human needs (i.e. sleep)? 

If you're a good boy and you write x pages then you can go to sleep for three hours before you have to wake up and do it all again. 

I think anorexics do something similar with food. I hope you're properly preparing for an intervention. Good nightmorning.

Proposition 8

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