Beyond the Realm of Fairness

For the record, I would like to state that the concept of homework over the weekend is satanic. Honestly, homework in general is distasteful, but I understand the need for it. I would also advocate a longer school year or simply a longer day in exchange for no homework whatsoever. Not only does it run contrary to how work and the real world work, it creates unnecessary stress and whatnot. Certainly essay-worthy fodder, but I'll stash this for later.

Cross Country for the rest of the season is up in the air, but won't be by about 1:40 tomorrow afternoon. We'll see how it goes; honestly, I'd like to keep running at least for this season, but if I don't get an A on the Chem Exam, I don't know that I really have much choice.

The great video game crunch is beginning, just as school is starting to get hairy. I've nearly put BioShock to bed, which will be a great help, but then God of War 2 is still waiting to be finished off, and Shadow of the Colossus hasn't even been started. Throw into that that arrival of Eternal Sonata, and the beast that I dare not name, and it's going to be an interesting string of weekends. Halo 3 has gotten an interesting mix of reviews that seem to divide sharply between nearly perfect and pretty good but not great. Understandable, given the hype, and my personal feeling is that I will likely fall in line with the more "meh" group rather than the Halo 3 praise band. I may buy it, eventually, but I think for now I may sit on my hands. I really don't have the time to invest in multiplayer of any variety, and hence I haven't picked up Warhawk yet. Heavenly Sword still needs to be polished off, but considering that it's supposed to be a rather brief experience, that shouldn't be much of an issue.

I've more or less given up on Ulysses, which is sad, because I really do want to read it, however there are two factors conspiring against the endeavor. One is the total lack of time to do any free reading, which is not a surprise (a side note: I have just realized for horrendous this year will get when we finally start reading novels in Am Lit). Only chewing on 10 pages or so every week makes it very difficult to keep track of what is going on in any story, and this is especially problematic with something as convoluted as Ulysses. Additionally, there is the edition issue. Easton Press books are very nice to look at, but not necessarily the most readable. The French dashes instead of quotation marks are extremely problematic in a book of this nature, never mind simply being annoying in the first place. I may try to get a normal version, but until then, I'll shelve this guy for now.

I'm thinking a vest would look rather nice for Homecoming, so I just need to secure a date...Hmm. Part of the problem, as I mentioned in the Other Book, is that I'm not feeling entirely up to it...At least my options have more or less narrowed themselves down to a single person, but nonetheless...I wish my skies were slightly more cloudy than they are at present. Honestly, I've been feeling rather crappy in general - dissatisfied with school, friends, everything in general. A weekend to completely relax would do me wonders, but that's never going to happen until, well, Thanksgiving, at least.

- Veracity Out -