Regular Chronicles, Hypocrisy, Et Cetera

There aren't really any burning blog topics to write about (actually there are but they fall into one of two categories: A) I'm still mulling them over in my head to formulate the best vicious attack on this issue, and/or B) I am currently not a liberty to discuss them). Therefore, I'll bore you with another routine entry of las cosas típicas.

In terms of speech and debate, I've gone quite thoroughly insane. I'm converting my radio commentary into an oratory piece (8-10 min. memorized persuasive), and I'm doing extemp, quite possibly the most challenging event. Extemp is where you have 30 minutes to prepare a 7-8 min. informative speech on a political topic with all sources cited and no notes. It will be fun, for sure. After I decided that, I had an invigorating discussion with Ian Rocker on oration and political correctness. It became very clear to me that he is highly discriminatory against middle-class suburban housewives, so beware! He made very derogatory comments as to their intellectual abilities, que terrible! And then he denied it. Speaking of invigorating discussions, we had a very interesting discussion on the etymology of very vulgar words in English. So make sure you remind Kadish of this when he starts talking about "The Big Lebowski". And then there's MUN. Kvitka is still in Russia making a documentary on Gorbachev, so Ian and I have been whipping these little simpletons of club members into shape for credentialing and the conference. I think that about 90% of the people in MUN are new for this year, so it's very difficult to have the same level of enthusiasm as in previous years. It will be better next year though. Szymkowiak will be gone, but Ian and I will (hopefully) be on the Security Council practicing our megolomania and veto power. I can only hope that we're Russia so we can bring the past into the present by banging our shoes on the table. I'm in the General Assembly for Saudi Arabia this year though, which is pretty cool. I will get to take the most retrogressive, awful opinions on everything.

In lesser news, I had a physics test today, which I believe I did well on, although that concerns me. I had a US History test on which I got a 97%, and an English test on which I may have missed one question, putting me around a 95%. I'm translating Hemingway, writing a research paper on cold fusion, and reading some top-notch Huxley (not Brave New World). Speaking of which, I recommend that everyone read or reread all the dystopias you get your grubby little hands on. They're one of the greatest things ever. Especially read Farenheit 451: A) Because I'm reading it, and B) Because it's more relevant than the other dystopias I've read. It succeeds because it doesn't envision such an extreme world. Although burning books may seem extreme at first, it's not really as unlikely as the first impression compels one to believe: i.e. the Nazis burned books; it definately can happen. Speaking of Farenheit, it is the worst thermometric system I can possibly envision. Please, please, for the love of all that is sane in this world, use centigrade and kelvin. I'm not trying to "undermine the moral fabric of society", but merely to halt latent stupidity in society. Hah! that's what I'm really undermining: stupidity.

In conclusion, I would like to give previews for upcoming blog entries: gay marriage: the possible constitutional amendment and why I am on the verge of strangling myself as I write this; and then there will be an analysis of something so huge, so bad (for some of us), and something that I am currently not at liberty to discuss. Oh, and I can't rule out some random Esperanto here and there: Vivu Esperanton ĉar ĝi ne nur estas la plej bonega lingvo en la mondo, sed mia amiko bona ankaŭ diris "Esperanto" en ŝia parolo ĉe la paroldebatturniro! Nu, fartu bone! Ĝis. Kaj jes, mi estas penanta akiri regon super la tutmondo per mia lingvo malbonega. Do, havu atentadon!