. . . puts launchcast to shame . . .

zeitgeist: parody, eh?
hammer and stirrup: I really need a new mingus album.
webby: zubbles

I am behind in every course, but I have found several new webbly things that I enjoy, so on the whole I guess things are going pretty well.

The preceding sentence is one about which the majority of this blog entry's thought should be.

More to come.

Things said in drama class, where we are learning 'networking'.

"If there is someone you need to meet who you cannot approach directly, a good tactic is to talk to their guest and act really friendly to their guest, and then they'll introduce you and he'll trust you because you were introduced by someone he trusts."

"Don't think of it as making friends, think of it as making connections."

"Really, as an actor, you have to get work; if that means using everyone you know and everyone you meet, then that's what it takes."

chomskying at the bit

For my World Issues term paper, I have been attempting to research free trade/globalization economics pretty deeply. I have found that all the pro~ books are solid economic texts by solid economists, which I in no way disagree with. All of the anti~ books are hyperbolically written, shakily defended, full of assumption and presumption, and coloured by heartstring-tugging anecdotal evidence.

The problem with economic books is that they focus on increases in aggregate wealth, and not in general welfare. It is acknowledged (and promptly glossed over, might I add) that an increase in aggregate wealth may not change the distribution, or may very easily affect the distribution negatively, leading to a negative impact in general welfare.

Being a bleeding-heart left-wing high-school humanist, I see this intentional, reluctantly admitted oversight as momentous. Yet, not a single anti~ person (so far as I have found) has written an objective, academic, economically solid book dealing with it. It seems that all we are capable of is venomous, ill-informed, economically and statistically weak propaganda sheets.

If I'm still thinking this way in a degree or two, I may be forced to take some economics classes and remedy this. If any of you find a book that addresses this well, please pass it on. Again, I'm a silly naive high-school student making broad assumptions based on limited knowledge and understanding; I'm vastly undereducated and underread, so I welcome help from better-qualified people.

Also, those people breaking windows in Seattle really weren't helping. They should read some books.

Listening: A French rapper and a jazz bassist - Un ange en danger

I have failed horribly at the art of the mass email.
I have filled inboxes with unnecessary reply-alls, and I have replied individually where I ought to have replied-all.
I have, most greivously of all, sent this in my ignorance to those who ought not have received it, and not sent it to those who ought to have received it.
I am truly sorry and I humbly repent for these my misdoings.
Have mercy on me and forgive me, that I may. . . .

Alright, I got nothing. So I'm bad at knowing what email address is what person. What're y'all gonna do about it?