I know, I know, this has been a long time coming. Read the rest of this entry »
I know, I know, this has been a long time coming. Read the rest of this entry »
Caving was amazing. Fantastic. I left without taking any anti-anxiety medication, unlike last time. I also didn’t bring any along with me. I was going to do this on my own. And I did. I pushed myself at several key points during the trip, and turned back at a really reasonable place. I contorted my body into unnatural shapes and slithered around like the most awkward snake ever. I spent between five and six hours underground. Read the rest of this entry »
Alright, folks, it all comes down to this. My last semester of undergraduate studies. And it is going to effing rock. I’ve at least visited with all of my instructors, even if I’ve not had all my classes [Civic Engagement will meet next week]. Read the rest of this entry »
This is the last weekend before I embark on my last semester of undergraduate studies. In a few months, unless something goes terribly awry, I will join the masses of the underemployed scrabbling to make a living in this shitconomy. Don’t get me started on how much I dislike that we exist in a consumerist society that seems to drift towards capitalism, because then I’d also have to talk about why I don’t really like the commonly-held-antithesis of capitalism, either. Read the rest of this entry »
Lots of our discussion in our Commodities and International Conflicts class over the past week or so has centred on medical uses for drugs, and the abuse of prescription drugs. At some point the professor made a point of going over the fact that “mature capitalism” and our society as it is today contributes a lot to the rise of mental health issues. I am not disputing this fact; technology brings destructive power and the power to disseminate knowledge of that destructive power. What frustrates me about what he said was more how he said it; there was an almost-dismissive tone in his voice, as if to echo what people with anxiety and depression issues should just “get over it”.
Believe me: if I could, I would. [The next paragraph could potentially be triggering [SI], so it gets a cut. Ha ha pun.]
