I finally went through and read people's journals again. It's been a while so I felt it was time. Today was no where near as useful for me as I had wanted it to be. I'm studying for tests but I wanted so much more from today and it just didn't happen. I avoided my schoolwork like the plague. I studied for one of my tests but I have another to study for AND I have to write a paper yet. It's due Monday (possibly moved to Wednesday) and I just need to start cracking.
I'm extraordinarily fatigued today. It's really incredible. I just have not been getting enough sleep. I'm stressed -- self inflicted I might add. I just want to do anything but solve the problem. Logical? I think not ... but far from abnormal.
I'll be honest ... I want to hang out with people. More specifically, Michelle and Gretchen. Good times. I'm not saying everyone else is less favorite but I haven't seen Michelle in what seems like ages (2 weeks I think) and Gretchen I just hate but we hang out anyway just out of spite.
At one point I had wanted to do a friend post (much like Dan has if you look at his xanga from my list). I wanted to go down the list and tell everyone what I think of them and whatnot. Reality sets in though ... I don't have time for it at all. Not in the slightest. All I have time for is sleeping and working on school work at this point. The end of the semester will be here before I know it and I am slacking off (no more than usual but every semester I think it's more than usual). I wish I could do what I say, "I'll get the assignment and finish it in a week and hand it in." I could theoretically do it but I never do.
I was thinking about something today and am unsure of the logic. It's not meant to be argued but more just thought about. Those that support abortion (probably more along the lines of partial birth abortion than just abortion in general) would be the ones that I have the "question" for. In any case, I was reading about the Scott Peterson trial and how he is being tried for double murder ... the murder of Laci and the unborn child. My question is ... why do we find abortion "OK" but if a guy kills someone who is pregnant, they are tried for double murder? The child in the womb is not a child yet, is it? Now don't get me wrong -- Scott should be tried for double murder and if he did it, he should be convicted and sent away for it. However, my question lies in why would a pregnant mother's death lead to a double murder count but an abortion doesn't lead to a single murder count? In either case a child has died. Either he/she is a child or he/she isn't ... now like I said, this is more for the partial birth abortion people that believe that to be OK. I realize Laci was not in the first trimester and do not know what the law says about a newly pregnant mother being murdered but I'm curious to hear the logic behind this. I'm not trying to start an argument, I'm curious (although clearly biased) about why one is OK but the other is murder even if the child is in the same stage of pregnancy.
Anyway, just something I was tossing around in my head today. For the record, I have decided that abortion is acceptable under very limited circumstances (rape, health of mother, and the like) but is otherwise murder without cause. Think of the rape and health clause like "self-defense" where you can legally murder someone if they are posing a significant threat to your own life.
I know I have some pro-choice readers out there so if anyone could offer insight into why it is OK when it's a physical choice but not in the case of murder where the baby is a bystander.
I think I'll go to bed early tonight ... do some studying tomorrow or something. We'll see but I'm getting quite tired. Have a good night and don't be offended by my posts -- it isn't my purpose. Just trying to gain insight while being biased at the same time.
2 comments:
Sleep sounds like a good idea.
Have you ever tried doing your school work to classical (real) music? I always found Bach helpful.
I just spent an hour doing something really mean. I made a neat little animated gif that featured the words "Chuck, and "Gretchen," and a more or less throbbing Valentine's day heart with a floral background. I was going to insert it here but the upload to my host derailed. Oh well, maybe another time.
Also, I like to convert text articles to synthisized speech to listen to while I work. I've been doing your archive, as you write rather well and seem to having interesting things to say. In response to something you enered once, yes someone did in fact notice that you had typed in "fart." Tsk tsk!
Having something interesting to listen to keeps me going at the Forest Service, or the Power Plant, or at the jail, or in the ambulance. I hope you don't mind the use of your writting. If you like, I'll send you an MP3 file to see what you think. Of course now I'll probably always picture you sounding like the synthetic voice my computer uses.
And don't feel any sense of pressure to catch up your school work. Don't let thoughts of the needs young people, many not yet even born, for inspired teachers to keep their fragile lives from going astray discomfort you. Let not concern over the impact that poor scholastic perfomance would have upon your parents, clergyman, friends, or teachers rob you of a moment of peace. Oh well, this is getting pretty thick. I've probably done enough damage and caused enmity.
Quote for the day, "Profound giants walked amoung men, altering the courses of lives and filling corners of the earth with a strange penetrating light. They altered the counsels of the mighty and healed the wounds of a million vicious evils. They were all but invisible and neglected by the plans of those thought great among the nations. They were called simply 'nice people' by the all but blind masses that they ministered to."
ArmeagusGo be a giant Chuck.
i've decided to give you an extra little comment to remind you of my hatred for you. i wouldnt want you to forget that. so anyway. see you tomorrow.
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