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Monday... ehhh
Jan. 31st, 2005 01:37 pmIt's a day off. (Yay)
It's miserably cold and and drizzly outside. (ick) We have a PT test tomorrow. (ick ick ick)
As tomorrow is going to be mostly eaten by Army stuff, my motivation level for today is ... low. Very low. Barely above zero.
Glad to see that elections in Iraq went well. Hopefully this contributes to the country getting to a place where we can pull our troops back somewhat. Not holding my breath, much. As much as I may feel we shouldn't have gone over there, we can't leave until things are put back into order. Hopefully, nothing else gets started. The old lesson about putting your toys away before starting a new game applies to a lot of adult life as well.
Read the updated (2003) edition of Price of Honor by Jan Goodwin, on the life behind the veil. I don't have to exagerrate by saying that I was appalled. Some of the stories related are, simply appalling. The book seems a little more biased against Islam, although the point is made numerous times that the problems for women do not come from the Koran itself, but from the men who interpret the Koran. The book, Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks, seems a little more even, but it also seems as if Goodwin may have kept more of a personal distance from the subjects than Brooks did. They're both good, although Price was definitely not a cheery, uplifting book. I had to go reread The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer to clean the literary palate, so to speak. Which is probably good, because I would have been most annoyed had I dropped my large book into the bath-water. Luckily, the Heyer didn't get too wet, and it seems to have dried out nicely.
I need to try and get some writing and correspondance courses done, as my 2 online classes start on 7 Feb. I am not sure how much time they're going to take up.
After the PT test tomorrow, starting the spring organization of my storage closet, seeing if I need anything for my TDY (hopefully coming soon). I'm supposed to know by the 8th, but I wouldn't be surprised if they tell me at 1630 on the 8th. Army bureaucracy, gotta love it.
And reading the news, I'm *quite* disturbed by this : http://story.news.yahoo.com/newstmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=4&u=/ap/20050131/ap_on_re_us/students_first_amendment
Relevant portions and discussion in cut HERE : ( Read more... )
This is sad.
DV
It's miserably cold and and drizzly outside. (ick) We have a PT test tomorrow. (ick ick ick)
As tomorrow is going to be mostly eaten by Army stuff, my motivation level for today is ... low. Very low. Barely above zero.
Glad to see that elections in Iraq went well. Hopefully this contributes to the country getting to a place where we can pull our troops back somewhat. Not holding my breath, much. As much as I may feel we shouldn't have gone over there, we can't leave until things are put back into order. Hopefully, nothing else gets started. The old lesson about putting your toys away before starting a new game applies to a lot of adult life as well.
Read the updated (2003) edition of Price of Honor by Jan Goodwin, on the life behind the veil. I don't have to exagerrate by saying that I was appalled. Some of the stories related are, simply appalling. The book seems a little more biased against Islam, although the point is made numerous times that the problems for women do not come from the Koran itself, but from the men who interpret the Koran. The book, Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks, seems a little more even, but it also seems as if Goodwin may have kept more of a personal distance from the subjects than Brooks did. They're both good, although Price was definitely not a cheery, uplifting book. I had to go reread The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer to clean the literary palate, so to speak. Which is probably good, because I would have been most annoyed had I dropped my large book into the bath-water. Luckily, the Heyer didn't get too wet, and it seems to have dried out nicely.
I need to try and get some writing and correspondance courses done, as my 2 online classes start on 7 Feb. I am not sure how much time they're going to take up.
After the PT test tomorrow, starting the spring organization of my storage closet, seeing if I need anything for my TDY (hopefully coming soon). I'm supposed to know by the 8th, but I wouldn't be surprised if they tell me at 1630 on the 8th. Army bureaucracy, gotta love it.
And reading the news, I'm *quite* disturbed by this : http://story.news.yahoo.com/newstmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=4&u=/ap/20050131/ap_on_re_us/students_first_amendment
Relevant portions and discussion in cut HERE : ( Read more... )
This is sad.
DV
