Update October 30th!!

Finally....an update
Hello World! How is everyone. I know, I know, I have been a real slacker with the updates, but... well I have four essays due this week, so this update will be the only one for at least some time. I am however, going to Scotland this weekend, so it will be a good way to celebrate finishing these essays. I will be going to Edinburgh, and we will take the train, which is around a four hour journey. That should be very nice, because I will finally get to see a little more of the countryside. And the ticket was dirt cheap, just around 45 US dollars round trip.

Now, on to what I should have updates before. It has been almost a week since I updated. We won our second basketball game againts Brunel, a team which plays its home games way out by Heathrow Airport. On our way to the game, our train stopped in between stops in the and being an underground train, we were all a little concerned and very claustrophobic. It was a good five minutes before the train began moving but what worried us most was the fact that our conductor spoke on the loudspeaker and told us that he didn't know what the problem was. WONDERFUL!! He concluded that he "hoped that it didn't hurt our travel plans." I appreciated the concern. We laughed.

The delay put us at the game fifteen minutes late, but it didn't really matter. We began the game without some of our taller players, so I had to play a little bit of center and power forward. It almost reminded me of high school days. Except for the fact that this time we won by 35 points, instead of losing by that same amount. Two of our players, Kamba and Jihan, who both played Division 1 basketball before coming to the LSE, scored a combined 71 points. The rest of the team scored 27. It was a lot of fun.

Since that game, which was on Wednesday, I have gotten myself aquainted with the innermost crevices of the BLPES, our very fancy, and soon to be moved library. The library is currently located 15 minutes from school, because they are remodeling its permanent home. With four essays to do, I spent most of my days in back rooms, resisting the urge to visit Espn.com.

My essays, for those that are interested, are as follows. For my class on Vietnam, I am arguing that Lyndon Baines Johnson should have chosen between his Great Society Plans or the war. For my Morality and Values class, I am comparing the justifications of the state of both Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. For my class on British Political Ideas, I am delving into the mind of libertarian Herbert Spencer and his work, The Man Versus The State. And Finally, for my class on The Ethics of War, I haven't figured it out yet. All of these are due by Friday.

I spent part of my afternoon today filling out my absentee voting ballot, which I hope to have in the mail by tomorrow. ROCK THE VOTE!

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