1. Finally got some allergy medicine. I might actually be able to see where I'm going, and not have to sneeze every 5 minutes.
2. The week so far in school has been good. My classes are easy, but doing them and full-time work is going to be tough. I think I'm up to the challenge.
3. Payday
4. Met up with a friend from last year's classes. I had no idea she was married, let alone 24 years old. I pegged her at 19. I suck at guessing female ages.
5. It's hard to be upbeat when I think about what's going on down there in New Orleans. My friend says "Civilization is only skin deep." I'd like to argue that point. Among the thousands stranded living under terrible conditions, MOST people are still civil. You have some fools out there looting VCRs and unimportant goods in waist-deep water. What the hell? What good is a VCR if there's no electricity? And those fools out there shooting at rescue victims ought to be shot themselves. Tragic events can bring out the scum of the earth, but they can also bring out the best in people. Help *is* on its way, and people are being rescued. I was talking to a friend at work, one who has spent time in the military, and he agrees that the logistics of getting forces in there to save people is daunting, especially when most of the area is a lake. However, he also says it's going to take a lot more than 8000 soldiers to restore order. Do we have enough to do it? Good question. Our politicians say we do, despite many of them being in Iraq and Afghanistan. At this point we can only hope, and pray.

The poo-list- A list of people and groups who think they're helping.
1. Eco-wackos. damn fools are blaming Bush for the hurricane. As if signing a treaty to cripple our economy would have stopped destructive hurricanes.
2. Charles Schumer(D)NYS. Releasing the Strategic Reserve isn't going to drop gas prices. There's plenty of oil, it's the gasoline supply that's the problem. Idiot.
3. Hillary Clinton(D)NYS. Investigating price gouging? THIS WON'T MAKE MORE GASOLINE. Useless in year 5 as she was in year 1.
4. Bill Nelson(D)FL. He thinks freezing the price of gasoline will help. IT WON'T MAKE MORE GASOLINE. He also warns that Republicans will try to get more oil drilling in Florida. Again...THIS WON'T MAKE MORE GASOLINE.

I think its about time politicians were required to take Economics 101. There hasn't been a refinery built in this country in 20 years and we wonder why oil providers increase the output but the price doesn't go down. All our refineries were working at capacity. Now Katrina took out 25% of our refineries. What do you think is going to happen?