Career Advice

Apply now for the LAPD! Never are there enough police officers to patrol the good streets of Los Angeles, making sure the neighborhoods are safe. Oh, and don't forget the ludicrous amounts of money you can make on the side! All the denizens of the precinct are always willing to shell out a bit of "protection" money to keep their activities discreet. What cop couldn't use a little extra? Do you really want your kids to go to just some state school? Of course not! Only the best for the next generation. Sign up today! Hope you all have your high school diplomas, because that's all you'll need. Even better, they start paying you the day you enter the academy.

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65 Years Later...

Today is December 7th, 2006, the 65th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. To this day, it remains the most devastating attack on American soil. Let us pause for a moment today to remember those who perished that day and during the ensuing war.

"Higher" Education

College is not all it's cracked up to be, folks. Really, after being at UC Davis for over a month now, it's quite obvious that college is nothing but high school with more drinking and more drugs but less studying and no parents. True, there are exceptions to this generality. However, a majority of the people I've seen devote their time to "all play and no work".

Honestly, why have we come to college? Are we not here first and foremost to learn, to educate ourselves for future careers? Of course recreation is an important part of any person's life, but it simply seems that many of the students I encounter place very little weight on their schoolwork. What a pity.

I look forward to Christmas break.

Recovery

Acceptance is the first step to recovery. Acceptance of the event that has occured, acceptance of human nature, acceptance of the obvious. Few happenings could ever seem more influential than a series of events that has transpired, but they should be taken at face value for what they truly are: nothing more than occurences and the past, rather than depression to dwell over. Life is not about micromanagement; the big picture is the most important, what happens in the long run and how to predict and prevent the past from repeating itself instead of brooding on what "could have been done" earlier.

Now run along and go buy all of John Legend's albums.