"POUR SOME SUGAR ON MEEEE..."

I went to see The Senate tonight and came away enlightened, uplifted and invigorated as per usual. I am telling you, those three kids never fail to disappoint. And they are ten times better live, like all great bands. Also, let me just reassure you of my earnest enthusiasm for The Senate...I tend to love everything that I like. As Chloe says, I am a very polarized person in terms of my opinions of things. BUT, if I were one of those not-so-passionate people who merely likes what they like and loves only things that they view as spectacularly superior, I would still be HEAD OVER HEELS for The Senate (as a band, bitches, not infatuation with the actual band members who seem to be fairly awesome people, I just don't happen to be in love with any one of them).

Pshaw. Silly Libertarians. They had a front-page article in the Daily today that reaffirmed their rank in my list of things I have opinions on in the world. They are currently just below anything that is made with yerbe matte (sp?), which it turns out is not so yummy. Anyway, they decided to *gasp* withdraw from ASUW as a statement of their outrage at the recent Senate resolution that supported the extension of the student conduct code off campus. This understandably would make a lot of students angry, but only if you don't understand the issue. The issue was that Rep. Ed Murray gave the UW an ultimatum: make your own off-campus conduct code or get a legislature-mandated one that even Speaker Chopp was said to be pushing. Given that, supporting a University-created off campus conduct code that students could help write was the lesser of two evils, and every politically savvy Student Senator could understand that.

So not only are the UW Libertarians decidedly politically unsavvy, they now have also chosen to be dramatic and attempt to better support civil liberties by leaving the one democratic institution of the UW. Sorry guys, I think political realism and the whole concept of a democratic representation trumps publicity stunt statements that come complete with snarky-looking pictures of the VP for outreach for the UW Libertarians. Hmph.

Mmmm. I had a bowl of berries and cream sitting right next to my heater (made specifically with French Vanilla coffee creamer) and now my whole room smells like I imagine the castle in Beauty and the Beast would (in the warmish, lovely areas, at least...not the off-limits area with the rose).





"Well I've accepted now home may never exist
It's a Pacific sized myth with an Atlantic twist
You've got to anchor yourself if you don't want to drift
But it's never been so clear
Girl I want you here"
-The Senate (Ocean Song, Nicholas Drummond)