President Bush commuted Scooter Libby's sentence a few days ago. I guess it's OK to break the law and expose CIA agents, as long as you're one of the Bush administration's cronies. Just another in the long line of outrages from President Bush.

Oh, how different the world would have been, if Al Gore had won...  

President Bush, I've been reading about how you commuted Libby's sentence today, and I just have a few questions I need to ask you: 

How much more, Mr. President?

How much more are you going to walk all over the American people?

How many more times are you going to ignore our wants and our values?

How many more of America's children are you going to ask for?

How many more enemies do you need to make for our country?

How many more times are you going to spit on our Constitution?  

Now, I'm just a lowly college student... not yet old enough to have made a name for myself. I still have much to learn about... pretty much everything, but I would like to think that the President of this country I love strives to represent even my wishes; to protect even my values, as well as my well-being. But when I read about your actions and hear about what you've done... I feel sad, Mr. President. I feel sad, because of all the brave men and women who are fighting to fulfill your own personal agenda. I feel sad because I hear about how everyone else hates what America has become, even other Americans.

I  don't understand it. I don't understand why you've done these things. I don't understand why you can't seem to feel the frustration that you've caused. 

I'm in Chemistry hell... 

Song of the day: "Help Yourself" by Amy Winehouse

I took some time to reflect on my life currently, and I realized just how devoid of human contact it is. When I was growing up, I remember my friends being everything to me. I used to hang out with them every chance I got, sort of like a "band of brothers" deal. It was often rare to see me at home, because I was always jumping to the "next thing": going to parties, eating at diners with friends, catching the latest movie... you know the whole deal.

Now, the majority of my day to day conversations seem to happen over the phone or through e-mails. It's strange, because I interact with a good number of people... I just don't see any of them.They're not just a bunch of online relationships either (people I solely met online). In fact, all of them are people I used to hang out with quite frequently before in college. It's just, after we all graduated, we've all been busy with our own lives... and just don't really have time to "hang out." One of my other friends felt the same way: she only sees her "close friends," people she used to hang out with several times a week, just a few times a year. Does anyone else find this to be the case?

Today, for instance, I got e-mails from two college friends, and a random phone call from someone who wanted my opinion on what model car she should get. I probably converse with all three friends, in some way, several times a week, but I haven't seen two of them in months.

I think it's strange that I can be talking with people all the time, but still be completely alone. The only people I see regularly are my parents.... and probably the workers at the local Borders that I study at (don't talk to them, though, since I'm there to study). I think technology plays a part in that; the internet and cell phone have just made it too easy to get lazy about maintaining contact. It's not the only reason though: everyone I know just lives too far away to visit regularly, and we're all too busy trying to build a career to afford going out and goofing off everyday.

The odd thing is, I don't feel lonely. If I was living like this as a teenager, I think I would have felt devastated, but it doesn't bother me these days. I guess I'm too busy with all my schoolwork to really stop and think about it... well, until now that is.

I don't want to make it sound like I'm a complete hermit. I do go out every couple weeks with a friend or two... I just don't see any particular group of people regularly; I don't have that solid group of friends anymore. I feel like the dynamics of friendship have changed in my life. It's completely different than what it was just a few years ago. I guess I'm just not as reliant on friends as I used to be. I'm more concerned, right now, with making a life for myself. I'm worried about getting financially secure.

Maybe it's only a temporary thing, though. Now that my parents are slowing down with work, they've started "hanging out" with friends a lot these days. Who knows, maybe I'm just in a point in my life where I have more important things to think about than eating at the local Denny's with a few friends.

Bleh, pointless drivel.

P.S. Transformers is coming out this Wednesday. Are you ready?