Let's Talk About the Weather

Pathetic Fallacy in Macebeth is when the weather mirrors the human emotions and events in the play, as the constant storms and rain accompany unrest and inner turmoil. Sometimes, I see this happening in this wacky little town I'm in. First, an unending downpour that soaks you after 10 seconds, then an incessant drizzle and mist that makes the outside a drab and miserable experience. Today, a blue sky with an oppressively hot sun that tears all the moisture out of everything, followed by the return of the drizzle, then at sunset a hot and dusty wind that knocks you off your feet. The confusion and wonder at my new life are reflected in the weather. I'm from New York, so I have experience with unpredictable weather, but this past week has just been outright ridiculous.

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Never Forget

So, apparently the governor of Pennsylvania passed a law that says it is illegal to smoke a cigarette in any public place. This includes outdoors on college campuses.

9-11-08: Never Forget
The day the smokers died.

I speak on behalf of the majority of my fellow smokers when I say: Bitch-motherfucker.

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Misanthropy Strikes Again

I am surrounded by fools and peasants. The immense ignorance of those who attend this University continues to astound me. The particular group that has aroused my ire this particular time are LARPers, a group that infests the campus with their foolish pride in a hobby which is shunned by most of the role-playing community.

Why, dear God why? These people fight with foam swords and take pride in being a blood-elf or other such bastardization of Tolkein's creation and then think to have any self-respect? The shame should crush their pathetic little minds. Their very existence works to fuel my apathy towards succeeding in a world where people like this can breathe without being mercilessly pounded by the relentless waves of guilt that should accompany their actions.

Yes, I'm judgmental, but their very presence causes me to shudder in shame that they live on the same planet I do.

A New World

So, I just read my own post on The Manifesto from 4 months ago. How so much has changed, in so short a time. How much more cynical and tainted by wisdom I've become.

I'm in college now, a freshman at a nameless institution of higher learning, majoring in Religious Studies. I'm fairly positive about the future, which is odd behavior for me in general, but this is a new world and I'll welcome it with open arms while challenging it at every step.

~ Rose of Montague

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