[LHIA] Living Hell Isn’t Alive

Being the los—winner I am , I’ve decided to do something productive this summer. “Productive” seems to imply that I’ll be preparing myself in some way for my future (although it could also imply I’ll be spewing out babies this summer, but…nah, I’ll pass). You could say this sort of productive is preparing myself, in the sense of knowing myself.

Being the innovative, creative person I am, I’m stealing this idea from Dennis…with a twist. For the rest of the summer I will be educating myself about the world around me, and more importantly, about myself. Each week I’ll present myself a topic and then blog about it on the Sunday. The topics aren’t all greatly controversial, I don’t plan to say anything profound, and the really beauty of this project won’t ever be seen by my blog (assuming blogs have eyes). To make my week even more of a living hell I’ll choose an article pertaining to each topic and critique it (maybe I’ll do that biweekly…I’m not sure if I can commit to that; though I do want to, as I’ve realized over the past school year that I need to critically think way more than I currently do). So this should just be one big learning experience. The question is, can I do it? Dun dun dun.

Project*:
May 18^th-24^th: Scientology
May 25^th-31^st: Liberalism
June 1^st-7^st: Iraq
June 8^th-14^th: Moral Relativity
June 15^th-21^st: What is Love? (baby don’t hurt me)
June 22^th-28^th: Human Life I (Abortion)
June 29^th- July 5^th: Human Life II (Death Penalty)
July 6^th-12^th: You Obscene ****
July 13^th-19^th: Objective Truth
July 20^th-26^th: Economics
July 27^th- August 2^nd: Hollywood
August 3^rd-9^th: Logic in God
August 10^th-16^th: Hiroshima
August 17^th-23^rd: Gun Control
August 24^th-30^th: Closing the Debate
* Schedule subject to change or interruption.

Yes, this seems like a strict schedule, and really, why even bother blogging about it? Because apparently blogging makes me more likely to do things. At the beginning of the school year I set out a few goals. I’m happy to say I accomplished some of them, but there is still much work to do.

In any case, good luck, young padawan.