Day 195: Confused & Sad

 

July 14th, 2011Today’s picture of the day captures the mood preeminent throughout the entire course of the day: confused, sad, and jammed. I went to ThinkTogether in the morning, having an okay day. I had group 3 first for a mad science assembly, which was entertaining, but then their 10 minutes in the class was extremely disappointing (to say the least), because the group was extremely misbehaved. Group 4 was decent in math class, but I learned a lesson not to leave markers, crayons, and construction paper out – because they’ll start drawing pictures instead of paying attention to math. Group 2 completely redeemed the day by being angels and quiet, taking turns filming and allowing each group to record their movie outside. It was nice.

The day continued with me proceeding to Geetha’s place and us going to UTC afterwards to shop. We ate at Panda Express (yum), and saw a cool pokemon machine where I took my picture of the day. We then proceeded to Victoria’s Secret, Forever 21, and Abercrombie & Fitch (all manly stores, I suppose). Afterwards, we chilled at my place, and then her place, until I messed up…

Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops storm and dismantle the Bastille, a royal fortress that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. This dramatic action signaled the beginning of the French Revolution, a decade of political turmoil and terror in which King Louis XVI was overthrown and tens of thousands of people, including the king and his wife Marie Antoinette, were executed. The Bastille was originally constructed in 1370 as a bastide, or “fortification,” to protect the walled city of Paris from English attack. It was later made into an independent stronghold, and its name–bastide–was corrupted to Bastille. The Bastille was first used as a state prison in the 17th century, and its cells were reserved for upper-class felons, political troublemakers, and spies. Most prisoners there were imprisoned without a trial under direct orders of the king. Standing 100 feet tall and surrounded by a moat more than 80 feet wide, the Bastille was an imposing structure in the Parisian landscape. UN AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.

In a sharp turnaround, House Republican leaders signaled Thursday they are open to a backup debt ceiling plan pushed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to avoid a default on the nation’s credit. “What may look like something less than optimal today, if we’re unable to get to an agreement, might look pretty good a couple of weeks from now,” House Speaker John Boehner said during a Capitol Hill news conference. DAMMIT.

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