September 13th, 2011
Today, after working at EHS, I proceeded to Geetha’s place to help console her about the high strung stress that comes with being an R.A. Subsequently, I helped her clean her apartment, helped her make a brochure for her first building meeting, and then helped her recreate the Tetris pieces pictured that the stupid custodians tore down that same day. It was fun laminating and making a mess in the Sixth College workroom, and I felt kind of like an R.A. in the process [even though I had already got rejected]. I had a decent conversation with Francisco while there about how much Rihanna sucks. Afterwards, me and Geetha for the second day in a row went to Z Pizza to munch. Afterwards, we went back to my place to get Source Code, but it failed to work by the time we placed it on Geetha’s laptop to watch on campus. We ended the night contemplating life and the future.
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| On this day in 1814, Francis Scott Key pens a poem which is later set to music and in 1931 becomes America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The poem, originally titled “The Defence of Fort McHenry,” was written after Key witnessed the Maryland fort being bombarded by the British during the War of 1812. Key was inspired by the sight of a lone U.S. flag still flying over Fort McHenry at daybreak, as reflected in the now-famous words of the “Star-Spangled Banner”: “And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.” Francis Scott Key was born on August 1, 1779, at Terra Rubra, his family’s estate in Frederick County (now Carroll County), Maryland. He became a successful lawyer in Maryland and Washington, D.C., and was later appointed U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. <24 THE NON WAR-MONGERING AMERICA! |
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| Rep. Ron Paul was at the center of one of the most memorable moments of Monday night’s “CNN-Tea Party Republican Debate” when a member of the audience shouted “Yeah!” in response to a question asking whether a critically ill person without health insurance should be left to die. In an interview Wednesday the Texas congressman, who was being asked the question when the outburst happened, responded to critics who said his response lacked compassion. “You know, it’s so overly simplified to explain a full philosophy on how you care for people in 30 or 60 seconds,” Paul said Wednesday on CNN Newsroom. VERY TRUE. |
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