Day 190: Playground Chillaxing

 

July 9th, 2011My childhood flashbacks were even more revisited today, with the playing on a very special playground right here at La Regencia. In the morning I would go to Ralph’s with Geetha to get both peaches and bananas, fruits I didn’t care in any particular way for. When I got back home to my apartment, I attempted my best to cook rice, spam and eggs. The spam and eggs turned out decent, but I put way too much water in the rice cooker, and subsequently it turned out soggy and wet. GROSS. Fail on my part >:( Afterwards, I would take an extended yet necessary nap, watch Degrassi and Beverly Hills 90210 simultaneously on the living room television, visit Amy at her apartment for a tad bit, played on the childhood playground outside my apartment while taking a necessary picture of the day, before going back to my room to both play Tetris and talk to Tyler about some unimportant things. I proceeded to Pho T Cali for Pho and Rite Aid for Coconut Pineapple respectively with Lauren, and we chillaxed and subsequently had a decent time hanging out. When I got back, I didn’t do much of anything except watch a few shows, and engage in deep slumber for the rest of the night.

In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called “Monkey Trial” begins with John Thomas Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law. The law, which had been passed in March, made it a misdemeanor punishable by fine to “teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals.” With local businessman George Rappalyea, Scopes had conspired to get charged with this violation, and after his arrest the pair enlisted the aid of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to organize a defense. Hearing of this coordinated attack on Christian fundamentalism, William Jennings Bryan, the three-time Democratic presidential candidate and a fundamentalist hero, volunteered to assist the prosecution. Soon after, the great attorney Clarence Darrow agreed to join the ACLU in the defense, and the stage was set for one of the most famous trials in U.S. history. YAY EVOLUTION.

Talks to reach a more ambitious deficit-reduction deal effectively broke down on Saturday, House Speaker John Boehner said, as he and fellow Republicans resisted any White House attempts that could increase taxes. A White House meeting involving a bipartisan group of eight congressional leaders will continue as planned Sunday. However, Boehner said in a statement Saturday that parameters of these and future discussions will be scaled back — such that they will be less bold than what the Obama administration had requested. EEK, DRAMA.

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