Are They Dating? They're Brother and Sister.

Some days, such as Friday, Country Day and South Charlotte seem like the greatest places in the world. Advisory lunch at P.F. Changs was an amazingly fun experience given the eclectic composition of our advisory (yay Arutyunyan!), but we all share the similar trait of slight insanity :-). Days like Friday remind me of how much I'm going to actually miss this place and these people when I graduate and go to college; for good or bad, Country Day and the Class of 2008 have had tremendous influences on my life. I think those influences tend towards the good side. So as first semester ends, I'm going to take the time to say that I'm gonna miss y'all.

In other news...I read an interesting article in this month's issue of The Atlantic concerning a partitioning of the Middle East and South West Asia along ethnic and religious lines; it was a good elaboration on a similar article Vanity Fair ran two months ago. Also, the risk map graphic is one of the best I've ever seen, but then again I'm a map dork.
I've noticed that I've started reading magazines more now than I used to; I'm not sure if I've started growing tired of long novels (and thus prefer things which can be read and absorbed in one sitting), or if a lack of time coupled with my desire to read has made me want to learn the most that I can as quickly as I can. Also, setting The New York Times as my homepage was one of the best computer-related decisions that I've ever made - not only do I know what is going on, but my Facebook quiz score went up...and really isn't that what's most important?
However, I wish that The Times would cover international news as thoroughly as the BBC does, and by that I mean that I wish it would run it as headline stories on the front page, and not bury it back in section A. I know that both are aimed at different audiences, and that America's election is what matters most to the majority of The Times' readers right now, but still I feel as if I'm slowly losing my grasp on international news, something I had down in December. I could just go check BBC after I check The Times, but then again....Facebook is really temping.... But given all of this, The Charlotte Observer still sucks....no really...Parade Magazine?! Oh, and editorial writers from yesterday's Observer, y'all were a little harsh....I mean say what you want about John McCain's politics, but don't insult his military service record, that's just uncalled for.

Okay, that's all I can think of for now - except, where's my damn snow? - I'll hopefully blog more later today.

taylor