It’s always interesting when my thoughts converge with the thoughts of someone who is completely unaffiliated with me. Case in point: in the Daily Barometer, the OSU Student Newspaper, a columnist recently wrote about materialism/posturing. He pointed out that for the vast majority of young people (college students, for instance), their overriding goal is to impress persons of the opposite sex. The clothes they wear, the way they act, even their drive to make money and have nice things, it’s ultimately just posturing, showing their stuff to attract that "perfect" person.

And what do you know, I’ve been thinking about this same phenomenon. When a person is walking down a university street, you meet a whole lot of people in passing. Invariably, if it’s a group of girls they’ll be talking about guys (you just hear a snippet of conversation like, “and can you believe what he said last night…”). If you meet a couple of guys, it’s just the opposite (“Yeah, I see her in class all the time and…”). And then there are the “perchance” guy-girl meetings on the streetcorner. What this columnist (his name is Jim Smith I think) says is absolutely true for people at large. He’s dead on.

What was his solution? I can’t even remember. Nothing worth remembering, I don’t think. But guys, girls, everyone, there is a solution, you can be sure of that. Hint: the key is Who you're living for.

If I’m a security guard and seeking copyright permission is my domain to protect, I made another round today. This time for school music. Some of the work was pretty straightforward, some of it was sort of frustrating. I think it’ll work out. I had music classes this morning, and they went well. I’m going to enjoy it.

No college today. It’s really nice to have Friday’s off. I’d like to read some Dickens, but I just haven’t had time. And the scary thing is, I’ve done a paltry amount of homework so far. The first week is usually light as far as work goes; it's just going to get busier.

I like Dickens, he’s a good writer. I think his politics in regards to slavery and nasty imperialism were sort of bad, though.