auto boulot dodo - left coast

dang! i'm restless. very excited about coachella - wish it weren't right before my exam. *so* many awesome bands. wow.

weekend was weekendesque. no dcfc vinyl yet. boo.

i'm craving some new music but am trying to reign in the spending for now. i should figure out some sort of reward system scheme for studying... that could work well

got sucked into talking politics with my mother. i got worked up - she was amused - i was bemused at how unskeptical she was of bush and the people controlling him. also interesting to think about the distinctions people make between being evil and doing lots of evil and destructive actions. i frankly don't care whether bush is stupid or manipulative, i think it could be even worse if he truly believes he is doing the right thing. i consider him evil either way - even though i am somewhat of a moral relativist. she also thought there were checks and balances that would stop Bush from getting his way in other stupid notions (1.5b to promote marriage?) ha ...

americans are so attached to this notion that they have choices but fail to grasp how those choices are carefully chosen and framed by the system, from the proliferation of multiple choice tests, saturation of our environment with advertising and branding, and nearly all of the media being owned by a very few number of giant corporations. real choice begins with access to the intellectual and informational tools to question how actions programs corporations governments are really affecting people's lives.

listening to: afghan whigs - gentlemen