Pweh.

Spewed some freewriting on the next thesis segment - noting formal yet, and not much more than a plot summary and some questions. But it feels better already, like I'm getting out of the block that was stopping me from doing the work. Now I'll give it some analysis, and I'll probably have to adjust my premise somewhat based on this new information. My class instructor was right - when I hit this particular work, it was going to give me trouble. A lot of what I've explained happening in previous works doesn't materialize with the results previously found. So adjustments are on their way.

Turning aside from that for a moment and snickering at desert attempts at propaganda, it makes me wonder just how far people are willing to go to try and buy a vote.

Pretty far, actually, if you're willing to consider what The Infamous Brad has to say about Republicans being the party opposed to true Christian values, replacing them with twisted parodies in order to fight off Communism and other apparent evils. It's an essay in five parts, linked here, here, here, here, and here. welah and torakiyoshi might want to take a hard look at section three, and see how it meshes, or doesn't, with their own constructions. I found it an interesting read, but because of my own prejudices or otherwise toward the material in question, I leave it to my audience to judge for themselves their interest in it. even if he's off-base, he provides some interesting possibilities.

But that's the extent of things from me tonight. In talking with some people, I might be finding out what some of my hesitancies are, but I'm no closer to figuring out how to trick myself into either rationalizing or ignoring them enough to move forward and make progress. I'm inching away from the rock, hoping it doesn't break on me, but I'm not up and walking around on the cliffs yet, I think. This, too, could be "Rubbish."