lol I'm terrible at this

Haha, that last post is total garbage, and I really lost momentum the day after that snowstorm. I'm too much a creature of habit. Having been out of this particular habit for so long now, it's is going to take considerable effort, from someone who finds effort difficult to muster, to get into form and begin writing with command. Luckily, I've sort of rediscovered the value in putting a real pen to real paper and writing actual things that I can't backspace.

There was recently some sort of revolution in Egypt. I say that in a sort of tongue-and-cheek manner, it was an inspiring moment in history that I was able to at least bear some mediated witness to. I find the most notable aspect at this point to be lack of violence overall. I find the transition period of new government formation to be some of the more fascinating aspect of these moments in history, so I'll be paying attention appropriately.

I've become more and more firm in my belief that Americans are held back not by leviathanic bureaucracies and inept politicians, but by a body politic incapable of bearing the responsibility for cause and effect. In American politics, everything is always everyone else's fault, both on the elected and the electees. What kind of person is willing to go all-in and face the violation of humanity that is the American media coverage of Presidential elections? That in and of itself prevents our truly best minds and leaders from taking the most important elected positions. I'm all for a meritocracy, but I also have this burning itch that our sophistication of political discourse countrywide is relative to that of your average petulant teenager.

The beautiful thing is that we are getting older, and even though the difference between the current ruling elite, my generation, and the children now, may not be too far separated. However, our children's children? Do you have any idea how awesome the world will be when they are our age?! Of course, no one will owe up to this fact because we humans have this embarrassing tendency to profess the end of the world and/or that life was better at a certain time long in the past and/or that the current coming-of-age generation is inferior to their respective group. You know, complete and utter bullshit.