Julio's Musings

It is just about 10 pm now on this rainy Wednesday night. I’m sitting in the train station waiting for my train. Still another hour to go. I’m really bored right now. I would use this time to do some homework, but I don’t really have anything I need to do that. I guess I should have thought ahead about that. In all honesty, I thought I’d be on the earlier train since going over one chapter in class doesn’t usually take the whole time. What I didn’t expect was that on this first week of the new quarter we’d be going over two chapters. Oops! So, naturally, class took longer than usual.

School has been going pretty well for the most part. It’s for the most part because I learned yesterday that some of the classes I need won’t be available until the December quarter. That means that my plans of trying to graduate finally this year cannot be fulfilled. That news sucks a lot, but what can you really do? I was bummed out about it yesterday, but today is a new day. So, now if all goes well (let’s hope there are no other surprises awaiting me) I could be done at this time next year. I guess it’s not so bad. As long as it gets done!

So who thinks the world is going to end this year? Raise your hands, please. Anyone? Hello? Anybody? Yeah, me neither. However, I’ve learned over the past few days that there are tons of people out there that do believe this. The rapture will happen for these people on May 21st of this year and then, come October, the world will come to an end. Now, really, that just all seems so silly to think. These people follow a man named Harold Camping (you can Google him if you so wish) and he basically says that he’s found mathematical proof within the Bible that has given him these days. The problem is, he’s also had mathematical proof the world was going to end back in 1994. Oh, but of course when the world didn’t end when he said it would, he realized that he made a mathematical error. That’s a pretty big error to make. If you thought the whole entire world would come to an end, wouldn’t you constantly check your math on that? I wonder what will happen if all his new dates come to pass and the world is still here. Guess we’ll find out in a few months.

Rahm Emanuel is now the mayor-elect of Chicago. It’s going to be so strange to not have Mayor Daley around anymore. Now they’ll have to change all the signs to say “Welcome to Chicago. Rahm I. Emanuel Mayor.” That’s just weird! But change happens, and it probably is about time this city was led by a new person. Mayor Daley did a lot of good (and probably some stupid things too), but it’s time to move on. Hopefully Mayor Emanuel will be able to do something about all the problems this city has.

The songs I’m listening to a lot these days are as follow: I Need a Doctor – Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Skylar Grey (iTunes, Amazon),  For the First Time – The Script (iTunes, Amazon), and Blow – Ke$ha (iTunes, Amazon). There are actually a few more, but those are the ones I’ve been repeating more than others. I Need a Doctor is a pretty amazing song. It’s more Eminem than Dr. Dre, but it’s pretty much a reintroduction to Dr. Dre so that makes sense. I don’t know what it is about the song but I love it. For the First Time is just a typical somber-ish sounding song. It’s not spectacular, but I keep singing it. It’s basically about reconnecting in a way. I don’t know. I’m terrible at explaining these things. Finally, Blow is another Ke$ha song that’s not really great, but it’s good in the way that it’s just fun. You don’t always need to have a ton of substance and meaning in songs (though I’m sure there is some sort of meaning to the song). Sometimes you just want something catchy and fun that makes you kind of want to dance or jump around or something.

And now it’s almost time to board my train. Guess I better stop writing now.