Wyclef Jean was playing with Johnny Cash, in a "fusion" of country and hip-hop. Something is wrong in the
world when this happens. Country is the apex to hip-hop's nadir. Both are valid to me, but all the hip-hop
people don't understand.

Sri started out as the leader of our merry posse, but soon I usurped his power. It started when I imitated his
walk, and then . . . Voila! I was the new leader. The "captain" as it were. I wanted to go WEST, but Sri
said we should challenge the traditional authority the west has had. We talked all about the former Soviet Union,
their nuclear strength, and probably Azerbajian. Actually, I am unsure as to why we talked about Russia, and I am
putting together a plausible story because that's as good as anything.

However, early in the night, just as we were leaving, Sri said something about we being his "droogs" and I
said that was just horrorshow. He tried to correct me, saying "that's the Russian word for goodness", and I
said "no, it's derived from that word, but I was talking about a Clockwork Orange, when Alex talked about
something cool as being âÄòhorrorshow'".

Next came our little adventures, around West Campus. We went with a group of people, looking for some friends of
friends, and we got to the wrong house. We entered, and spent a LONG time trying to figure out what had happened.
The girl, whose name was Shannon or something, thought that she knew Josh, and me from ICQ. I thought maybe she
was one of Chris's buddies who is on my ICQ, but that I don't know at all. It turned out she didn't know
what the fuck was going on. Someone said "we have enough alcohol for 45 minutes of drinking, so let's
everybody start drinking, right now." He left, and Sri said "what, is he an engineer?" heheh. Eventually we
left those people, but Sri started saying that we could rule the neighborhood, and take it over like it were a
country. Ah. And enter Russia. See, Sri was talking about Men In Black, remarking that the leader of the
"Federation" was a small little guy. He said that the creature's head was disproportionately large, and so
his race must have had lots of charisma, and been able to control other people's thoughts through
electromagnetic waves, which seemed to me like propaganda propagated through the TV. He was saying that a leader
could rule the world if he was charismatic enough. And Hitler managed to convince an entire country that he was
"the shit". Very few people were actually "the shit", and those that were were naught but sociopaths.
They use their special powers to manipulate their electorate, and then get higher and higher . . . until they
become a threat to another sociopath. So, in a way, politics is so much like a gang battle but in the higher
sense. These politicians will kill each other (a la James Bond movies) or they can just use bureaucratic dirty
tricks to screw over their enemies. The ascent to the top is only limited by other people who are actually worse
than themselves, or at least more clever.

Some girl said "Sri thinks he's the leader of the conversation, which is funny, because he isn't."
Everyone was absolutely quiet, which was really, really odd. Then the girl said "well Sri, aren't you going to
retort that?" and he said "no, I just wanted to show you what would happen if I stopped talking." Heheh.
He comes up with such clever, weird shit. At that point, we had been talking about linguistics, and how perhaps
one of the best ways to make your mark would be to totally invent a word, and have it become part of the American
lexicon. If they actually put it in the dictionary, because it was used often enough. For example,
"Catch-22" by Joseph Heller. The man has his own word, that everyone knows. His little literary joke is now
part of our language. Sri tried to come up with several new words, with limited success. compound joke: a joke
that is made up of two or more jokes, fully intact. For example, Ann Richards said that George Bush was born with
a silver foot in his mouth. So, in effect, any mixed metaphor is actually a compound joke. cor, roc, orc, cro:
these are all directions. For example, "cro" is diagonally to the back and to the right. Since we don't
really have many words to describe that specific direction. I told him "Southeast" is another way you could
describe that position, or "5 o'clock" like in fighter planes. Thus, it really isn't a new word in that
it has a synonym, but it still adds to the richness of English.

I was reminded of Sifl and Olly, and the conversation about pigeons, that they are actually little robots run by
mice. That is what started the conversation about "Men In Black".

I made some cinnamon toast, and it was absolutely delicious. I kept thinking about summer camp, and how they
French House people seemed a lot like the hippie-Quaker types that I saw every summer. I feel like I belong in a
house, but I really have too much shit. I don't know where I would put it if I couldn't keep it in an
apartment. Ojala que tenga una casa en Austin, donde podria poner mis cosas permanentamente.

I continue to think about really, really weird shit. It is hard to focus in any way, shape, or form.