Day 236: A Clean Room, A Clean Start

 

August 24th, 2011A clean room marks the start of a new beginning, to the final chapter of the summer. With the return of Geetha Ratnam comes the next great chapter in my summer adventures. If we were to place these events chronologically they would be: ThinkTogether period, & EHS period. In the morning I went to EHS to work as usual, and then to Price Center to play various online Facebook games. Then I went over to Geetha’s new place to catch up with her and watch her unpack, before she left me again for R.A. Training. After eating Panda Express for lunch I went back home where I did laundry and sufficiently cleaned my entire room – it is now symbolism for a fresh new adventure in my life, and also physically my picture of the day. Rashika came over a few hours later to pick up her stuff, and I went along and helped her (while in the process bringing some of Geetha’s stuff) on campus. We dropped it off at Geetha’s place where she provided me some delicious Island’s, we went to Goodies so Rashika could break fast, and then we visited Rashika’s new place. After playing with a terrible Brita Water filter, me and Geetha went back home to her new place to catch up and hang out for the rest of the night. The place is farther away from Foodworx, so that’s a bummer, but it’s most likely going to be one of my new homes next year (in addition to La Regencia of course). The end.

After centuries of dormancy, Mount Vesuvius erupts in southern Italy, devastating the prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing thousands. The cities, buried under a thick layer of volcanic material and mud, were never rebuilt and largely forgotten in the course of history. In the 18th century, Pompeii and Herculaneum were rediscovered and excavated, providing an unprecedented archaeological record of the everyday life of an ancient civilization, startlingly preserved in sudden death. The ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum thrived near the base of Mount Vesuvius at the Bay of Naples. In the time of the early Roman Empire, 20,000 people lived in Pompeii, including merchants, manufacturers, and farmers who exploited the rich soil of the region with numerous vineyards and orchards. None suspected that the black fertile earth was the legacy of earlier eruptions of Mount Vesuvius. Herculaneum was a city of 5,000 and a favorite summer destination for rich Romans. Named for the mythic hero Hercules, Herculaneum housed opulent villas and grand Roman baths. Gambling artifacts found in Herculaneum and a brothel unearthed in Pompeii attest to the decadent nature of the cities. There were smaller resort communities in the area as well, such as the quiet little town of Stabiae. OUCH. OUCH OUCH.

Bill O’Reilly challenged Ron Paul to come on his show after Paul told his Fox News colleague Megyn Kelly that the media was ignoring him. A recent Pew Study showed that Paul does indeed get much less media time than his rivals for the GOP presidential nomination. On Monday, he spoke to Kelly and said the media was scared of him. “What are they afraid of?” Paul asked Kelly. “…They don’t want to discuss my views because I think they are frightened by us challenging the status quo.” STFU BILL O REILEY. YOU DOUCHE.

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