So I think I have decided that I have officially figured out what I want to study for the rest of my life. Tonight I really didn't want to do any homework. It was one of those nights where, come hell or highwater I was not going to be productive. All I wanted to do was sit and watch stuff on sidereel or hulu with Heidi. Now this is a quite reasonable preference, but one that does not bode well for my dream of becoming a professor. That job requires that you kinda like to read, and that you will never be done reading. This realization made me quite anxious, to say the least. Its a bit late at this point to change my mind and become like, i don't know, a golf course head pro.

Luckily Heidi was insightful enough to ask me what was up. I didn't feel like getting into this minor crisis, so quite naturally i denied that anything was in fact, up. She didn't buy it. After much coaxing she finally got me admit that I was "anxious." I admitted that I needed to be productive but had zero motivation. Now seeing as how she was dealing with just having had her wisdom teeth removed, my apparent laziness wasn't very impressive of a problem. So, needing to just buck up, I got thinking more about what needed to be done. And that's when it happened, I realized for the first time, just how fully I love political philosophy!

I know, I'm a bit of a geek, but as I got thinking about all the things I have due within the next week, all I could concentrate on were my two political theory papers--neither of which are due in under, like, 3 weeks. Rawls, Nietzsche, and Hayek all just kept running through my mind. I am so completely fascinated. I am obsessed. I discovered that I truly have a passion for something which I can turn into profession. How lucky am I?! The thing that in that moment which sounded like the most fun to me was not to watch a show, or read a book, or just talk, but to write a freakin essay!! All I wanted to do was write about justice as fairness and the original position and the minimax principle, and emergent order and fatal conceit, and the will to power!!

Emma, although I'm sure there is no way you would actually have read this far down, if by some miracle you have, please don't laugh at me too hard. You're a lot cooler than me; but then you already knew that :)

In light of this admittance to myself, please don't be annoyed by what I am sure will be much more frequent posting on my part. I don't feel like anybody really understands my own political leanings very well, but I am going to try to articulate them a bit more on this forum. When I do feel free to express your horror, bewilderment, and displeasure. I will still like you; hopefully one day that can be reciprocated.

Time for me to stop writing here, and back to Rawls! (Whom it should be noted, I do not agree with, but whose insight and motives I respect greatly. I get annoyed with people who think he was an idiot. Oh, and Heidi, in my mind I consider you a Rawlsian. If anyone asks, tell them that's what you are, they will be impressed. :)

--Andrew

1) Riley (he was witty on the eve of the new year)
2) Mr Potter (he is famous and dashing)
3)Thomas Buttars (he is lanky and kind)
4) Kyle Awesome (he misspelled her name often)
5)Sam Huppi (really he should be number one; as of now consider him as such)
6)Fernando Ortiz (he is the "jefe", and plus, he makes good tacos)
7)Katie Barnard (she is strong and independent)
8)Natalie Portman (attractive and strong)
9)Becca Gee (we all really, really like her, thus kellie should too)
10) Kelly Kang, (they would be the Kellies)
11)Cole Broadbent (should also be higher up, possibly before the girls, maybe)
12)F.A. Hayek (dead, but very insightful)
13)Parker Lester (he would make her a real cougar)
14)Ian Graham (very stimulating... if you like old things, soccer, or underground Scottish music)
15)Ron Weasley (Ron. Ron. Ron WEASLEY! Her one true love...thus why he is at the very bottom)

---Heidi and Andrew

Last night Allison and I went to an amazing restaurant called Nola's. It's Cajun style with amazing food and AWESOME decorations. We were both so fried from studying and so we enjoyed it sehr viel. I wish we could go again tonight....
We sat on a balcony seat that overlooked the rest of the restaurant. It was pretty awesome. We ordered delicious lemonades -- Allison had mint lemonade and I had raspberry. YUM.
And the food was amazing!! Allison had fish tacos and I had halibut with risotto.
But the best part was dessert. These little donut cakes came with three kinds of delicious sauce -- chocolate, raspberry, and something we couldn't quite figure out what it was.
I promised I would take Kellie here if she comes out to visit this summer.... she'd better come. I also told Andrew I'll take him here for his 21st birthday. And guess what!? It won't be for a visit! He'll actually live here!
Our nice waiter took a picture for us, but unfortunately the awesome painting got covered up.
Here's another awesome one. I think my mom is drooling over it for our House of Blues at home....
We rode our bikes to the restaurant and accidentally left our helmets at the table! The waiter had to chase us down a full block later. We were happy to have our helmets back!
It was a great evening, and I'm sad I have to study tonight. I can't wait for finals to be over!!!

I am getting so incredibly excited for the future!! Andrew found out earlier this week that he got accepted to Teach For America in the Bay Area! I couldn't be happier. Just one more week of finals, then I get to come home, see Andrew and my family, get married, then Andrew will BE my family! We'll get to see each other every day. And cook meals together. And have an apartment together. And go to graduate school together. And spend the rest of our lives together.
I'm so happy!