See you in a week. Am taking advantage of lack of internet, etc to read Atlas Shrugged and War and Peace. Ayn Rand is unpleasant.

It occurs to me that I am fairly out of the mainstream in terms of my stance on things like sex, drugs, and alcohol. In high school, this never troubled me particularly, but the contrast is becoming increasingly stark, and so as usual I am overthinking it. The situation is interesting because my actions don’t correspond to my philosophy, which is atheist and does not value morality except as a means to happiness. I postulate that, in lieu of a stable moral system, college will be an irresistable force for corruption. Hopefully my plans for a litigation-oriented future will prevent me from doing, say, heroin.

Meanwhile, I am becoming a rodent activist and reading The New Yorker, which is awesome.

Life is primarily excellent right now, but I think this is just because of all of the work-avoidance I am doing. Somehow I have mastered the illusion of productivity, busying myself with midnight coffee, swing dancing, and the occasional book. Meanwhile, my economics festers.