i cant get to sleep, so...

you, my one loyal fan, shall get the utmost privilege of a significantly lengthier blog post.

there are too many crickets here, with varying rhythms and pitches of chirp. i hear them in my dreams sometimes; i wonder if there is any actual communication going on, if the (one would assume) different varieties of a similar species can communicate. i would have to assume they can, even insects. hell, ive been able to use simple intuition to gather that a mouse was hungry. surely there is some sort of universal language that defies even species itself. ponder that one. tell me the extent to which you think animals can intuit what the other is trying to communicate (or if they can communicate at all). *wait. that parenthetical is already covered in the main text. oh well. i dont do second drafts.

on a topic somewhat related to communication, after watching a documentary i can only assume is based on norman solomon's war made easy, i find myself very intrigued by the very notion of bias. is, as one may take the assertion of this thesis to be, there more safety in presenting a point counter to what you personally believe and the people you are telling wish not to hear? would it be ok to defend hitler? honestly, im a little unsure on the matter.

on the one hand, you have propaganda meant to directly interfere with free thought of the individual. and on the other you have this notion that any argument must be given a certain amount of weight, even if one knows it is untrue. i personally enjoy playing devil's advocate, but i am still a little hesitant to say the role must always be filled.

honestly, i think im a little too tired to really be making many points or arguments or what have you, so i will leave this with a few simple tasks for myself:

1-find a copy of norman solomon's war made easy
2-take the day tomorrow to not stress over politics and whether youve cauhgt up with the reading you havent been doing
3-remember to meditate after your shower
4-write esha a letter