I’m just in Maymester.

I’ve been going to bed anywhere from 9:30 to 10:00 PM and waking up around 6:00 AM. It’s taking it’s toll.

The two classes I’m in right now are going well. One of them kicks much ass, only thanks to the ultra-radical instructor who likes “stickin’ it to corporations”. On the first day he kept referring to the fact that in American society we “make believe” that a lot of things don’t happen or do happen, ignoring the reality of situations. I spent time after class talking with him about make believe and Derrick Jensen. I told him I’m very excited to be taking this course with him, and that I hope he can keep his radicalness (for lack of a better term) going. He said he couldn’t stop even if he wanted to. Then we spent time talking politics.

He may just be my only light of hope these next five weeks.

My classmates, on the other hand, deserve a post all to themselves. Those who have been speaking in class are not on the same “wavelength” that I am when it comes to education. I’m holding out for the quiet ones.

Right now, I feel very much alone in my thinking.

I mentioned anarchy yesterday and had to explain what “dominant society” meant, and, of course, not very many people have read anarchist theory (or any theory of any kind, it seems) and believe it means chaos and all-out murder. My other comments got blank stares and I swear I heard crickets at one point. I’ll play the optimist and hold out for my instructors to be able to push my classmates into critical thinking.

As for right now, I have two texts to read, one to read by next week, observations to plan out, and plenty of papers and projects looming in the near future. I hope to have free time this weekend.