There's just too much on my mind these days. One of the most disturbing things I've been thinking about is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ramping up in Gaza. Israel has launched a HUGELY disproportionate response to Hamas' lobbing of rockets. According to Al Jazeera over 660 Palestinians have been killed and over 3700 have been wounded since Israel's December 27th assault began. To get a fresh perspective on the matter one must look beyond western news sources which are either unable or unwilling to show the sheer carnage of the conflict. The most alarming images I've seen from this round of fighting have been from China's Xinhua News Agency depicting images of children slain when Israel shelled a UN run school. Reminds me of a Rudyard Kipling poem, but I digress.
Also on my mind is work. I'm concerned that I'm spending too much time performing tactical tasks rather than focusing on more strategic initiatives. Oh well, this stuff must be done and I'm more than happy to pitch in as there is plenty to do...although I do conceive of a life more adventurous one of these days *sigh*.
One thing that I'm trying to not think about, but still seems to seep its way into my gray matter the way this winter rain seems to find every crack on the root splintered sidewalk is law school apps. My dead line is fast approaching at the end of the month and I'm thinking more and more that I'd like to join the military rather than spend another 3 years at school. I can't place my finger on it but it just seems like the right thing to do. I have a restlessness that I know can't be quelled by spending more time in class. I'm still applying to all of the schools that I want to go to though because it's good to have options, right?
One last thing on my mind is the death of Samuel Huntington on Christmas eve. No commentary; if you know who Sam Huntington is, then you know the mark that his theories left on post-Cold War liberal thought...and I just wanted to acknowledge that the world has lost one of the great minds of our time.
