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PUSH Syracuse University supports pushing for a variety of objects, including limits, walls, babies, and bowel movements

Wandering around campus today and checking out the babes, I realized something. In 5-10 years, we're going to be looking back at current fashion and laughing our asses off. Hard. This is so worse than the 80s. Like, totally. What's up with falling off sweatpants and unnatural tans? It reminds me of the 80s solid colored baggy sweaters. Then I laugh. Fashion is all about control -- You have to spend a lot of money to stay "fashionable." Every year, fashion takes some new twist and turn, and if you don't spend several hundred bucks on new clothes, you look stupid. Bah.

I went to my old apartment company and bitched at them a bit about our damage deposit return. They have somewhat appeased me, but not by enough. I also finally got the form for my USPS insurance check (note that's the form, not the check, and that the claim was originally filed July 27th!). I got two phone calls tonight about my car, too. One person is stopping by tomorrow evening and another wants me to drive it to his house Saturday afternoon. Oh, and my other computer sold on eBay. Life is good.

Speaking of eBay, it's pretty interesting that they're being sued for patent infringement. My roommates spent a good while talking all about patents, copyrights, and trademarks tonight. I think that a patent for an online auction is kind of ridiculous, but the idea of patents is still sound (just horrible horrible execution, and some people in the patent office need to be shot). Something that may win you over on the whole intellectual property thing is this little story. Give it a read, you won't be disappointed.

Oh, and I'm writing a rant too, with my tenative title being "Why the Liberals are Losing." Kind of harsh, as I consider myself to be fairly left-of-center about most things. But maybe I'm not? But mom, I don't wanna be a republican!

All this running around is kind of a downer though. I don't get to see my girlfriend as long as I want to this weekend as I'll be showing off my car. Well, hopefully the woman tomorrow will buy my car, then I don't have to show it to anybody else :). I feel a bit on the guilty side about Rochester though, like I'm short-changing my girlfriend on our last opportunity to be together for a long, long, long, long time. Wow, maybe I've really turned into an asshole? Doesn't the asshole always get the girl though? Maybe I have ;-).