Today's Special -- Fried Brain
Never offer to do something just because it needs to be done and no one else will do it. At least not in debate. We needed more people to sign up if we were going to have our first debate. I filled the need. And have spent every moment since regretting it.
Not that I don't like the class. Or debate. Or Jason, my teammate. Something about the assembling of a complete case in one week just doesn't agree with me. Free time during the school-week is hard to come by, but I squeezed in as much research as I could. Now I'm six hours into my research on Saturday, and the poor little brain just can't take any more. Imagine how hard it is to take a resolution like, "Resolved: That the United States federal government should substantially reduce its authority either to detain without charge or to search without probable cause," and turn it into a coherent argument, complete with evidence and a comprehensive plan. It's like carving a fully funtioning, life-size replica of a space shuttle out of a giant block of cheese. In one week.
I've about decided that I don't really care if rights are being violated, or if Alberto Gonzalez (US Atty. Gen., for those of you who locked behind the self-erected curtain of ignorance) is about to claim Hitler's spot as the most despotic tyrant in modern history. I bet he'll at least let me sleep.
And having complained long enough, I'll get back to my research. Anyone have a brain massager I could borrow?
