Blog of Josh Hall

so, thinking about Speciesism, and i think it’s very easily self-defeated. I usually don’t take such a strong position right away on issues, but i’m not seeing any logic behind it.

they complain that humans shouldn’t kill/eat/abuse animals because it’s being predujice based on species.

so why not stop lions from killing gazelles? Why is it ok for animals to eat other animals?

I certainly don’t think that lions will learn by our example. It’s nature. And to think that we, as a species, should not eat other animals because we have the mind to think that it is wrong, is speciesism itself.

got the call from walmart saturday and so i went and picked up my 2 60gb playstations. probably post them on ebay this thursday, just in time for some last minute christmas rushers.

I’m slacking on the 1 online class i have…the crappy thing is, not a single grade has been posted, so i have NO idea how i am doing in the class which isnt exactly motivation to try harder, you know? bleh. i don’t think i’ll take classes in the spring. at least not the first half of the semester. I have a few project management classes within work in jan and feb, so i’ll rationalize that as my excuse. Assuming i pass this class, i’ll have 24 credits or 6 classes left. 1 is an open elective, where i have the option to test out of something. Maybe i’ll make that my goal for spring semester too…I’m going to have to pay out of my pocket ~2k to finish in fall 2007, but i think it’ll be worth it than delaying it any further. hopefully i won’t screw myself with having classes not be available downtown, or at all….

why is my room in a perpetual state of dissarray? I don’t even sleep in it anymore, i sleep in the guest room…

family is going to italy in may for a week since keren will be there all spring and they’ll bring keren back with them…i’m tempted to go, but that’s going to be at least $2k…I think i’ll wait for some job certainty before i make any crazy decisions.

Bank of New York “merging” with Mellon. This is going to impact me personally, financially, career wise, and impact the city as well. How? I have no idea. And if i did have an idea, i still would not be allowed to talk about it. Freedom of speech exists only in the free world, not in corporate america. I was glad to see and hear a lot of announcements related to the news, mellon financial foundation will increase charitable donations from 2 million to 4 million. that should help the area. it also sucks that they’re moving the HQ though. I was glad to see the stock jump almost $3 too. That’s good. Too early to tell with a lot of things. Not what I had been hoping for though. I had been hoping for Mellon to start buying other smaller businesses. I’ll keep you posted.

new songs are up on the myspace page. http://myspace.com/joshuadavidhall

“I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.”