Lex Libertas

Thanks to Feminism and the Sexual Revolution, young girls are now expected to satisfy men’s sexual desires, even if they don’t want to. Here is Sharon Stone’s advice:

“If you’re in a situation where you cannot get out of sex, offer a blow job.�

I would contend that there should never be a situation in which one cannot �get out of sex.� Of course, I’m a reactionary, woman-hating conservative.

The consistent message seems to be that it’s completely normal for men to have sex whenever they want it. After all, �boys will be boys.� Of course, they have to have sex with someone, so �liberated� women know that they should put out. If you want to keep a boy, you must have sex with him, otherwise he has every right to leave you for being a closed-minded puritan. So young girls, listen to the wisdom of your elder, liberated sisters. If, for some strange reason, you really don’t want to have sex, you should at least suck him off.

The past two days have been ridiculously hot. It’s gotten to 16 Celsius (60F), and I’ve been walking around without a coat. Back in LA, 16C is a cool winter day. Does our body really adjust to temperature change? Over here this is enough to make me sweat, but back home I would have put on a sweater…

This was the first time in a two and a half months that I haven’t worked every evening during the week. My Tuesday-Thursday group finally finished! They were good students, and I’ll miss them, but I had absolutely no time to write my dissertation. I was teaching every evening from seven to ten. During the day I either taught or went to classes at the university.

I haven’t started actually writing yet, but I found some good articles online about the concept of a “Failed State,” which is going to be the basis for my thesis. Technically, Moldova is a Failed State because the central governemnt does not have control over the area known as Transnistria. I plan on using Moldova as a case-study of this concept, and I will then proceed to offer suggestions on how to resolve the current standoff.

Hitler’s Birthday is enthusiastically celebrated by Russia’s approximately 60,000 active skinheads. This entails attacks on anyone darker than translucent, and everyone who speaks with an accent. Since I’m nearly transparent, as long as I keep my mouth shut, I’m fine. Come to think of it, that’s actually a good safety rule of thumb no matter what the day.

I find that a good time is generally had by all if you just take the skinheads bowling, followed by a nice family trip to the Barbie Museum.

Sean Penn, one of Hollywood’s most enlightened liberals seems to have fantasies about violent sexual assault:

Hollywood activist SEAN PENN has a plastic doll of conservative US columnist ANN COULTER that he likes to abuse when angry. … “We violate her. There are cigarette burns in some funny places.�

How, exactly, is mock torture and sexual assault funny? How would you feel if your neighbor liked to violate and torture female dolls? But hey, it’s ok, he’s a �pacifist.� Fighting people who bomb children … not ok. Malicious rape and torture fantasies … super cool!

Someone over at Miller’s Time has way too much free time and checked out every single member of the Bear Flag League and gave a one-sentence description of their current posts.

Skim it, I’m sure you’ll find something interesting…

My feeling on the Dalai Lama is that he’s hit-and-miss. Sometimes he’s right on, other times he’s way off mark. For example, in the first part of this article, he says that killing Osama bin Laden would cause ten more to be created. I don’t buy that logic at all. I don’t think that there is anyone on the margin who would be pushed into terrorism if Osama was killed. There are probably people that would become terrorists if a family member was killed, but I don’t think Osama’s death would push anyone over the edge that hasn’t already crossed that line.

That said, I really have to agree with his critique on Western affluence:

In the West, you have bigger homes, yet smaller families; you have endless conveniences — yet you never seem to have any time. You can travel anywhere in the world, yet you don’t bother to cross the road to meet your neighbours.

I don’t think people have become more selfish, but their lives have become easier and that has spoilt them. They have less resilience, they expect more, they constantly compare themselves to others and they have too much choice — which brings no real freedom.”

I would also add, and I’m sure he’d agree, that while we are so materially rich, many of us are spiritually empty.

The callback wasn’t exactly what I expected. I was there by one, because I was assured that if I was late, I wouldn’t get a chance to be interviewed. When I get there, however, the place is eerily empty. I go to the only other group of people and ask if they’re here for the casting . . . they’re not. Finally, I see the coordinator from the day before, so at least I know it wasn’t a joke.

Finally the guy from the day before shows up, looking tired and flustered. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a panel, like I thought. Instead, he set up a video camera to record mini interviews of two or three minutes. When he saw me, he asked “How’s your Russian today.” During the interview I made him laugh a couple of times, which is the reaction that I was looking for. Afterwards, I asked him how my Russian was, to which he replied “better than yesterday.”

Overall, I’m pleased with my performance. No, my Russian wasn’t perfect, but it couldn’t be. I did the best that I could, and that’s all I can ask for. As I was leaving, a few more people had shown up, and we took a picture:

From what I’ve gathered, the single most popular Russian tv show is a reality show called “Dom 2” (House 2). Roughly speaking, there are 15 twenty-somethings living in a house that is completely wired with cameras. The goal is to find one’s love, and so they try to hook up in pairs. Every week, someone gets voted off, and a new person comes on.

Yesterday they had a casting in St. Petersburg, and I decided to go. I figure that just the casting alone would be an interesting experience, and it’d be hilarious if I actually got on. The casting was basically a cattle-call. Lots of people came to the club where it was held, and filled out applications. Randomly sitting next to me was a kid with a UCLA hat. He had no idea what it meant, and I told him it was my university. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen UCLA gear that the owner didn’t understand. He told me that his dream was to move to Los Angeles and become a rapper . . . poor kid.

As part of the cattle-call, some of the people were rejected on the spot. They had their names called out and were told that they were sending the applications to Moscow and they would hear back within two weeks if they were needed. Being from Los Angeles, I am well aware that this means “You can leave now, and don’t think about ever coming back again.”

Some people, however, were selected for a mini-interview. We went, one by one, into a side room and spoke with the screener. Normally, he would call out the person’s name, but for me he came out and yelled “Who here is from America? I can’t read any of this crap on the application!” It’s his job to guage if there’s any prospective in a candidate, to separate the “maybe’s” from the “no way’s.” I went in, and immediately he started asking me if it’s ok for a woman to control the man. I said that I’m not particularly into that, and he continued on. Unfortunately, he spoke exceedingly fast, and used words I didn’t know. As a result, I wasn’t at my language best. He said “You don’t even speak Russian, what the h*** are you doing here?!” To which I replied, “WTF, I do speak Russian!” The coordinator woman, who was handling the applications, laughed, and he told me to comeback today at 1:20.

So I made it to the callback. I assume that today there will be a panel of producers from Moscow. I have no idea how many people made the callbacks, I saw that I was the third name he wrote down. In any case, I obviously stand out because I’m American. Unfortunately, I really do think the language is going to be a problem. I speak pretty damn well for a Westerner. But, it’s not perfect, not even close. I can handle daily stuff, but I can’t carry on a philosophical discussion.

That said, it’s not exactly as if these people on the show talk politics. They’re young people with nothing but free time on their hands, and they act accordingly. My Russian is good enough to work out and flirt, which are their main activities. Moreover, I think it’d be funny to have a slightly lost foreigner on the show.