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Trying to duck out the heat wave of 2006, with heat indexes supposed to his 110 or 115 today I got up earlier than normal to see if I can beat the heat on my morning commute. The metro has been pretty stank lately, with a lot of District denizens seeking shelter in the air conditioned metrorail cars. On my way back from the law school there were a bunch of sweaty people looking very exhausted and drained.
My course study and summer experience has given me a closer look at the city and the people that call the district home, in many ways it is depressing how split up the city is, segregated along demographic lines. I remember attending a research conference in Ann Arbor listening to a paper talking about how the most segregated cities in the country were in the midwest (Chicago, Milwaukee) I couldn’t help but wonder how DC would fare. Something as simple as noticing the passengers riding a train from one quadrant of the city to the other would give you a sense what the demographic make up of the neighborhoods are. I also wonder if the choice of having stations above or underground has any correlation to the surrounding areas around the station. Its hot outside, thats for sure, and it sucks waiting for 20 minutes for a train.
Had a dream last night that I was walking down a darkened city street, and noticed that the building next to me began moving down the street like a train. It was a new form of transporation, instead of going down the street to get someplace, the “somplace” moved for you. I walked into the building entrance and it moved down the street to the next building stop where more people got on and went to work. Later on I ran into an old flame, who was saddened/surprised when I told her that I was getting married. I was then surprised that she was surprised, and likely surprised that I was planning on getting married.
More war in the middle east, now there is serious talk about Syria getting involved, either through an Isreali escalation or errant airstrike. Who knows what will happen if it spreads over the border, Iran has been talking about having to back up their ally in the region, maybe the US will invade from the rear. Strange how world events can shift and change so suddenly. I have been having the occaisional feeling of dread at night as to what is in store for us in the near future. I am still far from being enlightened and without worldly detachments afterall.