Revived

It is odd but worth noting that the essay I'm currently working on has revived the political, passionate, issue-oriented self that has lain dormant for most of this semester. I'm suddenly shedding the apathy and passive idealism that have gripped me and awaking again to the possibility of development - not perfection, but progress - through government and politics and all of those messy, inefficient, but gloriously present and practical structures. Suddenly I want to run for office and write speeches and meet with cabinet ministers and all that jazz. Maybe I will look into that Ottawa job this summer, after all.

End-of-term stress does funny things to me. Maybe it's the all-nighter.