Rocky

This is what my bedroom currently looks like. (well actually it is kind of messy right now, but ideally this is what my room looks like) My books are too jumbled and I have troubles taking them off the shelf without everything falling down. I have also started new piles on my desk and things to make them more accessible. (though my desk is a drafting desk and I would like to be able to put it at a slant and cannot do so with so many things on it.) Also my golden sofa has been on the decline ever since I got it (I found it on someone's curb and the sign said something about them having it for 15 years and that it was free) Though I love the old golden girl, she sags in the center and I don't think I can really have her for much longer. All of that being said, I have been looking for some time at bookcases. I would like to have some shelves with square compartments but it seems that they are much too expensive. My mom found these bookcases of varying heights that I could put side...

The idea of beatuy has crossed my mind a lot recently. How we put value on beauty and how we define beauty. I realize there are extreme in depth studies on this subject and I am not even remotely starting to scratch the surface of the subject. Though I have thought of it none the less. In my philosophy class I took a year or so ago we discussed how beauty is very influential and powerful. Studies have shown that many small children and sometimes even babies perfer more "attractive" people over their counterparts. This is not just a child thing, there have been studies that have shown that many presidents of the United States have been chosen based on attraction. I find it frieghtening that presidents have been chosen not for what they stand for or how they will serve the country but rather on their appearance. This is also mildly disturbing for people like me who don't always fit the world's definition of attractive. I'm not tall and leggy, I don't have flawle...