All of a sudden, the internet is only good for Googling IR theory definitions

I am often walking down the street thinking deep thoughts and then thinking, "Dude, I should totally put that on my blog!"

Except that I don't. And do you know why?

Grad school.

I've been in school for three weeks and have read like, 6 books. Maybe 5. Anyway, a LOT. So I haven't been blogging much, or reading many blogs, or really anything blog-y. This is unfortunate.

But I have learned so much! For example: The first week, before class, we read Conoleezza Rice's Foreign Affairs piece on national interest and American realism. I skimmed it and was like, "Yeah, ok, democracy is important, our efforts to democratize make the world better, blah, ok I get it." But now I get it. I read the same article yesterday and it was like putting on 3D glasses: "Whoa! I totally get why she chose the words she chose! And what they mean!" Not that it was unintelligible before, but now it makes so much more sense.

If the rest of my grad school career is equally enlightening, the tuition will be worth it.