Saturday, May 3, 2008

To Build an Empire

Step 1: Emulate this guy

Ignore: Baby hanging from leg. irrelevance, not to mention sight too disconcerting.
Note: Stern youthful face, extended forefinger of a Mr. Augustus Caesar himself.
Application: 1.Vanity. preserve youth in form of statues (thousands of)
2. Fierce drive to CONQUER. assignments.


Step 2: Debate about these guys

Note: Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus.
Debate: Friends or enemies of freedom?
Methinks: 'Freedom' totally irrelevant to cause of fight for rights of plebs (public of Rome) by passing agrarian law in battle against poverty.


Step 3: Take up HISTORY OF IDEAS in college upon finding oneself following steps 1&2

Note: 1. Study hard, well on the way to building empire. (nerd!)
2. HOI unfortunately compulsory, even as onself doesn't bother with steps.
Action: Become successor of Gracchi brothers. Fight for one's freedom from oppression. Form anti-HOIassignment league with common public, pass laws against government, overthrow government. Start tyrannical rule. NOT die like Tiberius Gracchus.


Step 4: Know it is all a dream

Note: Finding oneself reduced to doing research for HOI, as such:

There are actually 2 more books, forgot to add them


NOTE- TAKING!


Action: Procrastination.


Conclusion: No such empire coming up. will remain subjected to lousy-butt assignments doing lousy-butt research. all year long. and for years to come...


KILL ME.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

NOTE TO SELF: Take seriously long gap year.