Day 5

here are the random facts i have gleaned about chillicothe thusfar:
1) it has been the capital of ohio not once, but twice
2) apparently some of the best weed in the country comes from around these parts
3) they have the cameras on the redlights
4) don't go to the sack-and-save after dark.

obviously i am learning a lot about my new home.

it was difficult to come home after the long holiday weekend. my friends aren't far, but it felt like it tonight, driving through the dark to come here.

as i delve into the world of psychiatry, i have decided to back up and read some of the masters. starting with freud. one of my favorite books is the question of god, in which the worldviews of c.s. lewis and sigmund freud are put together in a head to head debate. rectifying the inconsistencies between science and religion has always been an area of interest for me. none of my grade school teachers were ever satisfactorily able to explain to me which came first, adam and eve or the dinosaurs. my sixth grade teacher actually went so far as to explain that the story of genesis was symbolic and not the literal story of creation. that is very...progressive...for a catholic school teacher. but i digress. i am starting with freud's the future of an illusion, mostly because on the back it says it's his "most emphatic psychoanalytic exploration of religion". promising. i have only gotten through the introduction. freud's fate, he felt, was to "agitate the sleep of mankind". i totally want that printed on a t-shirt; it's awesome.

i hope someday i can agitate the sleep of mankind.