priming the pump

Monday morning, Michelangelos, ready... go!

I'm sitting here listening to Kid Cudi, putting off my Peace project. shit, fuck, shit. I really feel clueless right now. I'm supposed to give a presentation called, "Modern Problems, Ancient Roots," about the common ground between conflict, culture and economics - every time I start talking about it, it sounds worse. It's really important to me, close to my heart, and I can't handle it coming off like pooh. I'd rather it was a little vague then be a weak argument.

I've got to start really hitting my main points. Start overview, work into main points, expand main points, begin conclusion and then end with actions anyone can take to make a difference. Unfortunately, it's not that simple and I want to play my stupid card games. But it is that simple, I just can't fake it for this and the pieces aren't falling into place as easily as I was thinking they would.

I can't seem to find a tangible, founded argument in "Man and Nature," as good as it is it might just be for me. I can't go through the whole metaphysics and cosmology of it and all I really want is what I don't have: a solid way to reveal the process by which science separated itself from Christian God concepts.

I have to define the ancient roots too, which is the real troublesome point, since I basically plucked it out of thin air. It's not that I don't believe it, it's that its not a simple thing. I could spend 15 minutes on the "ancient roots," but it'd be hard to keep it fact based and not grounded in my own conjectures. FUCK.