I had a great counselling session today. I don't think I mentioned, but I started going to therapy about 2 months ago; today was my 6th visit, the first in about 3 weeks due to last-minute work obligations. I came away with the resolution to find social activities outside of a bar, so I'm going to visit The Center to find other social activities.

Otte came out last weekend from Minneapolis. I had fun and was glad to see him. We saw "Bringing Down the House" - funny movie. We talked a lot about the current situation with Iraq and the European view of America. I just read this article about the President's outline for a Palestinian state by 2005 and all I can ask myself is this: what gives America the moral authority to outline political doctrines for the Middle East? I realize that nobody else is doing anything about the conditions between Israel and Palestine, however, given what's going on in Iraq and with North Korea on the horizon, aren't we spreading our political agendas too thin? One thing that upsets me by all this is the continued decline in our own economy and the increasing jobless rate and all the people in need in our own country, and our sights elsewhere in the world than our own backyard.