Here Comes Tomorrow Rebirth Neo-Kai

After a long hiatus due to personal issues, the shining glory that is the future's greatest resource, Here Comes Tomorrow is back online!


To make a long story very short, when I started this blog my life was going in a very different direction. I was still recovering from a long illness but it seemed like I had things back under control, and was going to be admitted to graduate school at my old university, continue work there for a couple of years, and basically maintain the status quo. Then two things happened.

First, I got rejected for graduate school because I foolishly admitted that I had plans after academia. This is the cardinal sin in the ivory tower world of Political Science, it seems. Secondly, my illness got worse again, and so I lapsed in doing, well, much of anything.

But you can't hang around sick forever, or you probably die, and there are far too many of my enemies left to outlast me, so I'm back on my feet. I'm on track to move out of this backwater state, go on to law school directly, and ignore any requests for alumni donations from here until Ragnarok.

Which brings me to another point. I've decided to drop the pseudonym, which I adopted primarily because I was in the process of applying to the (supposedly) austere and intellectual world of Graduate School, rather than the vicious circle of sharks that is Law School, and I did not want 'teh Google' to impact this process negatively. Apparently I had nothing to worry about in this regard; ambition, other than the kind that leads to your name in obscure academic journals, is the true kryptonite of post-grad work.

So I'll dispense with the Ellis Kage persona, which really never had time to develop at any rate.

My name is John J. Sears. The J is for 'Joseph', as if anyone cares. I'm 25 years old and hold a B.A. in Political Science/Criminal Justice from Indiana University. I live here in glorious Bloomington, Indiana, which is mercifully populated with a large collection of oddballs, freaks and wisdom seekers, along with the idiots who pile into the stadium on sports days, or the alcohol addicted frat rats who make the bars look like Gallipoli every Friday night.

Politcally, I'm a left-wing sort of guy. A socialist really, though that term has been pretty successfully demonized in the good old U.S. of A. Just so you know where I stand, here are my standard issue biases and positions, laid out in a handy list format, to make it easier to hate me.

Abortion: Pro-Choice (Extremely; I'm in favor of the government paying for any and all birth
control, abortion and sterilization procedures as social policy)

Health Care: Pro-Universal Health Care (I personally like the German model, but all the
Western Industrialized nations do it better than we do)

Civil Rights/Surveillance: Civil Libertarian (think ACLU; I like my Bill of Rights, the Separation
of Church and State, etc)

Religious Status: Atheist (if God wants to prove his/her existence, I'm listed in the phone book)

Political Affiliation: Democrat (until something better comes along; please, please do)

Unions: Pro-Union (go WGA!)

Immigration: Extremely Pro-Immigration. (What, it's better to keep up the population with
screaming worm babies than skilled adults who want to come here and contribute?
Please. Also, American food is almost entirely inedible. The more ethnic groups, the
better our restaurants.)

Science: Pro-Science (sad, but it needs to be stated in this day and age. I like my light bulbs and
interblags, genetic engineering and even the killer robots that will one day rise up and
overthrow human civilization.)

Ok, so most people won't be with me on the robots thing. Too bad. They're adorable when they charge the death rays and start chanting in badly synthesized voices.

This blog's focus will be on politics, entertainment, technology, and the intersection thereof, primarily. I like to see how the world we live in is shaped by the world we want it to be, and vice versa; I'm also, by training and nature, very cynical and suspicious of the ebb and flow of power, and like to keep an eye on what our Esteemed Leaders are up to.

Plus it's just cool how so few can control so many using the brain-rot trifecta of Church, State and Television.

Well, that's about it. This is longer and less amusing than anything I intend to post in the future, I assure you. You, who will someday be reading it. Perhaps.

Later.

JJS