Major Project Progress

Although there were a couple of obstacles, today I actually made a little leeway on my draft!

I may have spent the morning collecting my new Macbook (nyum-nyum-nyum) but I've convinced myself that this was, essentially, an educational exercise. All of a sudden, I was compelled to begin my draft (because it meant staring at my new-found love, in all its LED-display glory). So, although I may have lost a few hours - it was worth it Mr Carragher!

Anyhow, back to the draft. I also found some really great new sources to support my first argument (filling in the gaps I noted in my last blog). Particularly, an article written by Leary and Alpert in 1963 entitled "The Politics of Consciousness Expansion" which was published in the Harvard Review (Volume 4). I also found a BBC interview with Leary from 1967 which shows his views on the legacy of the drug culture of the Sixties.
"Our Supreme Court will be smoking marijuana within fifteen years. It's inevitable because the students in our best universities are doing it now. There'll be less interest in warfare, in power politics. You know, politics today is a disease-it's a real addiction."
I'm hoping to have my first draft complete by Wedneday or Thursday - I don't have much hope in anything sooner but I am making progress!