So it is now the end of September and I am still waiting on the documents I need for my visa. It is difficult to stay enthusiastic about something when you fret about bureaucracy rather than preparing lesson plans. I have posted some of my grammatical research to this blog. In many ways that is all there is to really write about some days.
I had a chance to go see the new, unauthorized biographical movie about L Ron Hubbard, The Master. It is a very well acted and well put together film which is based loosely on L Ron Hubbard and his inner circle during the period between the end of WWII and the establishment of Scientology. I have had a chance to read Dianetics and an unauthorized history of Scientology. The film is a very well made fictional biographical sketch of L Rom.
The film does not dissuade me from my regard of Scientology as a misunderstood group that has a lot of problems. I actually kind of like Scientology in several regards. I respect their fight for recognition as a religion, for the furious legal battle they waged against the IRS, and for some of their cosmological ideas. I also think they are kind of too reactionary in their views and sort of, we'll, a cult.
I suppose I could walk away from this China thing and become a scientologist. Weird that the spell check on my iPad does dot recognize Scientologist as a word.
So, here's to continuing my aberrated existence as a non clear thetan. The skies have been grey and there has been a lot of rain over the past several days. I will make some more posts tomorrow.
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