new radio blog up; in order, left to right, top to bottom:

1. clara hill :: that easy :: restless times
2. vikter duplaix :: morena :: international affairs
3. junior boys :: so this is goodbye :: so this is goodbye
4. london elektricity :: my dreams :: billion dollar gravy
5. aphex twin :: vordhosbn :: drukqs
6. hugh masekela + metro area :: mama (metro area birthday dub) :: verve remixed 2
7. gb :: look within :: soundtrack for sunrise
8. the russian futurists :: the science of seasons :: the method of modern love
9. the russian futurists :: still life :: our thickness
10. the russian futurists :: let's get ready to crumble :: let's get ready to crumble



enjoy (you know i do!)

peace.

soundtrak: the russian futurists: let's get ready to crumble

i had to write an entry before the month ended. i was planning to before thanksgiving, but other things just kept on coming up. ugh! these school keyboards suck; medical students, stop eating and surfing at the same time! man, i need some clorox wipes or something.. these are the people that are going to be your doctors in a couple of years... be afraid.
talking about thanksgiving, it was good. i got alot of sleep in, ate some tofurky (which surprising did not taste like turkey... or what i remember turkey to taste like, but it still tasted good), and saw some old friends from college. jam completely surprised me last friday, showing up to church unexpected. he knows that i hate to be surprised like that, but i haven't seen him in awhile, so it was good to see him. saturday, the biochemistry crew couldn't get together at all, but i did see nic for the first time in her pregnancy. her and beau are so happy and it was good to catch up with them. lots of love.

this week has sort of been blah. it's the end of the semester and things are wrapping up. finals are in two weeks and i'm so unmotivated, even though it's my last semester of classes. i have some issues with my schedule of classes, but i'm not going to air them out here. it's frustrating and the frustration is getting to me.
this week, i also reactivated my gym account. even though i have to wake up 430 in the morning in order to get in a workout, i feel better that i do. weee, gym high!

it's that time of year, i guess: holiday parties. seriously, i avoid and don't go. today, my department at school is having one. i'm not going. whm was trying to convince me last night to go to the work/graduate student one, but i'm not going. i'm sure my lab section will be having a party too, and i don't plan on going to that. i know, i know... great networking opportunity and all that, but i know i'll just be sitting in a chair or leaning on a wall, bored out my mind, not eating anything because everything has some sort of cheese, egg or milk product in it. maybe next year.

planning on updating radio.blog tonight (must remember...). preview: most new music (at least to me); the russian futurists (including this song), gb, hugh masekela and metro area, aphex twin, london elektricity, clara hill and etc. look for it.

later. peace.

soundtrak: london elektricity: do you believe

monday morning's list:

- i think this morning is the first morning that it's really been cold. i went out to the car this morning and there was a significant amount of frost on the car. my sinuses are inflammed and my nose is running. ahh winter.
- wtf is with all the sweater gift advertisements... i don't want a sweater for christmas.
- last week didn't end as well as it was supposed to. friday just seemed like a different world, the things that happened. no, i'm not going to talk about what happened. but as a result, all the enthusiasm built up from that week just drained right out, to the point where i just became extremely exhausted. the next day, i could barely keep my eyes open, i was so tired. it was sad.
- i came to the realization about some things. it's sad, it's depressing, it hurts. that's life.
- it's thanksgiving week. i'm still sort of mopey that i have class/lab for only three days this week, but i'm just going. the biochem crew is trying meet up. D will be unavailable, which is unfortunate, because he's the surefire glue that keeps us together. still, it'll be good to see nic, the boy and mg again.

peace

soundtrak: london elektricity: do you believe

wednesday's list:

- so i finally finished reading this book, indecision (by benjamin kunkel) i actually started it a couple of months ago, but then got into work and school and then let abbs read it before i finally finished it this evening. i finished it on the train, the odd book, so i was carrying it in my hand as i was taking the elevator up to my car. the man that got in the elevator car with me took a look at my book and asked, "does that book state the goodness of indecision?" i kinda looked at him funny; where was he going with this? then he stated, "indecision is the flexibility of change." after i made my hasty exit (you see, this is why i wear earphones... i don't like to talk to strange people), i thought about it some more. despite the crazy last chapters and even crazier ending (you just have to read it), there was this one quote (out of so many quotable quotes from this book) that kind of made sense with what this crazy guy in the elevator was trying to convey to me:
" ... what I mean is that if we can change in all these really drastic physical ways, as clearly as we have, then how much easier it must be to change our minds." It wasn't quite the applause line I'd expected. "Over many years," I confessed anyway, "I tried not to change my mind. Yet it was changing all the time. And that, my fellow Formmates, was the way in which it never changed. My mental promiscuity was finally a form of virginity."

yeah. i'm still trying to get it too.
- i did pilates like two days ago and my 'core' still hurts. but my jeans are too big. very nice.
- i was in a bit of a funk at the beginning of this week, but things are a bit better now. whm and i are better.
- i just found out this week that i have veteran's day off (this friday). god bless the united states government. yeehaw!
- i lied; i called bbq back. and left a message.

i know there was more, but i have already forgotten. this was stuff that i was thinking on the train ride back home. if i only had internet and computer access on the train...

peace.

soundtrak: psapp: hill of our home/nightmares on wax: damn.

manic monday list:

- i was enjoying my lazy sunday yesterday when i got an unexpected email from bbq. he always does this; everytime things are going okay, he emails and i'm thrown for a loop. i didn't check the email until today. he says he's going to call. and i'm not going to pick up. i'm done.
- screening my mice again this week. things are a bit hectic today but i'm trying to smooth it all over. i woke up late this morning and the bus that i take mondays was running late too, so i feel a little unraveled.
- i have this huge pimple on my face. it's strange and i only mention it because it's huge and it's been there for a week. yesterday as i was looking at it, i realized that i was working with some skin bacteria in lab class the previous week and i might (just might) have inoculated/contaminated myself. the standard immune response is 5-7 days, so it'll be going away soon. i feel stupid that i could have let it happen though.
- i think sometimes because i'm so independent and solidary, people take that as indifference. sometimes i push people away for no reason other than the fact that sometimes i like to be on my own. i don't think there's anything wrong with that, but i don't do it the right way. i've been especially indifferent to whm. i know sometimes he's shy, so it's hard for him to come up and talk to to me, compared to my brash-rash-and-dash personality (which is all a facade, mind you). i completely ignored him last week. i could have waved, said a quick hi, but sometimes even my self-conciousness gets the best of me. i feel badly about it and now i have to rebuild that confidence (in him and in me) all over again.
- dad finally came back from kenya on friday; i picked him up from the airport. cnn has returned to the house.. yay?
- my car is acting funny again. it's my shocks this time.... gah! the money that i spend...

peace