sheesh. movie girls doing it to me again. winona ryder has her moments, i'm telling you, where are the cool girls at?
kurt's trying to get me to go skiing over winter break. you see, i've gone pansy skiing before up in michigan, and i was doing ok, you know, i could turn and stop ok, but then i tried a black diamond and starting going so fast that i couldn't really do anything except to lose control and wipe out big time. so i've not done much in the skiing department since that day back in jr. high or high school, i can't remember. but i've going to colorado i'm gonna have to have some basic skills, even if it costs me a few broken limbs and some money in the bank. i'm gonna try it again.
yesterday i went to a show where tom conlon was playing, he's awesome. check him out at http://www.tomconlonmusic.com and take a listen. he's acoustic. and if you think dashboard is good (andrew) wait till you here tom. he's wicked good, he's got some soul in his music that dashboard can't really compare to.
afterward i was chillin with kathy at grounds, which was cool because it was mild for a november night. kathy's awesome. she says, "bowling green's a nice town to come home to." not necessarily a nice town to live in, but a nice home to come to. maybe i'll appreciate that next year, but for now it's pretty stupid sometimes.
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thumbs up: winona ryder, despite her shoplifting
thumbs down: windy, cold, and raining
quote: "i'm coming out of the booth!" - adam sandler
cd rotation: tom conlon: five year first impression
well, i WAS just sitting next to mike, writing my blog, but he left and i accidentally quit internet explorer, so here i am writing it again.
the big news is that i have a cd sitting next to me with the newest pinewood recording on it! we only have one sing finished thus far, with recording continuing over the next few weeks. i stayed up late last night working to make a new splash website, featuring a clip from "ivy league." it's just about finished. i'm so excited for you to hear it!
i met with my professors yesterday, and smoothed everything over from my "un-professional" email. hopefully it didn't hurt the strength of my recommendations. almost finished with this process.
as promised, here's my piece on another BGSU breed, the parking lot vultures:
the parking lot vultures circle the parking lot looking for open spaces, or, more often than not, just sit at the end of a row, stalking their prey as students walk back from class, trying to guess who will be going to their car first. these vultures have very individualistic habits and refuse to work together to find a spot. rather, if someone takes a spot (with or without a blinker), a shower of expletives and hand gestures rain down on the alpha vulture, perhaps in an effort to cover up their own lack of prowess and thinking skills. vultures usually circle between 10am and 6pm on weekdays - i guess they aren't hungry on the weekends. here's my question: rather than waiting in the parking lot for 15 minutes, running your engine, and getting disgraceful looks from other vultures and students, why not just park in a different lot, walk to your class, and get some exercise? you'll probably get to class sooner than if you had waited for the classes to end. and you'd give other people a chance who are just running late. and you know what's funny? to dive into an open parking spot before the vulture can get there. 'cause then they really get mad. it doesn't matter how long you wait, it's just chance as to what spot's going to open up first.
next week's breed: sweat pants to class
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thumbs up: tom conlon tonight
thumbs down: math homework forever
quote: "missed all my chances, guess i'm just handing you away."
cd rotation: taking back sunday
ups and downs today. i confirmed my half-marathon plans, you'll have to ask me about the location because i don't want to spill the beans on a website, that's pretty boring. this race is gonna be sweet!
but then for some reason people thought i was only 12 years old today. my dad, for one, seems to think that i never think about the decisions i make, as in, "have you been running enough to do a half-marathon?" and "we're not helping pay for it" etc. etc. i know he likes to give advice because he loves me, he just doesn't give me credit very much.
then a professor, the one who i raved about in a blog about a month ago, thinks that an email to him & my other recommenders wasn't very professional, and told me so in a very roundabout way: "see what your dad thinks, and tell me his reaction to your email." wow, i'm a senior in college, i don't think that my dad needs to know that i made a faux pas in my email to this professor. i sent out an awesome apology email to all my professors, some of whom thought my apology was nice and others who thought it was unnecessary. basically, this whole situation gave me a lot of unneeded stress for today. i have enough from school and work, thanks.
another ranting email (re: andrew's blog). thanks for bearing with me here. i've been humbled today, and i'm ready to go to bed and start tomorrow off fresh and with energy.
thanks for being my friends. i don't think i say that often enough. but thanks for reading my rants and listening to me blow up about this stuff. seriously, thanks.
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thumbs up: january 17, 2003
thumbs down: 21 years old and still not an adult
quote: "$1.25? isn't that the price your mother........" - adam sandler
cd rotation: slick shoes: burnout (all to real)
i'm so excited that i can barely contain myself. but it's so good that i want to tell you in person. so i'm not going to post it here, thanks to the lessons i've learned from conversations with kathy and mike and justin!
but it has to do with a half-marathon. that's my teaser. and it's not in this state.
i worked on some pretty exciting-yet-mundane forms for grad school, this process is almost finished. pretty soon all i have to do is work on my statement of purpose. still lookin' like colorado is #1, then maryland, then a california school. it's hard to believe that i may be living in california this time next year! or colorado, or maryland...etc. you'll have to come visit!
we won in flag football, so now we're 3-1, and playoffs are to start next week. i scored my first, second, and third touchdowns of the season. it was a fun game. and a good post-game run with ray, i totally dig it man.
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thumbs up: the future!
thumbs down: work at 9am
quote: "your all that i wanted in a girl, you're all that i need in the world" - weezer
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"when your ears are ringing, doesn't that means that someone's thinking about you?"
cd rotation: slick shoes: burnout (an oldie but goodie)
pop music sucks. sorry, but that's the truth. ok, i'm not sorry. you know, maybe there's some enjoyment to be had for the summer-bubble gum song, but for the *most part* i'd say that *most music* is in pretty bad shape. underground bands are becoming mainstream, which would make one think that good music will now be heard on the radio, but instead we get the same songs over and over again, making that band a chore to listen to anymore. re: jimmy. re: dashboard. i'm glad that other people are experiencing their music, and i'm not complaining about the loss of authenticity. maybe i'm complaining that new listeners don't know where these 'underground' bands have come from, that there's some pretty deep meaning behind their songs. granted, i'm making a lot of generalizations, but i hope you see my point.
mens group: you guys rock.
i appreciate the day off of class tomorrow. i think a lot of the meaning of veteran's day gets lost in the day-to-day business. at least most college students i'd wager don't think twice about it. i feel pretty self-righteous even writing about it. so i'll stop writing about it.
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thumbs up: a spectacular thunderstorm
thumbs down: northern illinois
quote: "you want to know who i really i am, yeah so do i, yeah so do i" - saves the day
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"forget this thing called love, it's a waste of time." - mxpx (i don't think i really believe that though)
cd player: mxpx: life in general
