So last night i was abandon with a flat tire at the beginning of a twelve mile bike ride I take every wed home from a place of work. Not really abandon, but stranded. Certain images sit out in my head sitting in a friend's yard who wasn't there waiting for another friend with a car to come pick me, and my now gimpy bicycle (I successfully cured ( Read more... )

so, I dont post very often. but I want to just make a point to mention that I am really excited about the coming year. this last summer has been a buncha sadness, but things are sorta looking up. I have 3/4 employment as a research assistant on two amazing projects and then doing this other supervisory job that is pretty chill... i'm also in ( Read more... )

So, while I love the new Radiohead much more than I ever cared for Hail to the Thief, I just threw in Amnesiac for the first time in ages, and can't believe how I forgot how amazing it is... Overall Kid A is my favourite, just because it took the time to get to love, but Amnesiac is really f-ing amazing.

I need to get back to reading, so this will be quick, but I was just thinking. I am currently living next to the Mississippi, and see it pretty much four days of the week if not more. I was thinking about the experience of living by a large river like the Mississippi as compared to living ( Read more... )

I feel very out of place. After being in Australia for three years coming back to the US and being involved in classes is odd, I imagine everyone as coming from places I cant imagine, which probably they do, but when I hadnt gone to Australia I pretended to better understand where people are coming from. Now, everyone seems foreign ( Read more... )

Ive discovered that a good time to get in touch with my friends is to call them as I am walking home. This is purely friends in the US though, unfortunately, but is good because typically it is every year I see them once and then talk to them ( Read more... )

stuff stuff stuff... starting a new degree and pulling a house into order are tough to do at the same time. A lot of crap to keep on top of.

In other news, I love Weeds!

home for the next few years= minneapolis

that is so people know.

Just finished watching Eric Rohmer's "My Night at Maud's" plus all of the extras. There was a great conversation between this philosopher and a priest discussing Pascal ( Read more... )

Hello. Thought I would update ( Read more... )