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Well, I had the house to myself last night. I spent most of it listening to Il Sogno, Elvis Costello's ballet that he wrote for the Italian dance troupe Aterballeto in the year 2000. It's a very great composition. Those of you expecting something in the vein of his pop records, e.g., Armed Forces or Imperial Bedroom, will be disappointed. This ( Read more... )

I started reading another book today - Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players. In the auttor's note at the beginning, I found a rule I had forgotten: If a player uses all seven of their tiles, making a valid word, during a turn, the player gets an bonus of 50 points to their score. I ( Read more... )

Do you know what makes sleepless nights less fun and even more sleepless? An Italian greyhound puppy. An Italian greyhound puppy that always wants attention no matter what time it is. My sister and her boyfriend bought one for his mom for when they go over to visit her on the big island of Hawaii, where she lives. The dog, affectionately called ( Read more... )

I got myself three things yesterday. DS videogame Meteos, which is very addictive. Plus two more music cds: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Brian Eno & David Byrne, this great of world music and rock that's a very big influence on electronica; and The Garden, Zero 7's newest. This one's very good, especially the opening track, "Futures", "This ( Read more... )

Studying for my test tomorrow morning. Variations in consciousness, dream cycles, drugs, etc ( Read more... )

So, here I am, awake since 2:45, listening to Uh-Oh by David Byrne, which is actually a pretty decent album no matter what other people tell you, as well as Nick Drake's Pink Moon, Animal Collective's Feels and Itzhak Perlman playing Scott Joplin rags, and reading the archives of Wondermark. I can't believe I didn't know about this comic sooner. ( Read more... )

I took my Psychology exam on Sensation and Perception this morning. I didn't get much sleep last night after Scrabble antics at Regina's party, but I had fun playing and got 24 out of 25 right on the test, so I'm happy. Ironically, after the test, we started talking about variations in consciousness, which included sleep and the consequences of ( Read more... )

It was about a week ago, maybe two, that my mom went to see Al Gore's movie, An Inconvenient Truth, with Carole, our crazy Southern Democrat librarian friend. Based on her opinion, I was pretty interested in seeing it. But this little film makes me want to see it even more ( Read more... )

Julie and I parted ways as a couple. Part of it was my fault, I think, thinking I was helping when I was just making things worse. I'm just glad I was able to spend that time closer to a great friend. That and that I didn't break down afterwards. I just wish I could have gotten to sleep at a reasonable hour. This damn sunburn is going to keep ( Read more... )