Aw shit, Livejournal, I didn't mean to forget about you. It's just sort of that everything that's happened to me recently is either embarassingly personal or incredibly mundane, and all that's left to write about is stuff that seems trivial ( Read more... )

I saw Andrew Bird in concert yesterday, and he put on an amazing show. He whistles well.

There's no fight night today, which is exactly what I didn't want to hear, because a boxing match is precisely what I feel I need.

My dealings with the administration in the last two weeks have been straight the fuck out of Kafka.

Two and a half more months

I just saw William Elliott Whitmore in concert, and it was one of the most graceful and beautiful performances I've ever witnessed. But it was a fairly interesting evening overall, one of those nights that just seems to be a chain of pleasantly surprising happenings. The first in this chain was being randomly picked up by a friend, who was also ( Read more... )

So one thing that's been bugging me a lot is the finiteness (finity) of life. I mean, we live for a pretty long time, lots of days, but when you think about it we spend a lot of time not doing anything. How many times do you think you'll watch the moon rise? Maybe ten? How many times do you think you'll drive faster than 100 miles per hour? How ( Read more... )

Well, I got that honors english shit out of the way with style to spare ( Read more... )

It's pretty weird to think that, in just a few days, I'll only have to go to Ames High for an hour and a half every day. I'll be taking two classes at Iowa State (Introduction to International Politics and Social Psychology) and then German 4 and Creative Writing at Ames High. I'm also going to continue writing for the WEB ( Read more... )

Sorry about the last post. Frankly, I'm ashamed of it, and only refrain from deleting it because I don't like to be revisionist ( Read more... )

Hello people that may not exist ( Read more... )

Man, read the average review on Pitchfork arguing the virtues of Kelly Clarkson (#3 on their year-end best singles list) or Young Jeezy, and then read this:

Lester Bangs on "Astral Weeks"

So I'm going to Mistletoe in a few hours. I wonder what that'll be like; hopefully it won't end as abruptly and as absurdly as last year's, and I hope that sense ( Read more... )

Two of my personal heroes died today ( Read more... )