I'm posting a lot today. I think it's because I've been listening to so much music and hardly speaking aloud to anyone at all. Does anybody else appreciate Interpol (the band, not the organization) the way I do? Nothing like glacial, alt rock. The song "NYC" is really hitting close right about now...for some reason ( Read more... )

Does anyone out there remember the band Argos? 'Cause it's seriously the best stuff to listen to while typing your final seminar paper on J.M. Coetzee in the library. I remember that Mario was their drummer for a brief period of time. I miss that kid and his sister so much ( Read more... )

I plan to spend this week avoiding everybody...I'll see how that goes...

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"Tell it like it is, but be careful how you tell it- and to whom ( Read more... )

"Majoring in English is majoring in misery."-Billy Collins

You know, sometimes I think it's better never to meet a poet...because it kind of ruins everything. I'm afraid to find out what Lawrence Ferlinghetti is like.

Poet Billy Collins is on campus today. I guess that's kind of a big deal.

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I wore my Clash t-shirt to the bar tonight. We were all up buying drinks when this 40 year old townie turns around and says "Hey guys! How's it going?" just like he knows us. Then he starts pointing at my chest and nodding and saying "The Clash! Yessss!" He moves closer to me and says, "Do you know who got The Clash started? What band inspired them ( Read more... )

"Oh haven't you heard? Holly solves all the world's problems ( Read more... )