No Rain, No Gain

There was supposed to be rain...but nothing came.

pulleys pulleys pulleys

I like my new dorm room. It isn't as dusty as the last one. But I'm not that fond about it being on the 5th floor. With the elevators being as slow as they are, I have to come up with new ways to amuse myself while I wait for them. Maybe the next reality tv show will be bred in my imagination during one of these elevator-waiting periods. Maybe I'll make a new friend who's waiting for the extremely slow elevators as well. Maybe my iMac will unexpectedly explode while I'm waiting for the elevator to come down to the first floor. Maybe... I'll take the stairs.

Martha Stuwart on a Cafeteria Television

When I went to the dining hall yesterday morning for breakfast, I sat alone, as I usually do, but this time I watched Martha Stuwart on one of the TVs. It's amazing to me how blunt see is with her guests sometimes. Anyway, the breakfast was good, in case any of you were wondering.

Sufjan Stevens

Okay, so I've been listening to another album from ought 5 called "Come On Feel the Illinoise!" by Sufjan Stevens. I like it now that I've listened to it a bit. I think I might give it a place over "Guero" by Beck, but I'm not certain of this. All the same, it's a solid release by the Mr. Stevens, who like me, is a little bit of a dork. Considering the fact that the album bears 22 freaking tracks, I haven't completely listened to the whole thing, but so far "Chicago", "Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois", and "Jacksonville" are probably my favorite tracks.

The Bends

I can't stress the fact that any radiohead album you buy you'll be pleased with (with the exception of Pablo Honey-their debut record). And here is The Bends. Radiohead's sophmore release is nothing less than brilliance in the form of wonderfully passionate rock. Thom Yorke tends to focus a lot of the lyrics on human frailty in this album, so there's a whole lot of tenderness as well as a sense bitterness and angst. I love The Bends. Every song is awesome and passionate, although some are more so than others. I don't have any favorite songs off of this masterpiece but I do tend to like "Fake Plastic Trees" and "Black Star" a lot (I'm not copying you, Nathan; we just have the same opinion here).

"I'll feed you light"

Swoon, baby, starry nights
May our bodies remain
You move with me I'll feed you light, baby
May our bodies remain

"Public Pervert" ~ Interpol

>_>

the autumns have three albums: THE ANGEL POOL, IN THE RUSSET GOLD OF THIS VAIN HOUR, and THE AUTUMNS
I've been thinking about each one pretty hardly. My favorite, hands down, is their self-titled album. I've seen it noted that each one of the autumn's albums seems to tell a particular story or have a particular theme. In THE AUTUMNS the main theme is the ocean. Almost every song has referrece to the sea and the very music itself sometimes reminds me of the beach boys. But the reason this one is my favorite is because I think it has the best songwriting of the three. It's hard to say that songs like "Hush, Plain Girls," "Slumberdoll," and "Wish Stars." aren't beautiful and exciting.

jumping in puddles foot first

...(-)and there's forgiveness in the eyes of love
which knows no bounds and is hindered by no thing
and you have finally come
when I needed you most
and wanted you least
and knocked some since into my head(-)...

information

The short kid with the gangly legs says that he didn't like the swisher sweet he had toight. Forrest didn't like the taste because swishers are nasty cigars; they are the basest of the base. However, the sugar-coated end tasted nice.

In Other News:
1) I liked my sophmore year of high school the best. freshman and junior years had their moments while senior year just flat-out sucked.
2) I've been taking showers instead of baths, lately.
3) Saw the Brothers Grimm. thought it was okay but lacked some crucial character development. Plus, it was slightly too neurotic for my already neurotic mind to take.
4) I'm looking for to seeing the old lady who admits people into the dining hall. ...not really, but she is a nice old lady.
5) There's still nasty swisher sweet in my mouth and I wish it would go away, be gone, get lost.
6) We'll climb the Astro Crag tommorow just like we dreamed of doing when we were in elementary school.

...

I think out of all the albums radiohead has come out with, Kid A is probably my personal favorite.

I hope this makes you laugh

Welch's Sparkling Grape Juice - for when you want to get drunk but you can't.

cheese and crackers

I like cheese and crackers.

hardee har har

This is a garden gnome.


This is Ben and Andrew trying to be gnomes.

Missing Kid on a Carton of Milk

Nathan, what happened to you? Where have you been? We've all been wondering and worrying about you. We've come to think that you've dropped off the face of the earth. And I've called your cell phone but you never picked up, so I started leaving pointless messages. I hope you get a decent laugh out of them. I'm free the 7th to let you know, so we can hang out on that day; that is, if you read this post before then.

hiding

discouraged
going to withdraw
going to run away
as far as these legs will take me
I'll gush for as long as I need to
and then hopefully, you'll turn my head
in your direction

kill the selfishness and swollen obsession
that I've so casually allowed to deposit on my heart
and turn my head
in your direction

La Marimba

To the two or three people who read this blog, Happy New Year. Let me give you a valuable piece of new year's advice.

ANYBODY CAN PLAY THE GUITAR

don't tell yourself you can't do it just because "your fingers won't bend in that position" because mine didn't do that at first either. And don't worry about making the guitar the most played instrument by amateurs, because if observation shows me right, it already is. Guitars are fun and cool, but I've always felt that pianos were just plan beautiful. It's sort of a difficult task to hit this off with the guitar. It can be, and has been done, though.