holding steady.™

i was recently told that one of the most telling aspects of who a person is lies in…their 15 most played tracks in itunes. hmmm.
well, here are mine:

15- feist, “my moon, my man“
14- cold war kids, “hair down“
13- the roots, “the web“
12- feist, “one two three four“
11- beyoncé, “single ladies (put a ring on it)“
10- anberlin, “naive orleans“
9- rilo kiley, “close call“
8- amy winheouse, “he can only hold her“
7- feist, “intuition“
6- we are scientists, “cash cow“
5- the fifth dimension, “aquarius/let the sunshine in“
4- grand national, “cherry tree“
3- beyoncé, “kitty kat“
2- as tall as lions, “into the flood“
1- angels and airwaves, “secret crowds“

my job is finally starting to get a little hectic, in a way that i like.

my grad school applications are starting to get serious. i’ve already begun stalking folks for recommendations, and so far, so good.

i took the GRE on Saturday. it went, shall we say…well. very well.

i had to break down and buy a new iphone, since the old iphone cracked in the screen and was starting to suffer serious lags in performance. plus that battery sucks major donkey schlong. the new one is awesome and sexy, even more so since i got another incase slider case (pics going up on flickr, i’ll link back here when i do that.). the matte finish, plus the anti-glare screen protector, makes Henrietta the Great even better than her predecessor, Henrietta I.

the Girl is talking to me again. in the wake of what would have been a less-than-stellar evening of me drinking, though i’ve sworn to never do it again, i called her on a whim (the whole time thinking that i never can get ahold of her unless i’m inebriated), and she picked up and we talked for a while and it was like paradise, because nothing of before mattered or really even came up. it was just catching up. who’s to say if or when it will happen again? i’m not stressing it, because it’s a big but gentle step in the right direction.

i’m starting to be able to see the end of what was once a very dense cloud of depression and desperation. i’ve got more hope than i used to.

OH AND DID I MENTION THAT BARACK OBAMA IS THE FUCKING PRESIDENT-ELECT?!?!

I did it. Today, I cast not only my first presidential ballot, but a vote for an American candidate who has inspired the world. The Fine Gentleman from Illinois has made me a part of something huge and forever changed what we expect of our elected officials in this country.

I used to have a less enthused perspective on voting and the importance it should have to people. I got up early this morning so I could get a decent spot in line at my polling place, so my mood was less than stellar. But as I walked out of there, I had a grin on my face and a smile in my heart. Each step felt lighter than the last. Surely, voting gives you a renewed sense of empowerment. Though I tend to think that it’s so incredibly exhilarating to take advantage of this particular right. Personally, I think of the men and women who gave their lives over to ensuring that I, their descendant, would be able to go up and cast my vote without an ounce of fear.

Assuming (and praying!) that Senator Obama wins this election, the expectations will surge through the roof. The standards will be raised, not only for him, but for his successors and the Democratic Party. We’ve finally moved away from the unflattering portrait that conservatives have been trying paint of us, as opponents to the middle class, to values, to the strength of our nation’s defenses, to democracy, to families, and to success. They’ve been trying to pitch this same ball for too long, and it’s time to hit it out of the park.

A new morning is beginning, and it’s already complete.

blitzen trapper, “gold for bread“

keane, “spiralling“

a tribe called quest, “check the rhime“

amy winehouse, “in my bed“

radiohead, “reckoner“

kings of leon, “manhattan“

cold war kids, “mexican dogs“

interpol, “rest my chemistry“

i had completely forgotten about this website, annotatedrant.com.

i had also forgotten how funny it is. i have some favorite lines from some of these rants. ready? great.

“Which state do you think has the lowest divorce rate you marriage-hyping dickwads? Well? Can you guess? It’s fucking Massachusetts, the fucking center of the gay marriage universe. Yes, that’s right, the state you love to tie around the neck of anyone to the left of Strom Thurmond has the lowest divorce rate in the fucking nation.”
fuckthesouth.com

“And maybe he [John Gibson] was kidding when he wished, on air, that the French had gotten the 2012 Olympics instead of the Brits so the terrorists would “blow up Paris,” but it might have been just a touch over the top to call for it again on the day of the London train bombings. Classy move, asshole.”
fuckchristmas.com

“‘It is said that prior to the attacks of September 11th, our government failed to connect the dots of the conspiracy”? No, motherfucker, it is said of you that you failed to read the goddamn reports that said, “Here’s a terrifying dot, and here’s another terrifying dot, and there’s this big red line between them, so we might want to do something about that.’”
fuckthestateoftheunion.com

“But you’d be winning right now if Obama would have just done eighty seven town hall debates with you? Yeah, cause you really connected during the one you got. You know what you should do? You should get your wife’s company to sponsor some more debates! They could put up the cash, and give out free beer and auction off prizes and stuff, and maybe you could get other rich people to pitch in if you, like, promise to make their dad King of the Economy and mention his name over and over during the debate.
Damn! You already did that, didn’t you? How’d that work out for ya?”
fuckjohnmccain.com

michael bublé, “everything“