holding steady.™

something to think about.

a frozen pea — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:28:35 +0000

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 "

goings-on

a frozen pea — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:00:03 +0000

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.

i voted!

a frozen pea — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:30:59 +0000

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. ... 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!)

song of the day: something new

a frozen pea — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:25:20 +0000

blitzen trapper, " gold for bread "

song of the day (or the past couple)

a frozen pea — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:06:44 +0000

keane, " spiralling "

sotd: what a saturday

a frozen pea — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:21:18 +0000

a tribe called quest, " check the rhime " amy winehouse, " in my bed "

song of the day: i do what i want!

a frozen pea — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:40:32 +0000

radiohead, " reckoner " kings of leon, " manhattan " cold war kids, " mexican dogs "

song of the day: a somewhat old favorite

a frozen pea — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:51:24 +0000

interpol, " rest my chemistry "

a bit of humor on an otherwise dark day

a frozen pea — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:51:33 +0000

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. ... 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?

song of the day: because i’m feeling like that

a frozen pea — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:15:27 +0000

michael bublé, " everything "