News

Here's so new things that have come into my life.

new haircut:
my friends and I have a little video scavenger hunt every year, which pretty much consists of us do stupid shit on camera (such as breaking broomsticks over each other's backs, getting a phone number from a member of the opposite sex, eating a pizza in less then ten minutes, etc.) for a designated point value for each of the tasks, with the winning team being the one with the most points (and the least shame). this year, i decided i'd shave my head (35 points) for my team. the results: good. i don't look as goofy as i expected, and it's really low-maintenance (short showers rock). so i think i'm gonna stick with it for a while. yes, friends who read this, i'll have photos on facebook soon so you can judge how it looks for yourselves.

new music:
i've finally download two complete collections from two musicians that i have admired for a long time: stevie wonder and joni mitchell. i've been in love with joni since i first heard "the circle game" in the third grade, and i've loved stevie for i don't know how long (he tends to have that effect on people). the combined collections took over 5 gigs on my computer, which is a substantial-enough hit to my 200 gig hard drive, but it's worth it.

new girlfriend:
i've been seeing a girl for a bit now, and we're pretty much officially a couple, which is cool. i've been single for more than a year now, so it's about time that i find someone to make out and cuddle with. the two of us are kinda different, but that's cool in it's own way...yeah, don't have too much more to say on the subject...or anything else.

random thoughts that have come to mind recently

first of all, i have to continue on with my writing in all lower-case. it's something i did in high school (as a way to take the focus off of certain words, like "i" or in that case any other name, not that i don't like the people that i write about but i feel that there are more important things than our titles). plus, i'm too lazy to use a shift key (which just compromises my previous statements, but i'm too lazy to erase it).

i need to go out more often. i like going out and conversing with friends, whether it be through a drunken haze or in between bites of a good dinner. i like the parties where i'm at; they're small enough to feel intimate, but crazy enough to have me wake up in the morning and say, "well that was interesting."

i need more techno in my music collection. well, to state it honestly: i need techno in my music collection. my punk-rock is strong as every, hip-hop is moving pretty strongly and my jazz is very respectable, but i've really been in the mood for something dance-able, and i don't even dance. if anyone has any suggestions for solid artists, feel free to let me know. i'm also considering asking for some CDs from one of my professors who was a techno dj in germany (and i know CDs breaks my no-caps rule but i'm sorry, cds just looks weird, like a grocery store name or a std).

i need to practice more music. and i know, i'm busy already and i work hard, but i keep feeling like i suck when i go to practice. my problem, as i see it, is not that i suck, but that i could be so much better if i just tried harder. and part of that is that my university's jazz festival was this weekend and i went to a lecture by one of the guest artists (a very famous trumpet player) who talked about self-discipline, and it really got me thinking that i could practice more. so that's a goal of mine.