behold: www.splendourhyaline.com download mp3s and buy the CD! (unless you live in stanford, in which case talk to me, or orlando, in which case talk to rachel, or gainesville, in which case talk to david or jason killingsworth about how to get the CD without paying s&h).
procrastination for end-term papers and finals is really good for my music career. i’ve already written one song in the past few days and i’m about to start another. hopefully i’ll play at least one at my show on thursday! don’t forget to come to the CoHo this thurs…i go on about 10:15pm.
i’m really not in any position to finish strong this quarter. two large papers and a final in the next week, and i’m just ready to give up. ready to give up and spend my life paralyzed by good music, manufacturing whatever emotion i feel like having at the moment. though i would always choose just one: self-pity. there’s nothing like that particular emotion to lull me into thinking that all that matters in life, and i’ll that i’m good for, is listening to good music and feeling self-pity. it’s a magnificent circle, isn’t it. ...
the presidential news conference: why do i feel like he never directly answered a single question?
i am glad that there is no way, in aol instant messenger, for people to tell how many times i’ve checked their away messages. if there were, i’m sure at least 10 would think i’m a stalker. really, it’s a little game i play called “hit the close button!”. here’s how it works: 1. right click on a buddy’s screen name 2. click the button labelled “close” on the away message that pops up ...
today, 1000 Splendour Hyaline CDs arrived at my suite. i didn’t realize it would be such an exciting thing for these things to arrive, but as it turns out, i’m still grinning happily after ripping through the shrink wrap on the first CD to be opened. the CDs more than met my expectations: chris’ fabulous design work came out in perfect detail, and there’s not a single thing wrong with the printing or the packaging. in fact i’m blown away by how clean it is. ...
today i went to church twice. today i actually had breakfast: 2 eggs and 2 pancakes, cooked to order in my eating club. today i drove my new car around, pretending that i rock at driving stick and really wanting to listen to cake’s ‘going the distance’, or whatever. today i sat in my shorts (and no shirt) outside our suite, skin staring at the sun, amazed at the gigantic differences in temperature that the wind makes, and wondering why josser’s nipples are so much bigger than mine. ...
it’s hard to describe what my heart has been craving recently. i suppose that’s why i ran without stopping for 75 minutes today–clarity. something about the wind and sun, the hills and the undulating path, the green crowned with blue and white, erases all confusion. and something about the steady pounding of feet on dirt and cement restores reason and perspective. i had hoped that these things would give me the clarity i needed to see what is driving my heart these days. ...
miraculously, i purchased my first car on saturday. it is a beautiful machine, and i love it. click here for pictures of a car of the same make, model, color, etc… my parents were in town friday and saturday helping me look for it, and my dad’s finely-honed negotiation skills, guided by the good grace of god, landed us a truly unthinkable deal on the car. i won’t go into it, but rest assured there was indeed evidence of the invisible hand at work. rock. ...
in answer to all of your questions: song b. (that’s a link, for those not prone to figuring stuff out)