Oh, y'know, just yarnin'
Playlist of the Moment:
1. Sand In My Shoes- Dido
2. Star Matter- Ani Difanco
3. Bang Bang- Dispatch
4. Wasteland- Augustana
5. The Only Living Boy In New York- Simon & Garfunkel
6. Downfall- Matchbox Twenty
All of which vaguely make me think of Cloud Atlas, because I am still in the middle of it. I am trying to make my mind drop it and focus on something else for right now, because if I start the second half of it I know I won't stop until I finish it. It isn't really working; I start doing something else and think that I have succesfully shifted my attention, but a few minutes later a fully-formed thought about something from the book jumps up from god knows where and takes over again.
I can't decide if I'm looking forward to or dreading the annual family trip to the snow, which is this weekend. I'm too out of shape for snowboarding to be anything but painful after one day of it, and the older sibling in me is weirdly touchy about the fact that my brothers are way better at it than me. I do love it, though, at least for the first day. We are going to a different cabin that allows dogs (:D !) this year, which means there is a lot of extra space. My grandparents and cousin are coming, which is good. Except for the weird anxiety that I get around family members.
Swanekke was the name of the island where the protestor camp was based in 'Half Lives!' I knew I'd read it before.
Stop it, brain.
Experimental Psychology, here I come.
' "One day" was only a flea o' hope for us.
Yay, I mem'ry Meronym sayin', but fleas ain't easy to rid. '