Revisiting old things
Schools going nicely so far. Classes are good to great. The people in the classes are smart, friendly, and not hipster. At least the people in my cooking classes. The gen-ed's are more of a mixed bag.
The other day (by that i mean this morning) I was going through my library and noted that I hadn't listened to Chevelle in upwards of like three or four years. So I listened to some tracks off of "This type of thinking" and was pleasantly surprised. I know a lot of music I liked in high school (especially freshman year) I wouldn't touch now, so this was unexpected. But I guess in the back of my mind there's a reason why I moved that folder over four different computers and never thought about deleting it. There are some bands I liked more than Chevelle at the time (Muse is one example that comes immediately to mind, another would be Taproot) that have been summarily deleted without ceremony, and promptly forgotten about. I might have forgotten about Chevelle but they're still good. That rapid strum they do in "Another Know It All" is still fucking sweet, too.
Anyway I'm always looking to get into an hourlong discussion with lots of namedropping with people, but I never run into the audio/sound engineering people. It doesn't help that none of their classes are at the Loop campus (they spend al of their time at the Mart, and I only have 2 classes over there) and that they near-impossible to tell apart from the gaming/programming majors. I mean, I ran into a sound engineering major who was wearing an "I survived Barrens Chat" t shirt. Okay bro, so did I, but I thought you were going for game design for the first few minutes we were talking.
I haven't spent much (if any) time with Ellen lately, and I've been feeling the effects. The only good thing about this is my tolerance has gone down. But it makes me wonder if I'm cut out for anything serious. If my mind is so one-tracked as to only think about college/cooking then I have to figure out how to get over that and fast. Right now, I can blame it on the three hours per day I spend in transit from Boresville to Chicago, because to be honest that is a lot of time. But there's really no substitute for personal interaction, and if there was, it certainly isn't text messaging. I need a weekend where I do nothing but chill with her, because she's been busy during that time. Go figure, that's the time I have off. We did hang out Thursday night, which was fun but brief.
Getting all your ducks in a row is hard. I guess that's why no one ever really has been able to do it perfectly.
Also, a preemptive fuck you to everyone. Fuck you, Boston is awesome. Nothing you can say will convince me otherwise.
The other day (by that i mean this morning) I was going through my library and noted that I hadn't listened to Chevelle in upwards of like three or four years. So I listened to some tracks off of "This type of thinking" and was pleasantly surprised. I know a lot of music I liked in high school (especially freshman year) I wouldn't touch now, so this was unexpected. But I guess in the back of my mind there's a reason why I moved that folder over four different computers and never thought about deleting it. There are some bands I liked more than Chevelle at the time (Muse is one example that comes immediately to mind, another would be Taproot) that have been summarily deleted without ceremony, and promptly forgotten about. I might have forgotten about Chevelle but they're still good. That rapid strum they do in "Another Know It All" is still fucking sweet, too.
Anyway I'm always looking to get into an hourlong discussion with lots of namedropping with people, but I never run into the audio/sound engineering people. It doesn't help that none of their classes are at the Loop campus (they spend al of their time at the Mart, and I only have 2 classes over there) and that they near-impossible to tell apart from the gaming/programming majors. I mean, I ran into a sound engineering major who was wearing an "I survived Barrens Chat" t shirt. Okay bro, so did I, but I thought you were going for game design for the first few minutes we were talking.
I haven't spent much (if any) time with Ellen lately, and I've been feeling the effects. The only good thing about this is my tolerance has gone down. But it makes me wonder if I'm cut out for anything serious. If my mind is so one-tracked as to only think about college/cooking then I have to figure out how to get over that and fast. Right now, I can blame it on the three hours per day I spend in transit from Boresville to Chicago, because to be honest that is a lot of time. But there's really no substitute for personal interaction, and if there was, it certainly isn't text messaging. I need a weekend where I do nothing but chill with her, because she's been busy during that time. Go figure, that's the time I have off. We did hang out Thursday night, which was fun but brief.
Getting all your ducks in a row is hard. I guess that's why no one ever really has been able to do it perfectly.
Also, a preemptive fuck you to everyone. Fuck you, Boston is awesome. Nothing you can say will convince me otherwise.