work and play
i don't know why i expect this to proceed in great leaps, it just doesn't. another friday and i'm not finished with (the new) chapter 3 yet (clarification: the old chapter three got folded into chapter two). technically my self-imposed due date is next tuesday before i leave town for a literature and medicine facilitation conference, but weekends are tricky around here and i can never guarantee my work time. hopefully, i can make some significant progress today.
i am excited about my trip next week though, on the way there and back i'm stopping over in new haven for a few days to see A and D. we'll be in fine form i'm sure. A has devised a trip to new york for a concert: a guy called final fantasy, which is the musical persona of a canadian violin player/ electronic maven named owen pallett. the guy is cute in a skinny, shaggy-haired, bookwormy way (exactly A's type) and he's certainly got a quirky canadian sense of humor (see his cover of mariah carey's "fantasy"), but i don't know that i'm that into his sound, which like much of A's favorite stuff is a bit too minimal and stripped down for me. i tend to like a rich, layered soundscape and an abundance of rhythm, which is not really this dude's style. but he is an entirely respectable musician and even artist (check out "many lives 49 mp" on the myspace linki). also, this cover of bloc party's "modern love" is a gem.
anyway, regardless of what the classically trained mr. pallett plays i know it'll be a good time trolling around new york and hanging with my boys. it'll be a bit tricky figuring out boarding arrangements in new haven though, A and D have never been in the same town before so, i've never had to split my time between them. in reference to this potential wrinkle A said, "don't worry about it, i'm willing to share! ... up to a point." mmmhmmm. that makes me think that D's going to be stuck being the bigger person on this one. luckily, he's very good at that.
really, it's just going to be wonderful to be with people whom i unabashedly and unreservedly adore and who unabashedly and unreservedly adore me, especially apart from the commitments and considerations that characterize daily life. D is single right now, A's boyfriend is long distance, ST will be here in chicago and none of us have family or other old friends in the area so all we have to figure out is how to please ourselves: no awkwardness, no worries, no baggage, no mess. and if there are problems, we'll take care of it. we always take care of each other. actually, it'll be very like college except with none of the angst. ideal! i've never been to new haven, but it'll be like coming home in so many ways. funny how that can be true, but i am so grateful that it is!
(i guess i ended up giving a nod to your november gratitude posts pearlie. i don't know that i can do everyday, but it'll be creeping in the back of my mind all month and that's a good thing ;0)
i am excited about my trip next week though, on the way there and back i'm stopping over in new haven for a few days to see A and D. we'll be in fine form i'm sure. A has devised a trip to new york for a concert: a guy called final fantasy, which is the musical persona of a canadian violin player/ electronic maven named owen pallett. the guy is cute in a skinny, shaggy-haired, bookwormy way (exactly A's type) and he's certainly got a quirky canadian sense of humor (see his cover of mariah carey's "fantasy"), but i don't know that i'm that into his sound, which like much of A's favorite stuff is a bit too minimal and stripped down for me. i tend to like a rich, layered soundscape and an abundance of rhythm, which is not really this dude's style. but he is an entirely respectable musician and even artist (check out "many lives 49 mp" on the myspace linki). also, this cover of bloc party's "modern love" is a gem.
anyway, regardless of what the classically trained mr. pallett plays i know it'll be a good time trolling around new york and hanging with my boys. it'll be a bit tricky figuring out boarding arrangements in new haven though, A and D have never been in the same town before so, i've never had to split my time between them. in reference to this potential wrinkle A said, "don't worry about it, i'm willing to share! ... up to a point." mmmhmmm. that makes me think that D's going to be stuck being the bigger person on this one. luckily, he's very good at that.
really, it's just going to be wonderful to be with people whom i unabashedly and unreservedly adore and who unabashedly and unreservedly adore me, especially apart from the commitments and considerations that characterize daily life. D is single right now, A's boyfriend is long distance, ST will be here in chicago and none of us have family or other old friends in the area so all we have to figure out is how to please ourselves: no awkwardness, no worries, no baggage, no mess. and if there are problems, we'll take care of it. we always take care of each other. actually, it'll be very like college except with none of the angst. ideal! i've never been to new haven, but it'll be like coming home in so many ways. funny how that can be true, but i am so grateful that it is!
(i guess i ended up giving a nod to your november gratitude posts pearlie. i don't know that i can do everyday, but it'll be creeping in the back of my mind all month and that's a good thing ;0)