it's been a long time.
i haven't posted in ages. guess i should get on that. a lot of things have happened in the last few months, and yet nothing has happened. still single, still going to school, still working two jobs. but i've also gone to puerto rico on vacation, been reading quite a few interesting non-fiction books (see "Collapse," "The World is Flat," and "Letter to a Christian Nation" for examples) and been educating myself about our political system and how dysfunctional it really is. or...perhaps i should say that i've been learning even MORE about how dysfunctional it really is, because i think we all already know how fucked up our current administration is anyway, and they're just making our declining system even worse. makes me want to move to iceland even more. in fact, i'm considering reykjavik for my next vacation, but that's another story.
music has been good to me...i've become acquainted with quite a few bands of late, some new and some that have been around for awhile: metric (AWESOME canadian band), metro station, minus the bear (although a bit more 'prog rock' than i like, but not nearly as much as the mars volta), and the seedy seeds (really fun cincinnati duo) to name a few. ooh and i went to cincy punkfest last night and heard a really fun band called tubring from chicago that have this really bizarre mix of vaudeville and punk that i find fascinating and all sorts of incredible fun. and those who know me and my music taste know how much i love my 'mixed genre' music. heavy metal? throw an electric violin in there, it'll sound great! techno music? throw in some acoustic guitar and folk beats with it! yay! fun for all!
ok but that's really about it. my little boring life. i really want to get back to the point where i actually post my THOUGHTS about stuff as opposed to the events that are going on. but my life feels a bit insane right now with work and the crazy sub-prime lending that's thrown our entire industry into an uproar, and with working tons of over time at one job and trying to manage everything else, well...sometimes i don't feel like i even have TIME to think, and barely time to even DO.
and with that, off to bed before another week begins.
music has been good to me...i've become acquainted with quite a few bands of late, some new and some that have been around for awhile: metric (AWESOME canadian band), metro station, minus the bear (although a bit more 'prog rock' than i like, but not nearly as much as the mars volta), and the seedy seeds (really fun cincinnati duo) to name a few. ooh and i went to cincy punkfest last night and heard a really fun band called tubring from chicago that have this really bizarre mix of vaudeville and punk that i find fascinating and all sorts of incredible fun. and those who know me and my music taste know how much i love my 'mixed genre' music. heavy metal? throw an electric violin in there, it'll sound great! techno music? throw in some acoustic guitar and folk beats with it! yay! fun for all!
ok but that's really about it. my little boring life. i really want to get back to the point where i actually post my THOUGHTS about stuff as opposed to the events that are going on. but my life feels a bit insane right now with work and the crazy sub-prime lending that's thrown our entire industry into an uproar, and with working tons of over time at one job and trying to manage everything else, well...sometimes i don't feel like i even have TIME to think, and barely time to even DO.
and with that, off to bed before another week begins.