In the wee hours of the morning
I stayed up too late last night, woke up too late this morning, and now I'm not really tired or wanting bed. Yes, it's a vicious cycle. Damn it, my fingers hurt. I slammed my middle and ring fingers of my left hand in my door on the way to dinner today. My middle finger is swollen and has blood blisters and my ring finger just hurts. I guess it's a bit swollen, too. I'll probably lose my middle finger nail. Life kinda sucks like that, but whatever.
Just toolin' around the internet, looking at weird stuff and just kind of following where it leads me. Found Neil Gaimin's blog, which was interesting. When I started reading myspace bulletins, I decided updating would be a more productive way to waste time until I feel tired. Not that I'm doing any favors for anyone reading, as you all just get stupid ramblings instead of any sort of lucid update.
What's been happening these last few days? Not a whole lot of anything exciting. Had poetry class, of course, which is always a blast. Is it crazy that I love going to that class? Thursday morning, Dee called me while it was snowing and twisted my arm to go skiing. :) It had been snowing on the mountain for about four days straight. After we went last time they closed the mountain for two days because of blizzard conditions. Thursday's skiing was brilliant - 6 inches of fresh powder, light snowfall, mostly cloudy with occasional breaks to reveal the moon and the sunset, no wind of which to speak. We could only stay for about two hours because we had to get back for a concert and the roads were wretched, but we skied more in those two hours than we did all day last Saturday. 'Twas glorious. I think I'm turning into a ski bum. The concert for which we left the mountain was really neat. It was the Percussian Ensemble, playing 'Drumming' by Steve Reich. It's a continuous 70-mintue-ish piece played by (in this case) 18 people. At least, I think it was 18. Anyway...it was really cool, very repetitive and meditative. After the concert Ricky, Dee, and I went over to Kristen's to watch The Brothers Grimm. Probably one of the crappiest movies I've seen in a long time. I mean, Heath Ledger is always a hottie, and Matt Damon isn't too bad, either, but the whole premise of the movie was kind of lame. They tried to incorporate too many of the fairy tales into the story to make the story actually work.
Today...like I said, woke up late...not till 11. I must be ill or something, because I've only ever slept in that late once before in my life. As a result my whole day was off. I spent the afternoon finalizing my chapbook, and printing it out and preparing it. I didn't even realize it was 5 o'clock until Roger came by to get me for dinner. Then the incident with my fingers. Dinner...had a bit of a breakdown after dinner...then Stargate season finales with Ricky, Kristen, and Brandon. Watched All I Want with Roger after that. Much fun. I do so love that movie. It always makes me feel so hopeful. And really, I'm kind of needing that of late, as all the nasty weather and the end of term and the not getting a job are kind of bringing me down. It snowed all friggin' day today. I love the snow, don't get me wrong, just not in March. I want spring in March. Snow is better had in December when I'm in a wintry sort of mood. It's spring now. The bloody crocus and daffodils are blooming for Pete's sake. Why can't we just have the warm weather to go with? Ugh. I'm not all that surprised that I'm down today. It's been coming on slowly for a while. I am surprised that I haven't been more depressed and out of it this winter. Maybe I'm getting better at dealing with all the emotional bullshit I put myself through? Hmm...
Anyway...this entry has gone on quite long enough, and my music has just stopped, so I think I'll try going to bed now.
Namárië
Edit: Instead of going to bed, I went through my journal and made public all the private and friends-only posts I once had. If you're interested, you should go read how silly I was long, long ago. :) And for those of you who have followed my journal, you may be surprised just how much you never knew at the time.
Just toolin' around the internet, looking at weird stuff and just kind of following where it leads me. Found Neil Gaimin's blog, which was interesting. When I started reading myspace bulletins, I decided updating would be a more productive way to waste time until I feel tired. Not that I'm doing any favors for anyone reading, as you all just get stupid ramblings instead of any sort of lucid update.
What's been happening these last few days? Not a whole lot of anything exciting. Had poetry class, of course, which is always a blast. Is it crazy that I love going to that class? Thursday morning, Dee called me while it was snowing and twisted my arm to go skiing. :) It had been snowing on the mountain for about four days straight. After we went last time they closed the mountain for two days because of blizzard conditions. Thursday's skiing was brilliant - 6 inches of fresh powder, light snowfall, mostly cloudy with occasional breaks to reveal the moon and the sunset, no wind of which to speak. We could only stay for about two hours because we had to get back for a concert and the roads were wretched, but we skied more in those two hours than we did all day last Saturday. 'Twas glorious. I think I'm turning into a ski bum. The concert for which we left the mountain was really neat. It was the Percussian Ensemble, playing 'Drumming' by Steve Reich. It's a continuous 70-mintue-ish piece played by (in this case) 18 people. At least, I think it was 18. Anyway...it was really cool, very repetitive and meditative. After the concert Ricky, Dee, and I went over to Kristen's to watch The Brothers Grimm. Probably one of the crappiest movies I've seen in a long time. I mean, Heath Ledger is always a hottie, and Matt Damon isn't too bad, either, but the whole premise of the movie was kind of lame. They tried to incorporate too many of the fairy tales into the story to make the story actually work.
Today...like I said, woke up late...not till 11. I must be ill or something, because I've only ever slept in that late once before in my life. As a result my whole day was off. I spent the afternoon finalizing my chapbook, and printing it out and preparing it. I didn't even realize it was 5 o'clock until Roger came by to get me for dinner. Then the incident with my fingers. Dinner...had a bit of a breakdown after dinner...then Stargate season finales with Ricky, Kristen, and Brandon. Watched All I Want with Roger after that. Much fun. I do so love that movie. It always makes me feel so hopeful. And really, I'm kind of needing that of late, as all the nasty weather and the end of term and the not getting a job are kind of bringing me down. It snowed all friggin' day today. I love the snow, don't get me wrong, just not in March. I want spring in March. Snow is better had in December when I'm in a wintry sort of mood. It's spring now. The bloody crocus and daffodils are blooming for Pete's sake. Why can't we just have the warm weather to go with? Ugh. I'm not all that surprised that I'm down today. It's been coming on slowly for a while. I am surprised that I haven't been more depressed and out of it this winter. Maybe I'm getting better at dealing with all the emotional bullshit I put myself through? Hmm...
Anyway...this entry has gone on quite long enough, and my music has just stopped, so I think I'll try going to bed now.
Namárië
Edit: Instead of going to bed, I went through my journal and made public all the private and friends-only posts I once had. If you're interested, you should go read how silly I was long, long ago. :) And for those of you who have followed my journal, you may be surprised just how much you never knew at the time.