Every time I try going through the tags to see what I have and haven't used, I surprise myself. There are quite a few that are the result of misspellings or forgetting commas. Also, there are some that are so obscure, they were only used once, in an entry I have probably long since forgotten. Also, never mind the ones that are used, as there are ( Read more... )

That terrible desire for chocolate is still there. I may have given up alcohol, and marijuana, but I still find myself with some of the same patterns, habits. Like I said before, I've been using since I was 12 or 13. That's half my life, so far. Add the eating issues to that, and I'm trying to tackle problems that go back to at least 6 or 7, if not ( Read more... )

First, a question: Is Radiohead, arguably, the greatest band of the last 30 years? The only other "new" acts that come to mind as comparable are: The Smiths (of course); Nirvana; the Smashing Pumpkins; other acts you can think of? Most everyone else, either doesn't truly having staying power, didn't leave that big of a cultural impact, OR are a ( Read more... )

I'm at it again, that existential torture. I hated the Santa Cruz years. Sometimes, however, late at night (god, since when did 10ish become late?!) I find myself, staring at Santa Cruz department pages longingly ( Read more... )

so, i'm listening to jim gaffigan comedy right now, the hot pocket routine, to be precise. my friend danny is laying on the otehr side of the bed, and i'm laying, typing awkwardly ( Read more... )

Well, another entry on the seat of my pants as I hurriedly eat a bowl of cereal, wanting desperately to get to class 15-20 minutes early rather than 'just on time.'

I saw one of the 'great films of the world' last night entitle Man With a Movie Camera(1929), and while it was pretty good indeed, I think I may have preferred the music. I realise, ( Read more... )

0. I should be reading Alexander Herzen, doing phonology homework, reading Maykovsky, drafting a resume, or doing my Russian take-home test, but instead I'm updating livejournal ( Read more... )

The months ahead are going to be rough. I fear that like 2003, this year too will end horribly; not in a suicide attempt, but in something far more devastating. I hope that yesterday's events were just isolated incidents, and not the opening salvo of pain and misery. I also hope that it does not become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Not even quite ( Read more... )

I go to work tonight at one in the morning, that means that I have to leave at about midnight, and wake up for my day at about eleven or eleven-thirty this evening. It'll be my third day of work. These late shifts seem to be the norm; I worked 3am to 11am yesterday. Yes, this is my day off, and all I've really done is shower and go to the grocery ( Read more... )

Title: The Decline of American Hegemony and the Age of Terror: The Rise of the New Soviet Union ( Read more... )