well, without a job to abscond with my time yet (depression ensues, and i start looking for post-docs), i've been doing house projects. first was the master bedroom, the focus of which was the bed frame for our king-size bed. it's got a nice padded upholstery along the headboard and sides, and some neat hidden drawers at the foot. next, the office, where i built a nice long wall-mounted table. as an extra treat, i got myself a mesh chair (my old chair was seriously flat). and now, sitting at ... read more

i woke up fairly well rested and balanced today, after a somewhat mentally and emotionally draining day. i put on some yo la tengo, which warmed me with its soothing tones. 'little eyes' came on:

took a walk alone last night
slept inside your head
it was raining hard again
crawled back into bed
tried to catch up to you
but you moved too fast
thought about a million things
fell asleep at last

got up again last night
tore all over town
skidding tires, screeching brakes
barely ma... read more

from the 24th... late entry:

i was driving in the car today while playing my 40Gb mp3 player on random. this has become my favored approach for short-term music listenting since the last few months of my thesis. the first track to come up was underworld's 'rez'... a track i haven't listened to in awhile. more than other tracks from this time in my life, this one conjures up nice thoughts of the days when i would often hear it. i remember the suite that my friends and i had, with walls cove... read more