Books Books and More Books!!!... Oh Yeah Let's Not Forget Bikes and Music Too!

So last weeks book was a complete and total failure on my part. I read MAYBE a third of it; wish I had been able to read more but sadly I had the hardest time sitting still for more then five minutes at one go (I've never really had this problem before but last week really was my WORST week ever, performance wise since I've been at Evergreen).

So this week I resolved to do much better, and I think I am. I was late getting the book for many reasons that really only boil down to I'm a dumbass and didn't take care of the things I should have before going down to Portland last weekend. I feel I've got a good handle on the reading so far and am very impressed with what the author has to say. It's hard to really write about because I've not formalized what I'm thinking just yet. I think what I'll do is post my paper when I'm done with it on Thursday night. That should be interesting for ya'll to see what I do every week. The papers themselves aren't really that hard or strenuous to write; it's a two page (single spaced) paper that summarizes the authors points. The hard part is keeping to the two page limit.

Last quarter was a little different, we had a four page paper that was two pages devoted to the conclusions of the author and two pages responding to the work. I was happier with that format but they have said that we can respond to the work if we so wish. I'd like to do that with this book so what I think I'll do is after the study group meeting tomorrow night, I'll start working on the paper and seeing if I can't get some of the ideas outta my head and on to the metaphorical paper.

Also in other news, my rear light died today which made for a mildly spooky ride home from work, but thanks to the fact we've pasted the winter solstice, the days are getting longer and it has stopped getting dark at 4 PM here. It now waits till 4:45 PM. Which if I leave work at 5 doesn't help much but if I leave a little early, say around 4:30 I get home with enough sunlight to not worry too much.

Again I forgot to say that I've been going in earlier to work lately. On Monday's and Tuesdays when I don't have class, I've gone in at around 9 AM. Thanks to my being in Salt Lick Shitty for almost three weeks there was an enormous backlog of filing to be done, I've almost finished it and hope to have it 95% done by Friday.

In music related news, Chris and I have started work on our Grind project entitled U.S. Marine Corpse. Chris wrote, and totally finished our first song, and we started polishing it up last week. We've also wanted to start a stoner/drone band in addition to the doom/noise/drone that is Breaker of Men. Creatively I've got a lot on my plate what with school, BoM, U.S. Marine Corps and our as yet untitled stoner band, but I'm happier playing music then I am working so I figure it's a trade off. Spend the 30 or so bucks a week to drive down to Portland on Friday and jam then drive home Sunday and still have my homework done for the coming week. Playing music and hanging out with my friends really does make my week all worth it.

Looking for an Apartment...

So after much hand wringing (not really) and careful planing (not really) I've decided that I kinda fucking hate living the in dorms. It's not for me, really, REALLY not for me. I searched craigslist.org (yay yet another reason why I like them) and emailed some other Greeners that had posted an ad looking for a roommate. It's cheep, about 175 a month and I should have a loan check coming in soon (if not I'm moving back to Salt Lake as I don't have the money for next quarter) and that will help with any deposits that I need to make.

In other CL news, I posted an ad looking for people to play in a stoner/drone band and got a response from a drummer. I emailed him back and hope to start playing in another (the 3rd to be completely truthful) band shortly.

I can't really think of anything else worthy of blog time. Besides I'm swamped with homework (but what else is new). Wow I really love parentheses (see I told you).