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Oct. 17th, 2002 10:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
enthusiastickYou ever have one of those days...
One of those days that stretches into a week or more, somehow? The whole thing just gets away from you, in a complete and utter whirlwind? And you step back from it and realize that you have no idea where whole huge chunks of your life went, chunks that you enjoyed immensely at the time or loathed utterly -- chunks you felt very strongly about, regardless of whether the feelings were good or bad?
Maybe I'm just babbling.
Life has been good to me. The Newbie Game met and in some cases exceeded our wildest expectations -- a huge rollicking crowd, everyone seemed to have a good time, made some new friends and more than enough new player locks to keep the game alive. So now we're having this quasi-party thing on Saturday... who knows if the crowd will actually show, we got the word out late. But I hope they do, some of them.
Classes are good... I picked up a bug or something, Meg and Blue seem to have it too. We all need a lot more sleep than normal, which can make academic life hard. Thankfully I'm still coasting on doing virtually nothing (aside from German, of course.) Got a paper due Tuesday... only 3 pages... who knows, I might coast this whole quarter. I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but I've done it before...
Musically I'm in a very weird place. Due to my own influences, and those of my friends, my playlist highlights lately include (in no particular order):
'Scott Weiland -- But Not Tonight' ~ Its a freaking Depeche Mode cover, thank you Mary.
'Bjork -- Bachelorette' ~ Old memories...
'David Bowie -- I'm Afraid of America' ~ Its just a good one. With help from Trent, no less.
'Allister -- Fraggle Rawk' ~ Need I say more?
'Assemblage 23 -- Let Me Be Your Armor' ~ The industrial infection continues.
'The Rocking Horse Winner -- Elementary/Splitting Up' ~ Not totally clear on the title, but a beautiful song.
'The Get Up Kids -- Up On The Roof' ~ So good I wish the song were longer.
'Simple Plan -- I'm Just A Kid' ~ Such an upbeat tune, pity about the lyrics.
AND... Pink -- Don't Let Me Get Me -- I know, I know, its a Pink song! Bleah! But its got a good beat... and I can't help but get behind a song that starts "Never win first place / I don't support the team / Can't take direction / And my socks are never clean..."
ANYway. That's basically useless information, but I felt it was worth preserving. What else. I miss Sara. We played phone tag earlier this week, finally managed to connect and talk for a while. It was nice. But long distance relationships are really exhausting and emotionally taxing. I knew that going in, at least academically, but nothing prepares you... its just so hard. I wish she were here. And everyone I know is sick of hearing about it, and I feel bad bringing it up to bitch about it. Sympathy would just be so nice.
But things here are so good. Old friends, new friends, all sorts of crazy fun. Bowling and watching videos and games of Smash... everything I ever wanted out of college.
Alright. That's about it for now... more later, maybe once I hear from Jon. I got a brief e-mail from him, hoping for a longer one. We'll see.
One of those days that stretches into a week or more, somehow? The whole thing just gets away from you, in a complete and utter whirlwind? And you step back from it and realize that you have no idea where whole huge chunks of your life went, chunks that you enjoyed immensely at the time or loathed utterly -- chunks you felt very strongly about, regardless of whether the feelings were good or bad?
Maybe I'm just babbling.
Life has been good to me. The Newbie Game met and in some cases exceeded our wildest expectations -- a huge rollicking crowd, everyone seemed to have a good time, made some new friends and more than enough new player locks to keep the game alive. So now we're having this quasi-party thing on Saturday... who knows if the crowd will actually show, we got the word out late. But I hope they do, some of them.
Classes are good... I picked up a bug or something, Meg and Blue seem to have it too. We all need a lot more sleep than normal, which can make academic life hard. Thankfully I'm still coasting on doing virtually nothing (aside from German, of course.) Got a paper due Tuesday... only 3 pages... who knows, I might coast this whole quarter. I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but I've done it before...
Musically I'm in a very weird place. Due to my own influences, and those of my friends, my playlist highlights lately include (in no particular order):
'Scott Weiland -- But Not Tonight' ~ Its a freaking Depeche Mode cover, thank you Mary.
'Bjork -- Bachelorette' ~ Old memories...
'David Bowie -- I'm Afraid of America' ~ Its just a good one. With help from Trent, no less.
'Allister -- Fraggle Rawk' ~ Need I say more?
'Assemblage 23 -- Let Me Be Your Armor' ~ The industrial infection continues.
'The Rocking Horse Winner -- Elementary/Splitting Up' ~ Not totally clear on the title, but a beautiful song.
'The Get Up Kids -- Up On The Roof' ~ So good I wish the song were longer.
'Simple Plan -- I'm Just A Kid' ~ Such an upbeat tune, pity about the lyrics.
AND... Pink -- Don't Let Me Get Me -- I know, I know, its a Pink song! Bleah! But its got a good beat... and I can't help but get behind a song that starts "Never win first place / I don't support the team / Can't take direction / And my socks are never clean..."
ANYway. That's basically useless information, but I felt it was worth preserving. What else. I miss Sara. We played phone tag earlier this week, finally managed to connect and talk for a while. It was nice. But long distance relationships are really exhausting and emotionally taxing. I knew that going in, at least academically, but nothing prepares you... its just so hard. I wish she were here. And everyone I know is sick of hearing about it, and I feel bad bringing it up to bitch about it. Sympathy would just be so nice.
But things here are so good. Old friends, new friends, all sorts of crazy fun. Bowling and watching videos and games of Smash... everything I ever wanted out of college.
Alright. That's about it for now... more later, maybe once I hear from Jon. I got a brief e-mail from him, hoping for a longer one. We'll see.
