Successional Delusion

Here I am, living under my rock. I am tremendously stress out of my mind and I'm quite certain important things will not get done. Nary a motivation can help me now.

It pains my heart to admit it. Truly, truly.

one one one one one one

tried your luck today?

that's ok if you didn't.



mine wasn't as fortunate, either.

Seen and unseen

Hi there. My absence from this blog is extremely apparent. Hmmm. Well, i am here today to discuss/put up/make note of my current interests/obsessions.

first, los campesinos! has a new album, "hello sadness". this band and i have gone back maybe four or five years when I first saw the music video for "you! me! dancing!"


i don't remember how i found it or where i saw it, but i knew i adored the song. from that point on i've been following the band's musical releases and found the majority of them to be pleasing to the ear with enough innovations and continuity; you do a double-take while realizing it's the same twee, blatantly cynic group of welsh musicians.
yesterday i it dawned on me that los campesinos! is the only band i listen to that i feel grew with me; we sort of developed and converged in identical ways, albeit theirs was of a musical form and mine was, more or less, biological. it's the idealogical aspect we share.
that's what i feel, anyway, when i look back on my late high school years, the time i spent in england, my stint in south korea, and where i am now. the parallel is astounding, like one of those "soundtrack to my life" kind of things.
back to this new album: i find it a good listen, i can't stop listening to (a few of) the songs. it's been two days and it's usually the first thing i want to hear when i start my day.
my absolute favorite song has to be "baby, i got the death rattle." the mood of it and oddly clever lyrics with the apt musical composition makes it something i need to have on repeat.



next up, just want to share this from italian class today: il volo. they are absolutely adorable!! we watched this at the end of class, and even though it's a little pavoratti meets jonas brothers circa 2008, the pavorotti aspect beats out the faux-pop-rockers any day.


see!!? even though i was laughing in bewilderment and shame and amazement, you can't help but be mesmerized by their italian charms.

i can't believe they're still teenagers. they are very, very, very cute.
how is it i was unaware of their presence here during the summer?? dang.

The last bit here, i just found while making my rounds on the other blogs i follow. this is alain delon. he is a french actor.






*drool*

europeans on the mind again.

Scared witless

i really, really need to be doing pertinent things related to a theoretical conference in almost a month, but i feel the need to get cracking on some blogging about happenings. hmm. i'm beginning to feel that the concept of sharing thoughts on the webs is waning, for me it's not as vague or seclusive as before; i don't even think i need to foster this technological, as i had often hoped to be "anonymous", identity.
The mystery of purpose.
Porpoise.


Ah, well. Enjoy getting candy and getting scared. I plan to at least be experiencing the latter well into the night.

time of the season

i'm sure i usually attempt something during this time of the month, specifically last week during this time of the month. and not because of something womanly, but because of something that happens yearly and to everyone. yeah. i had another birthday.
it was ..i guess, one level better than last year. level'd up.

i think usually make a big deal about it and all, but...if nothing happened, really, then i don' think there's much of a point to do so. i'm not even upset or anything. that's a skill that builds up over the years, birthday tolerance. learn to use it well.

it hasn't been a great day, though. there's been a surge of demoralization. my brain hurts.

a day in thug life

i'm disappointed september featured a single post. it's almost as bad as 2006, but pictures pretty much salvaged that. indeed, again, i've come to entice you all with recent pictures i've taken at school--no people, really, just what been piquing my interest..that isn't human.

ah, it was raining yesterday. i enjoyed it, especially whilst walking to school, but i realized the pitfalls of it when i sat in class, the front of my trousers were relatively drenched and throughout the day as my super soaked shoes & socks would not dry.


that's what it looked like, the view from my favorite place on campus to find respite.

here's something i found on the wall and enhanced a bit by paying tribute to that great monster in the sky.

i added the moniker so other people would be aware of the greatness presiding next to them.
here are some things from a classROOM! i've come to really enjoy this class, it's about proto-indo-european (i'm not sure about that whole hyphen deal..) and it's absolutely amazing seeing all these similarities between and hearing explanations behind languages. there are two things i don't much care for:
1. revisiting latin

2, these ridiculous chairs attached to the desks

if you look closely, there should be a hinge-y part visible halfway the back of the chair. every time anyone moves, that thing screeches like a banshee.
and this is my interpretation of my professor.

i know it looks a lot scary, but..he mostly looks like that. with a very dry voice and style of..humor? whenever he laughs it kinda sounds like he's choking, but his face has a maniacal mein, a little like the joker from good versions of batman. anyway, it's the mustache that makes the man.

got what U want

what i'm very well aware of: i haven't been here for nigh over a month plus two days and that normal blogs are chock full of visuals to attract an audience. well. i'm not exactly that kind of blogger who wants to rack up reader/visitor numbers with pictures, but someone out there, i have no idea who nor do i care to know, has criticized this lacking aspect of my web-extended life and, you know what? Fine. Here is a shitload of distractions to stare at in awe and/or longing while i describe them each with a short sentence.


This is from a t-shirt and the proceeding ones are also from clothing; the sunglasses and the rainbow mane make this zebra the hippest ungulate on the block.


It's a cute lion.


I might've liked to actually wear the t-shirt with this design when i was in middle school, going through that imaginary "rebellious" phase.


If you've been to ikea recently you'd know they're campaigning for kids to play with their soft, giant, manufactured food.


i remember seeing this on tv, but i don't remember if i watched it.


i like this necklace; it's themed for halloween at target, but i want to wear it all the time.


oh my god, this was at the 99¢ only store and i was all, "what the hell??" when i saw the name of this brand.

okok, so, if you look down about two or three posts from the past, i mentioned a sale that 2k was having and i was down to get some new threads. and indeed i did. i had ordered two new shirts, but one turned out to be out of stock (disappointment! it was hilarious). this is the one that i ultimately received:

yeah. that's david shrigley. seriously, i anticipate wearing this shirt when i feel as such.

check this out:

is there no less awesomeness seeing darth vader get bunny ear'd? OH. NO, WAY. this shirt was really a steal. less than $7 for it? hm, i think yes.

in reality, i have a collection of the best t-shirts--from elephant wangs to flipping the bird sideways. yeah, better be digging those out of the closet again.