tonight's front desk soundtrack, in this order:
the strokes - room on fire
denison witmer - safe away
unwed sailor - the marionette and the music box
ester drang - golden west
damien jurado - where shall you take me?
godspeed you! black emperor - yanqui u.x.o.
elliot - song in the air
2 hours left...i want to take a nap...or, i guess just going to bed for the night would make more sense.
Sunday, November 30, 2003
trip back went well and quite fast considering the conditions.
i started out quite groggy and finished 3 cups of coffee within the first 2 hours. it hit me, and holy moly i have not thought i was gonna pee my pants that bad since the 5th grade. i honestly thought i was gonna be changing my pants at the rest stop. luckily i made it in the nick of time and holy moly what a relief. seriously, though, you have no idea.
if you want cheap gas, go to dayton ohio - 1.27 at the speedway. and the cashier named julian is a mix of snoop dogg and barry white and he was pretty much the coolest guy ive ever met. i knew his name was julian because it was tattooed on his neck. when i walked in to pay he said in a low sexy voice, "whazzup, my man?"
im ready for christmas.
my stupid art as experience prof gave a quiz on tuesday just to hurt all the people that were skipping. listen buddy, half those students were already being penalized for too many cuts...its our choice fair and square to take our skips...if you want to reward the people that came to class just give them extra credit for being there. seriously, it's a pretty big cheap shot if you ask me. oh well.
im working the desk til 1AM which may or may not be cool.
the subway at the gas station down the street gives TU students quite a deal...you can get ANY footlong for 4 bucks if you buy a soda. so i bought a foot long BMT, regularly 5.50 or something like that, and a 32 oz. drink for 4.50 something or other. what nice folks.
the lady who rang me up was a sweetie. she was a depressed small town hoosier stuck with a lame job doing her best to keep a positive outlook on life. i know that because of a conversation she had with the customer in line before me. she was really nice and i think i was blessed by her. yeah, i was.
so. yup. back at school for 3 weeks. i really do hate wishing away these days/weeks/months/years. they are some of my best and theres a lot to be thankful for and a lot to take advantage of. but most of the time i just cant help but wish for it to be over. im sorry.
goodbyes are tough and so is 650 miles.
the colts choked BIG time and everyone is angry. the eagles won. SPORTS!
oh, we had a heck of a pizza party last night. we had lots of different kinds of homemade pizza: plain, bacon, sausage and ham, peppers and onions, peppers and onions and sausage, ham and pineapple, and southwestern shrimp. i think that was it. it was great and a fun time too. i won our little game of apples to apples. i got really excited. there was question to whether or not i should have won, though. i may have cheated. but not really. not a lot anyway. apples to apples is a fun game and you should check it out.
this has been long enough.
it was a good break. thanks to all who contributed. back to school.
i started out quite groggy and finished 3 cups of coffee within the first 2 hours. it hit me, and holy moly i have not thought i was gonna pee my pants that bad since the 5th grade. i honestly thought i was gonna be changing my pants at the rest stop. luckily i made it in the nick of time and holy moly what a relief. seriously, though, you have no idea.
if you want cheap gas, go to dayton ohio - 1.27 at the speedway. and the cashier named julian is a mix of snoop dogg and barry white and he was pretty much the coolest guy ive ever met. i knew his name was julian because it was tattooed on his neck. when i walked in to pay he said in a low sexy voice, "whazzup, my man?"
im ready for christmas.
my stupid art as experience prof gave a quiz on tuesday just to hurt all the people that were skipping. listen buddy, half those students were already being penalized for too many cuts...its our choice fair and square to take our skips...if you want to reward the people that came to class just give them extra credit for being there. seriously, it's a pretty big cheap shot if you ask me. oh well.
im working the desk til 1AM which may or may not be cool.
the subway at the gas station down the street gives TU students quite a deal...you can get ANY footlong for 4 bucks if you buy a soda. so i bought a foot long BMT, regularly 5.50 or something like that, and a 32 oz. drink for 4.50 something or other. what nice folks.
the lady who rang me up was a sweetie. she was a depressed small town hoosier stuck with a lame job doing her best to keep a positive outlook on life. i know that because of a conversation she had with the customer in line before me. she was really nice and i think i was blessed by her. yeah, i was.
so. yup. back at school for 3 weeks. i really do hate wishing away these days/weeks/months/years. they are some of my best and theres a lot to be thankful for and a lot to take advantage of. but most of the time i just cant help but wish for it to be over. im sorry.
goodbyes are tough and so is 650 miles.
the colts choked BIG time and everyone is angry. the eagles won. SPORTS!
oh, we had a heck of a pizza party last night. we had lots of different kinds of homemade pizza: plain, bacon, sausage and ham, peppers and onions, peppers and onions and sausage, ham and pineapple, and southwestern shrimp. i think that was it. it was great and a fun time too. i won our little game of apples to apples. i got really excited. there was question to whether or not i should have won, though. i may have cheated. but not really. not a lot anyway. apples to apples is a fun game and you should check it out.
this has been long enough.
it was a good break. thanks to all who contributed. back to school.
Saturday, November 29, 2003
pss
i have never been a fan of hip hop, but i am strangely drawn to and obsessed with outkast's new single "hey ya." i dont know why. i love it. its catchy. it sticks in your head. i spent the majority of my trip home last week scanning the radio until finding it. and when it was over i would start scanning again until it was being played again. im just really obsessed with it. is this strange?
ok im really leaving now. bye.
i have never been a fan of hip hop, but i am strangely drawn to and obsessed with outkast's new single "hey ya." i dont know why. i love it. its catchy. it sticks in your head. i spent the majority of my trip home last week scanning the radio until finding it. and when it was over i would start scanning again until it was being played again. im just really obsessed with it. is this strange?
ok im really leaving now. bye.
ps
i dont think i ever told bloggerland that my book came back from the binder people and it turned out really great. im pretty excited about it.
its been getting rave reviews from friends and family. after reading it out loud to erica, i really wish i wouldve read it out loud before sending it in, cuz there definitely would have been some changes, but oh well.
the general consensus is i should send it publishers. im not sure what i think.
i have to go to the bathroom and do some other stuff which is making me want to cut this short. but perhaps i shall continue on this thought at a later time.
i dont think i ever told bloggerland that my book came back from the binder people and it turned out really great. im pretty excited about it.
its been getting rave reviews from friends and family. after reading it out loud to erica, i really wish i wouldve read it out loud before sending it in, cuz there definitely would have been some changes, but oh well.
the general consensus is i should send it publishers. im not sure what i think.
i have to go to the bathroom and do some other stuff which is making me want to cut this short. but perhaps i shall continue on this thought at a later time.
how was your thanksgiving?
it is hard to believe i have been home for a week already and will be returning tomorrow. needless to say, im not ready.
thanksgiving was normal. the relatives were here which was nice, the food was good.
yesterday consisted of sleeping on the couch and hanging out with heather and mark who were here for the day. it also consisted of watching a tape of some people we know who appeared on dr. phil. that made for some amusing impersonations for the rest of the day.
this morning i had to wake up for a meeting about going to paris june. looks like things may pan out which is pretty exciting. and hopefully mr. nate diehl will go along too which would be fun.
looks like we may have a pizza party tonight. we'll see.
i am inspired this week to make a cd of some funky arrangements of hymns. now all i need is a way to record it. but i want to make something that reflects the beauty of hymns set to their original tunes. just some creative instrumentation and natural beauty. im sure i'll end up bringing out their natural ugliness, but if it pans out, we shall see. let me know if you know anything about recording stuff.
its been a good break. things always work out in such a way that you feel like you are wasting time and not doing as much as you originally wanted to, but in the end, it doesnt really matter i guess. its been good to see the family and just spend a week not thinking about school and being with erica. im growing more and more thankful for erica and the amazing woman that she is which is a wonderful feeling...she's a good catch. but i dont talk about this mushy stuff on here so we'll leave it at that.
i dont know. i know these next couple years are going to be a whirlwind of big events and big decisions and growing experiences....missions trips...student teaching...whatever...but god has an amazing plan and it really is exciting to know that whatever happens will be good because he has told me so and it's an exciting adventure.
whatever. im weird sometimes. have a super day.
it is hard to believe i have been home for a week already and will be returning tomorrow. needless to say, im not ready.
thanksgiving was normal. the relatives were here which was nice, the food was good.
yesterday consisted of sleeping on the couch and hanging out with heather and mark who were here for the day. it also consisted of watching a tape of some people we know who appeared on dr. phil. that made for some amusing impersonations for the rest of the day.
this morning i had to wake up for a meeting about going to paris june. looks like things may pan out which is pretty exciting. and hopefully mr. nate diehl will go along too which would be fun.
looks like we may have a pizza party tonight. we'll see.
i am inspired this week to make a cd of some funky arrangements of hymns. now all i need is a way to record it. but i want to make something that reflects the beauty of hymns set to their original tunes. just some creative instrumentation and natural beauty. im sure i'll end up bringing out their natural ugliness, but if it pans out, we shall see. let me know if you know anything about recording stuff.
its been a good break. things always work out in such a way that you feel like you are wasting time and not doing as much as you originally wanted to, but in the end, it doesnt really matter i guess. its been good to see the family and just spend a week not thinking about school and being with erica. im growing more and more thankful for erica and the amazing woman that she is which is a wonderful feeling...she's a good catch. but i dont talk about this mushy stuff on here so we'll leave it at that.
i dont know. i know these next couple years are going to be a whirlwind of big events and big decisions and growing experiences....missions trips...student teaching...whatever...but god has an amazing plan and it really is exciting to know that whatever happens will be good because he has told me so and it's an exciting adventure.
whatever. im weird sometimes. have a super day.
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
so lately ive been thinking about that really long waste of time survey i did and "the dumbest thing i ever did." this was included in the first thing i said...
it was a sleepover. or something like that. dale, wes, tim, and me were at schroter's house. dan schroter was a big fella. probably double my weight and pretty muscular. not ripped, but tough. but lets face it, it really doesnt matter how muscular someone is, they could probably beat me up anyway, and that's the point here.
we were watching a movie. probably mystery men. as always i couldnt stay awake. and i mean i was REALLY tired. REALLY REALLY tired. like cant keep your eyelids even halfway open. and schroter kept yelling at me across the room. "SHORB! STAY AWAKE!" he would wake me up and the next second my eyelids would drift downwards and he would yell again. i dont know why, but i got really really furious. he yelled again.
in a moment, i decided i wasn't going to stand for this anymore. schroter thought he as such a tough guy that could boss us around, yeah, well, im gonna prove him wrong. im sick of being pushed around. im going to stand up for myself.
so i grab the pillow next to me, and chuck it as hard as i can at him, mainly to divert his attention, then i jump up and charge across the room at him.
halfway across the room (you gotta remember this all happened in an instant but i can remember thinking all of these things very clearly) i said to myself "shorb...what are you doing...you are weakling who has never been in a fight before. you dont know how to punch someone. you dont know how to hurt someone. you dont know how to defend yourself. and this kid is huge and tough." but i couldnt just back down in the middle of the room. i swear this was probably the most awkward thing ever, and the laughter that came from wes and dale and tim afterwards proved that point...but i reached him and just kinda...pushed him around and flailed and i dont know...probably bit and pinched him or something. before he could do anything to me, to this day none of us really know what happened, but one of my flailing body parts - a knee or an elbow - hit him somewhere where it hurt, i forget where, perhaps a charlie horse or something. he stopped all defense and just said "GET AWAY FROM ME" i knew not to mess around with him and so i got away from him. he had a look in his eyes like he was going to punch me in the face. i stared him down and he didnt punch me and i was very grateful for his mercy on a little twerp like me. he was pretty mad for the rest of the night. i was pretty embarassed for the rest of the night. but the bottom line was, i hurt him, it didnt matter how, it only mattered that i did, and there was nothing he could do but keep himself from absolutely destroying me, which he very easily could have done.
and that, folks, was probably the dumbest thing i've ever done. it was also the scariest moment of my life. and probably the most adrenaline at one time i've ever experienced.
speaking of dale, he stopped by to visit yesterday and i missed him. im really bummed. but he dropped off a cd of the NYC band and it sounds pretty rad thus far.
it was a sleepover. or something like that. dale, wes, tim, and me were at schroter's house. dan schroter was a big fella. probably double my weight and pretty muscular. not ripped, but tough. but lets face it, it really doesnt matter how muscular someone is, they could probably beat me up anyway, and that's the point here.
we were watching a movie. probably mystery men. as always i couldnt stay awake. and i mean i was REALLY tired. REALLY REALLY tired. like cant keep your eyelids even halfway open. and schroter kept yelling at me across the room. "SHORB! STAY AWAKE!" he would wake me up and the next second my eyelids would drift downwards and he would yell again. i dont know why, but i got really really furious. he yelled again.
in a moment, i decided i wasn't going to stand for this anymore. schroter thought he as such a tough guy that could boss us around, yeah, well, im gonna prove him wrong. im sick of being pushed around. im going to stand up for myself.
so i grab the pillow next to me, and chuck it as hard as i can at him, mainly to divert his attention, then i jump up and charge across the room at him.
halfway across the room (you gotta remember this all happened in an instant but i can remember thinking all of these things very clearly) i said to myself "shorb...what are you doing...you are weakling who has never been in a fight before. you dont know how to punch someone. you dont know how to hurt someone. you dont know how to defend yourself. and this kid is huge and tough." but i couldnt just back down in the middle of the room. i swear this was probably the most awkward thing ever, and the laughter that came from wes and dale and tim afterwards proved that point...but i reached him and just kinda...pushed him around and flailed and i dont know...probably bit and pinched him or something. before he could do anything to me, to this day none of us really know what happened, but one of my flailing body parts - a knee or an elbow - hit him somewhere where it hurt, i forget where, perhaps a charlie horse or something. he stopped all defense and just said "GET AWAY FROM ME" i knew not to mess around with him and so i got away from him. he had a look in his eyes like he was going to punch me in the face. i stared him down and he didnt punch me and i was very grateful for his mercy on a little twerp like me. he was pretty mad for the rest of the night. i was pretty embarassed for the rest of the night. but the bottom line was, i hurt him, it didnt matter how, it only mattered that i did, and there was nothing he could do but keep himself from absolutely destroying me, which he very easily could have done.
and that, folks, was probably the dumbest thing i've ever done. it was also the scariest moment of my life. and probably the most adrenaline at one time i've ever experienced.
speaking of dale, he stopped by to visit yesterday and i missed him. im really bummed. but he dropped off a cd of the NYC band and it sounds pretty rad thus far.
hello.
i spent the past few days visiting erica at school which was quite pleasant.
on sunday night we went to see damien/rosie/denison/sufjan which was really great.
sufjan stevens was a pleasant surprise. i dont think erica liked him but i was in love. i thought his voice was incredible. erica disagreed. i described it as a nice mousse soufle dessert...light and airy and delightfully sweet and leaving a taste for more.
it was really great to see denison witmer again. the sound man had his vocals up wayyy too loud and he didnt play any of the songs i wanted him to, but he's a funny fella and it was fun to see him.
damien was great. i didnt like his set as much as the one at taylor.
rosie closed and she was also fun. she is pretty much the most joyful person i've ever encountered i think, which is really great. i think the greatest witness a christian can have is to be someone who is genuine and someone who likes to laugh. rosie is both..and her music is dang good too. erica liked her.
and she did her stand up eye of the tiger routine which was even more hilarious than when she did it at taylor.
we saw the saxon boys which was nice. and it dawned on me after we paid 25 bucks (with the ticket surcharge crap) that i really shouldve schmoozed with damien and rosie a little more when they were at taylor so i could have worked my way on to the guest list. what was i thinking?!?
monday i went to class with erica which was funny and we went to the quaint little town of wayne and walked around some. monday night we went to her friend's apartment. this friend is of the male persuasion and he cooked an entire thanksgiving meal for 10 of us all by himself. and it tasted really good. pumpkin and pecan pie and all. you gotta hand it to someone who goes out of their way like that just to make some great memories. i think it was well worth it for him.
after that we went to see elf in the city because of the rave reviews we've been hearing. i paid 8.25 to sleep through it and i was really really mad at myself. what i saw was really good though.
today we went to see erica's friend's piano recital at temple. he is incredible. i didnt know a human being could move his fingers that fast. it was great.
i love the city so much and being there these past few days was the first time i regretted going to taylor. i just love everything about the city. the trains. the wind. the run down buildings. the diversity. the people. i dont know. i just love it. so, guys, when we get back to taylor, we are going to indy more often. thanks. but yeah, being at temple was really cool and i want to transfer. not totally. but i do wish i went there.
after skipping two days of school i've been freaking out and really paranoid that im missing something important. i know im not but im just a really big wuss when it comes to missing class and im spazzing out about it. ive been having dreams about remembering big projects that are due and all kinds of stuff. but so far its been worth it.
the wild mountain sandwhiches at wendy's are INCREDIBLE.
great harvest bread is also really good.
and philly soft pretzels.
goodnight.
i spent the past few days visiting erica at school which was quite pleasant.
on sunday night we went to see damien/rosie/denison/sufjan which was really great.
sufjan stevens was a pleasant surprise. i dont think erica liked him but i was in love. i thought his voice was incredible. erica disagreed. i described it as a nice mousse soufle dessert...light and airy and delightfully sweet and leaving a taste for more.
it was really great to see denison witmer again. the sound man had his vocals up wayyy too loud and he didnt play any of the songs i wanted him to, but he's a funny fella and it was fun to see him.
damien was great. i didnt like his set as much as the one at taylor.
rosie closed and she was also fun. she is pretty much the most joyful person i've ever encountered i think, which is really great. i think the greatest witness a christian can have is to be someone who is genuine and someone who likes to laugh. rosie is both..and her music is dang good too. erica liked her.
and she did her stand up eye of the tiger routine which was even more hilarious than when she did it at taylor.
we saw the saxon boys which was nice. and it dawned on me after we paid 25 bucks (with the ticket surcharge crap) that i really shouldve schmoozed with damien and rosie a little more when they were at taylor so i could have worked my way on to the guest list. what was i thinking?!?
monday i went to class with erica which was funny and we went to the quaint little town of wayne and walked around some. monday night we went to her friend's apartment. this friend is of the male persuasion and he cooked an entire thanksgiving meal for 10 of us all by himself. and it tasted really good. pumpkin and pecan pie and all. you gotta hand it to someone who goes out of their way like that just to make some great memories. i think it was well worth it for him.
after that we went to see elf in the city because of the rave reviews we've been hearing. i paid 8.25 to sleep through it and i was really really mad at myself. what i saw was really good though.
today we went to see erica's friend's piano recital at temple. he is incredible. i didnt know a human being could move his fingers that fast. it was great.
i love the city so much and being there these past few days was the first time i regretted going to taylor. i just love everything about the city. the trains. the wind. the run down buildings. the diversity. the people. i dont know. i just love it. so, guys, when we get back to taylor, we are going to indy more often. thanks. but yeah, being at temple was really cool and i want to transfer. not totally. but i do wish i went there.
after skipping two days of school i've been freaking out and really paranoid that im missing something important. i know im not but im just a really big wuss when it comes to missing class and im spazzing out about it. ive been having dreams about remembering big projects that are due and all kinds of stuff. but so far its been worth it.
the wild mountain sandwhiches at wendy's are INCREDIBLE.
great harvest bread is also really good.
and philly soft pretzels.
goodnight.
Sunday, November 23, 2003
the trip was really great and actually quite enjoyable. traffic moved fast, it was an enjoyable day, no tickets, made great time even despite the fact i made 6 stops total - 4 of them because of my bladder choosing a miserable day to be overactive. and if you've ever taken a trip with me, you know bathroom stops are a big road trip no-no. but yeah, it went well. didnt even fall asleep once.
its good to be home.
its good to be home.
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