Oh Wow, No Posts Since October?! Lazy Blogger...

Ohh, it's been far too long since I've posted anything. I looked at the comments of my last post and the little Cora girl was exasperated at my laziness in November... hehe, whoopsy.

Alright, first on the agenda, I've been accepted to my second choice college! That is a huge relief and I'm sooo very excited about it. It's Willamette University, the oldest university in the West according to them. I think the founding date was 1840 or something like that... anyway, very very exciting.

Next, I saw Jonathan Kingham live! Not just live, but at my favorite little, local coffee shop... well, actually, there's only one local coffee shop if you don't count Starbucks, (which I don't). Anyway, he was absolutely amazing: his freestyling, stories, humor, and good folksy-ish R&B-ish music all made for a great show. There was a keyboard player with him and I can't, for the life of me, remember his name... hmm, no.... definitely not coming to me, but he was an amazing musician too -- and definitely not a bad songwriter.

On that note, I've been listening to a lot of Glen Phillips music lately. Ahh, most people I know just don't understand how amazing he is. Live and let live I suppose... and let them hum along to Lady Gaga songs. Anyway, I seriously encourage listening to him. You can go to his website: http://www.glenphillips.com/Glen_Phillips/Glen_Phillips.html
There you can get a free sample of his music in exchange for your email address... definitely worth it. You can also listen to most of his albums:
Abulum, his first solo album... a wide range of themes and styles, but it strikes me, overall, as a very poignant album
Live at Largo... yup, it's a live album, which is nice because Glen Phillips gives a highly polished solo acoustic show -- very fitting for his music.
Mr. Lemons... it has the best name, and the softest, tenderest songs -- lots of intimate acoustic guitar, which is beneficial to Mr. Phillips's (I read this in an Amazon review a long time ago and its such a perfect phrase) honey-dipped voice.
Unlucky Seven... I think this one is songs that didn't make it onto another album. Regardless, it's still really good -- a bit heavier than his other albums tend to be.
Secrets of the New Explorers... very adventuresome, electronic-ish music.
Little Bunny Foo Foo... is not easily explained... at least, not effectively.
Anyway, all very amazing music. Listen to Glen Phillips, listen to Toad the Wet Sprocket, listen to WPA.

Let's see, what else...

Aaaalmost halfway through the quarter. College is very draining, I want it to be summer. I suppose I'll survive until then; must just keep drinking tea and smoking my pipe and try to write in my blog more often.

Well, now I've gone and made myself sleepy, and the Harry Potter movie I was watching is only about two thirds of the way through... dang it... AND I have art history to study.

Until next time then... toodles.

Skool Dayz

Two weeks down and a mere eight to go. Classes have been pretty exciting and fun so far. English has been lots of trips to the library for lectures. Art history has been all I could hope for; amazingly fun. Last week we had a jeopardy game, in which our class split into teams AND the team I was on one it! Yay! We got some year-old candy. Science has been terribly, empirically, scientifically boring but I have been enjoying parts of it. We've gotten to core trees which turned out to be amazingly fun, and I've been studying with a business major, ROTC prospect named Taylor, which has been very diverting. Anyway, lots to do but I'm enjoying this lovely fall quarter.

The Start of the School Year

School begins in less than two weeks. Although it's not a very exciting prospect; another year of stressful work, it's still comforting that I'm halfway through (my time at the community college). And I look forward to this quarter particularly, on account of my first art history class. After years of having a passion for the subject I finally will be able to study it officially... yay!

This year I intend to do more exciting things: join a band, school groups, hang out in downtown Centralia, and drink many mochas. I'll probably come to regret this, but I credit these ideas to Toby, the hound-panda, who has taught me to be less sensible. Thank you, little friend.