Friday, December 10, 2004
This seems to go in cycles of a few months of heavy blogging, then several months of light-to-no blogging. Most things in my life seems to exhibit these sinusoidal properties. Maybe biorhythms aren't such hokey. Well, actually, no, they definitely are.
Anyway, there's a reason I've been so incredibly obscure lately: I pulled the plug on my internet connection at home. For two months I've been averaging about 10 minutes a day of internet use at the computer labs of UI and Kirkwood. Why would I take such an action? Well, my income had gone down significantly (I lost a job; well, I quit really, see above post.) and my new apartment has slightly higher rent; and so I was falling behind on stuff, and then in October I figured I'd start experimenting with a self-righteous Luddite "transcendentalist" lifestyle.
So, let's see, what has happened to me since August that is worth writing about? Hmm, well, very very little. Yeah, I've pretty much been working a lot and going to school and very occasionally getting drunk but just generally sitting around watching my young life pass before my eyes.
That sounds really depressing, and it is. Maybe I need more friends.
On the creative front I've gotten a few things done. One of them is a piece I composed for clarinet and piano, at the behest of Chris. I don't know if he likes it. Although he has been pretty busy at school, he tells me, his reaction to this piece so far has been pretty much what I imagine someone's reaction would be if you wrote a piece for them and he didn't like it: he said he likes it a lot, and hasn't said much more about it. But I know he's been busy so I'm not going to be demanding.
I've also written and performed some more theatre pieces at No Shame; one was a political satire I was particularly proud of, the climax of which is my friend Megan hitting me really, really hard in the head with a toaster. Unfortunately, I'm thinking maybe the gag missed its comedic mark a little bit (physical humor is prone to that, as I've learned) because people in the audience were really concerned that she was actually hurting me with the toaster... I had told her beforehand that the harder she hit me the funnier it would be; but I think now that I was mistaken and there was a magic number that she surpassed. What a pity.
So yeah, other than this stuff it's been one HUGE boring semester for me. I think I can make next semester better. You'll find out if I do or not, because I'm going to start blogging again. That's pretty laughable, because I always say that and then the next post is like five months later.
But see, I'm getting an internet connection on Tuesday. Yeah. DSL. It's going to be good to be hooked up again. Also, I'm going to New York City in a couple weeks to usher in the new year. That's going to rock.
So there's excitement in my future for sure.
Anyway, there's a reason I've been so incredibly obscure lately: I pulled the plug on my internet connection at home. For two months I've been averaging about 10 minutes a day of internet use at the computer labs of UI and Kirkwood. Why would I take such an action? Well, my income had gone down significantly (I lost a job; well, I quit really, see above post.) and my new apartment has slightly higher rent; and so I was falling behind on stuff, and then in October I figured I'd start experimenting with a self-righteous Luddite "transcendentalist" lifestyle.
So, let's see, what has happened to me since August that is worth writing about? Hmm, well, very very little. Yeah, I've pretty much been working a lot and going to school and very occasionally getting drunk but just generally sitting around watching my young life pass before my eyes.
That sounds really depressing, and it is. Maybe I need more friends.
On the creative front I've gotten a few things done. One of them is a piece I composed for clarinet and piano, at the behest of Chris. I don't know if he likes it. Although he has been pretty busy at school, he tells me, his reaction to this piece so far has been pretty much what I imagine someone's reaction would be if you wrote a piece for them and he didn't like it: he said he likes it a lot, and hasn't said much more about it. But I know he's been busy so I'm not going to be demanding.
I've also written and performed some more theatre pieces at No Shame; one was a political satire I was particularly proud of, the climax of which is my friend Megan hitting me really, really hard in the head with a toaster. Unfortunately, I'm thinking maybe the gag missed its comedic mark a little bit (physical humor is prone to that, as I've learned) because people in the audience were really concerned that she was actually hurting me with the toaster... I had told her beforehand that the harder she hit me the funnier it would be; but I think now that I was mistaken and there was a magic number that she surpassed. What a pity.
So yeah, other than this stuff it's been one HUGE boring semester for me. I think I can make next semester better. You'll find out if I do or not, because I'm going to start blogging again. That's pretty laughable, because I always say that and then the next post is like five months later.
But see, I'm getting an internet connection on Tuesday. Yeah. DSL. It's going to be good to be hooked up again. Also, I'm going to New York City in a couple weeks to usher in the new year. That's going to rock.
So there's excitement in my future for sure.
