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I am still alive, although barely. Spring Break is in 6 days. Where is the time going, where is life going? More on this & related thoughts later.

Back at school, first day of classes tomorrow.

This semester:
Bio 113
Psy 161 (Social Psych & Individual Differences)
Psy 280 (Clinical Psych)
Psy 309 (Honors Seminar)
Psy 396 (Research in Self-Determination Theory)
Mur 153 (Symph Orch)

Textbooks are so expensive. $350 for 2 textbooks...I mean...really. Fucking science classes. Now that I'm 21 I want to stay away from being reclusive, but by looking at/thinking about the above list, I am pretty sure that reclusive is exactly what I will be.

I have been alive for 21 years.

Radiohead has announced the cities that will be on the North American leg of their upcoming tour.

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/01/radiohead_annou.html

I am so excited. I can't wait for the dates.

We sit here trying, we can never explain ourselves yet we never stop. Surely I will be unable to sleep, surely I will lie here tear my skin grab the covers pull the covers over my head force my eyes closed, unable to find peace and dreaming of distant worlds, wake up expecting every bit of this madness. I reach out but we never touch

My Top Albums of '07 (in no specific order, really):
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Interpol - Our Love to Admire
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna Are You the Destroyer?
Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Justice - [Cross]
Matt Pond PA - Last Light

There are some others but those are the albums that stand out to me. Quite a variety of music there.
So. 2007.
Well it was definitely better than 2006 was, I'm happy to say. Some good things happened, such as me figuring out what I want to do with my life [somewhat] and getting back on the right track. Getting rid of 'friends' who negatively affected my life, strengthening friendships that matter to me, gaining a sense of who I really am. I also became somewhat antisocial to a certain degree, but since November I've felt that feeling disappearing. All in all, I must say that 2007 was a good year but I'm going to make 2008 even better. Happy New Year.

3 midterms over, and calc is next week. That should be absolutely insane; thinking about it makes me shudder over and over again. This weekend is Meliora Weekend, meaning I'll see my parents because they're coming up for the orchestra concert on Saturday.
Anything eventful? Hmmm, well the new Radiohead album, 'In Rainbows' is absolutely fabulous and I can't stop listening to it. Devin and I had a listening party (translation: layed outside of Towers and listened to the album for 2 hours with another boy who showed up; an interesting boy with quite wonderful taste in music and pretty much just adorable in general). Friday we all went to Boulder to hear this guy Paleo, who basically blew our minds - Devin and I bought CD's since we're advocates of the whole starving artist deal and he was a true talent. You should check him out - he took on this project, where he wrote a song everyday for an entire year. Yeah, he has an album of 365 songs and it's pretty damn impressive. Thanks, David Osit, for recommending him.
Other than that, I can't wait to get a house and live with people who interest and inspire me...soon, I hope.

New Radiohead album. FINALLY. October 10, 2007. SO FREAKIN SOON!!

pre-order the godly creation here:
http://www.inrainbows.com/Store/index3.html

the box set comes with a bunch of stuff, so it's around 80 bucks. But if you don't have the money now, you could pre-order the digital version that you can download on October 10th for the price of....you choose! Yep, you get to pick how much you want to pay for it.

So basically......I can't wait until October 10.

Back at Rochester...I can't believe I'm a junior already. INSANITY. The suite is nice; it just feels so good to be out of GLC. What a terrible place; I shudder at the mere thought of ever stepping foot in that building again.

-yesterday was my last day of work, i'm both sad and happy about this
-awkward moments
-i move back into school next friday
-i have done nothing to prepare for this
-i should probably make a list.
-all i really want to do is chop my hair off, it's becoming extremely difficult to think about anything else
-this weekend i'm playing at esther's sister's wedding

that is all, really. i want it to be the fall and chilly and cuddling weather.