Saturday, July 25, 2009
Worthless Story
Today I drove through the most pothole covered parking lot I have ever seen...it was the parking lot for Autozone. Irony? Coincidence? Some sick joke? Genius advertisement?
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Madison, Wisconsin...
is quite nice, actually. I realize as a Gopher I am supposed to despise everything affiliated with the University of Wisconsin, but seeing as they gave me a job this summer, I'm going to loosen up on them. At least their Engineering department, and their city. My blood pressure still rises when I see Wisconsin sports memorabilia, and working under the shadow of Camp Randall still gives me occasional flashbacks to watching the Minnesota football team collapse.
Madison, though, is pretty sweet. There is an awesome terrace on campus overlooking one of the lakes. The grad students go out their for lunch on Friday's, getting ethnic food from street carts. The Malaysian is the best. Or is it Indonesian?
There is a second-run movie theater that sells tickets for 2.50. There is a movie theater catered towards indie films. There is a massive theater will long hallways and few staff, allowing me to sneak into different theaters. Yea, I've been seeing a lot of movies. Hey, it's been rainy a fair amount.
The only draw back has been that Madison is under construction. Seriously. The entire city is under construction, no joke. It's a mess, but not enough to stop me from enjoying my time here this past month. I still like the cities better, especially as a living year-round place. More stuff to do, and I guess I've always been a big city boy. But as for a summer place, Madison is just fine.
Madison, though, is pretty sweet. There is an awesome terrace on campus overlooking one of the lakes. The grad students go out their for lunch on Friday's, getting ethnic food from street carts. The Malaysian is the best. Or is it Indonesian?
There is a second-run movie theater that sells tickets for 2.50. There is a movie theater catered towards indie films. There is a massive theater will long hallways and few staff, allowing me to sneak into different theaters. Yea, I've been seeing a lot of movies. Hey, it's been rainy a fair amount.
The only draw back has been that Madison is under construction. Seriously. The entire city is under construction, no joke. It's a mess, but not enough to stop me from enjoying my time here this past month. I still like the cities better, especially as a living year-round place. More stuff to do, and I guess I've always been a big city boy. But as for a summer place, Madison is just fine.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Tis the season
I seem to affiliate albums with times of the year. I wonder if I'm the only person who does this. Sometimes the reason it simply because I bought the album at a certain time, but most of the time it's because the music just meshes or clashes with the particular season.
Could you listen to Animal Collective in the dead of winter? It's just too colorful. "The Lonesome Crowded West" in summer? I'm having too much fun to listen to something so lonely and deep. Summers are for "OK Computer", especially summer at dusk. I can see myself driving home from work at the parks listening to it. Sometimes I miss those days. Early fall is "Wish You Were Here", late fall "Led Zeppelin III". Bob Dylan is great in fall as well.
I say this because this time of year I always drag out "Abbey Road" for a few listens. It's not spring until I do. It just fits in with Spring perfectly for me, and it's not just because 'Here Comes the Sun' is on that album. The awakening for a cold winter, the optimism of a new year, the playfulness, I get all that from listening. I can't think of anything that matches so well. It's perfect. Try it.
Could you listen to Animal Collective in the dead of winter? It's just too colorful. "The Lonesome Crowded West" in summer? I'm having too much fun to listen to something so lonely and deep. Summers are for "OK Computer", especially summer at dusk. I can see myself driving home from work at the parks listening to it. Sometimes I miss those days. Early fall is "Wish You Were Here", late fall "Led Zeppelin III". Bob Dylan is great in fall as well.
I say this because this time of year I always drag out "Abbey Road" for a few listens. It's not spring until I do. It just fits in with Spring perfectly for me, and it's not just because 'Here Comes the Sun' is on that album. The awakening for a cold winter, the optimism of a new year, the playfulness, I get all that from listening. I can't think of anything that matches so well. It's perfect. Try it.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
The "Going Dancing" Tuesday Ramblings
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
I realize I have made about 3 posts over the last 50-odd days. I chalk this up to a variety of things: many midterms, a packed intramural sport schedule, internship applications, a very bad cold, a good friend visiting, the Gopher basketball and hockey teams closing out their seasons. Point being, I was very busy. It was very good at times, and not so good at others, but very, very busy. So it's nice Spring Break rolled around so I can catch my breath.
Last Sunday was Selection Sunday, usually one of my favorite days of the year, but this year it was filled with nervous tension as the Gophers were on the bubble. When 6 PM rolled around, I was either going to be ecstatic or depressed, and I had no control over what would happen. It's funny how life can give you those situations.
In St. Louis, it is very warm. It felt weird to put on shoes with shorts on. My legs felt so bare. Damn you, winter.
I have returned to find my family obsessed with the food channel. I don't really get the allure, but it's not bad. I started watching with my family, and then before you know it, BAM!, I realized I had just watched three hours of people cooking things I can't even taste. Three hours! It wasn't even that interesting, I just kind of zoned out. It was frightening. Very, very frightening. The Food Network scares me.
I realize I have made about 3 posts over the last 50-odd days. I chalk this up to a variety of things: many midterms, a packed intramural sport schedule, internship applications, a very bad cold, a good friend visiting, the Gopher basketball and hockey teams closing out their seasons. Point being, I was very busy. It was very good at times, and not so good at others, but very, very busy. So it's nice Spring Break rolled around so I can catch my breath.
Last Sunday was Selection Sunday, usually one of my favorite days of the year, but this year it was filled with nervous tension as the Gophers were on the bubble. When 6 PM rolled around, I was either going to be ecstatic or depressed, and I had no control over what would happen. It's funny how life can give you those situations.
In St. Louis, it is very warm. It felt weird to put on shoes with shorts on. My legs felt so bare. Damn you, winter.
I have returned to find my family obsessed with the food channel. I don't really get the allure, but it's not bad. I started watching with my family, and then before you know it, BAM!, I realized I had just watched three hours of people cooking things I can't even taste. Three hours! It wasn't even that interesting, I just kind of zoned out. It was frightening. Very, very frightening. The Food Network scares me.
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