Archive for March, 2008

Spring break

Unlike all the other spring breaks of my college career, I’m going to do something fun this week. I’m excited about waking up to this. I’m excited about seeing strange oak trees. I’m excited about walking through this. But mostly I’m excited about the cycads here. I’ll post pictures in a week!

What I’ve noticed

Poor Brazilians figuring out who’s really screwing them over A very addictive game John McCain is a hypocrite John McCain thinks I’m a baby machine Another university goes after the people who aren’t really cheating A song to brighten your day It’s a computer, it’s a mouse brain! Frida Kahlo, survival, and the stories we […]

top 5 all time

Now that I’ve told you how to get music, I’ll tell you what to get! These are the songs in my library that I’ve listened to the most: Iron & Wine – Dead Man’s Will Le Tigre – Viz Luke Temple – Someone, Somewhere Mirah – Jerusalem Beth Orton – Love Like Laughter Happy listening […]

dissent?

The US has used torture for a long time. The very important difference now is it’s legal. You probably aren’t worried because they only use torture on terrorists, right? Actually, as long as the right person calls you an “enemy combatant,” you have no rights and torture is fair game. So if the president designates […]

where does your music come from?

I want to support the artists who make the music I love, but I don’t have a lot of money and I don’t like to support any of the labels under the RIAA. I also hate DRM. Amie Street is my favorite way to get music. They have lots of fantastic music (Cat Power, Interpol, […]

if i had a million dollars…

If I had more time and money, I would take ballroom dance keep studying Chinese learn French do yoga grow bonsai travel more read more bake more go hiking on weekends send my sister lots of silly packages visit my brother and all of the other people I miss Since my situation is unlikely to […]