Random amalgam of musings

Alright, since not all that much exciting stuff happened since the last post, this is going to be rather random. But then, randomness is fun! Just look at Grafik Dynamo.

By the way, for those of you informed of certain events and wondering about if I feel all right, yes, I feel more than fine even. Wednesday, the sunshine made everything except the weather insignificant, and Thursday...well, let's just say that when, while walking to class, you see not just one but two guy's wearing a T-shirt saying "Kiss me, I'm Irish", I'd say you're having a good day. The sleeping in until twelve thing didn't hurt either.

Fun fact: Sylvia can kick a plank in half on her first try. Woo! I'll make sure not to make her mad from now on ;-)

Haircolor (hopefully), starting tonight: Reddish Blonde

Movie recommendation of the week: Kinsey (because of general hilarity, Peter Sarsgaard, and the brilliant casting of Tin Curry, but also because it delivers a good message about the importance of informing people about sex)

Annoying coincidence: Bettie Serveert, my new favorite band, is playing in LA, there are still tickets, and they're affordable too...But it's tomorrow, and well, my party is my first priority.

Now for a slightly longer segment, my father suggested that I write about the first come, first served mentality in the US, and I think that's a good idea in the context of cultural differences. There are many instances. At restaurants, you often can't make reservations, you just have to show up, get on the waiting list, and well, wait. At Warner Brothers studios, you also had to come early to get a spot. If you wanted to get an autograph from Tori Amos, you had to get a wristband at the record store, and apparently people were lining up at 4 am already (the store opened at 9).

I'm not sure what I think of the procedure yet. I mean, I can see that it's fair, granting priority to those willing to go through the most trouble, but it's not very effective, seeing all the waiting. I can understand the popularity of IPod's now (I'm beginning the drawbacks of my minidisc player now, as I don't have a CD-player to transfer my new CD to a minidisc. Most people don't have stereo systems here, just pc's with boxes). As a person who doesn't mind waiting (waiting for me just means daydreaming time), I don't mind the system, but I can't understand how the US economy got so big with all the waiting that's going on.

Fun fact #2: I have the same shoe size as Peter Sellers. Little man, apparently.

Course news: I had an 86 for my second physics midterm. Seeing how I'm in a class full of fourth years...I don't think I'm doing too shabby.

Currently in my Amazon shopping cart: "Digital Ash in a Digital Urn" and "I'm wide awake, it's morning" (something that often does not exactly apply to me) by Bright Eyes, the soundtrack to Garden State, and the posthumous Elliott Smith album "from a basement on the hill". A total of 41 bucks, which isn't much for 4 cd's, but there's no telling when I'll finally jump the hurdle to actually ordering them though.

Current books: Neuromancer by William Gibson and The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene.

New experience of the week: going to the sauna. Never knew that the weirdest, and most uncomfortable, part of it is breathing hot air. It was relaxing though.

I think I'm out of random facts, and you're probably tired of them by know. Next post will be a more conventional one, probably, featuring descriptions of how my hair turned out, and of course of how my party was.

Until then, if you're really in need of more randomness, check out what those crazy New Yorkers are saying to each other.

Over and out,

Hedwig