Posts (page 2)

Books Finished:
-The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
-The Lord of the Flies
-Slaughterhouse Five

New Artists:
Chromeo
The Cool Kids
Gym Class Heroes
Jurassic 5
Lupe Fiasco
Mae
The Roots

High Fidelity: A Novel

Nick Hornby

I loved this book!  I finished it about a month ago, but it has been one of my favorites so far.  The main character may be more neurotic than I can normally handle, but some of his thoughts really resonate with me.  Every person deals with heartbreak in their own way, but some of the same thoughts are shared.  Almost everyone has obsessed and torn themselves up inside thinking of your ex with their next lover. 

In failed relationships, you are your own worst enemy. You try to logically explain most of your relationship problems and link them to one key problem that you can fix.  Rob is so far lost in his own mind that he totally ignores and misses most of his life.

I give it an A-, one of the best I've read so far.  My only complaint was there some topics and events dragged on too long, but I guess that is the point of the book.  Most people get too involved with their own insecurities and issues after a breakup.  The biggest statement this book provides is that "when you miss the things you can't have, you end up missing a whole lot more ".

When I'm drunk, I am no longer allowed to write blog entries...

So Gavin Degraw came into work today and preformed an acoustic set....

Also, just got back from a People Magazine / Miller Chill event where Josh Kelly (better known as Katheryn Heigl's husband) played at some jank ass club called Mrez? or something.  I don't know, live music and free beer.

What the hell do I do?

Stealing other peoples' ideas, I have come up with a list of 10 personal goals that I want to accomplish by the end of summer 08 (end of August).  Instead of this being a professional goal sheet, I want this to be fun and something to make me a more interesting.

Personally, I love crossing off tasks on a list once I have done them.  Crossing off tasks tastes like chocolate!  I have a tendency to forget or blow off things that I mentally say I'm going to do.  Now, I have no excuse but to get my lazy ass up and do 'em!

1. FIND A PLACE TO LIVE IN CHICAGO (Apartment or tiny tiny condo)
Most important of all, I want to live in Chicago by June.  I am putting that out there now!

2. Attend 4 outdoor concerts
I go to many indoor concerts, but there is nothing like an outdoor spring/summer concerts.

3. Start listening to 30 new music artists
I have a tendency to listen to what I know.

4. Meet and become friends (real, not Facebook) with 5 new people
Originally it was going to be 10, but I am realistic.

5. Begin a graphic design gig, create at least 2 pieces of work
It's something I like to do in my free time, so I might as well start doing it for money or experience.

6. Get a front page post for a comedic website
This is super lame, but I KNOW I can write an entry that can get on the front page of site like "college humor".

7. Take a dance lesson (1)
Don't laugh, if you have seen my attempts at dancing anywhere, you know why I put this here.  Plus, I have always wanted to learn something cool like swing dancing.  It is a modest goal, it only says I need to take ONE.

8. Run a 5K event
This totally gives me a little fuel for when I run now.  Now I have to run because I will croak if not prepared.  5K may not be much, but it is a good start.

9. Read 20 books (includes book sizes from "The Stranger" to "Crime and Punishment"
I read enough damn books as it is on the train, but I am afraid that when I move to the city I will read less.  I think it is because I won't have over an hour a day purely devoted to reading.

10. Do an extreme sport (I am leaning towards white water rafting or something with water...?)
I can never jump out of a plane, so I got to get my jollys somehow...

This list may seem sort of stupid, but I think it's do-able and worthy.

Memories fade and people forget.  Pictures can only tell you so much of a particular time in your life, but music can bring you back exactly where you left off.

How you felt, what you were doing, where you were.  It can be sometimes difficult to listen to certain songs because of the rush of emotions and thoughts that flood back with each note.  Whether the song brings back happy or painful memories, you welcome them.  They prove you've been alive.

Everyday you make many unconscious choices which transpire into a long chain of events.  I find myself asking, "If I sped up or slowed down before that light, where would I have been or what would have happened?".

For the most part, almost all the small changes in your day have no effect on the end result, yet there is no way to really know if that is true.  The only time anyone really questions 'timing' is when something bad happens.  "Damn, if only I had waited" or "I was in the wrong place in the wrong time".

If there is no such thing as fate or destiny and life is a compilation of random happenings, we are at the mercy to our own last minute decisions.  I think it is a pleasant thought that all life is already mapped out and we are just along for the ride.  But it would be ignorant to think that I am MEANT to wake up late and MEANT to miss that green light and MEANT to get into an accident.

When people define miracles and tragedies as fate, they look at the end result - the punch line.  There is no talk of fate when it pertains to the small unconscious choices we make everyday.