Relative Dimension

Ozomatli played at my school tonight. I think they're famous, or something. It wasn't really my kind of music, but I went anyway because I'd never been to a real concert and I figured that, no matter what the music, seeing it live is different. There was very loud music, lots of yelling, and absolutely no concept of personal space. I couldn't see the stage very well, but at the end they had students dancing on it. It was enjoyable, but I would have had more fun if they'd been Smashing Pumpkins or somebody I like. Hopefully the rest of my hearing will return by tomorrow. I would have gone to Freebies at Freddie's afterwards but I decided I had enough fun for one night. And my back was freaking sore.

At the concert I ran into a guy I used to work with who goes here. It was oh so nice to see a familiar face.

I tried to take a nap this afternoon but only managed a semi-meditative state. It did refresh a little. I got some sleep last night, but not enough. Slowly getting used to this.

There are like, thirty people in this dorm with iTunes. And I can never get on anybody's music.

fuel of father's sweat
sweet like baby's breath
strong like superman
stinking up the streets I am
the feeling does me in
but here I go again

I... I love gasoline
I... I love gasoline

smooth like summer silk
sweet like mother's milk
warm like tenderness
perfume sprayed around my neck
I know it makes no sense
but here I go again

I... I love gasoline
I... I love gasoline

here comes the rush again
let me down easy...

warm like summer breeze
flowing round your city
come on down with me

I... I love gasoline...

-Gasoline // Catherine Wheel

It doesn't express my feelings on the subject... it's just a damn sexy song.

I've struck upon a whim to work on my writing again! I do wish it hadn't come at such an inconvenient time, right in the middle of a very long book series and less than a month before I head off to school. I very nearly sat down to watch the entire extended Lord of the Rings trilogy for inspiration, but decided that was a task for winter. In summer I either put them on to listen to while working on maps, or watch them one per night. But I hate just watching one of them, because really the whole thing is one single story. Albeit a very long one. Anyway, at this point I'm still jotting notes in my Moleskine and figuring out names and stuff. It's slow-going stuff even when I'm working on it every day. I can't wait until I'm busy again, because I'll probably work on it more. It's true what they say about getting more done when you have more to do. I think I'm getting carpal tunnel.

One of the books I ordered came in the mail this morning. (Yay!) Three weeks after I ordered it. The other had better not be far behind, because tomorrow's the last day of the delivery window and I want my book, dammit. I know I'm driving the rest of my family nuts about it because my mom cheered when I brought in the package this morning. This guy is so not getting positive feedback.

I just danced to my favorite song on the radio. Life is good today.

I'm posting a lot today. But I'm bored here at work and I'm tired so I don't want to do anything that involves a lot of brainpower. Here's a meme-whatever I stole from sapporonoodles. 

And also, the Frankenstein Meme that I got from sapporonoodles who got it from calikali. Why? Because I've got nothing better to do.

I need more of these things. They keep my fingers busy. I get a wireless connection from McMenamins across the street so when I bring Andromeda to work I get internet! Yay!

It's prom night in McMinnville and these lit-up horse-drawn carriages keep going past the theatre ferrying kids in formal wear. Bagh. They're having more fun than me.

Here's how it is:

Sarcophagus Opens / David Arnold // Stargate soundtrack
Give Me Novacaine / Green Day // American Idiot
Breathe / Greenwheel // Soma Holiday
Flower Man / Tonic // The X-Files soundtrack
Bad Blood / Ministry // The Matrix soundtrack
Tuesday Morning / Melissa Etheridge // Lucky
Under Pressure / David Bowie & Queen // Grosse Pointe Blank soundtrack
It's My Turn To Fly / The Urge // Titan AE soundtrack
Goodbye / Stabbing Westward // Darkest Days
Girl Right Next To Me / Goo Goo Dolls // Stuperstar Car Wash

The Way Of The Warrior / Hammerfall // Renegade
Holiday / Green Day // American Idiot
Going Home / David Arnold // Stargate soundtrack
A Storm Is Coming / Howard Shore // The Return of the King soundtrack
Hedwig's Theme / John Williams // Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone soundtrack
Out On the Water / Blind Guardian // Nightfall In Middle-earth
Dead Gardens / Nightwish // Once
The Tension and the Terror / Straylight Run // Straylight Run
Slow Emotion Replay / The THE / Dusk
Killing Me Too / Sister Hazel // Chasing Daylight

Psycho / System of a Down // Toxicity
Motivational / Toadies // Hell Below Stars Above
Smack My Bitch Up / Prodigy // The Fat of the Land
Any Day Now / Elbow // Asleep in the Back
String of Lies / Goo Goo Dolls // Superstar Car Wash
Counting Airplanes / Train // My Private Nation
Cirith Ungol / Howard Shore // The Return of the King soundtrack
My Immortal / Evanescence // Daredevil soundtrack
What it Takes / Aerosmith // Big Ones
Locked On / Jerry Cantrell // Degradation Trip

Chump / Green Day // Dookie
Comfortable Liar / Chevelle // Wonder What's Next
Body / Bush // Sixteen Stone
Right Between the Eyes / Garbage // Bleed Like Me
Invisible Man / Theory of a Deadman // Spider-Man soundtrack
Werewolf Trap / Alan Silvestri // Van Helsing soundtrack
So Far Away / Goo Goo Dolls // Superstar Car Wash
U-FIG / System of a Down // Hypnotize
Wake Up / Mad Season // Above
Run Away! / Eric Idle // Spamalot

I Want You (She's So Heavy) / The Beatles // Abbey Road
My Vagina / NOFX // Pump Up the Valuum
Straight No Chaser / Bush // Razorblade Suitcase
Obscured / Smashing Pumpkins // Pisces Iscariot
Existentialism On Prom Night / Straylight Run // Straylight Run
Bridge / Queensryche // Promised Land
Undercover / Pete Yorn // Spider-Man soundtrack
Like Lovers (Holding On) / Texas // Titan AE soundtrack
Temple of Your Dreams / Monster Magnet // Powertrip
This Moment / Melissa Etheridge // Lucky

I have a mind to use these batches of songs as "soundtracks" to short stories (although there seem to be enough soundtracks in there already). It started out as sheer boredom, but I think I'll make a writing exercise out of it. Number One looks like it could turn out horror/action adventure or something like a Stephen Sommers movie. Two, darkish, gothic. Three's not gonna be happy. Four, well, that'll be interesting. And five looks like a love story. I can't promise it will be pretty.