PhD Observations:

1) School is more work then before. A lot more work.

2) Assignments are no longer fill in the blanks but instead are make the blanks and fill them yourself.

3) I have no free time but somehow create free time in order to avoid insanity.

4) Office by yourself = producivity

5) Office with another officemate = procrastination.

6) School is a lot of work.

7) Being responsible for the education of others is kinda fun.

What kind of Music is this?

What kind of music is this? Whoever wrote it must have left himself behind at one point to dig the piano notes out of the earth and gather the artificial harmonics of the violins fom heaven. The tonality of this music has no mechanical purpose. It is there to transport us towards something that has never been heard before.
- Wolfgang Sander

12:59 lullaby

I've been listening to the new Bedouin Soundclash album a lot lately and highly recomend it to anybody looking for an upbeat album with some quirky and interesting features. So the first week of my Phd program has passed and it looks like it's going to be a lot of work and a lot more responsibility. The amount of work I've already done in my head surpasses anything I've done in a while. I think summer was bad for my brain and work ethic.

In other news I got a cat to keep me comany in my new sweet ass apartment. Her name is Twiggy. I got her from the vet at the age of 4 months. It's kind of nice to have a companion though being a kitten she is quite troublesome. Just when I'm ready to go to bed is when she's ready to attack and play and do whatever it is kittens do when they attack nothing... still quite fun.

Next week it all really begins.... Monday @9:30am it's back to the grindstone...

From the West Coast....

With only two days left until a PhD begins and my life returns to the status quo I present pictures from my trip from Vancouver to San Diego. Needless to say, the trip was amazing and I will never forget it... and with my giant credit card debt it will be years before THEY let me forget it.... in other cool news... I was in a wedding and it was tres fun. Sorry I've forgotten all about this blog... I will try to be better...

"Mount Baker, Washington"

"Seattle's Sapce Needle, Washington"

"Mount St. Helen's, Washington"

"Haystack Rock, Oregon"

"Redwood National Forest, California"

"Pacific Coast Highway, California"

"San Fran's Golden Gate Bridge, California"

"Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite National Park, California"

"Pebble Beach Golf Course Resort, California"

"Sunset on the Coast, California"

"Hollywood and Vine, LA, California"

"Laguna Beach, California"

"San Diego Zoo, California"