Dendititis

My teeth hurt real bad.... At Jr. High MM we played a game where we stuffed bubblegum into our mouths to see who could stuff the most in. I won (I have a big mouth) but my teeth are super-sensitive now, it hurts to bite down and my mouth feels like it's coverd in crud.

A girl at work asked me in I would accompany her to Sr. Ball because she didn't want to go with any of the guys who asked her. She's nice and ironic, but it's kinda weird 'cuz I'd be so much older then everyone else there... I'd feel very akward. I'm yet to decide what to do. THe funny thing is that this has happened before. I guess "the ladies" just think I'm a nice guy or something.

Olympic

There's something about the pursuit of perfection that is inherently attractive to the human psyche. We clamor for it, chase after it, obsess over it. We bleed, sacrifice, and cry for it. The Olympics are the pinnacle of the race for perfection. Some people see the sublime in science or nature or literature. While I certainly appreciate them, there's something about the physical, that I tend to be more in awe of (sometimes.... depends on my mood). There's something about that pregnant moment, stretched thin by anticipation, when we watch and hope for a touch of the divine, that Perfection steps down from its pedestal to manifest itself before us. In that moment, when the athlete transcends the bounds of everyday human action, that we get the barest hint of what perfection might be. It's art.... it's music....... it's chocolate pudding.

More of the same

I had my interview for Gordon yesterday, I don't think it went all that well. Wasn't a disaster, but I wasn't feeling it. The lady asked the same questions that were on the application so I felt like I was just paraphrasing what it said. She also asked if I was applying anywhere else, I said yes, she asked where, I said Wheaton, and she asked what school I would rather attend. This kinda blindsided me so I just answered I don't know. Kinda irritated me though 'cuz it struck me as being rather impolite. *Shrugs*. I just wasn't feeling it.

I've got blisters on my fingers!

Learning something new is hard. Not really hard, just difficult. I like learning new stuff though, it's enjoyable to wrap one's brain around a new concept. Anyways, I think my first guitar foray went pretty well. I've devised some finger games to help me learn chords. I have some serious doubts about whether or not I'll actually be able to learn it, but I might as well try my best.

Music collection is up to 1606 songs=111 albums=4.2 days of music.

Flesh Eaters

My brother just came from his friend's house where a curious altercation took place. While they were eating dinner his friend's mother announced that her Mother-in-law had 12 hours to live. She'd contracted a flesh eating bacteria. Weird.

I've gotten almost all of my transcript stuff out, have that interview on wednesday I'm thinking alot about.

Tomrrow I start guitar lessons! Hopefully I'll buck the trend and stick through it.

Is this thing on?

For some reason I haven't been able to log onto this thing for a couple of days, I'm not sure why.

I'm finally going to Africa! I'm going to Kenya july 15-aug 1 ( or is it the 5th?) with Eagle Rock Baptist Church. In a weird bit of coincidence it's the church my dad was an assistant pastor at about 20+ years ago. I was a grub when I went there. It'll be interesting to go back. *Reminices*
I have some fragmentary memories about the place.

I sorta need to get off this subject, but Prince Caspian has been given the go, it should hit theatres in a year or two.

My GI tract has been giving me grief the last few days, I think I've had a phantom illness. I'm sleepy all the time and can't workout all that well.

On Wednesday I have another college interview, this time with a college called Gordon which is over in MA, I hope it goes well.

Chart Toppping

Just a note: Chronicles o' Narnia has hit $647,934,379 internationally and is currently ranked 25th highest grossing movie. Soon it'll outstrip SW: Attack of the Clones (just a million behind it) and probably Pirates of the Caribbean. Not too shabby.

Picked up the Curious George soundtrack because it's entirely Jack Johnson music. It's all children's music but I really don't regret picking it up.

I have a blister on my foot. I had an hour jump roping session and lo-and-behold, I gotta little watery cyst.

My nephew is walking and saying "daadg." It's fun having a kid around the house. It's really weird seeing him "growing up." He's really mercurial right now, stuff makes him really happy or really sad, and his face registers it.

Oldies But Goldies

Handel' s Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 # 11 in A Major Andante larghetto e staccato has been stuck in my head for the lsat few days. It has an odd sort of syncopation, sorta irregular, that keeps on playing in the back of my head. Ba ba-ba ba-ba ba ba-ba ba-ba.... Something like that. I don't think words really explain music all that well.

Hungry

I'm really hungry. Whenever I say this someone invariabley says : Eat something. To which I reply with a *shrug*. I'm in a nutrition calss so I'm suddenly very aware of the stuff I eat, and I think I do pretty good with what I've got.

I went to a restaurant on Friday with the high schoolers called "Strings." It's italian and they serve bottomless salad and bread sticks. I had a dessert (a first for me, I've never purchased a restaurant dessert before) called a vanilla and crumb prizzado. Essentially it was a huge ice cream oreo cookie. It was so incredibly good, it felt like my tastebuds were having micro seizures (but in a good way). I was thoroughly sick afterwards, but it was worth it.