still alive!

hey no one! just checking in to say i'm still alive and everything. the summer seminar is winding down, with only one more homework due this upcoming sunday! overall, i think the class was worthwhile, just found myself taken aback by the brevity of summer. didn't i just start this class? where's the foreplay? *sigh*

anyhow, the fall semester starts up here in less than a month, with the first weekend of class being the weekend of the 22nd of august. i anticipate an increase in both posting content and frequency here soon. trust me, i'll have plenty to bitch about then. however, i still have the following to look forward to before class starts again:

- aug 2nd -- doug stanhope @ antone's. quite possibly my favorite living comedian. i see him as a hicks for the 2000's -- he's not quite as cerebral, but make no doubt, it's all there. oh, and really likes to shock unknowing audience members. he's a tad, um, crass.

- aug 9th -- roommate's birthday weekend at his folks' lakehouse. um, yeah.

- aug 15th -- potential gig for the band? dunno, but it could happen.

- aug 16th -- 10 year high school reunion. ok, seriously, when the hell did that happen? should be fun, but who the hell knows with this kinda thing.

- aug 22nd -- class. yay.

well, i'm at work, so, yeah. peace.

the greatest tragedy is our grossly degenerating attention span...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY

listen, it's long. but please give it a shot. it nothing else, at least listen to the first and last (1 and 8) videos in the series.

bender, from futurama, puts it as succinctly as possible: "we're boned."

the related series, "How It All Ends", produced (i assume) and posted by the same person as the above mentioned series, is more personable and optimistic than the somewhat doom-and-gloom tone of the older gentlemen.