Going to Dallas. Be back Sunday night.

"Theft" excerpt.

Just finished "Theft" by Katherine Anne Porter. The last page really got to me, especially this paragraph:

"In this moment she felt that she had been robbed of an enormous number of valuable things, whether material or intangible: things lost or broken by her own fualt, things she had forgotten and left in houses when she moved: books borrowed from her and not returned, journeys she had planned and had not made, words she had waited to hear spoken to her and had not heard, and the words she had meant to answer with; bitter alternatives and intolerable substitutes worse than nothing, and yet inescapable: the long patient suffering of dying friendships and the dark inexplicable death of love — all that she had had, and all that she missed, were lost together, and were twice lost in this landslide of remembered losses."

Right now the lights are out and I have my cheap little book light and I'm listening to the 12 or so albums I downloaded all yesterday on my Macbook with my headphones on.

Rainy day in the city.

Although it was raining most of the day, it was a very excellent rainy day. For one, I love my college so much and cannot wait until September. Two, Jason and I got to hang out. We went downtown to buy him cigarettes he cannot get at home. We drove around and had a great catching-up conversation. Went to Taxi Taxi and I bought a gray sweater, which later led my mom to say, "Don't you already have this?" Oh, my familiar colors.

I hope to see Jason again next week. When I got home, I rode my bike around for awhile. Also, I came to the conclusion that I am obsessed with Hershey's Skor bars and I don't like chocolate. Go figure. Must be the toffee.

Mostly music.

I printed a few of the film stills I found to use for some sort of collage project. More watercolor paper would be very helpful, however.

It seems as if I become obsessed with a new R.E.M. song every few days. These days, it is "Gardening At Night", which is much better on the alternative recordings than on Dead Letter Office. Also, "Belong" almost makes me cry.

Dad and I looked for my Western Digital external harddrive yesterday but it was sold out, so hopefully, I will be able to get it before next week because I have 2 GB left on my computer. It's so sad. I took a break from downloading music for awhile until yesterday when I downloaded a few albums:

-Gregor Samsa: Rest (Post-rock.)
-Fariborz Lachini- Golden Autumn 1, Golden Autumn 2 (Sad piano.)
-Patrick Kelleher: You Look Cold EP (Electronic, acoustic, beautiful voice.)
-Julie London: All Through the Night (Sultry voice that can be placed in a smoky club in the '60s.)
-Ochre: Death of An Aura (Fun electronic that reminds me of I Am Robot and Proud.)
-Panther Attack!: Martyr Bonus (Awesome hard rock shoegaze-y album with an awful band name.)
-Takeshi Nakamura: Sound Effect Collage (Exactly how the album reads.)
-Lucky Dragons: Dream Island Laughing Language (Crazy sounds, not something to listen to when you're trying to sleep.)
-Tiaga: Bitter Tragic Joke (Crazy and quite scary electronic.)
-The Voices: The Sound of Young America (This album recommended wholeheartedly!)

And last but not least- Alanis Morissette: Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (Why haven't I downloaded this album until now?)

(...And I used to write decent album reviews for the high school paper!)

Smith's.