Spring Break, Part ONE

Day Two of Spring Break bodes well:

I am sitting next to LesUrs on a couch in the townhouse, enjoying the rower gab and amusing TV commercials. We got back from the baseball game (we won, go Beavs!) with a star gymnast sighting as well as the "O" Guy. We are planning a big feast tonight, including Corn Dogs (yesterday was national Corn Dog Day) and some Slushies later. This spring break will be all about relaxation and sleep (a full 9 hours last night and 10 the night before), plus some video games a couple movies last night made for a very relaxed GregUr!

Never fear, ye olde concerned parents! I have SOME productive plans for the week: I am planning on practicing a lot, as the music building stays open, and will go rock climbing a lot as well with my house-mate/host MD. Then, on Thursday, we go up to camp on a private lake with the whole Sackett Gang!

[...] Mode

I am in partial procrastination mode.

It is finals week, and of course, my room is the cleanest it's been all week.

So far, today, I have cleaned out my closet, reorganized my bookshelf, taken apart my bulletin board, and finished folding my laundry.

In between these things I've been studying for my Communications Final tonight at 6.

So, all in all, I think a productive day, don't you think?

On an another note, I am very excited to see almost all of my family over the next month. I get to see my dearest mother the third weekend of April, my oldest sister and aunt the first week of April and, of course, I always see the older one. Now all that's missing are the father and dearest younger sister...

Late Night Bike Ride

Exhaling, exerting, expiring, enigmatic and eloquent.

Revolutions of the tires, rolling, riling the blood, riding, resplendent in the dark, cloudy night.

Going, going, gone, guiding, gaps in the pavement.

Bile rising, blowing hard, beginning to fade, back in the saddle, bovine scent.

Tortured legs, tilting away, tantalizingly close, too far to matter.

Stars evade, slight change in direction, seeing nothing, sensing only oneself.

Ominous darkness, ostentatiously waiting, ogling at this pathetic show of strength, oppressive.

Vicious wind, vigorous leg pumping, vainly struggling, valiantly struggling, volatility of gusts.

Quick on the Conversed feet, quotient of exertion matched, quelling all fears and doubts, quaking with exhaustion, quite worth it.

All-inclusive, awe-inspiring, absolutely helpful, awfully painful.

//This is something I wrote after coming back from a late night bike ride (1:30 am). It was windy, and a little wet, and a little chilly.

OK Go (lots of links!)

OK, so I spent some time on YouTube today just surfing around and came across soe really cool videos, all by the band OK Go. Originally hailing from Chicago (now in LA), this foursome has a very fun feel that I love. They also have a goal to make a music video for all the songs on their new album, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, which so far they have done some tremendous work. They post all their videos on YouTube, where they have become wildly successful. This is what I'll share with you today.

This Too Shall Pass(Rube Goldberg Edition)

This is one of my favorite videos because of the Rube Goldberg machine involved. They used about 40 engineers and physicists from CalTech and other such smart places to make a "Brain Trust" to come up with ideas, and then did the entire video in one take(not the first(see the paint on their clothes), but still impressive!).

This Too Shall Pass (Marching Band Edition)

This edition of the video I like as much, if not better than the other, mostly because it has a Marching Band in it (Notre Dame). I like the camo, and especially the spelling out the letters in black and white.

Invincible

Things blow up. That's all I have to say.

WTF?

Though the lyrics may be a little racy, the video is VERY cool. It's very similar to the extended exposure shots I do with photography. I especially like their thriftiness in making this one (dollar store for almost all of it. That and gaff tape).

And finally, the video that started it all:

Here It Goes Again

The original favorite, it is now the most favorited video on YoutTube with over 50,000,000 views!

Besides these, they have a couple other videos that I really enjoy, including this one, just because it's so simple.

Enjoy!

[all information on the band was taken from their YouTube page or Wikipedia]

Dead Week [Stuck in Reverse]

For those of you no longer in college, the week before Finals week is called "Dead Week". Some institutions call it "Read Week," but no matter the name, it still kinda sucks. The teachers are not SUPPOSED to assign anything due, and they are supposed to be no tests or quizzes. However, I know a lot of people where they have all their papers and such due this week and not next. So why call it dead week if it's not really dead and nothing changes?

On a different note, here is a little something I wrote:

Facebook statuses fly

across my screen, flitting like

birds with insignificant wings and

no motives. They are sel-

fish and condescending, hel-

pful and useless, calling

attention to themse-

lves like mating calls, wishing for

attention.

ATTENTION, ATTENTION, ATTENTION:

I AM IMPORTANT!

HEAR ME ROAR!

because everyone cares

about your silly song lyrics, or

how depressed you are and

the things that your friends

did. The inside jokes

are too claustrophobic for me,

and I still-

"Dark blue, dark blue, have you ever been alone in a crowded room, well I'm here-"

"-and safety belts, bucket seats have all got to go. When we're-"

"try your best but you don't succeed. When you get what you want and not what you need-"

stuck in reverse.

"-is sick"

"-is tired"

"-has homework to do"

"-needs a break"

"-LOVES MILK!"

To comment or not to comment, that is the-

stuck in reverse.