Mark my words people, now that the whole 70s Velvet Underground-Stones influenced The band thing is run its course creatively, here is the new mark: new wave! God, I love new wave. proof:
also, notice the whole electroclash thing going on with fischerspooner and ladytron, which is like the sleazy side of new wave.
anyway, i don't know if the thin ties will come back, but im happy with new cds coming out, unfortunately, i don't have any money to buy those cds.
I always wondered how people made titles on their blogs, now I know they just use the bold key
So what's up at work, today, you may ask? well, the answer is very little. But, let me tell you about the coolest website i have seen in a long time. It's at the lonely planet website, and its this thing that figures out the price for a round the world ticket, and it is sooo cool! you just type in the cities you want to go to, and it figures out the cheapest fare to do it, which usually includes a few extra cities! Like, for example, I decided to take a Southern Hemisphere jaunt, and ended up going from Tokyo-Sydney-Cape Town-Buenos Aires-Rio de Janeiro-St. Louis. But when I checked it, it added 3 extra cities, Bangkok, Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), and Lima. Way cool! Anyway, so if i ended up doing JET, they give you airfare to go home, and the amount they give you would be about half the price of this trip. just thinking it might be cool to do this. neat neat stuff.
So I told my work that if they don't move me back to bethesda in two weeks, I have to leave. Now that I've said it, I should probably do that, or else I have absolutely no spine. People talk a lot about dignity, and I always wonder if I allow myself to be walked on more than other people, and I just don't know if it's the case. I think i do, but if it's someone I know, I get really bitchy with them afterwards.
Finally, Josh is coming tonight, I think. From the sound of his blog, I don't think he and his friend are going to be in the best of moods when they arrive. However, he asked for Chinese food, and I shall deliver. I am torn about how to deliver, however. There are two options I see: City Lights of China or Harmony Cafe. City Lights gets more respect from people around the city in general, and it is good, but they give you so little white rice, and I always hate that, because while the entree is the best part, the rice is essential towards providing that long-term full feeling. That's why you always feel hungry after eating chinese food, because people don't eat enough of the rice, and the way the body digests meat it feels less full in a shorter amount of time, oddly enough. Anyway, Harmony cafe is pretty good itself, and it also offers a few japanese options, like udon noodles. This does not mean, however, that it is a pan-Asian restaurant, a creature I loathe. It's not really pan-Asian, they just call it that. Its really Singaporean food, but they don't think that will attract people. Anyway, it's a mish-mash of Southeast Asian cuisine, but with none of the parts I love. There's never anything on the menu I like, but everyone I know always acts like these places are the BEST RESTAURANTS EVER!!! Umm, they're not. You know a restaurant is a pan-Asian restaurant if there is nothing with coconut milk, yet Pad Thai is on the menu (this means it is not a Thai restaurant). Pad Thai is the bitch (or sweet and sour chicken, if you will) of the pan-Asian restaurant, they all make it. That was a lot to write about for just decent chinese food. Anyone else have any suggestions in the DC area? No We Delivery!
so anyway, there's one blog i always avoid reading at work, and that is John Dolan's. Why, you may ask? well, see for yourself. He gets to decide who is going to this college, and if he wants he can be catty about it, but the job also has the cool element of getting people you want to get in in sometimes. it seems interesting, at least, more interesting than packing boxes full of publications.
You're not a French Revolutionary at all! You're Russian, which is a bleaker cousin. It has been postulated, by me, that all aggression stems from the Russian steppes. Leave the angst & despair to your literary tradition.
so i woke up this morning and made my way to work, and it was very ho-hum, and i almost never think while I'm on my way to work, but all of a sudden, as i left the turnstile, my mind went to work, and man, was I unsuprised at what came up.
First, I thought about how nice my weekend was without debate, and what an enjoyable time it was overall, and how adult it felt, even though my saturday night seemed suspiciously like high school all over again. And all of a sudden, I just don't understand why I would go to nats over this other opportunity I have, even if i probably wouldn't take up the second opportunity even if offered (though im not even sure how true that statement is). As I stepped onto the escalator, one line repeated itself a few times, "leaving on my terms". then, next it was a depressing moment on how much i hate the trip to bethesda, and how i really don't like the work i do here, because it is fairly uninteresting. I mean, if my job involved research involving IR and intercountry relations I think i would love it, and i always regret not taking classes in sociocultural anthropology because i see a definite interest there. but not liking your work encourages you to try to avoid it, and i do that with a vengance here. and all of a sudden i thought about sending my resume into a temp agency and seeing if i could make more money at least doing that while waiting for my future to be decided by me or someone else.
gee, do you think I'm having control issues over my life right now, with all this talk of being in or out of control of my destiny? yeah, maybe just a little. I mean, I totally understand why colleges care about leadership positions, because people who succeed have leadership capabilities, be they inherent or developed (and I've seen the latter happen before my very eyes, and it is impressive to see the results in that person's life, i think), and people who have a lot of intelligence but little leadership don't, for the most part (this can be inherent, but i really don't know whether you can unlearn leadership, I think it's really something you keep with you for life, though it can be dormant before being reactivated again).anyway, on that note, i will get back to answering phone messages.
would be blogging, but am watching mission hill on cartoon network. any show that has cake's italian leather sofa as a theme has to be quite enjoyable. this weekend featured a 2 seat suzuki t-top x-80, djarums, australian victories in world cup cricket, bad ncaa brackets, photos of spain, old friends, and old memories, tickets to chicago, and a whole bunch of other stuff.
hmm, well, this week features more old friends, some djarums still left, but probably no suzuki. oh well.
