After almost an entire academic year of blogging, I'm realizing a couple of things about myself. A) I do the same things over and over again. I'm a creature of habits, what can I say. At least I try to make them fun, happy habits. B) I must really like being over-committed for I keep doing it. And C) I like blogging. I'm not sure if anyone likes reading it, but there's been something cathartic about at least reflecting what I've been up to and feeling for the last week at a time. You know, make sure I'm not screwing around too much. Or maybe to make sure I'm screwing around just enough? I don't think it's quite time for the 'official reflection' blog, but I think I've managed to keep my promise to myself after my first year of grad school. That promise was to have a good balance with life and not get all wrapped up into one thing to the point of suffocation. I think I've done a pretty good job of keeping work, school, health and relationships in check. Perhaps I haven't done any of those things as hardcore as I could, but I'd rather have them all at a B+ level than any at a C. I'm interested in so much that I can't really commit (not want to) to any one or even two of those things. I want them all all the time.
That paragraph makes it sound like I suffer from TMSE (too much self esteem). I could have studied more for biostats but I'm really all right with what I've done with it. So I'm nearing the finale. I have one presentation down, one small paper- which I've started-, a non-cumulative biostats test and a large paper left to go. I can do that in the next couple of weeks, for sure. It's just hard because the weather's nicer now and touring season has officially begun for national bands. And also movies on rooftops are about to begin. And marathon training. And I joined a softball league. And it's biking outside weather. And friends are coming back to Mpls for the summer. And I have a fun vacation to the Northwest coming up. Phew. I wish I could blame something on ADD, but really, it's a conscious choice sometimes not to pay attention. But I need to. I thought maybe if I typed that out, I would better convince myself to not have fun like every night this week. What the hell.
I saw the Fiery Furnaces last night (again...). I'm also realizing that after nine months of blogging, you readers have had to suffer through multiple rants on the same bands now. I won't go into detail about their avant garde-ness, but it was a better show that their last one. It was at the Whole- the 'venue' on campus in the student union- and everyone was painfully sober. Maybe that's why their show was better? I don't know. Personally, I liked that fact that they served coffee there. I wish other venue bars did that. I love coffee. All day long.
Ummmm. tomorrow's the May Day parade!!! It's a fun day full of crunchy hipsters and puppets. I will view and report next week. Hope it doesn't rain and stuff! Ok, well my ride will be here in a minute. I'm going to the Walker tonight for a show.