I know you've been waiting with bated breath, so I'll tell you: my midterm went extremely well. There wasn't a single slide ID I was stumped on or even had to question, and I was surprised by random facts I was recalling effortlessly. The only chance I will get points off is if my sleep-deprived brain made one of those classic mistakes where even though I'm thinking Western Zhou and can say exactly WHY it's Western Zhou, my hand writes "Han." You know how that goes.
Since I am perhaps the biggest nerd in the world, I had made myself a study guide in Picasa - if I didn't wear my glasses, it worked like flash cards, and though at first it was time consuming, it was ultimately much easier than flipping back and forth through multiple text books. Bonus - it means I can now show yousome of the things I've been studying (wheee!!!). Fair disclaimers, some of these are really crappy photos and a lot of my notes attest to the levels of exhaustion I'd reached by the end, but if you're interested at all in Asian Art, some of them are pretty awesome things to check out.
Duane, I think you'll especially like theShalabhanjika...
(Flickr Set here)
This week I finally finally finally went to the gym, after talking about it and mentally chastising myself for months. And it was so good.
I sincerely believe that my extreme, almost perverse, enjoyment had nothing to do with it being beneficial for my body or endorphins or anything else. I think it was all about the music.
Looking back, I can't explain why the particular mix I had was so perfect, since it is just your standard collection of vaguely new, kinda old, kinda awful, etc. In fact from a flukey thing when I was burning it, it's in alphabetical order, yet it still holds up.
A playlist so inspiring that 45 min absolutely flew by (my exact thoughts as the workout ended - "damn, already??") deserves to be shared. And since I like you*, I've arbitrarily selected four to share.
*frankly I'm tired of saying what awesome songs they are and no one I know having heard them, except the ELO... but if you listen to it, your mood will instantly improve, guaranteed.
Gym Workout Mix:
- Elefant - The Clown
- The Faces - Ooh La La (Rushmore soundtrack)
- The Flaming Lips - This Here Giraffe
- Foreign Born - We Had Pleasure
- The Foxymorons - August Moon
- Freedy Johnston - Bad Reputation
- Ghosty - Big Surrender
- Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc
- Guillemots - Trains to Brazil
- Hello Defective - Plastic Hearts
- Jack Johnson - Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
- The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
- The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
- Laura Veirs - Galaxies
- Manu Chao - Me Gustas Tu
- Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages
Vaguely related - blurb on iPod etiquette or as I like to call it, "Listen bitch, your playlist is not all that, so quit shoving that thing up in my grill!"
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