Thinking of my music midterm tomorrow and the 1400 word paper due on Sunday for Cities class. Looking forward to both. Well prepared to pass the music test with a mind full of terms like: polyphony-imitative or not, meter, measure, the baroque period and why it was so great or not. I am ready to play name that tune. Be it Bach, Machaut, Desprez or Dufay. Bring it.
No french class Friday (sweet!) So, I will be observing people at the Marquette and 5th Street towers (Mpls). Thinking of urban design and the nature of conversation, dress, and purpose (if any one can know that) of the masses. Then shoving all these observations through the mind filter of Le Corbusier and Louis Wirth (rest their souls) to come up with the Cities paper due Sunday (I mentioned that earlier – Deadlines take the fun out but add “getting it done”).
Tonight: cuisinarted an orange, it made for a good juice. Especially with a dash of Angel’s custom infused orange liquor. Mmm Orangy. Seems that the day long Wednesday and early morning today made for the foggy head and stuffy nose. Hoping that OJ, yoga and sleep will fix it.
Downloaded an app called Manifesto, an RSS reader for the iPhone. Hoping to keep up with my favorite blogs and writers more efficiently. You know who you are. If you don’t, well, I will post a list of my favorite writers and blogs sometime.
Other news: saw a nice TED video (thanks Prof. Brady) about happiness. Turns out, we possess an ability to manufacture happiness. Imagining future and opposable thumbs are some of the greatest human advances. Here it is (20 mins): http://bit.ly/d2l5Xt
Cuisinarted: best modern verb of the day. Thanks for pleasing a bona fide logophile.
I love the sound a deadline makes, especially when it goes swooshing by!