What the Rats Know - Part II

I can't tell you how much I love The Slip. "Even Rats" may be the closest they come to a radio-friendly song, but do not doubt it, the rest of their 2006 album, "Eisenhower," is a must-listen. "Children of December," "If One of Us Should Fall," "Suffocation Keep," and "Airplane/Primitive" are all standout songs that I simply cannot get out of my head.

Check out their Wikipedia page for a good introduction.

With that said... it's time to blog! As with Part I of this entry, it is time for more random bullet points:

• Event: I had a short New Year's. For the first time for as long as I can remember, I went to bed WAY before midnight. Certainly not intentional, especially since I had quasi-plans. I had the option to go to a few parties, a hotel room with Kristin and the gang, Laura's place, or just hang out with random peeps. I made it as far as packing my stuff to head towards BG when I conked out on my couch, and ended up sleeping until morning. It was very surreal to wake up in my house without anyone else home.

• Annoyance: I'm starting to become annoyed easily by repetition. I know many aspects of my life are built around repetition: working, school, etcetera, but over winter break I have become annoyed in the most extreme. Getting out and keeping busy is a good thing, but lately I've felt useless in that every time I leave the house to do something with a friend, it turns into aimless driving around the county, to the same places, or simply until boredom demands that we return home. Oh... I used to love driving randomly, but now it pisses me off.

• Desire: I have not drank all break long, save for a few casual drinks here and there. Let me rephrase that: I have not been DRUNK all break long. Drinking myself into oblivion is not something I purposely do, but I can recall a couple of awesome occasions last semester that just so happened to include lots of alcohol and some awesome people. I can't wait for school to start again.

• Lust: My battle against my hormones has been going fairly well lately. Up until about a week ago, anyway. For the last few months I have been diverting my constant lust for intimacy into other things: video games, writing, a hunger strike, and school. Really recently, however, I've completely lost control and cannot help but lose my mind to day dreams, thoughts, provocations, and other little teases about what I wish could be.

• New Beginnings: School starts next week, and I'm planning for a new kind of semester: a loner-type of study-heavy catch-up semester (much like last spring). It'll be an interesting one, that's for sure...

And with that... I'm quite tired of blogging for the time being. I'll have plenty more to say in the coming days, leading up to school and all. Stay tuned.