echelon

i've got two half-written posts sitting in draft form that will probably never get finished. every day feels like a week. the end of the semester seems closer than ever, though. i feel as though i'm engaged in a protracted procrastination process, despite the lack of any projects requiring my consistent attention.

so, then. some notes:

• don delillo makes me happy in a way that few other authors can. i want to re-read the names.
  
• my stress management skills are poorer than ever. they operate inverse to the actual levels of stress in my life. the lesson may be that i can only self-actualize in a stressful environment. of course, i say that now, etc. etc.
  
• the fall of the soviet union is really affecting me! perestroika + glasnost = total pathos.
  
• i thought about 'new sincerity' for a day, but i ultimately concluded that it is bunk. instant zeitgeist nonsense. there is a term for this in generation x, i am sure. historical underdosing v. historical overdosing. fuck it.
  
• will any of my anticipated lifestyle shifts chnage me for the better? no, at least not in and of themselves. this is a fact.
  
• i am doing well in life! i am well-equipped to go places in this world!
  
• i'd like to win a free ipod, thanks.
  
• the sooner i sleep, the better i'll feel tomorrow. i plan on working for no more than 3 hours, between 11am-2pm, at which point i'll go home. perhaps i'll take my dog to the park. i'll read more soviet history, and perhaps start to read jane jacobs' dark age ahead. i'll do some laundry.