the outer worlds

+6148 songs in iTunes now, which translates to 17.6 days. 2279 of those are still unplayed. my most listened to track is still paul simon, rhythm of the saints. i listened to scott walker, nite flights 5 times yesterday before i backed off, not wanting something to take the top spot after two days in the library.
+four days on the sunshine coast! another camping trip in the middle of june, too. possibly to manning park.
+i am going in late to the peak today. i'd hoped to be in by 11.30, but it's 11.45 now and i'm still at home waking up. i made coffee and read the newspaper. we will be moving within several weeks, at which point i will be able to spend each summer morning making coffee and reading the paper on our patio. once again, i'm hoping to change my sleeping pattern so that i can get to bed before midnight and get up before 8 am.
+i was up until roughly 12:30am last night looking over my schoolbooks for the summer, memorizing due dates, getting familiar with type faces, reading loads. i have an incredible amount of information to assimilate each week. as a palate cleanser, i am reading science fiction. i made it halfway through isaac asimov's 'foundation' this past weekend, and will probably tear through some star trek novels this next weekend. last week i read TOS #79 - the patrian transgression. i love the plots. this one was a well-worn ethical trope. the enterprise is called in to help a local government against rebels forces, but they soon find themselves sympathizing with the rebels in their fight against a totalitarian regime. within the last 15 pages or so, the corrupt elements are rooted out and the system begins to reincorporate the rebel elements, who are grateful for the enterprise's independant legitimization of their cause.
+it is only now hitting home how diminished my influence on campus is. i have no bargaining chip, no 'people' to bring on side. that said, i am probably the single most influential student on campus within significant portions of the administration. this would be super if i was earning a paycheque. i trust that dividends will be paid later. in a sense, i wish that i had run again and lost. it would have been a clean break, closure. i can't go onto campus now without being stopped for gossip by someone, or consulted for either information or advice. this is incredibly flattering, but i will never be able to resume my life as a student. again, that would be great so long as it came with a paycheque.
+everything about the sunshine coast was great. absolutely everything.
+i intend to stop bringing newspapers on to the skytrain with me. only books. i will read newspapers at home.
+how did joni mitchell end up meaning so much? i listened to blue, hejira, court and spark, for the roses, don juan's reckless daughter, the hissing of summer lawns, and turbulent indigo an incredible amount as a teenager.

+some iTunes statistics!

• 11 songs with the word 'paper' in the title
  
• 29 songs with the word 'bird' in the title
  
• only 8 songs about 'death'
  
• 3 monday, 2 tuesday, no wednesday, no thursday, 3 friday, 6 saturday, 8 sunday! 116 'day's, and 9 'week's
  
• 14 'dog's, but only 1 'vacation'