Hiatus!

These next few coming weeks are going to be rough for me. I have two or three weeks to complete 2 research papers, 2 final exam papers and a final exam. This is not at all including what other non-academic concerns I have. So I'm going to be taking a little break from this... not that you guys notice or anything. At least I had a very satisfying weekend, beginning with a hike, a canoe trip, a Dan Deacon show, and then the holiday.

In anxiety,
-Greg

Song of the Week- 4/19/08

This week, I don't really present a song per say- but a song and a video. What I have for you this week is a video for Arcade Fire's "My Body is a Cage."

First the song: the song is the last song on Arcade Fire's latest album Neon Bible. It suits their style well for those who like it. Win Butler's almost frail delivery when singing added with the looming sound of organs equals the sound that has ensnared listeners to this "most intriguing" Canadian band. The song's a really simple song structurally speaking with two general themes. Lyrically, it's also very simple, but it conveys a sense of longing and yearning that many people can identify with.

Now the video: The video is a clip from Sergio Leone classic Once Upon A Time in the West. It takes the song and plays it during a pivotal scene of the film. Take one very existential western, add equally profound music and you have one brilliant video

That's all for this week, enjoy folks.

Exhaustedly,
-Greg

In response...

... to the haiku I wrote earlier today: the answer is yes.

In sorrow,
-Greg

Haiku- 11

The eye of the storm
Midst the torrents is the sun
Is there hell ahead?

The Atheist's Nightmare

When I see something like this, I always ask: "Isn't toleration better than trying to convince people of things like this?" I mean, why bother tying to convert people- if a religion or a belief system is so inheriently true or great, wouldn't people naturally adhere to it? Why is there a need to try and convince people otherwise? It's ridiculous things like that that make me never want to take any religion seriously again.

In procrastination,
-Greg

I am screwed

In about 24 hours from now, I have a 15 page paper due. It's one of only two grades I have for that class. I'm currently about 3 pages into it. I have about 3 weeks of the semester left as well. I have 3 research papers, 10, 15, and 15 pages respectively, due all within a week of each other at the end of those 3 weeks. I haven't started research for any one of them. I am screwed.

In somber realization,
-Greg

Haiku- 10

A rumble and flash
It is all but a prelude
Water from the sky