Various Random Musings.

Everyday, before going to the gym, I try to talk myself out of it. Outside of once, it hasn’t worked. lol

I feel tired as hell accomplished after leaving the gym. I hope I’ll be able to stick with this long term so I can reach my major goal.

I really can be my own worst enemy at times.

One of these days, I want to be able to maintain 100% radio silence (No Twitter, no cell phone, no IM,). As a matter of fact, I want to take a personal day and just leave Baltimore for a few hours unannounced.

I only have 10 classes left before getting my degree.

I really need to sit back and enjoy the small things versus getting hung up on almost every woe and issue that comes up.

Hey, I’m High Strung. Sue me.

I love the fact that people can come to me to talk about any and everything.

Be that as it may, I still tune people out after about 20-30 minutes on the phone. lol

I fought off a minor wave of depression a few days back. You’d be surprised at how a sudden change of enviroment can change your mindset.

One Fish, Two Fish; Red Fish, Blue Fish.

Heavy Rotation XVIII: The ‘Broken Mac’ Edition

For those of you that are unaware, my iBook G4 bit the dust back in May. Since, that’s the only place I stored my music (read: No backups), I haven’t updated my iPod since then. I’ll hopefully have a new Macbook in January, but until then, I’ll have to rely on the  4,000+ tracks I currently in my possession. Here’s what I’ve been listening to as of late:

Keep It In Order.

Go to class. Study. Go to work. Go to the Yearbook Office and pick up your assignments. Go to the E-Board Meeting. Go to that forum. Go to that General Body Meeting. Take notes. Finish this project. Go to that forum. Write Reports. Get this Article in, etc..

How hard was it for you to keep your priorities in order while you were in college?

Last semester, In my attempt to broaden my social horizons, it became more than evident to me that I started to lose focus on my initial priorities and goals. The energy I initially devoted to studying and completing schoolwork was now being funneled to extracurricular activities and work. Homework and studying took a backseat to working a temporarily full-time job, completing assignments for Yearbook and the various other things I was involved in last semester.

As much as I wanted to maintain everything and stick with everything through to completion, I couldn’t.  Upon looking at my grades at the end of the semester, I ended up walking away from all but one of my extracurricular activities in addition to not coming into work full-time anymore. 

Now that I’ve refocused on the important things, let’s see how it works out for me this semester.

Random Thought of the Moment: “The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence”
-Robert J. Shiller
Irrational Exuberance

The Song of the Moment: “Glory Box” by Portishead

Tell’em How You Feel Thursday: September 24, 2009

1.) Humor may be relative, but you sir ARE NOT funny. Why can’t you hear the Crickets?

2.) I’m neutral in this situation.

3.)If you choose to spend your entire paycheck everytime you get it, don’t be surprised when you’re struggling because of (an) unexpected expense(s).

4.) It’s funny how y’all claim to be friends, yet y’all talk about each other behind each other’s backs like y’all are sworn enemies.

5.) I’ma need for you to stay your sickly ass in your dorm room. No. Seriously. *Rubs Purell all over hands and forearms*

6.)So are you moving back to New York or are you staying here? Wait, did you even go back in the first place?

7.)The only illness you have is Hypochondria. Get over yourself.

8.)Two words: Tranquilizer. Darts.

9.) There’s no reason why an 18 month old should be up wide awake playing at 1am. It’s called a sleep schedule for a reason.

10.) You made a smart choice by not moving back to Baltimore. You’re not missing anything at all.

What are Eric Roberson’s Top 15 Tracks?

 I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if many people didn’t know about Eric Roberson. I found out about him last summer while on my internship down in Atlanta. While out and about, I heard may people talk about him and his live shows and I heard nothing less than positive reviews of his work. While chilling at Georgia Tech one day, I was listening to my Dwele station on Last.fm and the track playing made me stop what I was doing and pay attention. It was Erro’s track “We Can’t Pretend”. At the time, I was going through a situation that paralleled Erro’s lyrics. After listening to a few more tracks, I ended up purchasing his entire iTunes catalog a few days later.

Unfortunately, I have yet to hear Erro’s latest release ‘Music Fan First’ so I will not be including any tracks from that album.

Without further ado, here are (in my opinion, of course) Eric Roberson’s Top 15 Tracks:

Am I Dreaming?

One day a couple of weeks ago, I was posted up at home watching some random DVD. I dosed off and had a really vivid dream. I found it to be a little odd because I was only asleep for maybe 10 minutes. I’ve noticed that my dreams are like movies in that I can only watch what goes on without interaction.

I dreamt that I was in an Airport, fresh off a flight headed towards the baggage claim. I rode the escalator down to the baggage claim and waited for a few minutes. After waiting for a while, I left the baggage claim and went back to the terminal. It was wierd because of the fact that I was already pushing a cart loaded with black luggage. This scene looped for about three or four times.

Health, Pt. 2.

Remember this post? Sorry for the delay in posting an update to that. Brothaman has been kinda busy lately. Anyways, here’s the update.

I went in for the extra bloodwork and was ready for whatever was thrown my way. About a week afterwards, I decided to call the doctor and he told me that everything checked out fine and that I had nothing to worry about. I still really don’t know what the cause of the Elevated Liver Enzymes were, and I honestly don’t care to know. I’m happy that I can stop worrying about things.

I spent so much time focusing on the Elevated Liver Enzymes that I forgot to mention the other things the doctor informed me of. Because of the E.L.E., the doctor wanted to schedule an Ultrasound to check for any abnormalities in my liver. After being cleared via bloodwork, the doctor didn’t mention anything else about getting the ultrasound, nor have I heard from his office about an appointment about it, so I’m assuming that it was cancelled. The doctor also referred me to a local Sleep Center to set up an appointment for a Sleep Study. Again, I feel fine and rarely if ever wake up out of breath, but the doc just wants to make sure I don’t have Sleep Apnea. That’s scheduled for next week, so I’ll update again when I hear back.

Random Thought of the Moment: “Where’s my pen?”

The Song of the Moment: “Annie” by Erykah Badu