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Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:19:48 GMT

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Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:15:40 GMT

As of next Thursday:

4 doctors: 1 GP, 1 urologist, 1 psychiatrist, 1 endocrinologist, a total of 7 visits
2 councellors: 4 visits

I'm going for 27 by the end of the year. woot

For Sale

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:25:53 GMT

If you're seeing this you get first dibs before these go to ebay in a few days. If you want something email me and we can haggle.

CDs
Aphex Twin - 26 Mixes for Cash (2xCD)
Beethoven - Incidental Music
Daft Punk -Homework
Elgar, Walton - Cello Concertos (perf: Yo Yo Ma)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - S/T
Front 242 - Official Version
Front 242 - Front by Front
Kid 606 - Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You
Kid 606 - Who Still Kill Sound?
Kid Koala - Some of my Best Friends are DJs
Kid Spatula - Meast (2xCD)
KLF - The White Room
Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
Kraftwerk - Computer World
Kraftwerk - The Mix
Live - Mental Jewelry
Massive Attack - 100th Window
Meat Beat Manifesto - Acid Again (AFAIK this was never commercially released, only as a promo)
Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult - Kooler Than Jesus
Napalm Death - Noise for Music's Sake (2xCD)
Peter Gabriel - Passion
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Promo)
Scanner vs. Signs Ov Chaos - s/t
Shitmat - Full English Breakfest
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Tool - Aenima
Tool - Lateralus
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire
Vangelis - Blade Runner
Various - Infinite Beat vol. 1 (Promo)
Various - Songs in the Key of X

Vinyl
Adam and the Ants - Antmusic
Afrika Bambaataa and Family - The Light
Brian Eno - Music for Films
Die Warzau - Funkopolis (Promo)
Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
Hecate vs. Lustmore - Law of the Battle of Conquest
Ives - Symphony #2 and The Fourth of July (Leonard Bernstein + New York Philharmonic)
Jean-Michael Jarre - Equinoxe part 5 (promo)
Jean-Michael Jarre - Oxygene
Kim Borg, Sulo Saarits - Joululauluja (hyms sung in Finnish)
National Geographic Society - Guide to Bird Sounds (4x9" floppys (lol) supposed to go with a printed guide which I don't have)
Phillip Glass - North Star (Promo)
Rush - Moving Pictures
Somatic Responses - Touching the Void
SPK - Gold and Poison
Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
Vangelis - To The Unknown Man
Various - Ye Olde Barn Compilation
Weather Report - 8:30

Books
William Gibson - All Tomorrow's Parties (signed, hardcover, 1st edition)

More (better?) to come later after I've had time to think about it.

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:00:19 GMT

I burnt my tongue by sucking on a vitamin C pill. Speaking of which, I've been sick since last thursday. I woke up with a sore throat and by the end of the evening I was sore, tired, and was hot, but had chills. I would have gone to the doctor on Friday, but a huge snowstorm made doing much outside the apartment impossible. So I ended up getting an appointment on Monday. I went, the doctor looked at me for about four minutes and told me I had a cold. ( ! ) Then I went home and coughed up some bloody mucus. Fortunately I am feeling a bit better now.

My car won't start. I had my dome light on for nearly a full day (from late Saturday until ~7 PM Sunday). When I found out I went out and turned the light off but still managed to start the car without much trouble. Today, when I went out to start it, it tried, but I got nothing. It sounds like the starter is trying, but nothing is happening with the motor. I just hope it's not expensive....

New skinny puppy in January, yay

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:06:33 GMT

I hate when a cd listed as "like new" arrives cracked and generally battered.

I need a hair cut.

This weekend I:
-went back to freeport for a day
-got to hear one of my friends describe the vagina as something resembling "an axe-wound"
-lost my debit card
-got to share some of my biggest fears with a friend of mine. I was also on the receiving end.
-realized I need to do something important, but havn't figured out what yet.

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:50:49 GMT

I was loitering in Davis Hall this evening before class and I noticed a poster advertising an event that the Asian-American Student Association was holding. I found it rather humorous that the only pictures decorating the poster were of some random anime character and a souped-up ricer.

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:52:29 GMT

Dear Dr. Hedin,

Having to curve a test to the point that a 70% is an A and a 50% is a B should probably indicate to you there's something seriously wrong.

Your Student,
Samuel Bridgeland

(I got a B)

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:59:29 GMT

I finally have a car. It's a grey 1996 Saturn SW2 with about 134,000 miles on it. I saw the ad for it at cars.com (in the Rockford Register star classifieds). I called the guy asked him a few questions about it and at the end of the call found out that he runs a violin shop from his home. After telling Hannah about it (she's the one who would be taking me to look at it) we figured out that it was the same guy who she'd gone to in the past to get work done on her violin. Just a nifty little coincidence, I guess. On Saturday we went to Rockford. I looked at the car, took it for a test drive, and asked some more questions about it. The original asking price was $1700 but I offered $1600 and he took it. I made out pretty well, considering that the blue book value is about $2000. The only things wrong with it (that I can say for certain) are that there are a bunch of scratches on both bumpers, a small crack on the front bumper, slightly stained seats, and a small amount of oil is being consumed somewhere in the engine (which from what I read, is a common problem on S series Saturns. There are a few things to try and do about it, but mainly I just need to watch the oil level).

It looks something like this (not quite the same, the color's a bit different on mine):

I get the impression that there's something fundamentally wrong with the way I'm operating in school this semester. I'm only taking 12 credit hours but it feels like I'm completely bogged down. I don't have any time for anything, I'm missing a lot of classes (the only time I missed more would be my freshman year, the worst one), and I'm behind in all of my classes except for the gen. ed. that I'm taking. I'm probably worrying a bit too much about it already, but I'm scared that I've already blown the semester. Add on all the other crap that's perpetually on my mind, and you've got one generally unhappy Sam.

For no particular reason other than that it makes me happy, here's another picture of me and caitlin (I don't know what I was looking at, but it certainly wasn't the camera):

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:27:59 GMT

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:26:06 GMT

Tiny cameraphone snapshot:

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 05:02:57 GMT

Totally stolen from Chaorta, but I thought it was hilarious:

I lost my phone on on the bus on Friday. Long story short: someone found it and used it about 30 times. I had to report it missing and buy a new phone.

Apart from all the frustration of having to pay for a new phone, the worst thing about it was that all of Friday I was waiting to get home so that I could call Caitlin. I had just gotten off of the bus outside of my apartment building when I realized it was missing. This was/is kind of a big deal to me because of the events of the past week. Last weekend when I saw her something happened that didn't seem too significant at the time, but for both of us it's taken on a bit more significance after reflecting on it a bit. I finally got a chance to talk to her for a little while last night, but we both agreed that this is more of an 'in person' kind of a conversation that we need to have. There's been about a million things like that that I've wanted to talk to her about, but it seems like whenever I'm around her all of those big daunting issues disappear from my mind. Now we've at least both acknowledged that there's stuff we need to discuss, but unfortunately it has to wait (which is the hard part, because I tend to dwell on it all the time)

I hate being vague about all this, but it's privilaged information. You may or may not be worthy. *shrug*

Fri, 08 Sep 2006 05:28:38 GMT

... now, more than ever.

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 05:11:26 GMT

What's been going on?

-Done moving. My room's a bit smaller than I'd like, but the apartment is really nice. I still have yet to see how it will be living with my sister again.

-I was in a car crash last weekend on Saturday morning. I'm sorry to say it, but the accident was entirely my fault.

-It turns out I will be receiving a new grant for science/math students with good grades. This has ended up replacing my work/study eligability, but I still get the same amount of money.

-Other good stuff.

-More of the same bad stuff.

God Bless unsecured wireless networks

Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:10:19 GMT

So I'm more or less officially living with my sister again.

Nate came over with Ben and Keith and a trailer and we moved all my big crap over to Hannah's apartment. We then piled all his crap in the trailer. He did a shitty job cleaning up his room, so I finished it after he left.

Now the only thing left to do is to is find some boxes, box up all the rest of my crap, move it out, clean every room, every appliance, every nook, every thing.

And I get to do it all again in a week and a half.

I'm Moving Soon

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:07:58 GMT

Hannah's been looking for a roommate for her apartment and I've been looking for a place to stay, myself. I was previously pretty reluctant, but I've decided to share an apartment with her for another year. The rooms there are slightly bigger, the rent is slightly cheaper. I have a few worries about the whole thing, but I'm going to ignore them and think of this as an opportunity.

I get kicked out of my current apartment on the 6th, but my means of transportation of large crap is here this Wednesday, so I'm going to be staying with Hannah for a few extra days in her current apartment; until the 12th.

So... I'm packing up all my stuff and making it look like I don't live here anymore, which I won't in a few days.

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 06:59:49 GMT

lol

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:20:56 GMT

I managed to condense the info about my situation into a few short sentences for ease of reading. I'd normally be very reluctant to post any personal infromation, but I'm in a very "fuck it, I don't care" kinda mood. This is what I had:

I'm spending my summer working at an uninteresting minumum wage job. My weekdays consist of getting up for work, going to work, working for 8 hours, going home, dicking around for a few hours then going to bed. I feel pretty aimless. I have a bunch of debt and no real finances to speak of. In addition to that I'm pretty much without any companionship. My roommate's gone for the summer. Of the people who are around that I know I'm pretty much on the edge of their circle of friends, so there's not much going on there. This all may not seem like a huge deal, but this is actually a pretty depressing situation for me.

On the plus side I'm in the best physical shape I've been since childhood and there's a girl that likes me (for some reason I can't figure out).

I've very recently gotten the feeling that I have no outward identity.

an "open book" that's coming to a close without having been written in.

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:46:49 GMT

Mike "noise00" of Litany webforum fame has committed suicide. He'd been absent for the past few months, but even up until now I got on there expecting to see him flame some noob. He may have been an asshole, but he was a mainstay of Litany. He was a constant.

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:43:23 GMT

It's the first day of summer. In theory it's a beautiful day out.

For me, life is pretty daunting. I really need to talk to someone.

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:39:54 GMT

It's been a while since I posted anything with any significant amount of content, despite the fact that I have plenty of time to type such a thing (probably correlated to the fact that I have so much time, actually). So here is some content. Not much, but still something.

Work sucks as usual. Up until this week I've been doing the same as I've always been. That is, stocking/pricing/etc. Summer classes started this Monday, though, so I've taken on an additional role providing assistance to people trying to find their books. It's mostly all a bunch of the same stuff. Not so bad, except that standing on your feet for 10 hours (extended for a few days) gets a little bit tiring. It's paying off, though. After my next paycheck I think I will actually be in the green in terms of cash flow for the summer. It still doesn't seem like enough, though.

I'm going to be selling my keyboard. I've decided it's not the most appropriate thing for me to own for the kind of use I'm hoping for. Anybody want to buy a Yamaha sy-77 with a hard case? I've borrowed my dad's old nylon-stringed guitar to tide me over until I get a replacement. I'm not at all good, but I've only been at it a few days.

more later...

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 04:43:08 GMT

I'm afraid it's happening again...

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:34:40 GMT

I'm not optimistic that this will produce any positive responses but: would anyone be interested in going to Wheaton with me some evening this weekend to see the musical "Cabaret"? I'm thinking of going either Friday or Saturday. It's $20. The show starts at 8 PM, but seating is 1/2 hour before that.

Fri, 26 May 2006 05:43:17 GMT

holy shit! If there was ever a time that I wish I were recording some of my semi-random tinkering it would have been 5 minutes ago.

but i missed it!

(at least I saved that cool patch)

Sun, 21 May 2006 05:19:31 GMT

Apparently old-fashioned oats are not quite the same thing as regular oatmeal.

I got my grades on Wednesday. They are:

1. Linear Algebra - A
2. Laboratory Electronics I - A
3. Electricity and Magnetism - B
4. Thermodynamics - B

I'm pleasantly suprised. I'm almost even willing to say I don't deserve those grades. But that's what I got and I'm not going to complain about it.

Other stuff is going both good and not so good.

Good
See above. Not having to worry about deadlines is nice. Although I'm still not sure how I'd classify it (it has yet to be discussed more than briefly), I've found myself in a relationship that I'm happy with.

Not So Good
Dekalb is pretty much a wasteland (for me) and I'm pretty _ing lonely out here. I havn't seen any of my friends in over a week. I need to get a different car.... one that's actually reliable. I'm never satisfied with myself. I can't deal with not having to do things. That is. unless there's some serious motivating factor, I'm unable to motivate myself to do things I want to get done.

So, in short, life is very "meh" right now.

Mon, 15 May 2006 02:01:53 GMT

So schools's pretty much over. My perceived performance on my finals ranges from great (E&M) to pwnd (Thermodynamics). I still have a few things I need to get wrapped up with regards to school, though. I have a library book somewhere in my room that's probably 1,5 months overdue. I've got some other books I need to return to a professor. I still have to decide which textbooks I want to keep and which to pawn back to the bookstore. I need to I need to figure out some additional classes to take next semester. I'm seriously considering doing a double major in math. I would only have to take an additional 7-8 classes, so I would probably be around for another year. I have to write a short paper about the "research" I've been doing this semester. But I have no idea what to write because I havn't actually done anything substantive. Other than all that I've just got my job to do this summer. I don't think I'm going to get any of the other jobs I'd been looking at up until now, so I need to start looking again.

Other stuff's going good. got the chance to see Caitlin both of these past two weekends... both times were incredible. Does it mean anything that I was already looking forward to the next time even when I was still there with her? wow

So, there's a new Tool album out. It's pretty dern good, although I havn't yet been able to sit down and listen through the whole thing. It seems to me that they've taken a step sideways musically. For those who know enough about Autechre to know what I'm talking about: if Lateralus was Tool's Confield, then 10,000 days would be Tool's Draft 7.30.