Distracted Blues

Distractions Galore!

Thursday, January 30, 2003

Right now I'm listening to the launch.yahoo.com "classic r&b" station.
Literally this week, Launch changed things around so that now most of their stations are only accessible through a membership. It's 3.99/mo. and I'm really thinking about it. I have probably listened to it more than half the days each month, probably more. That's basically a dollar a week for access to tons of stations and great music from all over the musical spectrum. TheMomi.Org is The Museum of Musical Instruments; for quite a while, they had a really GREAT music collection to listen to online, but then the Millennium Digital Music Act was redefined by the Supreme Court, rules changed and they had to become compliant. The streaming music portion of their website has been closed for months but they're finally relaunching in March--most likely it will have a cost, but if it is a similar price structure as Launch, I'll probably go for it.
While I'm on the subject, TheMomi.Org is a really neat site. I've not explored it to the extent I'd like, but some of the little blurbs and sections they have there are really quite interesting.

I was up til 3am last night working on a paper. I'm planning to go home and finish it on my lunchbreak. To be fair, I was working on a few other things last night, as well, and having a very wonderful conversation. I work today 8-5, then have class from about 6-9. A co-worker suggested I take along some Tylenol PM and take it a little while before class ends so I can go to sleep when I get home. I don't really have any of that and I'm pretty sure I'm running low on Nyquil, too. I have a feeling that once I sit down and take it easy, sleep will come quickly, and there are one or two things I'd like to do before sleeping tonight anyway (that aren't exactly work).

New Friends In Class Update:
Last night we were put into groups of 3 to work on papers in regards to one of the stories we had to read. I have an earlier edition of the book (and despite the inconvenience, stand by the decision to pay much less at half.com) and that story isn't in there; I'd looked at a couple libraries and eventually found it last night after class at the UNO library, but hadn't found or read it at that time. Another person in our group was sick (names had been chosen prior to class). There is another guy in the group, too. I went over and sat down next to him. After introductions, he asked me to explain what the professor had just said because he hadn't been listening at all. I did. He said he was sorry but hadn't bought the book yet, obviously hadn't read the story, and that this class freaked him out. He went on to explain to me that he had been out of town the past few days and would be leaving again the next day. Turns out he's a skater and just got sponsored by a skating apparel company or something. This company pays for him to go to these skating events and skate, pays for his travel and lodging, meals, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if he drops the class pretty soon, he's already behind and very obviously doesn't have a clue what's going on. Anyway, he is a pretty nice guy and interesting to talk to.




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