Labor omnia vicit.

Work conquered everything.

Good ol' Virgil.

I'm not the greatest Latin student, let me begin with that, but the stress that continues with this class is driving me nuts. I enjoy knowing about it, this is very true. There is always some kind of "Oooooh" factor when someone asks what foreign language I am taking. Enough about Latin. I can have a catch-up weekend, as it is a 'long' one.

I hope to spend this weekend having adventures in reading some of my books that I purchased yesterday.
I went crazy. I need to obtain a library card, as I have all of my shelve space at maximum capacity. And I shouldn't spend so much money on books that I have never read before. I mean... I had an adventure. There were many I picked up that I have been dieing to read, and I know I shall enjoy them, but there is another part of me that needs to conserve the cash for other things. Though, books are a nice investment. Plus, galumphing through a library is always amazing.

Before I forget, I am going to make a little list of things to do. Stickie notes (on the computer or on my door!) are not only doing it for me anymore.

Things I must fulfill within the next few days
1. Finish two books, begin a third
2. Complete my maths homework
3. Complete my English assignment online
4. Recopy all 17 Chapters of Latin notes, at my convenience
5. Purchase a memory card for my camera
6. Buy a Birthday card and mail it to my Uncle
7. Purchase milk for breakfast so I do not have to go during next week for some
8. Attend the play-writing workshop in two weeks
9. Establish a solid idea for my first attempt at a play... that must be completed in less than a month

Thank you for this (semi-) brief interlude.
I have things to do... and being that maths is in about one hour... I reckon I am off to go finish one of those books on my list! 'Tis The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime- I should have finished this earlier this week, but I was lazy, stressed, the list of negative adjectives goes ad infinitum.

(See how I cleverly managed to begin and end this on a Latin note?)

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Any

You are my voice,

my Microphone.

New Coconut Records is coming out on Tuesday! I can't believe Jason is actually going to release a new album... I thought that Nighttiming was going to be his only album. Now I feel bad that I have had my doubts... and I am so excited for "Davy." I think it's going to be brilliant, based on the first single that has been released for purchase on iTunes entitled "Microphone." Click to listen on his myspace page.

Went out this weekend for a photo adventure. Too bad I was cameraless, and I had to borrow another's camera... it's a long story why I am cameraless that I wish to not get into again.

Things have been tough the last few weeks for me- emotionally. The winter quarter started on Monday, I'm back here in Seattle where it is beautiful and dark and rich, 24/7. I'm working on becoming stable once again. I felt today was a nice day to leave a new message up here... it would be good for me to get back on track and at least attempt to updating this thing more often. I love writing, and this, this will help me write at least something from time to time.

Well, off to fulfill my requirements of doing Maths, English, and Latin!
Hej hej,

Any

Yule shoot yer eye out, kid.

Merry Christmas.
To you, you, and you. To me? To who?
To you!

'Tis been another month stretched passed since I've paid a visit... I'm back home, lounging around, finding new music I thought I would never have found before. It feels goo to be hearing new stuff.

The opening months of starting school have not been what I've expected. Haven't bought one music mag in AGES- though I've obtained a few Alt. Press' from others or elsewhere...
Well, it's Christmas! And iTunes is giving out a song from Stephen Colbert's 2008 Christmas special (which featured many brilliant artists, such as Elvis Costello, Feist, and John Legend) titled, "Another Christmas Song."

Click here to snag it for free- this week only!

Since it IS the end of the year, everyone has their end-of-the-year-music-lists out, and I made a Top 20 Songs of 2008 list about a month ago... I reckon I'll post it later.


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Any

Minor Scales

Four days is not long enough to be home.

I don't love it here, but I don't hate it here, either. I don't particularly miss Seattle, but I am not particularly dying to go back to the place. I'm in limbo. Fuck, I love Washington, but I'm finally admitting it's a nice break to be back home in SoCal. It's a tad warmer here... lots of rain happening. Serious rain, harassing the gutters, consuming the cars on the streets. It's mayhem- the ground can't drink up the water fast enough, and both Los Angeles and Orange County shut down-- the people can't cope with rain in this land of dry, sunny, air polluted skies. I reckon I brought this wrath down with me...

Minor scales.
Minor scales own my heart. I love them... Natural minor scales.
I'm only sounding fancy with my newly-learned theory knowledge... and it's also a form of studying over break. Harmonic minor scales are pretty... I'm just adoring Minor scales. Especially after seeing PlayRadioPlay! last Friday at El Corazon in Seattle. I've been listening to "I'm a Pirate, You're a Princess" and "Some Crap About the Furniture" incessantly since I came home from the show... baaaah. Golden.

You are golden.
Your days won't always be.

I am getting really tired... I need to get on a schedule... and back to listening to music! I have the new The Killers album to listen to... hope the rest of it is as good as "Human."
I am off to sleep.
Vita est bona.
God natt.

Hej hej,

Any

What a rough and mysterious morning.

It is 9:25 on a Saturday morning. I have been up for at least two hours. This hardly ever happens in the college world... usually I sleep in on the weekends, or I would dream to sleep in later on the weekends. I don't get the chance to anymore. I am constantly thinking of what is going to happen, what I am going to do, if I can get it done... what a crazy month it has been. I feel horrible that I have neglected posting on this. It was a great, liberating feeling, clicking that orange button, "Publish Post" virtually everyday. If I was lucky, maybe even got up to posting well over twice in one day.

The sound of coffee sounds so rich right now. To my surprise, I have had coffee maybe only 5 times since I have moved here in Seattle. Record, right? The city known for it's range of little independent coffee shops. I am thinking about having some coffee today. My head hurts slightly to the right.

I have many reasons to be excited for this weekend, yet I am not fully feeling it yet. As a member of my school's Crew team, I am traveling to Portland for the Fall Classic regatta for tomorrow. Naturally, I am scared out of my mind that something could go wrong, but I don't think anything will. Knock on wood. There are just so many other things to do before I leave tonight, and I don't know how it is going to get done... maybe if I wasn't sitting here, at this table down in the lobby of my Resident Hall, I could be a little more productive.

It's been hard to find some new music lately. Really tough, as I have been more busy trying to find a balance between school, schoolwork, job searching, crew practice, eating, sleeping, and having "me" time. So far, it's a little rough, but it'll even itself out eventually.

I need a job desperately...

... I have about 3 hours of Latin to parse.

Maybe I'll throw in a load of sheets to do with laundry! I feel like I do laundry all of the time, now. Ugh.

From this step on, I will do my best to not be a stranger anymore.

Hej hej,

Any

Life!!

SO I really am alive, it's just the last few weeks in September (pretty much this entire month!) has been hectic, getting ready to be shipped off to Seattle.

Well, good pickin' news.

I am moved in, and I have a few more things to buy from Fred Meyer tomorrow (I've heard it's the Wal-Mart/Target of the Pacific Northwest?) then hopefully I'll be good to go. I have plenty of new music loaded and have been listening to this September, and I'll fill you in eventually... Once I get a shower. Bleh! I haven't even been able to take/ upload pics recently. *le sigh*


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Any

90210

Originally uploaded by Any Syler

It's baaack. Yep, I have been anticipating this return the moment I noticed Dustin Milligan was going to be on the show. Pretty shallow of me, but, what the hell- why not? That is, after all, what attracts people to new shows. Attractive people.

Well, I geeked out when I also found out it was two hours and Shanae (Darcy on Degrassi) was one of the lead characters.

(Please forgive me for the future writing of this entry, I am reaching total girl status with my words)

It started off pretty cliche- but, what isn't nowadays? Girl from Kansas moves to wealthy school... adopted brother of another race for an excuse of not having too many white kids-- the popular jock, Ethan (Dustin Milligan), is cheating on his GF (viewers get to witness an inferred blowjob within the first five minutes of the show), who can't write her paper because she is busy with her super sweet 16 (even though they all look like they are in their 3rd year of college)- which the party includes Cory Kennedy and The Cobra Snake (believe it, kids, they were on there) with guest music by Tilly and the Wall. What a mouthful.

I think what was more entertaining was finding all the links of this new show to the old show. I was watching it with my mother, and she got excited with lots of past references to the original show.

I still liked it.

As cliche as it was, I am still going to watch it. I know there is something fishy about the boy who took Annie to San Francisco on his private jet to dinner for the first date, and I can't wait to find out.

But my overall thinking about the future of this show? It will last 3 seasons, 4 maximum. It will not duplicate the caliber the original show made, either. The new 90210 will be like The OC- lots of interest surrounding the the first season, the second season dieing off, and by the third season, nobody really caring much (unlike me- I still cared very much for my weekly Cohen!). And by the fourth season, even for me, an avid, loyal fan, it became painful to watch. It was basically downhill when they decided to kill Marissa Cooper off. That was a brilliant plot twist, but fuck- make the audience think she's dead, don't really kill her! That's what did the show in. And it became a giant sketch comedy when Taylor entered... just horrible. I'm still sad it ended, it was truly and amazing show in it's time. Lot's of juicy plot, but it lost the longevity when one of it's powerhouse characters was shipped off.

This is why I predict 90210 will be like The OC, but maybe a little worse. There was a lot going on in those 2 hours. It felt more like a movie with a crummy ending than an actual TV show. So many things were tossed in the 2 hour (plus too many commercial) period, that I hope they don't run out of ideas. See, there are not many other shows that are aimed for teens that seem to work by gradually working things out and never seem to end and have at least ten memorable characters that you can identify and attach to. There is only one that comes to the top of my head:

Degrassi.

Yep, the Canadian drama that has been in my life since 2001, and I admit to still loving it. I have to admit it's the most believable, and the issues, the way they are approached, aren't forced. It's a very well written show, the actors are chosen correctly, gah, I can go on and on how perfect this show is for Young Adult entertainment. And now, approaching 2009, they're still going!

Well, here's some upbeat tunes I hope you like!



By the way, Electrojuice are a 14 and 15 duo from Denmark. Amazing, yes?!

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Any