Hold on, hold on, keep holding on to me
I will love you from the bottom
No one holds you better than me.

The party went swimmingly. Special thanks to my mom and dad for helping me give it. There are pictures on Facebook. I also had an extra special show Friday, and a few people called in told me how much they liked the set. Today, my toes are still numb from wearing the crazy shoes. I went to yoga, and we did these funny squats, and he kept saying, "You should really be feeling this in your toes." I smiled smugly and held the pose longest of anyone. Been ridiculously productive at work, despite shooting pains in my shoulder. Yoga teacher helped with that, though yoga itself made my back hurt (again, I am falling apart).

Anyway, it is now officially my birthday, and I feel blessed by some higher power at the moment. Good family, good friends, good cats, good city, good ice cream, new phone, computer possibly not broken, subscription to the Economist, cards to open, new Twilight T-shirt and trading cards, a fridge full of wine. And a giant problem set to finish tonight. Sigh.

Despite that, it is The Best Birthday Evar.

• The Bird and the Bee "Birthday"

pics

from my shopping spree

omg lol this update! is so girly!

This is kind of about you
And this is kind of about me
But one day, we'll float
Take life as it comes

Party plans are finally coming together. I think there will be many people there, which is exciting and terrifying to think of. I'm listening to the songlist (because of course I'm playing DJ; or, iTunes is, with my careful supervision), and it's starting my day off right.

I went on a shopping spree yesterday (well, for me). I got (brand new, not thrift shop): two pairs of shoes (4 inch heals...STUPID!), 2 dresses, and a shirt. At Strut, a place I've been hearing about, and indeed, it is adorable, and relatively reasonably priced for a boutique type shop.

Hey boy won't you take me out tonight
I'm not afraid of all the reasons that we shouldn't try

• "We Float" PJ Harvey (secondary quote The Bird and the Bee, "My Love")

Days are just drops in the river to be lost always
...
Years ago, birds of a feather would arrive nightly
Gone you know, held to another like clutched ivy
On the shore, speak to the ocean and receive silence

I think, after all that, I am going to drop Russian.  I
really like a leisurely
lifestyle, and I won't have that while stuck in campus
for 8 hours twice a week.
So, that's that.  Whatever it may hold for my future,
it holds delights and wonders
for my present.  I stay in boxing.  I keep the radio
show.  I plan things like this
super awesome party this weekend.

And to you Russian Housers: guess who's coming!  Sasha! 
(Alex, not Alexis, sadly).
We've lived in the same city for 6 years, and I've never
seen him.  But that's the
wonder of Facebook.

• "Drops in the River," Fleet Foxes

Live your life until love is found
Or love's gonna get you down

I was listening to Darren Hanlon because I was very happy. But then I realized I was happier than that--I am Mika-happy.

• "Lollipop" Mika

I was stronger
I was better
.....
Let it fall
Let it fall

Chiropractor helped. Two migraine pills helped. Yoga didn't help. Wine didn't help. Narcolepsy pills didn't help (HATE those things). Shower didn't help. Saigon Sorbetto helped. Radiohead helped. Rain and thunder helped. Grocery shopping helped.

Radiohead really helped. Listening to old b-sides. Making me cry tears of joy and sorrow.

• "How I Made My Millions" Radiohead

The moment's already passed
Yeah, it's gone
I'm not here I'm not here

I am physically falling apart. I haven't been able to sleep all week because my backache wakes me up. Tiger balm, a bolster, Aleve, ibuprofen, and an ice pack don't help. My stomach hurts right now. Probably from a combo of the medicines and eating a frozen burrito on an empty stomach. I did thaw it out in the microwave first.

So much for my impressive sleeping skills.

• How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found, Radiohead

sleep study results

I officially fall asleep fast enough and consistently enough to be called "extremely tired," or some such non-clinical sounding term. I have twice the dreams that you do, too! And I don't move, not once, all night. Even with 50 electrodes pasted to my head. So, long story short, I'm being treated for narcolepsy.

I saw the Fruit Bats last night with A. A and I tried to separate out the real vampires from the fangbangers, and also identify what A and J labeled the "try-hards" when they were in college. I love the concept of a "try-hard"! Tired today, more so than usual, but it was worth it. Also, boxing was worth dragging myself to tonight because awesome things transpired. This weekend has filled up nicely, with yoga+pizza kicking things off tomorrow at 6. Don't forget to tune in at 1am tomorrow night to kvrx.org (or search kvrx on your college radio stations on iTunes).

Now all I wanna do
is sleep

What is UP with this week and not being able to sleep?

• "Sleep" Garbage

i hate this post

And if some day your dreams are leaving you
I'll still believe in you

First day of class, for me anyway. Sigh. I kind of like the working world. But I think I'll like this semester's schedule (assuming I get my stupidity fixed--got dropped from my class for not paying tuition on time): 1 class UT, 1 class ACC (also up in the air), 1 hour radio, 4.5 hours boxing, 2 hours yoga, 30 hours work.

Margaritas were had last night, with A and J, J who is moving here next month. Neither of them are drinkers, and I got there early, so I was mostly at the bar drinking alone, which is awesome. It was also my old place of work, so bonus if anyone recognized me. I only recognized one person, about whom I once had a dream that he saved children in his free time, a la Superman.

• "Tomorrow is Today" Billy Joel