Procrastination At Its Finest

It's been a long while, but I'm back to the blogging world! Although I'm not entirely certain exactly what prompted my return, I'd be willing to bet that my preparation for finals has something to do with it. Somehow I feel a little less guilty if my procrastination methods involve me sitting at a desk where I'm at least in close proximity to my study materials. I'd be lying if I didn't admit that part of it has to do with me missing the people I'm close with who have been spread all over the world. Stephanie's impending move to Dallas (6 days!) has me in that nostalgic 'I miss my people' type of mood. In any case, I'm back and spending 30 minutes (okay maybe more like an hourish) of my study time to get this thing up and running.

I noticed something unusual about myself while I was at work yesterday. My ipod and I are inseparable - and I found myself listening to Johnny Cooper's Everything. If you don't know Johnny Cooper, he's an incredible 18 year old guy that plays around here occasionally. He's young and a little bit short, so you don't really expect him to have this amazingly huge voice. His music is pretty good and the band is entertaining. There are a couple members that look like they could have played with the original ZZ Top guys. It's great. Anyhow, I'm up in the lab listening to this song and I realize that listening to some love songs -- love songs like that one -- can make me feel a little bit...uncomfortable? I don't know how to explain it. It's like my heart beats faster and I get that feeling in my stomach like I've walked into a private conversation and overheard something that wasn't meant for my ears. The interesting thing is that I never get that feeling when I'm listening to the music live. It's gotta be something about the translation of an emotion that's so serious or strong being better live. I really don't know, it just seems a little strange. I know it's always been that way but I just never have really understood why. Yet another reason to love live music, I suppose.

In any case, that's more than enough rambling for the time being. With that, I'm going to put the headphones back on and get further into this Cell Biology mess. Wish me luck! Wednesday I'll officially be done with my courses for the semester. Research is a whole other situation, but classes will be overwith and I'll be able to enjoy the Christmas season a little bit more.

Happy Advent!!