mountains beyond mountains

today's title comes from sprawl II by arcade fire. that's right - i'm still listening to their new album. lissie's, too, actually. the momster does not approve - apparently hearing them makes her feel like she's in some sort of southern hippie camp. here, listen for yourself:

and arcade fire:

so not hippie-like, right? that's what i said. i think she's just trying to disagree with me on principle, now. for one thing, every time we go dorm-shopping she starts getting teary or ranty or weird. oh, and she's forcing me into slave labor - i'm actually writing this post from her office...where she's forcing me to work for her to pay off the cost of fixing that stupid dent.

life: it sucks right now.

well...comparatively, anyway. the upside to all this madness is that i've been shopping up a storm lately. i even got to touch a credit card again. like, for more than five minutes, even. i felt like this:

other things that make me feel like that?

1. hall & oates mashed-up with lil wayne. you're all probably going to hate it but...well, i have a soft spot for ridiculous music, okay?

2. new. books.

3. espn2 showing actual non-world cup/international matches. granted, it was manchester united vs. the mls all-stars (who, predictably, lost by three points) but still...progress. progress is being made! maybe one day i will finally be able to give up on my constant hunt for online soccer streams. if only "one day" could mean "today". i really wish i could find the liverpool game on espn, too.

4. sarah with an umlaut has a blog. she maligns short people in it. go forth and spam welcome her.

things which make me unhappy?

real estate. slave labor. oh, and the fact that i now have to return to both of them. damn joggers.