I dunno, a ridiculous mouse would be kinda cute...

Currently in earphones: The bizarre stylings of the Medieval version of Carmina Burana, sung by the Clemencic Consort, and the soft rain outside.

First off, last night and evening were a little less cool that I would have liked them to be. I got at least 3 pairs of pants soaked through in my various comings and goings, hither and thither, and both on business and for fun. It would have been four, but I was getting tired of being wet and my rendezvous was coming down with a headache, so we called it off.

Secondly, I borrowed a lovely batch of MST3K from a good friend, and no-one showed up to watch! Mr. Muehlner and myself were the only recipients of such stylized humor. Hopefully we can coax more people over tonight for some "Space Mutiny" and "Manos: The Hands of Fate"

I should probably be studying, but damnit, it's Saturday!

Side note, I convinced Patrick Thomas that German can sound very pretty, a la J.S. Bach. He now has one of his cantatas sitting on his hard drive, thanks to the power of Gmail. Another one joins the ranks!

Enough, More Later.
- James

The Roman Empire did what now?

Currently in Earphones: Songs from Carmina Burana (Medieval and Renaissance set), Whiskey Supper by the Wicked Tinkers

Went and saw the Wicked Tinkers and Tempest this past saturday and had a blast with Preston, Maya and family. We unfortunately had to hoof it near the end on account of how INCREDIBLY loud Tempest was (awesome music tho) and because my sister was starting to feel rather asthmatic. All in all, however, it was awesome. My parents got me a Tinkers shirt and their newest album.

Currently I'm trying to blitz through the reading for Classics 190, which essentially says that "Yeah, those guys who somewhat recently claimed that the Roman Empire 'transformed' rather than 'fell' are wrong, wrong, wrong." I'm tending to agree with him, and it makes me want to read Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

And don't ask me how this all got started, but we, the Baroque Ensemble, will be opening for the Gospel Choir of all people. Evidently Michael and Calvin (the respective leaders of each group) had wanted to do something like this for some time.

I'd write more, but I gotta get ready for that performance. I'll post the next installment of my Story of Swords later tonight.

Enough, More Later.
- James