intrigued

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html?hpid=topnews

The article is pretty long, but it's very interesting. What would happen when you put Joshua Bell in a Washington Metro station during rush hour, playing a $3.5M Strad, posing as a street musician? I learned a couple of things from this...
1) iPods drowns you out of your surroundings
2) people are often blinded by their priorities
3) everything has a context
4) children has a better appreciation of the arts then any adults ever will

*edited 4/10*
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Thank you adooma, that was an interesting take on that subject. I think she's right about how Bell wasn't able to interact with the crowd because he was out of his element and therefore effected his performance. But on a level, I don't think that was the point of the stunt. If those same people who passed by were given tickets that cost hundreds of dollars, they would try to make an effort to appreciate the performance. I'm not saying people don't appreciate the arts. What I'm saying is, on the average, people are not trained to know what they are listening to. If everything sounds the same to them, how would they gage how much it is worth? A lot of people turn to so called experts for what they thing, and more so with celebrities. Another way to do it is with monetary value. If it's expensive, then it must be good. I'm not saying if I were there I could tell the difference and would stop to listen. If I had my priorities I probably would just make note that the guy was good, and go about my way. I'm not sure what my exact point is, but I'm sure it is along the lines where people need to be more cultured, and we should bring the arts back into schools.

whatever

I feel sooooo lazy today. I did a life style inventory quiz thing today, I'm suppose to write a paper about it too. So I'm Affliative, and not oriented towards achievements. hahahahahah... no wonder I procrastinate. but when you look at it a little more closely... it seems I'm a pretty balanced person. I'm just more of a people person then like... 90% of the population.

I was suppose to go to the store to return a whole mess of cables too. Too lazy. yeah i know... I'm too lazy to go get money. I just don't feel like making the trip. I can do that Wednesday when I also have to do a grocery trip. yeah... sooo lazy.. dammit.

I really should write that paper, but guss what, I'm going to crochet. screw it. I can get it done later...

new section

I added the exercise section. Run 10 miles per week. 100 crunches, 10 leg lifts, 5 ISO a day. I weight 177 right now, and would like to be at about 150. Let's keep a running total. My first efforts failed. It really piled on up. I think putting everything on here makes it more official, like my budget. There's so many other things I need to do, like how to regulate what I eat and such. But everything starts with getting my ass out of bed and get moving. So we'll see what happens.

let me put it this way

I've been feeling largely uninspired lately. The last couple of weeks anyway. Feeling sort of bleh again. My room is getting a little bit more unkept, my spending got a little bit out of hand, not really doing any homework, not really creating anything interesting, and I think I'm starting to get a little sick.

There is something about a house full of sick people that makes you feel particularly cranky. Gas prices are pretty rediculous. I finally caved and filled the tank this evening. The light was coming on. Cost me $35 bucks to fill it. I drive a Civic mind you... that's crazy. Remember, my budget is fricking $50 bucks for the month. Can't really go too far now I guess.

The BBQ was fun. I'm glad a whole lot of people showed up. It was nice to just hang out. I let people play around with the camera. Got some fairly interesting shots of people. I'll pick a few for posting later.

I've been crocheting. That's what has been zapping out my time. I'm almost done. About 2 and 2/3 of yarn left out of 13. My coffee and cream bed cover. I'm looking forward to it. I need more bold colors in my room.

I looked at the couple of pictures they took of me tonight. I don't like what I see. Now that I've got my finance more or less in order, I really should work on my body. A trip to the gym tomorrow is a must.

I guess that's all I have for now. I should actually get some sleep when I need to, and get things done when I have the chance. Just talking about it doesn't really help.

Easter!

I slept in! wooo! Still need to flip my mattress though. Spent the late morning putting together the home theater. I bought too many cables. Have to return those. mmm... getting dressed to go to the bbq. yeah... fun fun.

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