woops

been 13 or so days since my last post. what has happened in this time? well, the A key on my keyboard gets stuck easily. That's annoying. I've been listening to a lot of andrew bird and of montreal, which puts me in a sort of pop groove I suppose. I've also been writing a ton of music, but I don't think it bears much surface resemblance to the poppy stuff I've been listening to. It's all shifty and energetic. I'm getting better at playing guitar as a result of often practicing hours a day.
I just realized that I know a lot more hebrew than I thought I did. Like, a lot more. I was watching some of Waltz with Bashir yesterday (in hebrew with english subs) and I basically understood the hebrew without the subtitles. That's impressive. I mean, I would have been a bit lost without them especially in the longer conversations, but I would have held my own. What does this mean? It means I need to go to Israel. When? well that's another question altogether. But it's gotta happen.

I'm excited at the prospect of family visits in the coming weeks. My birthday is in 4 days, too. 21 biguns. I also have a bunch of big projects due at the end of next week. I'm pretty sure I'll have just enough time to do them all well and without hurry if I spend an average of 2 or 3 hours a day, every day, until a week from friday when the last one is due. That actually doesn't sound like a lot at all, so let's break it down: That's 11 days * 2.5 hours = 27.5 and then / 4 classes = almost 7 hours per class. Some will take more than 7 hours (my compilers class project, I bet) and some will take less (my music civ essay, which is to be 4 pages double spaced about how plato, augustine, hildegard, and one other monk whose name I forget consider christian church music). But you can see that even in a period of relatively heavy work, if you start early enough, you have around 3 hours of class a day and 3 hours of homework a day. A 6 hour workday - piece of cake.

Well, the point of this post, in case you missed it, was about Israel. I don't know how I feel about the political situation there, but the language is beautiful (as are the beaches and babes).
Eli