January 2007

For a while I used to listen to one of the Harry Potter books on my ipod every night when I would go to bed. I'd usually only get through small sections every night and then I'd fall asleep. One day I was driving from Providence, RI from Rochester, NY, so I figured I'd put on Harry Potter to pass the time. The trouble is after about 10 minutes or so, I started feeling really tired. My theory is that my brain related Harry Potter, or at least the sound of the guy who reads it, with sleep.

To see if I can reproduce this, I'm gonna try and listen to one particular CD whenever I want to focus on a particular project. I'm using an ambient CD to also see if that has any effect on my focus level. Hopefully my mind will form a link between working hard and this album. Eventually I'll be able to control my entire body strictly by sound.

Billy Brown suggested this related Wikipedia entry: Ivan Pavlov

I had a dream last night about a world ruled by two different groups. An evil group, which I can't really remember what they were represented by. And a good group, which were represented by Komodo dragons.

I was an omnipotent figure just sort of observing everything. The first Komodo dragon I saw was in a woman's room while she was asleep in bed. The room was really dim with eerie music in the background. The Komodo dragon was kind of creeping up on her, so I was sure he was evil.

And right until the moment she noticed him he seemed bad in my mind. Then when she realized he was in the room, the lights changed, the evil music stopped, and he started talking to her, and then I realized he was a good guy.

I really wish I remembered what the bad guys were, but I don't.

Number 1: Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez are releasing a double feature extravaganza called Grindhouse and the trailer makes it look insane. Prognosis: pure entertainment.

Number 2: My love of Christina Ricci, trashy southern girls, bondage, irony, the director of Hustle & Flow and SNAKES makes Black Snake Moan a must see.

I was listening to an old playlist that I made for my friend Max's birthday. It was played during the party, specifically while we were playing a game sort of similar to hide and seek all throughout Max's big museum like house. As I listened to the playlist tonight, I got a really vivid memory of being at the party and how fun it was.

Brent and I had had our second Science Club meeting last night. Needless to say, it was awesome. We combined variations of vinegar, baking soda, water, and food color. Pretty much a 3rd grade volcano expirement with extra element of food color.

The plan to invite outsiders has yet to be fulfilled. Most likely for the best.

Brent and I had our first Science Club meeting tonight. We did an experiment with milk, food coloring, and detergent soap. Having not really read the proper way of executing the experiment, our first attempt failed. But we tried it a few more times and got good results. I was thinking that each week we'll invite a new person, and that person will have to invite someone the following week. We'll see though...

"Like people for their qualities, love them for their defects." -Hellboy (the movie)

This movie would be on it - See this movie.

"Anything worth having is hard to keep" -Ghostface Killah

Don't sit at a computer unless there is a specific task to be completed.