1560. 760 verbal, 800 math.

There is no other word to describe this:

w00t

Song of the Random Time Interval: "Rinbu Revolution," Masami Okui
Item of the Random Time Interval: SAT score report
Words of the Random Time Interval: "88% of those who take this test again receive a lower score. 12% receive the same score. On average, students retaking the test score 49 points lower." (referring to the math portion.)

(Originally written Feb. 6)

The Outbreak

This is the web site of the youth group of the church I attended in Lake Jackson, TX before I moved to Louisiana several years ago. The place always turned me off somewhat - it was always rather intense, rather "Jesus Freak" in its particular theology. Those of you who know me know that I don't go in for that sort of thing. I could write an essay on that alone, but thankfully Sean McMains spared me the trouble. -_^ (What Would Jesus Play? and Attack of the Precious Moments - and by the way, I *do* look at the Goldberg Variations as a way to practice my faith, but then again everything I do relates to music anyway.)

Anyway, I wanted to see what they were up to lately because I'll be visiting this weekend on my way to go look at Rice University in Houston. Imagine my horror when I viewed this web site and realized that *none of this* that they have up there is what I believe in doing. Oh, the essential tenets of Christianity are there, all right, but there's such an emphasis on mass evangelism and what I call "pop" Christianity that I almost can't bear to read it. I suppose three years at an *extremely* Anglican school has made me more orthodox than most.

Song of the Random Time Interval: "I'll Cover You," RENT
Item of the Random Time Interval: A-frame
Words of the Random Time Interval: Something eternal

Regular readers of this weblog will remember last spring, when I rhapsodized for quite a long time about the musical Once On This Island. I still think it ownz.

Today I bought the soundtrack at Barnes and Noble. They finally had it.

Suddenly, I feel fulfilled.

Song of the Random Time Interval: "We Dance," Once on This Island.
Item of the Random Time Interval: Once on This Island soundtrack
Words of the Random Time Interval: Flexatone

#1: We all have to participate? Bring it on, bitch.

#2: This is why Osama hates us.

#3: This is what makes kids bring guns to school.

#4: The junior class song needs to be "Come to Daddy (Philip remix)".

Song of the Random Time Interval: "Rent," Rent.
Item of the Random Time Interval: The clutch
Words of the Random Time Interval: "That coffee table knows more about Russian history than she did."

If third grade me could hear me now, he'd try to kick my ass. I want school to hurry up and start. I've got nothing to do but sit around the house and compulsively reload various online discussion boards in the vain hope that something new will have been posted in the second it took the page to load. Oh well, I don't have to wait long. School starts tomorrow. I'll have the same classes as before, except I switched my free period and math class. I had tried to schedule another class where the free period is now, but it got cancelled for lack of interest. (Like there's something wrong with having a four-person class.) I guess I'm glad I still get a free period, but the class would have been interesting.

Grr. Hurry up and get here, tomorrow morning!

Song of the Random Time Interval: "Fast as You Can," Fiona Apple
Item of the Random Time Interval: Transmission fluid
Words of the Random Time Interval: "Ladegard: In the boring version of SoS, we see Corwin pulling cable from Ygg to Cephiro."

Weirdness abounds during the holiday season. For instance, today I hit up the CD Warehouse. Got Fiona Apple's two albums, "Tidal" and "When the Pawn". Thus far, I'm on the third track of "When the Pawn," which is a little song called "Limp." You may have heard me go on about this one in the past. It's quite awesome.

So this is the weird thing. I was looking around the room today, and I noticed that my CD collection since 1995 numbers 28. 12 of these are from the past year, and 7 are from this holiday season. A bit of a statistical anomaly, that. Regardless, I need another CD tower.

Song of the Random Time Interval: "Love Ridden," Fiona Apple
Item of the Random Time Interval: CD Warehouse. For the purposes of this discussion, that's an item.
Words of the Random Time Interval: "When the pawn hits the conflict he thinks like a king..."

I'm feeling quite seasonal. Check the enclosures on this one for something... well, a bit scary, but Christmasy. The dog's not mine.

Song of the Random Time Interval: "Smooth Criminal," Michael Jackson
Item of the Random Time Interval: The Irrational Season, Madeleine L'Engle
Words of the Random Time Interval: "Parliament makes it a law that you're guilty."