spotlight: more than this provincial life

Man oh man, it's mangela, and she's got a blog, and it's got comics, and it's awesome.

so shout out to my good friend mangela, I miss you my dear:

More Than This Provincial Life

the internet, because the more i have to do, the less i get done

As each day passes, I am one step closer to my latest foe, the Graduate Record Examination. Each morning and each night I vow to lock myself away from the world and dig deep into the depths of academic prose, GRE prep books, and various papers, abstracts, and theses. However, with each passing day I am reminded that I am not a super-intelligent alien robot. This repeated realization still chokes me up. Moreover, not only am I human, I am an easily distractible human.

And it was a beautiful day outside. 

So I took a walk. And then I fed some geese. And then I took a nap. And then I checked my email. And then I was completely overwhelmed by the internet and got lost somewhere between lastfm and tumblr. It happens.

You call it procrastination, I call it a mental health day (and I don't think I'm the only one who would call it that).

Start around 2:20

the triumphant return of TURQUOISE LOVE

August didn't get any blog love; but hey August, don't lose heart, you win some you lose some. 

If too little love is a problem in any arena, I've got just the solution: Turquoise Love!

That famed, that legendary, that ever so slightly infamous internet radio show born on a wintry night after a Cloud Cult concert in northern Indiana nearly two years ago...

IT'S BACK!

Turquoise Love will be making it's triumphant return in full glory this semester. The four original DJs will be reunited on the air waves for the first time in over a year, and it promises to be nothing less than magical.

TURQUOISE LOVE

FRIDAYS 12pm-1pm EST

wvfi.nd.edu

Featuring DJs:

"Win a Date with" Danny McRae

Michelle "The Indie Asian Sensation" Nguyen

Stephanie "Big Gunz" Jazmines

Shannon "Rock 'n' Roll" Mathers

Kids* on the west coast - wake up Friday mornings to the latest, the greatest, and the most absurdly fun that music has to offer

Kids on the east coast - witty banter and silly musings for your turquoise lunch?

Kids in the midwest - call in and win a date with Danny McRae! you're close enough to take us up on the offer!

Kids abroad - party at all hours!!!

*it should be noted that term "kids" and similar and related terms here-in does not imply an 18 and under crowd, but is instead used in a more generalized and colloquial sense to evoke this relative hipness and youth of those people attracted by all things Turquoise Love, it should also be noted that the term is not meant to alienate other listeners, as all are young and hip when they partake of Turquoise Love, especially Danny's mom, my favorite listener

So tune in, turn it up, and IM requests to: wvfiradio

Tired of waiting? Check out the website in the mean time:

Turquoise Love

Cleveland Revisited

Way back in the month of July, I had planned a blog post so epic, it would have put Homer to shame; an expose of modern day life on the mean streets of Cleveland/a celebration of a love for all things Cleveland.  This tear-jerking heart-warmer was going to be posted just in time for Cleveland's 213th birthday on July 22, 2009. Sadly, life got in the way, the report from the Cleveland front never arrived, and my once beautiful dream was in shambles.

And so, for that, I apologize.

However, dear reader, know that I have been using my Cleveland calendar for many months now and I couldn't be happier. For the month of August I had a lovely view of the North Point Tower from East Ninth Street at Lakeside Avenue. September now brings me changing leaves in the Cleveland Botanical Garden in the University Circle area, appropriate as I am now back at my own university for a senior year. My calendar is nice and full and resides happily in my dorm room next to a post card of a wax statue of Abe Lincoln and family from Springfield, Illinois, another midwestern town which is close to my heart despite the small detail that I've never been.

And while it has been a while and the blog and I lost touch briefly, I never stopped caring; I'm here for you blog, I'm right here.