belated goodness

it's late, but happy new year to all you lovely people in blogland. in all honesty, i wasn't so sad to see 2006 go. there were a few prime moments in this past year, but i'm ready to slip into something new and maybe a little more comfortable. what do you say 2007? think you'd like to try? you be good to me, i be good to you? yeah you know what i'm talking about. i'm not really sure what i'm talking about.

i've been in texas for two weeks which has been surprisingly needed. i veged in my parents' house for a week and a half and took on absolutely no responsibility. no papers. no presentations. no grading. nada. when my plane landed and my parents ushered my tired sick self into the car they had two delicious shiners waiting for me in a cooler. oh to drink a beer while riding past the old high school. i think i went to bed at 8:30 that night. yay.

i've been in old university city since sunday and have been occupying myself with friends and tex-mex. i'm also singing a few songs in a cover show next weekend so i've been trying to figure out where and when rehearsals are as well as how to get to them. this is difficult without a car or many people who are willing to go out of their way to get you. sigh. at least i'm living out my big karaoke dreams on a real stage with bands i have been trying to sing with for something like 5 years now.

it can't all be fun though. i have to like...study for stupid comprehensive exams and find a topic for a stupid seminar class and make up stupid makeup exams and syllabi. i liked this no responsibility thing while it lasted.