rest cheek to cheek, fingers underneath, soft impressions of your teeth

Anybody excited for the new Coldplay album? They’re no longer a favourite band of mine [for numerous reasons, but I can appreciate them to a certain degree], but I was listening to one of the singles off the album [due out 16 June 2008 in the UK], Violet Hill, which I’m sure you’ve seen the video for:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IakDItZ7f7Q

I was quite a bit surprised. Well, not surprised, but I wasn’t expecting to like it this much, so I’m eager to see what this album is like. Chris Martin, at times you interest me deeply. Strange. Here’s the other single they’ve released: [Viva la Vida] http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZSetQkg0j8c

Today was my first day of work at the Children’s Institute. The people are great there, and it’s in the Village Gate which is really nice & quiet and there are many interesting people around. The only thing I’m not too excited about is the roughly one hour [total] of travel time spent on the bus. This might be because my first experience, at 10:30AM, was a 50 year old drunk man reeking of vodka sitting down with his face one inch from mine and his arm around me, playing with my hair for 25 minutes straight and breathing in my face. Also, is it normal to be terrified of 12 year old girls? I feel like I should be used to this by now, after a year of Jumpstart, but these experiences never cease to amaze me. One thing I do like about the bus ride is that it’s so long and it goes to numerous different areas of Rochester, and I get to see the parts that I wouldn’t normally get out and experience. Anyway. I am surprised by how much I like living by myself…of course it’s only been two days so I’m sure I’ll feel differently after a month of this, but it is just very relaxing and there’s no pressure associated with it. I’m sure it will get lonely eventually but I have a lot I want to accomplish this summer. I’ve seen a couple people and I’ll see more; I just like doing my own thing and not having to deal with the issues that come along with living with others, as I’m sure some of you can understand.

Sometime this week I want to start reading Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams, which I’m extremely excited about. I’m a little annoyed that I don’t have the time or money to take a class this summer because I got an email from one of the SDT grad students who is teaching ‘Psychological Applications of Existential Theory’ as an experimental course this summer & limiting it to about 6 students. She does her research in Terror Management Theory, which is really interesting and something that I haven’t read much about but definitely want to. You can read more about it here: http://www.tmt.missouri.edu/