bluegrass at the cantab and way too many links

went and saw bluegrass at the cantab with arthur last night and some friends. bumped into some friends on the way out. arthur made dinner. amazing. a great night for which i thanked him.

i have a bunch of stuff that ive been saving (slash starring emails that i send to myself for later posting). i dono why i hold on to these things for so long then finally put them up months later. but better late than never

first, go check out Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds. you just enter in an address or some text and it abstracts it and colors the words and stuff. i did one for my blog but it wasnt very exciting, but ill try it again and post the image.

second, enjoy this link One Greg Oden, 365 Days Project. this professional photographer took a photo every day with a greg oden action figure. the captions are amazing. i really really liked this one. found it via 365 days with an inanimate Greg Oden

third, pure fun silliness - Dickensurl.com. enter in a URL and it "shortens" it with a dickens quote. just tried it with my blog address and got this http://dickensurl.com/b0c4/Oh_gracious_why_wasnt_I_born_old_and_ugly. you know those url shortening things? i like this more than bitly or whatever the other ones are :)

fourth, very sad but necessary link - AP poll: Most students stressed, some depressed. it's a long article and not very exciting, but the gist is that an enormous percentage of college students are depressed. plain and simple. like, hundreds of thousands of kids it has to be. makes you wonder what kind of resources are available to them on campus, and how easy it is for them to ask for/get help

some more quick ones: Over the Wall - Abstract City Blog (artsy rendition of the berlin wall, its good to not forget about stuff like this)

Some Thoughts on the Lost Art of Reading Aloud. i use the tagline "a blog to be read aloud" because i think it's kind of funny, and because my Dad used to tell me to read stuff like poetry aloud, that it's the only way it can really be understood. i can't really state anything unequivocal about reading aloud, because i honestly dont do it that much and i dont read enough poetry, but its something to keep in mind

that's it for now. i hate to overwhelm, but this is the only way to post some stuff that impressed me. phew, im out of breath.

cya