Beatles + Beastie Boys = Beastles. Another mashup, like the Grey Album.

I biked a measly 10 miles on Monday, but made up for it by running to the far end of the neighborhood and back yesterday. That makes my second 10k run ever. I wanted to go bike today because it’s not so cold out, but my left calf muscle is really tight. I’m thinking I’d better take a day off. More tomorrow. I’m hoping to be able to run 13 miles nonstop by the end of break, which is half a marathon.

Might I humbly recommend anything by Martinibomb, though there’s not much that they’ve written. The whole SPLIT! album is particularly upbeat.

A little indie label called Comfort Stand has a welcome practice of posting updates on releases to their blog. Another point of note about this label is that their releases are entirely free and available in MP3 format. The claim to have some discretion in terms of what they publish. Now, no great indie music expert, I, I certainly run into a lot of songs that just sound like noise. However, if you spend some time spelunking through the (non-categorized… uh) catalog there are some gems waiting to be found.

Right now I’m listening to the album Swingin Singles. There’s a pretty good variety of music presented in this album, and if you’re feeling adventurous I’d recommend you give it a try. After all, it’s not like downloading it really costs anything.

On an ending note, if you decide to explore the site and something jumps out at you, do comment or email and let me know? Thanks.

Long day, though not actually terribly stressful. I spent a lot of time getting things in shape around the apartment before leaving for Mandeville. I did some laundry, cleaned some dishes (mostly via dishwasher), packed up stuff, cleaned, organized, sorted my Pile-O-Receipts? and more.

Based on the fact that I’m lazy (partially) and afraid of something breaking (mostly), I left most of my desktop machine at the apartment. I’ll probably be going back and forth a little, so I suppose that’s just as well. I did bring one of the displays from it, and my work machine (17″ powerbook, aka Lalwende) which is now hooked up to aforementioned display, so I’ve at least got two screens to work with.

And I do mean work. I’m going to try to put together figures for my first, first-author paper by Thursday (Ha!), as that’s when my colleague in Oxford will be taking some time off for the holidays. This is helped somewhat by the Abstract Madness that took place a week or two ago. All that work and the presentation work before it has laid a decent foundation for the rest of what I have to do. Additionally, I have work on two collaborations to attend to.

Given all the travel, finals, and the fact that I left my athletic gear here in Mandeville over the past week, I’ve had nary a bit of exercise in just over a week. That’s ending tomorrow. There are no excuses now. I have the time. I should have made the time before, but sometimes priorities get messed up. I’m paying the price now because I feel like crap, and I can’t work like this. Tomorrow’s Sunday already (eep) so weather permitting perhaps I’ll start with a nice bike ride (30 miles?) on the St.Tammany Trace.