i got an email from the shiner mailing list about their upcoming shows (only a few weeks away, in LA), and how they’re playing a show in KC with Centaur. Centaur is a new band fronted by matt talbot (former singer/guitarist of hum, now producing in champaign IL), which being a huge fan of hum i was eager to hear about. so after some minor internet exploring i found out they have an unofficial website where you can download some live tracks, and that they have a debut cd coming out in june on parasol. naturally, these things are both exciting to me. now if only i lived in central illinois, i could go see them play a show.

in other news — well, school is almost over and the only things really between me and summer are three final exams, which i am not excessively worried about. that’s just how i am about these things usually.

today in my business communication class (basically a public speaking course with business slant) we made a big circle, and went around, and when it was your turn, people in the class had to comment on what they thought your strengths were as a speaker, as they had observed in class. the consensus for me was something about me being very intelligent, which was great, because that’s exactly what i was going for.

my professor also made a broader comment about how a few of us (naming a couple names, myself included) have a “shoot from the hip” sort of sarcasm that is very refreshing. i thought that was very flattering, and of course, totally accurate, because i am one refreshing guy, with some qualities not unlike citrus sodas.

is it thursday yet?