the viola may be "clumsy to play, and uncomfortable to write for," maybe only not weeded out of the worldbecause who wants to make the violinists happy? but you know, i do love a good viola player, and even bad ones. i firmly believe that people gravitate to instruments because of the aesthetics of that instrument, and i love a dark, fatalist viola player.

today was the first day that i took my spiffy new ipod out on the road. i used black headphones so no one would get hurt. does this make me anti-status? seems there has been a big disussion about this in the world already. ya, i just got here. anyway, i can't deal with the random feature because how many times does one need to hear 'king of the bongos' every day? it's a great song, granted (best novelty song of the early 00s?), but it seems weird to be on the 2/3 thinking about little monkeys.