me with nothing to say

so i haven't said much here recently. and there are reasons for that. i've recently been trying to figure out what i'm doing the next few years - whether and where to get a phd from somewhere. i'll be continuing on at my current program at the university of minnesota. i may decide to go somewhere else after next year (who knows - wisconsin, oregon, or something). and for now i'll be quite happy - i'll be teaching a couple courses next year (speech, or maybe science issues), helping with the program in environmental ethics (convening a conference on environmental ethics and a lecture series on organic food), and taking some cool courses (literature and the environment, environmental law, political philosophy). so i should have a good time coming up. and i'll get back to writing again. sorry about that. oh yeah, listen to this song - especially the drum part. i love it.

autumn sweater by yo la tengo

when I heard the knock on the door
I couldn't catch my breath
is it too late to call this off?

we could slip away
wouldn't that be better?
me with nothing to say
and you in your autumn sweater

I tried my best to hide in the crowded room
it's nearly possible
I wait for you, oh, most patiently

we could slip away
wouldn't that be better?
me with nothing to say
and you in your autumn sweater

so I looked for your eyes and the waves looked like
they'd pour right out of them
I'll try hard, I'll try always
but it's a waste of time
it's a waste of time if I can't smile easily
like in the beginning
in the beginning

we could slip away
wouldn't that be better?
me with nothing to say
and you in your autumn sweater

we could slip away
wouldn't that be better?
me with nothing to say
and you in your autumn sweater
you in your autumn sweater
you in your autumn sweater
you in your autumn sweater