odds and ends

Within the past week, i have:

• had a song stuck in my head for over 60 hours, off and on, but mostly on since those hours involved two overnight bus rides on which i did not sleep very much (it was "Suicidal" or whatever--a song that i actually like for some reason, but i wouldn't mind never hearing it again at this point)
• galloped down a relatively clean and unpopulated beach on an Australian horse
• helped dig a hole for a septic system
• been ill
• traveled most of the north-south span of Thailand
• killed some cockroaches on a bus
• philosophized about life
• lost a grandfather
• eaten two scoops of blueberry ice cream for about 15 cents
• said "all right, pooch" and patted a dog on the head whose name was Pooch, not Gromit
• worn long pants for the first time in about a month
• listened to one of the most incredible songs in modern history ("Oh What a World" by Rufus Wainwright)
• been locked out of a room, and spent my time looking at the pictures in a Thai newspaper