i've popped in here and there, but i'll re-introduce myself. things are soon gonna be less hectic for me, so i'll have more time to post (yes, in no caps. i realize this automatically makes me some sort of bastard, but i've actually been recruited to tutor students at my college because i'm excellent at grammar; i just find using few caps rather liberating). anyway, i'm sitting here listening to Pet Sounds, which is my favorite album. i'm into so many different kinds of music but i always come back to Brian Wilson, '66. like many of you, i do some writing....at some point i'll post my url where the stories are, but right now i'm in a rather paranoid state and while i absorb and love proper criticism, i don't feel up it right now. a couple movies these past few months that i've really gotten into.... American Beauty, Man on the Moon, and Buffalo '66. along with several other resolutions now that i have more time, reading more Salinger is about to become a high priority. i've read Franny and Zooey, and am about to embark on that a second time. i read CITR this past summer, and i've read PDFB and For Esme, with Love. and more to come.... well that's about it for the rambling now. joel