hey, let’s get a little pedestrian here. i realize i like to go back and read these things occasionally, and having some fluff from my life in here is just as valuable as my state of mind, as i can hardly remember what happened last week. but hey, i imagine i’ll start writing about things that have happened to me lately, and it will end up being some point about something larger anyways. that is apparently, how i roll.

it is glorious around here in seattle, 80 degrees everyday. i’ve been taking advantage of this by riding my bike to work, which has been pretty amazing. it does take a large chunk out of my day, and makes it tough socially to time things, but it’s really chilled me out. it’s about 35 miles round trip to work and back (mostly flat, thank goodness), and with this kind of heat my brain gets real tired, due to the exhaustion the rest of my body feels. most of my ride is along the shady part of burke-gilman as well, and i’ve been getting my speed up. i’ve never really cared about biking fast before, but things like getting home sooner or getting to work sooner so i can leave sooner are great motivators.

all this time on my bike has been giving me plenty of time to listen to radio, and i did hear a really cool story a couple of days ago about how some birds (along with a type of elephant) are able to recognize the beat in music and dance, sing, or mimic in general along with it, in time to the music. something that was once thought to be a uniquely human trait, shown to have some roots in how life developed on this planet. that’s the cool stuff in biology, the stuff i really want to learn about anyways. it’s also cool to think that a random youtube video of a parrot dancing around to the backstreet boys can grab the attention of the scientific world. knowledge is everywhere!

the summer has barely started, and already i feel like every weekend of the summer is already booked. but when i think about it, that’s how most of my life is anyways. thank god for the work week, the only suitable excuse for not doing social things with other people all the time. because if you’re lucky enough to have a job these days, then you gotta go work it.

and now it is time for a walk.