because aurora borealises are the best.

please excuse the sporadic blogging. school = time killer and reading is way overrated. but i guess it's necessary if you don't want to work at mcdonald's. or quiznos. or as that guy who stands at the street corner below my window on saturday mornings holding up a "honk for peace" sign. although i guess he doesn't really have a job. so that's another story. i think he smells pretty bad, too.

aaannnyway. it's an awesome day. every day. but especially if you're in minnesota. i was in minneapolis/st paul this weekend with my mom for the creative connection, a big convention for women entrepreneurs. it was cool and all, but the cities were the coolest part of the whole thing. minnesota is such a great place. it just gives off good vibes, or something. and st paul has to be one of the greatest cities in the world. screw paris and london, they're too crowded and all trying too hard to be great. st paul just is, and that's great. no doubt the minnesotan accents help a lot. great food, great colleges, great churches, great people, great hockey, great scandinavian and norweigan and irish and english and french influence and historical heritage, and a whole lot of smokers, which isn't so great but it's still a great, great, great place. just great. for instance:

beautiful houses like this historical Ramsey house/museum

st paul's cathedral

and this awesome dinosaur in the museum of history.

in honor of my new found addiction to minnesota, i'm listening nonstop to my favorite band, cloud cult. they hail from minnesota and exemplify just how awesome that state and everything it produces is/are.

not that the whole nonstop listening thing is new...i'm one of those people that can listen to one song or one album for hours and hours and days and years on end without getting tired of it at all. and cloud cult just seems to be the best band ever, so it's definitely not a challenge to do the whole nonstop listening thing. here's their website if you want to check them out and see just how right i am: www.cloudcult.com. it'll change your life and give you the power to live more positively, energetically, and with generally more happiness and light and love in your life. you'll be hooked in no time, believe me.

yes, this blog was primarily about nothing at all. but sometimes nothing at all is a nice break from "it all" if you know what i mean. oh and to add to the lack of aim and complete stream of consciousness vibe i've got going here in this post, here are some cool pictures of the aurora borealis (plural; borealises?), seen from nortern minnesota. (photo creds go to http://ham.space.umn.edu/spacephys/aurora_gallery). seriously, what could be better than atmospheric phenomenons, in minnesota, and beautiful photography? answer: nothing. aurora borealises and cloud cult and st paul and education and jobs are the best.

and to round of the wanderings of this post: bbc news is the blandest program (programme) ever. sorry tony blair, but you've got some boring, boring, boring people over in englandtown. happy monday/tuesday/week/year/century!