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Actually, I don’t know if I have an expansive taste in trance, since I all I listen to are Anjunabeats artists xD.

But I like the crap out of Mat Zo, Above & Beyond, and Super8 & Tab. The rest I have yet to explore extensively or really identify with.

A lot of people think Anjunabeats trance is crap. Should I care? Fuck no.

Get me out of here.

I hope I can keep this up throughout the entire course of the playoffs this season. Here are five thoughts from a college student at UCLA:

1. Nobody wants to hear the three letters ACL in a press conference.

And today, certainly not the Bulls nor the Knicks. Reigning MVP Derrick Rose is out of the playoffs after landing awkwardly on his left foot with a minute left in the game. Iman Shumpert tried to change direction and ended up twisting his knee. He’s out for six to eight months. This season has just been way too rough on everyone.

2. Kevin Durant is cold-blooded.

Towards the end of OKC-DAL Game 1, I only had one thought in mind: gosh, this is looking like last year…again. Dirk Nowitzki was having his way with the Thunder team for a good stretch. Then the Thunder caught up. Dirk made both free throws to give the Mavs a 1-point lead with 9 seconds to go. Then…Durant became Durant. He got such a lucky bounce with the floater, but in the end the Thunder won, and that’s all that matters.

3. The Pacers choked…again.

One year ago, the Pacers looked ready to upset Chicago in Game 1 at United Center. Today, they were poised to take Game 1…on their own floor. Then Jameer Nelson and the Magic scored the last nine points of the 4th quarter to steal Game 1. Dwight Howard may be out, but the Magic aren’t done yet. Pacers better shape up and do some damage, or this series is going to hurt them bad.

4. The Knicks-Heat game was WAY too lopsided.

27 Knicks turnovers, Tyson Chandler’s flu, Shumpert’s playoff-ending injury, Lebron’s flops, and the free throw disparity. All contributed in one way or another to making the New York Knicks feel very, VERY deflated and demoralized. Melo wasn’t the monster he was towards the end of the regular season, and Stoudemire didn’t do much either. I figured the Knicks would take the Heat to at least six or seven games. After today, they’ll be lucky to win one.

5. The dynamic of the Eastern conference has completely changed.

If the Bulls can’t get their act together and move on, they will not survive the second round. The Celtics will be dangerous. The Hawks will be smelling revenge from last year’s playoff series. I marked the Bulls to make the push into the Conference Finals, but now it seems like the Celtics are ready to do the most damage. On the other side of the bracket, Miami should be celebrating now that it doesn’t have to deal with the reigning MVP. Screw whatever they say to the public; the Heat can’t be more happy with the news that Rose is out for good.

So not enjoying life right now…

This roller coaster ride needs to end.

School and lab can make life so miserable.

And it hasn’t gotten any better.

Some of the best things in life are more or less accidents.

Today, I was going to head off to my professor’s office hours. I got there right on time, but he wasn’t there. I then decided that I should try another location where he said he might be. I was heading up Royce Hall when I heard the sound of piano. It didn’t sound like it was coming out of speakers, so I looked around until I saw an upright piano sitting right outside Royce Hall.

Given my tendencies, I just had to play. For the first round I did some Waldstein and Piano Sonata in G Minor by Schumann (the only piece I really know how to play from start to finish :P). That was certainly fun, but I had to meet up with the professor. He was there this time.

After class, I went back again. This time I let the creative juices flow and rattled off at least 10 songs in half an hour. And the result? Come see me tomorrow 2PM at Royce, granted the people who said they’d be there are back and the piano is there.

Some things are worth getting frustrated over. Other things aren’t. Today was yet another realization, most likely one that I have had multiple times in the past.

Sucks to be injury-addled, but life moves on, and I just have to adjust.

No, that’s not the realization I’m talking about.

I believe that a person truly realizes life can be, at its core, about priorities only when the stress factor really kicks in. Some things matter more than others. Time will not wait for us to cool down in our activities, so it is our duty to make the necessary adjustments and hope that things work out. 

I can be a fairly stubborn person, one who is unwilling to let certain things go. I don’t understand how nearly a year has passed and some things still haven’t changed. I thought I had stamped those bad habits out to a good extent. But they continue to persist and infect my daily mindset.

And yet, I’m only starting to discover lessons that I wish I learned a long time ago. I question why I have failed to uncover these questions earlier. Recently, I have endured a rather bizarre stretch. But one thing has remained fairly constant: I feel like often I’m getting the answers a little too late.

Right now, a variety of factors has severely limited my efficiency and ability to get work done. The time is closing in on 11PM, and I have only begun to dig into my workload. Adjusting to this ridiculous wrist brace has certainly been one of the factors. But there are more, some of which I can easily force into the back of my head.

I guess there is little I can do but keep pushing forward.

1: Word - Adjustment
2: Event - Heated battle in Staples between Lakers and Clippers.
3: Song - Somebody That I Used to Know
4: Truth - It’s no use pursuing something you know is a waste of your time and energy.
5: WTF - First read of Chinese 70W is…wait, what, Hong Lou Meng?!

I plan to write one of these every week.

…Or are you?

I don’t know, I’m a little delirious right now xD.

But I’m totally in love with that song.