simplicity is the essence.

i started reading “a beautiful mind” by sylvia nasar this weekend. i’m about 100 pages into it, and it’s positively fascinating — a wonderful book thus far. it’s a biography of the mathematician john nash. he won the nobel prize for his theories in 1994. he is also a sufferer of schizophrenia. perhaps you’ve seen the recent movie of the same name?

someone told me the super bowl was this weekend. ha! that’s a laugh. let them eat cake.

i’m getting my new place situated. i bought some new chairs for the breakfast bar. the walls are a little blank yet. any suggestions? i’m thinking some framed rothko prints would fit the space nicely. otherwise it’s been a basically mellow weekend. i went to a matinee of lord of the rings — a decent rendition of the first book. it’ll be nice to see the entire trilogy once they’re released. i’m interested to see matrix 2. hopefully they’ve made a good film. we were discussing science fiction this week. the 80’s cyberpunk is my favorite sub-genre. william gibson still has interesting things to say.

i’ve been recording some more music onto my computer. i upgraded my ripping software (easy cd-da extractor) and upped the resolution to 320kbit. much improved fidelity. i’m actually pretty happy with the way these new mp3’s sound. i haven’t made any mix cd’s for a while, and i’m ripe for a new one. i’m been mostly picking up the contemporary minimalist classical i tend towards these days. eventually i’ll update my music page and put all of my classical recordings on it and maybe a few mp3’s for download. that’ll come.

is contemporary classical a contradiction of terms? it seems the easiest word choice to use. people instantly know what you’re talking about, and sometimes that’s the objective. is philip glass classic? classical? the modulations sweep over me and push me towards the end of the day. good night.