extreme makeover MY edition

all facets of my life are under renovation at the moment. if it's not the good folks from andre contracting reconfiguring the campus landscape, it's my dear, sweet housemate, who is deep in the throes of house gentrification (the kitchen is going to look fab, luv!). i recently received a *new training schedule from my rowing coach, things are starting to buzz on the romance front (yeah, you read that right ...) and at the library this aft, while munching contentedly on some peanut M&Ms procured from G -- they still haven't done anything about that vending machine! -- i had one of those rare flashes of dissertation insight that, while it leads to some substantial reconstruction and reconfiguring, will ultimately, i hope, lead also to a significantly stronger dissertation.

G recently passed on a four volume mythology playlist (i reciprocated with my own a few days later) and on it i discovered a track, the vid of which is below, that i think i will take as my theme music for the next week or so. certainly, following the Rare Flash of Dissertation Insight (RFDI) i was desperately trying NOT to break out into the mambo in the library stacks, overcome as i was with joy and relief.

hmmm, the only thing that has remained constant is my dire need of a haircut.

i'm dialing as i type.