I often say my life is all about experiencing fully what is. Often, though, I move prematurely to discover and experience what could be. I am addicted to experience, to struggle, to achievement, to emotions in all their intensity, and to the feeling that NOW is THE moment. This blog is the result of my neuroticism. Please let me know what you think…and don’t worry, I have always loved the crazies. My sub-blog: mosaic-me.tumblr.com psy[underscore]student[at]yahoo[dot]comTumblr (3.0; @cogitations)http://cogitations.tumblr.com/<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/Brittnij/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1281873600">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-15)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/NPR">NPR (5)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Imogen+Heap">Imogen Heap (4)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Sky+Sailing">Sky Sailing (3)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Dawn+Landes">Dawn Landes (3)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Iver">Bon Iver (2)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/963163742http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/963163742Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:03:15 -0600<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/brittnij/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1281873600">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-15)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/NPR">NPR (5)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Imogen+Heap">Imogen Heap (4)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Sky+Sailing">Sky Sailing (3)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Dawn+Landes">Dawn Landes (3)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Iver">Bon Iver (2)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/962256260http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/962256260Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:14:39 -0600<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/brittnij/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1281268800">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-8)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/NPR">NPR (12)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Pink">Pink (9)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Paul+Simon">Paul Simon (7)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Mychael+Danna">Mychael Danna (7)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Imogen+Heap">Imogen Heap (6)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/936781342http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/936781342Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:46:51 -0600<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/Brittnij/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1281268800">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-8)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/NPR">NPR (10)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Pink">Pink (8)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Damien+Rice">Damien Rice (6)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Paul+Simon">Paul Simon (6)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Mychael+Danna">Mychael Danna (6)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/931465938http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/931465938Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:50:31 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6udu6q1rr1qzncqso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>If anyone has been wondering where I’ve been…well, my mind has been lost and my body has been having many a cuppa. It happens sometimes.</p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/922766417http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/922766417Sun, 08 Aug 2010 10:30:00 -0600<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/Brittnij/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1280664000">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-1)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/NPR">NPR (5)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Mychael+Danna">Mychael Danna (5)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Music+from+the+Motion+Picture">Music from the Motion Picture (4)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Joni+Mitchell">Joni Mitchell (4)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Goo+Goo+Dolls">Goo Goo Dolls (4)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/905666540http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/905666540Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:34:26 -0600<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/Brittnij/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1280059200">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/NPR">NPR (16)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Arcade+Fire">Arcade Fire (6)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/George+Fenton">George Fenton (4)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Iver">Bon Iver (4)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Selected+Shorts">Selected Shorts (2)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/890985323http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/890985323Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:43:12 -0600<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/brittnij/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1262520000">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-3)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Iver">Bon Iver (13)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Dawn+Landes">Dawn Landes (3)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Owl+City">Owl City (3)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Lightspeed+Champion">Lightspeed Champion (2)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Azure+Ray">Azure Ray (2)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/317089773http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/317089773Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:31:26 -0700<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/brittnij/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1261310400">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Simon%2B%2526%2BGarfunkel">Simon & Garfunkel (6)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Rilo+Kiley">Rilo Kiley (5)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Avril+Lavigne">Avril Lavigne (3)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Joni+Mitchell">Joni Mitchell (3)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Amy+Winehouse">Amy Winehouse (2)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/302580267http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/302580267Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:56:59 -0700<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/brittnij/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1259496000">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-29)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Mychael+Danna">Mychael Danna (36)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Rilo+Kiley">Rilo Kiley (34)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Simon%2B%2526%2BGarfunkel">Simon & Garfunkel (32)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/AISHA+DUO">AISHA DUO (1)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/James+Taylor">James Taylor (1)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/265296209http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/265296209Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:29:26 -0700<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/Brittnij/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1258286400">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-15)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Joni+Mitchell">Joni Mitchell (32)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Joni%2BMitchell%2B%2526%2BJames%2BTaylor">Joni Mitchell & James Taylor (30)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/James+Taylor">James Taylor (21)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Goo+Goo+Dolls">Goo Goo Dolls (10)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Azure+Ray">Azure Ray (4)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/247447011http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/247447011Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:35:55 -0700<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/brittnij/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1255867200">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Shins">The Shins (10)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Dave+Matthews+Band">Dave Matthews Band (10)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Alanis+Morissette">Alanis Morissette (9)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Iver">Bon Iver (5)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Blow">The Blow (2)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/217332003http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/217332003Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:11:37 -0600<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/brittnij/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1255262400">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-11)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Dawn+Landes">Dawn Landes (18)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Iver">Bon Iver (8)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Harry+Nilsson">Harry Nilsson (4)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bobby+Darin">Bobby Darin (2)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Sin%C3%A9ad+O%27Connor">Sinéad O’Connor (2)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/211266452http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/211266452Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:20:41 -0600<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/brittnij/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1254657600">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-4)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Harry+Nilsson">Harry Nilsson (10)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Cranberries">The Cranberries (4)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/George+Fenton">George Fenton (3)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Billy+Williams">Billy Williams (3)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Roy+Orbison">Roy Orbison (3)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/205115088http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/205115088Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:28:44 -0600<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/brittnij/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1254052800">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-27)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Azure+Ray">Azure Ray (11)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Owl+City">Owl City (7)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Glen+Hansard">Glen Hansard (7)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Goo+Goo+Dolls">Goo Goo Dolls (5)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Glen%2BHansard%2B%2526%2BMarketa%2BIrglova">Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova (5)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/199715540http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/199715540Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:27:59 -0600<p>Geoff and I are back from Paris. We had a really great time, and you know how I decided that I would love the time in Paris and the days after? Overall, I am giving myself a B&#8230;and I&#8217;m okay with that.</p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/197673475http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/197673475Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:00:00 -0600<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/brittnij/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1252843200">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-13)</a>: <ol><li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Dawn+Landes">Dawn Landes (15)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Bon+Iver">Bon Iver (13)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Dave+Matthews+Band">Dave Matthews Band (5)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Owl+City">Owl City (4)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Shins">The Shins (2)</a> </li> </ol><p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/188060558http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/188060558Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:40:38 -0600<p>Geoff and I plan to see the obvious: Eiffel Tower, L&#8217;Arc de Triomphe, Louvre (the classics at least), Notre Dame, Sainte Chappelle, Catacombs, Montmarte, Place du Tertre, Basilica Sacre-Coeur, and the Palace of Versaille. We also have planned some less obvious outings (with the guidance of blogs as well as my friend David) like Shakespeare &amp; Co., the Latin Quarter and Bouquinnistes. We also plan to try the African hot chocolate at Angelina&#8217;s which we have heard much about and is extremely close to our hotel near the Louvre. We would love to hear about other places to eat or see that are off the beaten path, so please let us know if any of you have any ideas!</p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/187773931http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/187773931Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:17:09 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpyxr21uOz1qzncqso1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpyxr21uOz1qzncqso2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpyxr21uOz1qzncqso3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Geoff and I went on a long walk through Epping Forest yesterday. It was lovely, and I remembered much of the area from when we went on the same walk 4 years ago. I’m looking forward to future walks when there will be more leaves fluttering from the trees.</p> <p>(Also, does anyone know why there are question marks painted on the trees?)</p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/187762731http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/187762731Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:59:26 -0600<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_187716743" src="http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/187716743/audio_player_iframe/cogitations/tumblr_kpyuf0bHum1qzncqs?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fcogitations%2F187716743%2Ftumblr_kpyuf0bHum1qzncqs" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="85"></iframe><br/><br/><p><b>Owl City - On the Tip of the Iceberg</b></p> <p>Welcome back <br/>Winter once again <br/>And put on your warm fuzzy sweater <br/>Cuz you’ll feel much better when <br/><br/>The snowflakes fall <br/>Gently to the ground <br/>The temperature drops <br/>And your shivers freeze all the rivers around <br/>But I keep you warm</p>http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/187716743http://cogitations.tumblr.com/post/187716743Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:47:24 -0600