words, words, words

I’m packing to go to Buenos Aires in a few moment, putting some last minute text files on my iPod.  But that reminds me, I have a problem with my iPod on airplanes.  As soon as the cabin pressurizes, my iPod freezes.  I did a cursory search on the Internet and can’t find anyone else with the same problem.  The whole device makes this terrible grinding sound and the display stops working.  There is a little flashing broken iPod.  Then as soon as the cabin pressurizes, when we land thank god, the things starts working again.  It is really weird.

I’m gong to Buenos Aires on Sunday with a friend from London.  I’m going to be there for a week, eating and site seeing and stuff, and hopefully catching up with some old amigos.

Curious how the Spanish is going to work out now that the Portuguese has eaten up the space in my brain.

I had an MRI on my knee today (another pinche injury, but I think this one is minor).  I had heard a lot of complaints from people about how it is noisy and scary to be put in the machine.  Truth be told, it was kind of relaxing.  I got to lie down and was inserted into a tube.  Then the sounds of the machine were kind of musical.  A sort of Philip Glass meets Basement Jaxx.  The beats were interesting becasue they were in off time, grinding sounds, whirring sounds, clicking sounds and a timer as well.  The sounds would overlap and stacking, creating dissonance, etc.

I am going to look for mp3s of MRI machines, and if there aren’t any, then I should create them.  It is an medical-industrial symphony. I think it could work on a let of levels.