what are you into right now?

-- fountain pens. I do not own any (yet), but have been researching.
-- the association between bullying and suicidal behaviors, but only because I have to (for skool)
-- Japanese and Taiwanese stationary stores to visit
-- cooking down everything in the fridge/pantry in a meaningful and tasty manner

oh and:

-- meaningful Baja stickers with which to adorn El Trucko. I never thought I'd put bumper stickers/decals on a vehicle, but somehow this feels right

I was given a Retro 1951 Tornado fountain pen a few years ago for christmas, seriously great pen imo
http://www.retro51.com/fwi_tor_fountain.html

the cap is counterweighted, so when you uncap & put it on the end of the pen while you're writing it weights it perfectly, writes like a dream

i used to have one of those! the brand, a rollerball i think, not the fountain. it was such a fine pen, so nice to hold, but the refills were a pain to match off-brand sizes to.

Fedoras, lily allen

Thanks VG and j.! I shall start a fountain pen/penmanship/assorted other handwriting stuff thread when I actually have some more coherent thoughts/experience with these things. In the meantime, I am working to correct a decades-long "claw-thumb/death grip" hold that third and fourth grade teachers tried very hard to correct. Sorry, Mr. Hardward and Ms. Triwertha. You were right :(

i tried to do that in grad school, so i could write a lot of cursive fast without my hand cramping, and for a while i did get into the habit of using a more relaxed grip, but i never got it to the point of not requiring concentration. now i'm thinking slower again anyway so it's no big whoop if i have to print several pages.

- flossing

flossing is awesome

- "I Blame Myself" by Sky Ferreira

robin thicke

http://www.2marketmedia.com/if-you-are-mad-at-robin-thicke-youre-racist/

Christmas crafting with felt
Filling up on lowering cholesterol foods aka...I don't really dig egg nog anymore
Puppy and how to handle a herding dog
Being Santa, making a list, planning for the big ho-ho
Purging my storage unit

-researching inexpensive garments for winter bicycle commuting (base layer that can be worn all day indoors, gloves, etc)

-trying to start reading again (next up is Jane Jacobs' "The Death and Life of Great American Cities")

-figuring out the best way to learn Java (online course, book, etc, idk halp)

Oh man does it have to be java? Is it your first PL? Find another thread for this somewhere and we can chat about it more maybe.

Nah I've dabbled in Java and C++ before so I kinda know what's up and I want something that will teach me the fundamentals of like what's going on under the hood

messing around with recipes with a breadmaker
Sweeney's Men who I saw live on Friday and have started listening to their 2nd lp Tracks of Sweeney again which is the more spacious sounding one with some nice intricate guitar etc playing on. Lovely lp, here augmented with some other related tracks.
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso 2 early live sets of whom have turned up on Dime
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/oxford-dictionaries-spelling-challenge where I keep getting upwards of 2/3rds right on the fiendish setting.

XP The structure of a class made it much easier for me to learn java, I highly recommend that if you can take some class somewhere (or online is pretty good for computer-related education). That is, unless you have the self-discipline to work through one of those "Learn Java in 21 Days" type books by yourself. I sure don't!

Oh I've already taken a year of it in college, I just wanna brush up and dig deeper

oh cool!

-benjamin britten
-john tavener
-filling the gaps in my sublime frequencies collection
-warm, clean laundry fresh out of the dryer
-my new wireless printer/scanner/copier that i got off amazon for a steal
-the mussels with linguiça and chickpeas at littlefork in hollywood
-being invited to an old college friend's thanksgiving potluck (i'm bringing collard greens slow-cooked with a turkey leg)

silby: RFI: the best way to learn a programming language

also Viceroy!

GUNS N ROSES

the youtube videos that appear if you enter 'why I hate' into the youtube search box.

true crime nonfiction
rooibos tea
bond james bond
gel eyeliner
cold weather

zany display name

gtfo w/ that zdn

not yet

haha, equally cool and annoying. let's see if this one here works...

eh that's rubbish that is.

bear display name wave at me

awww

early Can

Like I think it's only just now clicking how perfect Monster Movie is but more specifically the reasons and ways in which it is perfect

I am really into not throwing up.

yuzu hot sauce

i dream of wires so far (we're making our way through the "hardcore" edition)
having a facebook renaissance after preferring twitter for a long time
prepping for a house party
ordering groceries online and having them delivered
watching my cat fall asleep on my laptop at night

Waiting for the Death SS reissues I ordered to get here.
This carob mocha iced coffee beverage from Blenders in the Grass.
Watching hummingbirds land on tree branches and hang out.

reading on a kindle
beatles
skynyrd
trying to look cute on purpose
roast chicken
vanilla breakfast tea
rooibos

I could watch hummingbirds for hours. You should put out a hummingbird feeder!

Organ records, wurlitzer, pipe, hammond, roller rink
Finding different foods my daughter likes
Law and Order
Staying cleanly shaved

xp We have one and I'm totally into that, too, but I find it fascinating to see them land and just hang out for a minute!

Bicycle riding every day
Nils Frahm
Beer from a keg in my house
Pulled pork
Planning things to write but not writing

KNITTING
Hearthstone (Blizzard's computer collectible card game)
idly marking time at work as I inch towards transferring to a new role
fretting about asset allocations

Japanese TV
Japanese stationery stores
Japanese convenience stores
Japanese trains
Japanese foods
Japanese ppl
Japan!

omg I forgot JAPANESE TOILETS. I am super into Japanese toilets.

Leon Thomas
pharaoh sanders
Slade's Slayed
Santana III & Caravensarai
David Byrne How Music Works
Flashback! 4
Ugly Things #36 except for a reviewer who thinks a compilation called Kenya Special featuring a dodgy ratio of Kikuyu rather than Luo benga is Nigerian & Ghanaian Afrobeat. Is that what all African music is these days to some people?
Wearing my tie dye jeans. Being able to walk when my knee hasn't swollen.
The interval between coughing & sneezing bouts.
Pratchett/Baxter the Long series which I need to read the rest of.
Hoping to find a new indian waistcoat which i'm about to go and look into.

Maynard G. Krebs...the Dobie Gillis show (I was seriously obsessed with this show as a kid. I'd record the show on my Fisher-Price tape recorder, there was no other way to record a show at the time. Then I'd listen to it in bed, over and over until I fell asleep.)
Pining for good teas...want to order Hari Tea
Being organized, neat and clean
Gingerbread
Plants
Books

vietnamese fruit salad, omg