what are you into right now?

pretty much all the ymo-related stuff is essential

have a hard time getting into that stuff, but i really like the song unit by logic system (some ymo side project)

clouds sent me that Logic System album many years ago and I stumbled across it maybe 6 months ago and was totally blown away. Essential.

has not happened yet but I think I might be getting into wearing all black

h2t

watch out once u go black u never go back

stevie, you should get into risotto! it's a really relaxing way to cook, imo

too much stirring ime

I was wearing all black at home yesterday on accident

xpost well, yeah, but if you know that going in, you just crack open a book or a bottle of wine or you have a friend over who you can chat to while you stir, it's totally not stressful if you just get into the zen of the repetitive stirring motion

i guess the the internet is kinda a limiting way of understanding people but i would def be surprised knowing stevie wasn't a risotto person. & yeah too much stirring is the point; obviously don't do it if you're in a rush, do it when you just wanna spend all evening in the kitchen while it gets dark outside, be half stirring, once in a while tending to some vegetable that's gonna get involved, listening to both sides of a tape, &c

it's def rainy day cooking

s/o my bacon/mushroom/pepper/goats cheese risotto, absolutely sensational stuff.

Bake that shit n00bs ffs

i've listened to a lot of shit in my dog-eared time and never once has 'riot in lagos' sounded less than inspirationally captivating and totally out on its own. without question one of the best records ever, or indeed evah

the thing about risotto is its chill autumnal reputation is somewhat overstated imo? like it's p attention-intensive and by the time you've tasted it enough to get the rice just à point you're already kinda sated b4 the platings-up. and yeah you can make it earlier but then there's an additional concern of reheating without recooking but still maintaining stirring consistency. shit's an undertaking man

wait bake what now

have had more bad risottos than good ones, i'd have to say, not by my own hand, i don't really eat cheese if i can avoid it.

been doing morning work-outs with kettlebell lately, and eating a proper breakfast as opposed to just a banana. i'm finding myself really buzzing by the time i get into work.

Good Friends, Good Wine, Good Stirring

I want to buy that on a cheap wooden decorative plaque from Kohl's

I have made it before but just not in a v long time. I will look into this at once.

"Riot in Lagos" kind of freaks me out bcz nothing from 1980 should sound like that

yeah but otoh one of the best things about it is it getting picked up on as an electro breakdance party record - the international crossover retrospectively enhances the telecoms-come-to-life vibe

i've been into wearing all-black lately too

I have been getting into ironing and/or starching my shirts

Let me know which of those you have heard and your reaction after hearing the other ones for the first time! I get v excited sharing early electronic music w/ ppl

― Stevie D(eux), Monday, October 28, 2013 8:42 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i don't think i get manuel gottsching. feel like he is maybe kind of proto-minimal techno? like just using technology that doesn't allow him to create that space between the different elements? but idk, every track on e2-e4 has *exactly* the same beat + bassline and it's like a 2-second loop, kind of hard to listen to

-- 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