what are you into right now?

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

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!