what are you into right now?

using google street view to do some virtual traveling is totally awesome

researching portland
stripping my life down to a carload
old movies
rockstar biographies

hitting that 2nd bottle of red
Eberhard Weber
FTL
Birdsong
Watching Whitethroats fluttering about on the wetland in my local park, knowing that they will hit the sub-Sahara by winter
Football Season Tickets
Long walks
Gardening

weed
saint pepsi
philly cheesesteaks
gettin sw0le
super smash bros
etc

i'd guess that pplains has virtually explored most countries at this point

I found this the other day on the border of India and Bhutan, and it is beautiful:

http://i.imgur.com/Fx90x4a.jpg

https://goo.gl/maps/Vj9Ar

An absurd, arbitrary border, which forces Bhutanese to use Indian roads to access parts of their country. Basically made by officers of the Raj in 1865, climbing the foothills just far enough to wipe their brows, and putting down cairns. The treaty is to the point:

Whereas in consequence of repeated aggressions of the Bhootan Government and of the refusal of that Government to afford satisfaction for those aggressions, and for their insulting treatment of the officers sent by His Excellency the Governor-General in Council for the purpose of procuring an amicable adjustment of differences existing between the two states, the British Government has been compelled to seize by an armed force the whole of the Doars and certain Hill Posts protecting the passes into Bhootan, and whereas the Bhootan Government has now expressed its regret for past misconduct and a desire for the establishment of friendly relations with the British Government, it is hereby agreed that the whole of the tract known as the Eighteen Doars, bordering on the districts of Rungpoor, Cooch Behar, and Assam, together with the Taloo of Ambaree Fallcottah and the Hill territory on the left bank of the Teesta up to such points as may be laid down by the British Commissioner appointed for the purpose is ceded by the Bhootan Government to the British Government forever.

dope googlemap photo

i am into riding my bike bcz it's making me happy

also into writing about riding my bike on a dorky blog lol

into reading abt bike gadgets & reminding myself i dont need them

Last exit Iron Path sounds great but shame there's no liner notes or incidentally date of initial release that I can find.
Blackfeather At tHe Mountains of Madness. Great early 70s psych/hard rock stuff which got an official remaster on the Aztec label after being delayed by the guitarist vetoing it for a while.
Cold Sun Dark Shadows the World i Sound reissue or actual official issue of something that was only an acetate at the time and had a semilegit release in the interim. Nice droney psychy stuff pretty prescient of postpunk stuff possibly thanks to VU uinfluence.

Wolf Hall finally about 2/3s of the way through it and it is really good writing.
Mr Robot, even if episode 5 had me seriously seeing the Tyler Durden likelihood.
Fringe gone back to season 1 when it was a creepy X files reworking with a hidden subplot. Interesting to watch after having seeen the later serieses. I think i only watched it once before.
Supernatural watching season 2 but somebody's bunged in a lot of Swedish subtitles to a couple of episodes which I could do without.

Not into
Rotten flu still having my headspinning.
Destroying my tv by trying to clean it, which leaves me thinking i could have doen this at any point over the last year and whatever.
Never being able to find warranties or receipts for things despite thinking that I keep them in a central place.
weather thinking its autumn not high summer, which is helping feed my cold. It's raining again right now so just as well I picked up the local paper before it became a soggy mess. Yesterday looked so promisisng too.

that picture is amazing. I rly fell in <3 w/ this Thai couple who watched the truck go by (if you go a step or two backward and forward they follow the truck w/ their gaze)

http://i.imgur.com/5ADNJ6v.jpg

https://goo.gl/maps/qfWxA

An absurd, arbitrary border...

Totally. I was looking down one of the Bhutanese roads that dips down below India and saw this:

http://i.imgur.com/yyUWWB8.png

It gets even more ridiculous in Phuentsholing.

http://i.imgur.com/NoSpYHE.jpg

From left to right: Bhutan, India.

do we have a google maps street view beautiful findings thread?

we definitely should

There is this:

The Art of Google Street View

smoking weed with my girlfriend
econtalk (podcast)
bizet danse bohème

experimenting w/ cold brew! I have my first batch in the fridge now, it's gonna be 1 cup of medium-coarse lightish roast Ethiopian to 4 cups of water, steeped in the fridge for about 16 hours.

cool! never made cold brew before, is a medium-coarse grind the way to go w/ it?

Into:
- Adam Curtis documentaries
- looking forward to moving house and starting a new job
- trap-style hip hop
- selling belongings on eBay for almost the first time

Not into:
- failing my driving test yesterday which f*cks up a lot of plans as I was supposed to have got my licence by the time i move

xp I'm not sure, it's my first time too! I keep reading opposing things that say "You have to have a VERY COARSE grind to prevent bitterness!" and other sites saying "You have to have a FINE grind for maximum surface area and to prevent weak-ass coffee!" so i mean who knows for sure.

Stevie are you in NYC and or up to see caribou tonight and willing to COME to NYC tonight?

Man, I actually seriously would but I am going to see Nicki Minaj (AND TINASHE OMFG OMFG TINASHE MY KWEEN) tonight!!

When I saw Caribou live last year I was faded af and there were so many lights and I realized that it was the closest I would ever come to seeing Underworld or Orbital in the 90's and then he played this insanely deep 14-minute take of "Sun" and I felt like I was flying

so

A+ wd 'bou again

i am into a book of 1964 interviews with unknown art person marcel duchamp + unknown new z band 'THE CLEAN'

xp nice dude, congrats
i saw orbital in the aughts if that counts for anything

- sleeping

just became obsessed with the idea of never checking a bag, not even for internation travel. this has led to an obsession with 'travel clothes' (water repellent basics, jackets with useful pockets, non-wrinkle fabrics, moisture-wicking fabrics etc.) and double-duty cosmetics/skincare.

i'm a chronic over-packer who still manages to always forget some important thing, so i feel like this might be a healthy obsession.

i swear my bag is always one of the last ones out on the carousel. plus i hate lugging it around AND this will limit vacation-shopping abilities (i brought home 15 or 16lbs of nz junkfood last year).

bomboloni
mopping
the tractatus
motherfuckers paying me what they owe me
any and all dips below 70º

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Back to sewing again after a cold/flu driven break.
Half way through a jeans jacket in William Morris Strawberry Thief and a pair of jeans in olive paisley on white.
Ornette Coleman's Beauty is A Rare Thing.
Byrds Turn Turn Turn.
Supernatural, on the 10th series and it's still ok.
Fringe watching season 2, not seen in 5 years or whatever.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. 18th century magic fun.
Mr Robot hacking hallucinatory fun.
Having my tv back after making stupid cleaning mistake, had screen replaced thanks to extra cover. Must buy that in future if buying product.
Thought it was a right off.
Tony Fletcher All Hopped Up and Ready To Go.
Ford Maddox Ford The March of Literature.
Qawal's indian veg takeaway.

Just1n3 have you seen the crazy travel jacket on kickstarter that got funded for like 4939294 billion dollars or so? It had tons of pockets and doodads and novelties

just1n3 i am flying to cleveland to visit my folks on spirit airlines, they are super cheap (roundtrip was $86!!!!! crazy) but i've been warned they are pretty grotesque about charging you for basically any bags larger than a personal bag so i am excited to pack as light as possible, i am going to see if i can just bring a tote bag and keep it super minimal

Here we go: http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/jul/23/baubax-travel-jacket-raises-over-1m-on-kickstarter

i am into

sunshine
late summer mornings
late summer vacations
late summer sunsets
late summer!!!!
shabazz palaces
kendrick lamar
miguel
electric miles
future
young thug
playing records w/ my 3 year old, he is very into our record player right now
gose beers
smoking weed, getting high w/ good friends
burrata cheese
tomato salads w/ burrata cheese

sorry friend the nws just informed me today is the first day of meteorological fall

it was 90 degrees in boston yesterday! 85 today. high is 93 tomorrow. still summer here imo

they got scientist degrees and everything

I totally backed that travel jacket, before I even got into this! I'm getting the hoodie.

Marcos, I've looked at spirit, and they are the devil - I don't think their super cheap flights are worth the stress of flying with them. They're infamous for delays, which is just a fucking nightmare to me.

yea i am little nervous and was hesitant, but

1) i'm flying by myself, not w/ my kids, so that's a relief and i can tolerate higher stress flying w/o them
2) i got an early morning flight on the way there, so hopefully delay less likely
3) i'm a little concerned about the return flight which is at the end of the day and a delay would prob mean flying out the next day, but then my folks could just pick me up and i could stay at their place

$86 was too good to pass up but we'll see how it goes

Yeah I agree, in your situation it's worth the risk.

credit card rewards points and finding ways to amass so many of them (just1n3 let me talk to you all abt them!!!!)
a cute boy who is eerily same-wavelengthy as me and is like SO excited abt me
planning a trip to a theme park next monday w/ said boy to ride all of the roller coasters together
30 Rock (I have seen this show a ton of times but only in passing and have never gone out of my way to watch it, goodness gracious it is wonderful)

STEVIE TAKE YOUR CC POINTS TALK TO ANOTHER THREAD

(moratorium is still mostly in place btw)

into:
not eating carbs
playing tennis on Tuesdays
the first few Ice Cube records
scrabble
saving money (and trying to figure out ways of making more)
keeping cool in the NY summer
so, popsicles

what are some of yr favorite carb-replacement strategies or foods that you rely on to satisfy you the way carbs did?

not dominique, but i've been trying the low carb thing for a couple months, and carbs only satisfy for a short time anyway - fat and protein will fill you up and keep you satiated. i was kinda surprised how easy it's become in general, once you accept you can't have potatoes/bread/pasta/rice every day of the week (which i have always typically thought of as the base of a meal).

it's a great excuse to never cook - i just eat big simple salads with chicken and vinaigrette, maybe with a hardboiled egg or some cheese.

caffeine and uh, nicotine are your basic anti-carbs

have always had coffee in the morning, but these days just eating a lot of salad, chicken, steak on Sundays, almonds. I cook a stir fry with lots of vegetables and whatever meat I want. I never drank soda much, and basically just cutting out stuff like sandwiches, pizza, burritos, etc. It's not like I'm eating NO carbs (still eat fruit, hummus, carrots), but I'm finding there is stuff I like with small amounts.

Jack Reacher novels. All of them.

:D

do you have moments where you're like "please never describe women's clothing again"