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Chicago

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:31:35 -0400

I’m in Chicago now. My legs are jello. I bought a big winter jacket and white shoes.

Music I've been enjoying:

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:26:54 -0400

Ellen Allien.

Berlinette is the first album that comes to mind. A perfect mix of minimal techno/house with her amazing vocals laid over. Alles Sehen is what I consider the standout track, remember put on some headphones.

Orchestra of Bubbles is the album to check out after that. Her collaboration with German IDM/Glitch artist Apparat is seriously the equivalent of eating candy with your ears.

Definitely one of my favorites so far this year, the Lindstrøm album Where You Go I Go Too Is a three song long EP filled with so much micro-house layering you can hardly handle it. Pair this with your favorite mind-altering substance and a good pair of headphones and you’ll be set for 55.1 minutes.

Here’s a Prins Thomas edit of one of the tracks.

Watching the Olympics

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:11:00 -0400

“Aah!”

“Ooh!”

“Wow” - A long with some clapping

“She doesn’t look sixteen”.

Ok, really though.

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:10:00 -0400

The list of things I have to do is long. Or at least feels that way. I’ll type it out here to constantly remind myself of what I’m ignoring.

- Get a haircuit.

- Sell my car, or at least stick a for sale sign on it (I’ll miss my Saturn)

- Buy a winter jacket/ Clothing in general

- Make sure I’m caught up with shots

- Purchase furnishings for my apartment-dorm.

- Finish grad party thank you cards (this shit is way passed due)

Most of these tasks can be completed within a day. Though the reason I haven’t done that can be attributed to my 10 - 6pm job I work 5 days a week. Lord knows on my days off I want to enjoy them.

Thankfully, I finish my job for the summer this coming Thursday. That gives me just about a week to complete all of these tasks. (With the exception of sell the car, that can be completed when I’m gone. I just would like to see the $$$ from it.)

Alright, I’m going to run downstairs for an iced chai smoothie.

Counting down the days

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:44:00 -0400

11 days from today I’ll be moving to Chicago.

In the mean time, I start things like this to distract myself from doing anything productive with my time.