Being that I live, work, and play in my headphones (Sony MDR-V6 at work, V-Moda Remix on the street, Audio Technica ATH-M50 at home) I’m on the lookout for new music for various occasions at all times.

Recently, I’ve discoverd via hungryhearted a wealth of digital mixtapes.

flux-rad.com‘s “

My absolute recent favorite that I can’t stop listening to is flux-rad.com‘s “Academy of Altered Lovers”

My other other absolute favorite (in a whole other way, donchano) is sæglópur’s Icelandic Mixtape.

If those pique your interest, check out Mixtape Madness for more music and Hungryhearted to make your day a little sunnier.

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Things to do today:

1. do laundry
2. pack

Alternative things to do today:

1. meet Ben after work for lunch
2. ride bike in search of free shows
3. do laundry
4. pack

Things done today:

1. met Ben after work
2. Got call to hang out
3. saw bands (including old friend Tiffany Shea)
4. got dinner
5. got ready for bed
6. wrote blog entry

i’ve actually been enjoying SXSW this year. Sure i hit a drunk guy on my bike who then hit on me (“Hey, baby, i’m a little drunk”), yelled at other people who didn’t seem to realize that i was screaming at them when i said “to your left” “excuse me” and “can you move” while trailing behind them at 2 mph, and almost rammed a girl getting out of the passenger side of a car that was stopped at a red light, but i’ve been having a good time trying to see a couple free shows, “people watching”, and riding my bike through austin in such pretty weather.

i saw a fort worth band called the flaming hotels play at doc’s yesterday on South Congress and was very impressed, although i was disappointed that the fort worth band i came to see, Black Tie Dynasty, had played two hours earlier.  Tiffany Shea’s music is as good as always.  I am really impressed with her new music and look forward to hearing what else is to come.  Susanna Choffel’s voice drove me and my friends crazy and is tempting me into purchasing a CD.

The other day, at the beginning of SXSW, some foreign tourists asked me to take a picture with them because i am “so stylish”. I was in my uniform for work. Overall, the SXSW-ers have been super nice compared to last year’s crowd.

Overall, what i need to do is:

1. do laundry
2. pack
3. work
4. drive to fort worth
5. go to japan

but i keep thinking i’m missing something. why haven’t i been keeping track of all the little things i think of bringing throughout the day? am i really remembering everything? will something prevent me from leaving the country of which i am currently unaware? am i under-packing? am i over-packing?

will i ever remember when to capitalize my words without the help of MS Word or some other word processor?

tomorrow is my last day off before leaving for japan… and i hope i get to everything that i have been putting off to watch live music.

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10.15.07

“growl”

my dog, ravine, is asleep below my chair. her back legs are twitching and her eyes are moving while closed. she yelped a bit a moment ago, and i wonder, what is she experiencing right now in her sleep? is she processing the day’s events like i do when i’m dreaming? is she thinking about the cat that scratched her face this morning? she’s awake and stretching now, like i wake when i have bad dreams.

i woke up this morning around 7 am to the sound of a guitar string settling on the guitar that hangs from the wall by my bed. it seemed a bit too warm, but the temperature read 76, so i figured the humidity causing the guitar’s shape to shift.

10.16.7

i’m sick, wah, so i’m at ben’s house taking it easy. i just put on the ryan adam’s heartbreaker vinyl… i should pick this up tonight from vinyl happy hour at waterloo… i love this record, one would think i should already own it.

last night, at the height of my fever, i decided i wanted to go snowboarding before i die. i’ve barely spent much time in the snow at all, really, just one winter trek in new mexico and another in yosemite. it doesn’t snow here any significant amount, which is why my dad moved to texas after his childhood in st. louis.

10.17.07

tuesdays night vinyl happy hour at waterloo records is becoming a staple to my austin diet. i’m currently listening to rogue wave’s new record “asleep at heaven’s gate” and am loving it. as long as my old technics turntable keeps on ticking, i’ll be frequenting the local records stores for the new releases. backspin records is right down the street from my house, but its moving to a new location on the east side. i’m glad that those guys are able to grow into a lager space, but i’m sad that i won’t be able to walk down the hill and search through their records when i’m in the mood. i picked up pinback’s new record last night as well, and i’m quite pleased with it. i’ve not given it as much airplay as the rogue wave album because it better fits my mood.

i’m feeling much better now. i’ve been resting and trying to drink a lot of liquids, but i get so ansy when i’m sick. i keep wanting to get out on my bike or take on projects around the house when i’m really still very exhausted. i work tomorrow, though, so that will get me out of the house. for the first time in my life, i don’t have health insurance.  i suppose this is what i get for quitting my fancy full-time adult job to work at a coffee shop. i would go to the doctor, but i don’t think i feel like spending that much money to find out that i need to take a decongestant. if it doesn’t go away after a while to taking care of myself, then i suppose i’ll consider my options, but until then, i’m just going to pamper the hell out of myself and not be too active until i feel my energy come back to normal level.

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