Discovered through those crazy Rosales peeps.

Next week, I’ll be visiting New York for a few days to relax, work, and think about my life all at the same time. Then, in September after my job ends, I plan to spend some time in my beloved Frey Canyon in Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico to further consider my life.

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In October, I will be leaving Austin to move back to NYC where I will be looking for work and considering my future even further.

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Throughout all of this, I hope to begin to take more black and white photos like the one above because i miss it. Here are a couple other oldies but goodies from my time in New Mexico.

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.

Bumped into this at random today and reminded me of my love for this movie. I couldn’t find a higher quality video, but its the dialog / monologue that counts.

This would have been in the opening montage of scenes from Jessica’s dating experiences.

That’s right. Favorite EVER.

From “Kissing Jessica Stein”.

BIG BANG BIG BOOM – the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Discovered here.

Just a quick sample of photos I’ve recently taken with my brand new iPhone 4.

Oh, and, no, I’m not having any weird reception issues if I hold it a certain way. Its been working perfectly.

Hayaku: A Time Lapse Journey Through Japan from Brad Kremer on Vimeo.

Memories of Japan flood back when viewing this… and they got shots of the alley of good food I had mentioned back in April of 2008.

You can learn more about the video here.

“Bestselling author, political adviser and social and ethical prophet Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development and our society.”

Last night, I put the tires, cables, and chain onto Pacer and rode it to work this morning to work. In my short 1.5 mile commute I noticed that the shifting could be smoother and that I really should get some road tires.

To fix the shifting issue, I’ll go ahead and clean the chain with Rock and Roll to see if it gets any better. I’m using an old Ultegra 6500 in the rear so, maybe its just old? I’ve used older XT stuff before, from around the same era as 6500 and its smooth as butter. I’m hoping its just the weird chain goo making it jerky.

I’m currently using some bulletproof commute tires I had laying about, so, they are pretty beefy and much heavier that I would prefer. I might get some Continental Gatorskins or some Bontrager Race-Lites. Heavier tires, yes, but not as heavy as the ones I’m currently running, and, well, I hate getting flats.

A little time on youTube can reveal such joy.