Relaxed

Today was a good day. I hung out at home most of the day and watched a bunch of Angelic Layer with Chris. One thing I love doing with friends is watching a movie or listening to a CD online, where we’ll both queue it up to start at the same time. Then we’ll talk about it while other people are around and confuse them.

This afternoon I got my third roll of lomo pics developed. I think they came out okay. I’m going to scan in a few of them in next week. I also poked my nose into Tokyo Kid and they had the latest Cardcaptor Sakura in a few days early. They rule!

Tonight is a night for some spinning and resting up for partying tomorrow night.

Unexpected benefits of technology

Okay. I’ll admit it. Part of the initial urge to get the Audiotron was a need for more toys. I’m starting to wonder if there wasn’t a deeper urge there for more music in my life. Music and reading were always two things have always been very important in my life. But for quite a while they’ve both taken a bit of a backburner to the computer. More and more though I find myself closing the laptop and curling up to read. And as I’ve been re-ripping all my CDs I’ve been rediscovering all my music.

On that note. Kate Bush rules. I just listened to The Kick Inside for the first time in probably years and remembered once again what a good album it is. Now time for some This Mortal Coil.

WWKND

Yay! New WWNKD strips are up! It’s been a while since I’d looked. I think I missed one or two.

QOTD

Fran Lebowitz. “Life is something that happens when you can’t get to sleep.”

[Quotes of the Day]

Friday Five

1. What makes you homesick? When I lived in San Diego I would get homesick during the winter months. I didn’t mind that it was in the 80s on December 24th, but it just made me realize how much I missed home. After 6 years I was homesick enough to move back to New England.

2. Where is “home” for you? Is it where you are living now, or somewhere else (ie: Mom& Dad’s house, particular state/city)>? Oh my. I’ve had a few places I’ve considered home over the years. My parent’s house in CT, NMH (where I went to high school) in MA, Pittsburgh (where I went to college), San Diego, and now Boston. Every place I’ve been has become home after a while (see next question :))

3. What makes it home for you? People? Things? Familiarity. Being comfortable with a place. The people I meet in a new place are very much a part of that. My friends are quite important to me.

4. Where is the furthest you’ve been from home, miles-wise? 3280 miles (5279 km). Boston to London. And I can’t wait to do it again.

5. What are you doing this weekend? A friend of mine is having a party on Saturday night that I’ll be spinning at. The rest of the weekend will be resting up or recovering from that :).

[– Questions provided by The Friday Five –]

M&Ms

You too can help pick the newest M&M color. I voted for purple because I think the other colors just don’t fit as well.

Mahoromatic

Way back in December, over on Megatokyo, Piro mentioned a series called Mahoromatic. I’d been hunting around for fansubs of it for a while and finally noticed them showing up on Kazaa. I’d been working on downloading copies of it and finally got the first episode. It’s quite cute on first glance, but it was interesting enough to want to watch a few more episodes.

This may take a while…

I’m re-ripping all my CDs to mp3 and it is just taking too long. I’m up to Depeche Mode.

Also, speaking of mp3s, I had the audiotron on shuffleplay over last night and when I woke up in the middle of the night Sifl & Olly were talking to chester. It was most odd.

SCORPIO (Oct 23-Nov 21) – Week of March 7, 2002

“Man in his present state has as much desire to urinate as he has to make vows to Artemis,” says writer Edward Dahlberg. In other words, most modern humans have no relationship with wild female deities, nor would they ever conceive of a reason why that might be fun or sincere or inspiring. But my reading of the current cosmic omens leads me to suggest that you contradict Dahlberg, Scorpio. Artemis is not dead, I swear to you; she is not just a figment of the archaic Greek mind. She is a living archetype of fiercely nurturing female energy. Goddess of the ever-changing moon, strong protectress of the undomesticated soul, she gives sanctuary to all who prize liberated fertility. I dare you to make a vow to her.

<– Courtesy of Free Will Astrology –>

Health Gripe

So last night was the 5th anniversary of Wednesday nights at the Phoenix Landing.  This was the very first weekly I went to when I moved to Boston.  I think I actually went to it within days of first getting into town.  Over the years I’ve seen some great DJs play there, and even had the honor to spin there once myself.

Unfortunately, the Landing is one of the smokiest places on Earth.  I don’t think I’ve ever been in a bar that is so smokey.  Even when I wasn’t having health problems it was bad in there.  It’s like they don’t have any ventialltion at all.  So last night, on the night I would have loved to have gone out.  I couldn’t.

This is the stuff that I’m still having a hard time coming to terms with.  Even when I do get a new lung I most probably won’t be able to go out to places that smokey.  When I lived in San Diego I got really used to smoke-free places.  I wish there were more of them around.