The other day, I bought Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo on DVD, because why the fuck not? Actually, I tried to buy it, for $14 even, but Amazon.com was like, "So, I know we said that was $14, but just between the two of us, we like you, so we're going to apply this mystery $14 credit, making your total purchase.... $0!" Sometimes having Amazon Prime feels like I've got a rapport with them, like they're the bartender I've been tipping really well and gotten familiar with.
Last weekend, Shal and I went camping with GarageDelFuego and his wonderful fiancee, and, as Shal so eloquently put it, we stood on top of a mountain and watched rain fall on the fog-shrouded Channel Islands. We also saw some shooting stars (which was the impetus for the trip, it being a perfect viewing night for a double meteor shower). It was pretty awesome.
A week from now, I'll be getting ready to go to San Francisco for a Wordpress conference, and it'll be good to see some of my favorite bay area residents.
It's worth noting that the lack of blogs between this one and the last is partly due to feeling like I should write an entry about our honeymoon transcontinental road trip of awesomeness, and never quite getting around to it. I may still do that, chronological order be damned!
bean!
Last weekend, Shal and I went camping with GarageDelFuego and his wonderful fiancee, and, as Shal so eloquently put it, we stood on top of a mountain and watched rain fall on the fog-shrouded Channel Islands. We also saw some shooting stars (which was the impetus for the trip, it being a perfect viewing night for a double meteor shower). It was pretty awesome.
A week from now, I'll be getting ready to go to San Francisco for a Wordpress conference, and it'll be good to see some of my favorite bay area residents.
It's worth noting that the lack of blogs between this one and the last is partly due to feeling like I should write an entry about our honeymoon transcontinental road trip of awesomeness, and never quite getting around to it. I may still do that, chronological order be damned!
bean!
I like trance.
There, I said it. I feel better now.
Seriously, I've always liked trance, as long as it's been called trance, and as much as it's changed over the years, I still like it. And I find it odd that even at this stage in my life I'm apprehensive about people trying to define me by the music I listen to. So I'm done turning off last.fm when I listen to trance.
It's not the only thing I listen to (hell, it's not even the only electronic music I listen to), but nothing makes me feel like dancing as much as trance does, and even though I don't dance anywhere near as much as I used to, I still enjoy feeling like dancing sometimes. It's just that electronic music snobs are some of the most aggressively elitist assholes in the music world, and the disdain for trance is unbelievable.
That's not to say there isn't a wide range of good and bad trance out there. But hating on trance as a genre is like hating on hip hop as a genre. It just doesn't make any goddamn sense unless you're unreasonably generalizing.
bean!
There, I said it. I feel better now.
Seriously, I've always liked trance, as long as it's been called trance, and as much as it's changed over the years, I still like it. And I find it odd that even at this stage in my life I'm apprehensive about people trying to define me by the music I listen to. So I'm done turning off last.fm when I listen to trance.
It's not the only thing I listen to (hell, it's not even the only electronic music I listen to), but nothing makes me feel like dancing as much as trance does, and even though I don't dance anywhere near as much as I used to, I still enjoy feeling like dancing sometimes. It's just that electronic music snobs are some of the most aggressively elitist assholes in the music world, and the disdain for trance is unbelievable.
That's not to say there isn't a wide range of good and bad trance out there. But hating on trance as a genre is like hating on hip hop as a genre. It just doesn't make any goddamn sense unless you're unreasonably generalizing.
bean!
If you've come to wish me a happy birthday, thank you. 
I have a favor to ask: instead of (or in addition to) the normal message, though, I'd love it if you would post a video from youtube in your comment. It should be interesting or entertaining, and should not include the following: cute animals, japanese game shows, anything with a laugh track. In fact, if the first word you would use to describe it would be "cute" or "funny," find something else.
Thanks!
I'm looking forward to seeing my friends soon. I don't see any of you often enough.
bean!
I have a favor to ask: instead of (or in addition to) the normal message, though, I'd love it if you would post a video from youtube in your comment. It should be interesting or entertaining, and should not include the following: cute animals, japanese game shows, anything with a laugh track. In fact, if the first word you would use to describe it would be "cute" or "funny," find something else.
Thanks!
I'm looking forward to seeing my friends soon. I don't see any of you often enough.
bean!
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