Is she offering?

I want a confetti canon

(thanks to NESF for the find)

I'm just a wee lad

Old People are Great

Kid Cudi / Kanye West Reviews

So instead of doing what everyone else seems to be doing, talking about snOMG, I'm gonna talk about music.

During the packing I got discourage and decided that some new music was needed to motivate me. So I cruised down to Sonic Boom and picked up the new Kid Cudi album "Man on the Moon Part 2: The Legend of Mr Rager." Solid album. It's much darker than his debut release, like any good second installment in a trilogy is. The beats are solid and Cudi's flows are spot on. The addition of Mary J Blige on a couple of tracks came out really well as did the track with Cee-Lo, but Kid Cudi seems to be his best when left alone. Highlights on the album include "Mr Rager", "REVOFEV" and "These Worries". I'm going to give this one an 8.7

Yesterday I got to work and started reading some reviews of Kanye West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" and all I could think was, can it really be that good? I mean Pitchfork gave it a perfect 10, the first time for a new release since Kid A. (CORRECTION: Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was the most recent to receive a 10.0) Could Kanye really put out an album to rival Radiohead? Well the answer is no, however that being said it's still a really good album. The first time I listened to it I didn't get the full picture of what was going on. It took listening to it during my snow commute last night to get the total impact. The sound that he's created is dense to say the least, but not in a bad way. Really the only down side is that some of the tracks seem to go on a minute or two too long which makes it a bit redundant at times. I was very pleased to hear some good Kanye again. He hasn't really done anything worthwhile since Late Registration and I was hopeful that he'd come out with something solid and I wasn't disappointed. Highlights on the album include "Power", "Blame Game" and "All of the Lights" (I love anything with Rihanna). Gonna have to up my original rating from 8.9 to 9.4

Moving on down

So I guess I should mention that I'm moving. This weekend actually. I haven't mentioned it before because there was sort of delicate situation involved. However it's all out in the open now. The new spot is kind of a 180 from where I was. Instead of the quiet residential streets of Ballard I'm going to be mobbin' the nitty gritty streets of SODO.

There are numerous reasons for the change. First and foremost THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH!!! I'm going to be cutting my living expenses by more than half. Yeah I won't have as much personal space like in my apartment, but in the end it wasn't worth the cost. I'm also going to have a set of room mates again. I'm kind of looking forward to that actually. The last room mate scene had a sour ending but all in all I miss living with people. It's nice to have someone real to talk to when you get home, not just text on a screen.

There are a couple of other major selling points. The place has a full recording studio so I'll be able to start working on some recording. I just have to learn how to use the equipment and then it's on. Hopefully it won't be too long after the move that I'll have something to post for you all. I did mention I'm starting a hip-hop project right? Either way, I am. There's also ample space to start brewing again. I'll have to purchase everything again, but it would be nice to get back to the fermenting. I miss the smell of yeast and hops.

So if you ever find yourself down near "Slander" (that'd be Sixth and Lander) hit me up and we'll do it proper. And by proper I mean we'll bust out the burn barrel and start a nice little fire by the tracks while we drink malt liquor and cook cans of chili over an open flame. Ha, I'm just messin' with y'all...or am I?

"But mommy I want it!"

I really want to eat Thanksgiving dinner right now. Actually I wanted it yesterday and I didn't get it. I don't think I'll get it today either. I guess that just means it will be that much better when the time comes. My sister also makes a great turkey dinner spread, this isn't hers, but next time around I'll be sure to have a picture of it.

I don't much care for yams though. You hear that sister, NO YAMS!!!! Well I'm not going to deny anyone else yams, but you can replace mine with more stuffing and green bean casserole....mmmmm casserole *drool*.

I'll do something nice for the first person to correctly identify the origin of this blog title. Hit it up in the comments.

"Raisin' up outta this gangsta shit"

I was riding the 7 downtown last night and overheard a conversation between two younger men. One was probably about 15 years old and the other couldn't have been more than 20. They were going back and forth about mutual acquaintances, who had a baby, who was in jail, etc, before the older guy asked, "You still going to class." The younger boy mumbled, "yeah kinda." This opened the flood gates. The older guy started laying it down with things like, "The only way you're raisin' up outta this gangsta shit is with an education", "Stay in class, you best believe that", "my mama told me and I'm'a keep telling you - school is where its at", and "All those fools who wanna be bangers you know where they end up? Dead or in jail. Is that what you want? Not me." After the younger guy got off the bus I decided to talk to this guy a little. Turns out he's a sophomore at the University of Washington. You'd never have guessed from his attire and demeanor. He was wearing pants that covered his knees not his ass and a giant puffy coat. He told me about how he was majoring in political science, "learning all that gov'ment shit" and how next quarter he was going to take his first international studies course. In the end he hopes to run for public office and start making a difference for all the people he grew up with, not just the kid from earlier. It wasn't until I got off of the bus that I realized I'd never even asked him his name. So to whoever you are, keep on doing what you're doing. It's people like you that will make our future better than our past.

"I'm not a witch, I'm a potato eater"

Strange news from the other side of the planet

I was in contact with the ever elusive Pangford today. Here's a transcript of the conversation. I hope that you all find it as entertaining as I did:

< Desomniac >

< Pangford >

I want to tell my story caught on the beach but I've now built so much pressure that I feel I have to call out the combination of both the Welsh and Scottish guy in the office to direct a story half way to Ireland in the old stone coble pub with wise man fisherman style telling

what to do ! shit

this weekend I was able to view the same women cuter off all her hair, shove it in her mouth clasp her hands to the sky and submerge herself in seran wrap

LOL LOL what the fuck are you talking about!?!?!??!

after that I saw her stuff a bottle of baby powder in her mouth, blow it out and engulf herself in 100 % pure honey

I'm not shitting you

wow

do you have pictures?

well the hair cutting wrapping part was recently video taped of her inside a mall but infront of the full wall projection she continued with the battle among herself and her stalkings, the baby powder mouth feeder, and the honey

she is this interesting 40year old french artist I met this weekend

and she related the cutting of her hair to the remembrance of post world war 2

when her father told her the story of how in their home town the locals gathered all the known prostitutes and french women who were believed to have slept with german soldiers

then in the town center they cut off their hair

I though it was relating to a similar belief my hindi friend told me about entering a temple and offering your most beautiful natural possession and I asked her and she told me and she then gave me a jar of honey

good day sir, I must leave for work

did you rub it all over yourself?

do i get you for christmas?

i hope hope hope so

My buddy does and I will get them for you

pictures i'm referring to

sweet "sow" pork

with half bowl of rice

"flied lice you plick"

bye bye

later

Start over - again

I'm sure I've blogged this before, but it seems fitting right now.

SCIENCE!!!

About to head out for the Life Science Research Weekend at the Pacific Science Center. Hopefully it's good. YAY SCIENCE!!!! I'll post some pics when I get back. Oh yeah, I also have to do a post about last weekend. Maybe I'll do that at some point too.

Since I can't vote in person any more (which really pisses me off) this digital sticker will have to do. 

I remember

Tomorrow is election day. I hope that you all remember to vote. Watch this clip first and it might also help you remember a couple of other things.