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June 24th, 2008
09:57 am - pretentious and baffling dream of the now
Dreamt this morning that Dave Eggers' small press printed a book on consumerism that came with an enormous bag of potato chips. The bag was about the size of a bed pillow and was covered with tiny, intricate text closely resembling an early issue of McSweeney's. The chips were herbed cucumber ranch. Since we were in a used bookstore, the bag had (of course?) already been opened. I had a few chips and they were pretty good.
I have decided that what this dream was trying to tell me is that I should try and create Pimm's Cup flavored potato chips. If done correctly I believe they would be quite tasty and sell well in England.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/smile.gif) chipper
Current Music: maetrik - once home
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June 15th, 2008
11:36 pm - birthday drinks
my birthday is this tuesday, june 17. if you're reading this (and live nearby), you should definitely come to zig zag that evening and enjoy some world-class cocktails! i'm probably going to show up at 6:30 and try to tie down a big table, so come around then or whenever after.
Current Mood: mellow
Current Music: croucher + myles - vicious cycle
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May 20th, 2008
12:22 pm - compoundfracturequest 2008
In my ongoing quest to be more like both the xkcd guy and a character from Snow Crash, this morning I acquired a sweet electric skateboard for cheap on the internets. If nothing else I hope to use it at that one particular event in the Nevada desert -- it is so deliciously flat there, and virtually commands a person to do stupid things at speed.
One interesting thing is that all the exkate boards feature regenerative breaking, just like a Prius or whatever. I find the thought of commuting down Capitol Hill to work and arriving with more battery charge than when I left incredibly compelling.
If I had a paid account, the poll on this post would be all like
Full-grown man on an electric skateboard, how dorky?
o Uh hello, awesome
o Basically acceptable
o Pretty dorky
o I'd say more "violently embarrassing" than "dorky"
Current Mood: indifferent
Current Music: Milosh - Then It Happened
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April 17th, 2008
09:04 am - larger demf lineup
as far as i can tell this is not yet the full one. i dare you mutek people to tell me that lineup is better. ;-)
( highlighted for awesomeness and cut for being long and nerdy )
copied from here.
Current Mood: awake
Current Music: The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You
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April 9th, 2008
04:04 pm - put your hands up. for. de. troit.
Festival season has arrived and I have just purchased some plane tickets. Specifically, to and from the city of Detroit on Memorial Day weekend for DEMF. Direct flights too on NWA (the Fuck Tha Police airline, I guess), though one is a redeye.
Looking for a couch in the area or someone to split a hotel room with. Also for recommendations of anything awesome to eat in the city.
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Robin Jacobs & Martex - Good Rock Dancin
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March 3rd, 2008
08:16 pm - Hooray for booze
Took a trip to Seattle's largest package store today. Here is what I found:
- Wild Turkey Rye - Mmm, Manhattans.
- Lucid Absinthe - Real absinthe is now legal in the US. This brand is formulated for our market, which is an iffy proposition, but worth a shot anyway.
- Powers Irish Whiskey - On recommendation from Xen's brother.
- Wray and Nephew Overproof Rum - Half of this is going towards a batch of Falernum and the other half to make Pimento Dram.
- Jacquin's Grenadine Liqueur - I was so happy to see a grenadine made out of actual pomegranates.
For those of you keeping score at home, between the last two of those I will soon have the ingredients for really top-notch tiki drinks. An adventure in drinking (and little paper umbrellas) awaits.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/sad.gif) thirsty
Current Music: Mountain Goats - In the Craters of the Moon
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February 9th, 2008
11:53 am - last minute obama endorsement
(Fair warning: You've heard all of this before. Here's what it sounds like when I say it.)
What this primary is actually about is the baby boomer generation.
We can choose to keep them in power, to have another election between somebody who had chosen the political right, already, during the late 1960s and somebody who was on the left, already, during the late 1960s. Then the country can vote, and the candidates will end up within three popular-vote percentage points of each other, max. The candidate from the left will win (it's sort of a cyclical thing, y'know?), but it will be a tough fight and there will be nothing even approaching a national consensus.
Or, instead, we can run somebody who was in grade school during Vietnam and speaks none of the tedious, played-out litany from either of its divisive sides. Somebody who polls six percent higher than the Republican candidate already, and has the kind of gravity in flyover country to potentially make that much higher. A candidate who, I think, is the only one with a prayer of approaching the consensus that the country craves, that we have not had since 1984 or 1972 before that.
I am tired of the boomer bullshit. It has not been interesting for years, and it has allowed into power (twice over!) the likes of George W. Bush. I am done with it, and I am caucusing for Barack Obama.
... now I'm off to buy cat food and attend a caucus!
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February 7th, 2008
03:31 pm - campaign fever
so who all is going to the obama speech tomorrow at key arena? i know myself and a couple of co-workers are. long lunch hour is loooooong.
Current Mood: interested
Current Music: ladytron @ the drake 20070519
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January 3rd, 2008
12:50 am - weekend funs
On Sunday ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) esmesquall and I went to the Portland Memorial Mausoleum to do this treasure hunt. It's where she and I had our first date (albeit one chaperoned by ouro). Notably, this is my only goth cred of any significance. While we did not nearly complete the puzzle, the maze-like city of the dead was well worth returning to. Got some decent pictures too.
Afterwards, we walked through a huge swath of industrial and residential Southeast. Huge as in more than four miles. It was an awesome walk with a number of interesting sights. Here is an annotated, illustrated map of the route, as taken by chance rather than foresight.
While I didn't have any problem with it at the Halfway House NYE party (which was pure win, btw), my left knee started aching something fierce on Tuesday. Today it was put-me-in-an-MRI excruciating and hobbling to the bus after work about killed me. It's not tender to the touch, so I know I didn't drunkenly wreck it into anything. Also, I was not dancing at all that weekend. wtf. If it's not better in a few days I guess I'll consult with a doctor :-(
Current Mood: yawning
Current Music: feist - my moon my man (boys noize rmx)
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December 28th, 2007
02:29 pm - obligatory
I think there must be a law compelling anybody who gets a macintosh to upload at least one goofy photobooth picture. So here's mine. The theme is "prying open my third eye", let's say.
To round out the nerdiness, I uploaded this using Quicksilver, which is as rad as people say it is.
Current Mood: fine
Current Music: underworld - mmm skyscraper i love you
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December 17th, 2007
04:53 pm - in other news
I now have one of them spiffy qwerty smartphones. Additionally, I now carry the internet on my person. It's pretty neat.
Also, dodgeball and twitter are suddenly relevant to my interests. Haven't made an account on the latter yet, but if you're on the former i might be seeking you out. Are there other mobile apps/sites I should be paying attention to?
Current Mood: futuristic
Current Music: Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothing (remix)
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11:04 am - Believe the hype
Rock Band actually is that much fun. It is more fun than DDR. It is more fun than Halo. It is carved from a solid block of high-test win. (Though, dude, tracks from Hole and Boston? Those bands do not rock even a little tiny bit.)
Also, does anybody else think these games are totally the future of real musical instruction? The drum set in Rock Band is already there -- a designer said in an interview that if you can play a song on them in expert you could pretty much play it on a real trap kit, and I believe it. I could see a title like New Wave Band maybe that includes drums, a couple of keyboards (or even, god help us all, a keytar) and the microphone. I mean, if you could fit all that on the screen, you're pretty much a few sessions from being able to actually play Devo or Soft Cell or whatever. Somebody publish this game and I will buy it plskthx.
Current Mood: awake
Current Music: Britney Spears - Get Back
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December 6th, 2007
10:12 pm - seattle santa schedule
Just got the email this morning. Looks like it will be on Saturday the 15th. Anybody else planning to go? We should coordinate on cab rides and such.
I have an extra suit, though Ms. esmesquall might have dibs on it. Not sure if she'll be in town yet though. I hear you can get them at Walgreens for $15 -- but not the new one on the hill, I checked earlier this week. You probably ought to call around. Redlight is worth a shot too.
( Info pasted behind the cut. )
We're going to the Portland event event as well. It is this Saturday. The sort of hectic looking schedule for it is here. Man, kinda makes me wish I knew more PDX burners ...
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/tired.gif) sleepy
Current Music: Mirah - Mount St. Helens
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November 20th, 2007
11:02 am - foodstuffs
Last night I started the bourbon-ginger infusion for this pie, and not a moment too soon. Added a bit of ouro's recent batch of allspice liqueur as well, which I believe will work actual magic in the recipe.
Mixing up a gravy starter (white wine, garlic, onion, celery salt, and black pepper, pureed) is scheduled for tonight. As for the rosemary gravy, I think this one looks good. With any luck there will be some interesting mushrooms for sale at the coop, and I won't have to go to whole foods.
Still need some ingredients for the turkey brine. Juniper berries especially I have no idea where to get. Again, hopefully the coop will come through. If not, hmm, time to walk around the city and locate the appropriate evergreen?
Tofurkey has been acquired. It is not a large thing; I hope there will be enough. Got some premade cranberry sauce (made from actual fruit at least -- not the loaf-of-goo kind) in case nobody comes through with the real deal. Premade items I still need include biscuits and stuffing mix, and like a gallon of vegetarian stock for various dishes.
BTW y'all, please add yourself to the plzkthxgvng evite if you aren't on it. The more the merrier!
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Robert Plant & Allison Krauss - Rich Woman
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November 10th, 2007
09:29 pm - music and stuff
Man, just about everything worth doing in November is scheduled for tonight. Grr. All Freakin' Night, which I have wanted to go to for a while, starts at midnight in Olympia. Seacompression, the Seattle post-burningman event, is taking place up North. Also, the third installment of Magnetic is going on at the Pacific Science Center by the space needle, and last year's was pretty much the best party I had been to in forever. And I? Am not going to any of these events. Instead, I'm going to go see Kevin Saunderson play at a tiny club downtown. Very excited, despite the clusterfuck of missed awesomeness.
Speaking of parties, Sean and I are throwing a massive Thanksgiving potluck and party on November 24. I will be cooking a brined turkey, a tofurkey, stuffing, garlic creme fraiche mashed potatoes, vegetarian rosemary gravy, turkey gravy, biscuits, and a bourbon pumpkin pie. Sean will be making another turkey, and other delicious foodstuffs TBD. If you live in the area and didn't get the evite, either I don't have your email or I am a spaz -- in either case, the evite is here and open for you to sign on. Please come!
In other news, I've upgraded my studio monitors from the Behringer 2031As to KRK V8s. Got them for a song due to an easy repair needed by one. They sound crisp and fantastic, and most importantly they do not pick up fucking National Public Radio -- I live six blocks from some transmitter towers, and this seems to be a problem common to the Behringer line. If anybody who does not live next to towers needs some monitors, get in contact and we can maybe work something out. They sound really decent modulo the interference.
Found out that a label I've been enjoying lately, Wolf + Lamb releases the samples for some of their music freely online. It's in the "source" column of the list behind that link. Very interesting stuff; it might make a good project to re-create one of the tracks from the samples in order to really get my head around Ableton Live.
Addendum: Not surprisingly, Saunderson tore it right up. Hardly anybody left after last call, and he played another hour, if that gives you any idea. Lots of classics (some remixed), and Good Life still works just as well as it (presumably) did in 1988. Man, now I want to see Juan Atkins again and determine whether he is a boring DJ (unlikely) or if I just didn't enjoy his set because I was a dumbass newbie at the time (which I was).
Current Mood: thirsty
Current Music: from karaoke to stardom - hometown bulkk klubb (dapayk mix)
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October 9th, 2007
10:26 pm
The party in Portland was predictably awesome. I got to cook food for 60 with the help of some friends. Also got to mix a few choice cocktails (along with a couple that turned out badly, grr). Saw some folks who I only get to talk to once a year, which was great but also sad. Instantaneous worldwide personal transport now please kthx.
Whatever horrible disease I picked up at the party is not, however, awesome. Today I fell asleep at work from exhaustion while sitting straight up and typing, not even with my head down or anything. Last night's Trentemoller show was bad too -- I was unable to stand without staggering for most of it, let alone dance. On the upside, I got through Burning Man, Horace Phair, and every other thing I wanted to do this summer without getting sick, so how pissed off can I be about this, right?
Now, sleep.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/sick.gif) sick
Current Music: Trentemoller - Moan (remix)
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September 28th, 2007
01:25 pm - Preserves!
Specifically plum jam, thanks to a co-worker whose neighbor had too many plums. I'd offered to take some figs off his hands for this same purpose earlier but it didn't work out, so he knew I was looking for an excuse to can something.
The mixture 4:3 ratio of ripe plums to organic sugar, by weight. It was kind of amazing how the mixture turned from light to dark in a matter of seconds once it reached a boil. Like magic. Then a minute or two later all of the foam off the top integrated too, and it was ready to ladle into the jars. The closed jars were processed in regular boiling water (uh, because my pressure cooker does not have a gauge, wtf) for twenty minutes. Yield was 11 half-pint jars from maybe three or four pounds of fruit. Consistency is something like apple butter, and taste is freakin' delicious.
I'm sending a few jars to old friends to whom I owe favors. Probably one to my mom as well, at esmesquall's excellent suggestion. The rest are earmarked for various upcoming parties, both Columbus Day and the upcoming Thanksgiving Bash (watch this space for more information on that, by the way). Being grandma is awesome.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/blah.gif) listless
Current Music: Marc Houle - Techno Vocals
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September 17th, 2007
12:32 pm - Hell of busy week
The agenda copied from my calendar:
Monday Sep 17, 2007 19:00 The pornography of the bicycle - CHAC
Wednesday Sep 19, 2007 19:30 Dorkbot Seattle - 911 Media Arts Center
Thursday Sep 20, 2007 22:00 DB07: Diplo, Switch, Simian Mobile Disco - Neumo's
Friday Sep 21, 2007 22:00 DB07: Motor, Derek Plaslaiko, Wolf + Lamb - Neumo's
Saturday Sep 22, 2007 22:00 DB07: Speedy J, 3 Channels, Jeff Samuel - Neumo's
No idea what I am going to do about those last three. I mean, I could only party two days in a row max at age 20, ferchristsake. And yet, no way in hell I am missing any of those shows. The last two are guaranteed to have bangin' afterparties as well.
Current Mood: determined
Current Music: Rihanna - Umbrella (Vandalism Mix)
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September 14th, 2007
01:14 pm - I did not game the careercruising site
... just to get the #1 result below. Promise.
1. Explosives Specialist
2. Optical / Ophthalmic Lab Technician
3. Electronics Engineering Tech
4. Electrical Engineering Tech
5. Electrician
6. Dental Lab Tech
7. Sign Maker
8. Plumber
9. Computer Programmer
10. Multimedia Developer
But dude, yes, I would happily blow stuff up for cash. Sign me up today. Grinding lenses in an ophthalmic laboratory though? Not so much. Nor making dentures at a dental lab either. The heck.
Current Mood: bored
Current Music: Someone Else & Miskate - Yeah Right
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September 7th, 2007
11:58 am
I finally ordered a seasonal affective lamp. I would really, really like for this winter to go better than the last one. I've never been much of a summer person, but after feeling like diving under a train for six months last winter, I can at least see their perspective.
Also, I found a full bottle of patchouli oil in the up for grabs room of my apartment building yesterday. I think I want to take it to a sporting goods store and make all the gun safes smell like a hippie slept in them.
Speaking of, Burning Man was fun, really super awesome fun. Camped with and got to know several bright, interesting people. Saw completely novel, brilliant things every day. Drank single malt and smoked cigars. Almost nothing sucked this year, which is a marked contrast to last year where I spent a lot of time uncomfortable and out-of-sorts. Epic win.
Current Mood: content
Current Music: Rex The Dog - Every Day
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