Zombie Consumer Day: my one year in DC
Have I really been in Washington D.C. for a year now?! How has it been so long since I've returned from Australia?! Have I really been back in the U.S. this long?! It kind of makes me want to cry; I really want to leave the country again! My finances say otherwise for the time but it will happen again; I will make it happen again!
All I have to do today is a yoga class - my first in a month - but I'm not sure if I'm up to it (yet again). This time I have a nasty bruise on my shin from a literal run in with my bed corner. I'm still limping a bit. I wonder if yet again I'll have to cancel? I've got an hour to decide.
Philly is happening this weekend. I get to go to Kabuki STOMP where D.J. Sisen from Tokyo is spinning which I'm looking forward to. A couple of my friends are DJs so I get to tag along.
Had a decent Tofurkey day, except without both turkey and tofurkey. I ended up at an early dinner (late lunch?) at a rather posh restaurant with my coworker and her mother having pumpkin, crab, and truffle oil soup and cheese + spinach stuffed trout and chocolate lava. Well, not exactly Thanksgiving-like but it got me out of the house and I got to eat good food so I am not displeased. I spent the rest of the evening vegging out on the couch with my Aussie housemate and my newest housemate. He decided that we needed to get late-night Chinese food (he spent 30 minutes trying to find a restaurant that is open and delivered at 10pm at night because he was really craving it!) and then proceeded to snack on that and chocolate and wine. It was actually a better night than I thought it'd be. I'm generally liking my housemates now so that's good. One of them is actually coming to the Tori Amos concert that I've got tickets to in early December.
And now a meme yanked from promiseoftin:
Pick your current favorite 5 bands, before reading the questions below.
VNV Nation
X Japan
hide
Tori Amos
Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls, Evelyn Evelyn, solo work)
What was the first song you ever heard by 1?
"Chrome" - VNV Nation. Yeah, I didn't get into VNV until I was dating Naga Mii and Matter + Form had just come out.
What is your favourite song of 5?
Oh man, HARD. I'd say either "Runs In the Family" - Amanda Palmer or "Girl Anachronism" - Dresden Dolls.
What are your favourite lyrics of 5?
...If it were any colder I could disengage
If I were any older I could act my age
But I don't think that you'd believe me
It's
Not
The
Way
I'm
Meant
To
Be
It's just the way the operation made me
- Girl Anachronism
How many times have you seen 4 live?
eight times with a ninth coming up in December. I've liked Tori Amos for some time now.
What is your favourite song by 2?
"Kurenai" - X Japan
Is there any song by 3 that makes you sad?
"Goodbye" - hide. I freak out and HAVE TO turn it off. I still cannot listen to that song without tearing up and wanting to cry. Rest In Peace hideto Matsumoto. You will not be forgotten.
What is your favourite song by 1?
"Further" - VNV Nation or "Honour" - VNV Nation
When did you first get into 2?
1998. X Japan. Worst year to get into that bad. We miss you hide!
How did you get into 3?
Through X Japan. hide did some fantastic solo work after X Japan broke up in 1996.
What is your favourite song by 4?
"1000 Oceans" - Tori Amos
Is there a song by 2 that makes you sad?
"Forever Love" - X Japan. They sang this at hide's funeral.
What is your favourite song of 3?
"ever free", "Pink Spider" - hide
Right, off to curl up with a book for now, me thinks.
All I have to do today is a yoga class - my first in a month - but I'm not sure if I'm up to it (yet again). This time I have a nasty bruise on my shin from a literal run in with my bed corner. I'm still limping a bit. I wonder if yet again I'll have to cancel? I've got an hour to decide.
Philly is happening this weekend. I get to go to Kabuki STOMP where D.J. Sisen from Tokyo is spinning which I'm looking forward to. A couple of my friends are DJs so I get to tag along.
Had a decent Tofurkey day, except without both turkey and tofurkey. I ended up at an early dinner (late lunch?) at a rather posh restaurant with my coworker and her mother having pumpkin, crab, and truffle oil soup and cheese + spinach stuffed trout and chocolate lava. Well, not exactly Thanksgiving-like but it got me out of the house and I got to eat good food so I am not displeased. I spent the rest of the evening vegging out on the couch with my Aussie housemate and my newest housemate. He decided that we needed to get late-night Chinese food (he spent 30 minutes trying to find a restaurant that is open and delivered at 10pm at night because he was really craving it!) and then proceeded to snack on that and chocolate and wine. It was actually a better night than I thought it'd be. I'm generally liking my housemates now so that's good. One of them is actually coming to the Tori Amos concert that I've got tickets to in early December.
And now a meme yanked from promiseoftin:
Pick your current favorite 5 bands, before reading the questions below.
VNV Nation
X Japan
hide
Tori Amos
Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls, Evelyn Evelyn, solo work)
What was the first song you ever heard by 1?
"Chrome" - VNV Nation. Yeah, I didn't get into VNV until I was dating Naga Mii and Matter + Form had just come out.
What is your favourite song of 5?
Oh man, HARD. I'd say either "Runs In the Family" - Amanda Palmer or "Girl Anachronism" - Dresden Dolls.
What are your favourite lyrics of 5?
...If it were any colder I could disengage
If I were any older I could act my age
But I don't think that you'd believe me
It's
Not
The
Way
I'm
Meant
To
Be
It's just the way the operation made me
- Girl Anachronism
How many times have you seen 4 live?
eight times with a ninth coming up in December. I've liked Tori Amos for some time now.
What is your favourite song by 2?
"Kurenai" - X Japan
Is there any song by 3 that makes you sad?
"Goodbye" - hide. I freak out and HAVE TO turn it off. I still cannot listen to that song without tearing up and wanting to cry. Rest In Peace hideto Matsumoto. You will not be forgotten.
What is your favourite song by 1?
"Further" - VNV Nation or "Honour" - VNV Nation
When did you first get into 2?
1998. X Japan. Worst year to get into that bad. We miss you hide!
How did you get into 3?
Through X Japan. hide did some fantastic solo work after X Japan broke up in 1996.
What is your favourite song by 4?
"1000 Oceans" - Tori Amos
Is there a song by 2 that makes you sad?
"Forever Love" - X Japan. They sang this at hide's funeral.
What is your favourite song of 3?
"ever free", "Pink Spider" - hide
Right, off to curl up with a book for now, me thinks.