It has been too long friends of mine. Many obstacles came between me and the music, but in the end, that's always what it comes back to:

( Man Comes on the Radio )

YES!
YES!!!
YES!!!!!!!!Ahem ( Read more... )

It has been a decidedly mixed day ( Read more... )

Tonight was one of those nights where I had to just stop and think to myself, "Has enough happened this weekend to warrant a post?" After a moment's pause, I realized, yes indeed ( Read more... )

No music tonight- good deal of rigmarole has prevented me from getting through enough stuff to make a proper post, but still got a plenty of things to say ( Read more... )

Today my grandfather gave me some money for the first time in a while- in Iran there's a concept that goes by the name of taroff. The basic idea is that you offer to do something for someone even if you know they'll turn you down. It is decidedly more difficult to discern when my grandparents are taroffing me, as they are, well, grandparents. I ( Read more... )

...I'm trying to remember if anything noteworthy happened on Wednesday, but between my usual pick up and drop-off of my grandparents and TV, I am mostly drawing a blank. This is perhaps emblematic of how repetitive and bland my days have become of late... which, in a way, makes it feel like this journal is all the more important- so I have a record ( Read more... )

More than enough has happened over the last few days to warrant an update.

gryftir came over on Thursday. We watched this british show Demons, which featured lots of characters with seriously awesome names. He also brought a Spanish sci-fi thriller by the name of 'Timecrimes', which was very well made. Check it out if you get a chance.

( Friday )

I finished a whole bunch of anime recently, but I'm not quite in a frame of mind to post about it just now. cacophonyblood's over at the moment- we just got back from seeing Gran Turino- a film with the darkest of comic sensibilities, a harsh view of social justice and fascinating contrasting cultural views to boot. While some of the performances from the ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, ryuutchi! Wish I could have come to your bash ( Read more... )