"Leavin' pussycats like why hoes need Kotex ." -- MF DOOM
So DOOM uses this line in "Accordian" off the Madvillian album (you must listen if you haven't.) Got me thinking about how rarely reference to particularly feminine themes are used in rap particularly, and lyrics in general.
I will have to author a battle-rap wherein I boast of my skills by suggestion that my words hit with such force that they reduce all other MCs to a streak of menses.
If you get into a battle rap before me, feel free to steal this rhyme.
I'm sorry that this is the update I'm making- but it is.
Hello, everyone!
Are you playing Street Fighter IV? Please friend me on X-Box Live for battlings. My GamerTag is BOODOOperson.
Other news: Amanda and I were considering GDC, but that doesn't look like it will be happening at this point as enthusiasm has leveled.
Haven't played as much music as I should recently, I've been Team Fortressing or Street Fightering instead. I've recorded almost literally nothing, so that needs to change. SG and Strat could both use some attention/setup, but that's no excuse!
I tried to call out due to the storm today, but instead I ended up working the 12:30-9PM shift because two people had beaten me to calling out, one of whom works this shift. Showed up to work and the cafe in our building is closed, so I'm not sure what is happening re: food today. I may eat people's brains.
That's all for now. Peace out, Seacrest!
Long time no speak, internet. Hope you're all doing well in the first few hours of the Obama presidency!
I've been working and keeping warm through the snowy season, and I'm about three weeks away from my 23rd birthday. Just two more months after that, and spring is on its way.
This past Sunday, I finally set up the beginnings of a recording solution with my computer. I've started recording my practicing some, to get a feel for recording itself.
Hopefully I can start actually making things and not just mess around on the guitar when I'm bored, but I'm not there yet. I'll be uploading MP3s to Vox as I complete them.
There are 3 MP3s up right now, totaling just under 15 minutes. Different effects/settings are used on each file, but there is repeated material, mostly Melody of Lute from FF IV.
I'm mostly doing this for my own re-enforcement, but if anyone has musical/technical/general feedback I would be grateful for it.
The guitar is a Sigma CS-3 (nylon string) classical. The recording is through two Behringer C2 condenser mics near the sound hole, through a mixer to an external sound card's Line In. Software used is Ableton Live 7.
Also, Joe Biden was president for 5 minutes today. Those must have been the happiest five minutes of his life, narrowly edging out his victory over Little Mac
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It's Election Day! How was your voting experience?
I was able to vote today, and it was a real vote— not one of those provisional ballots. I'm in Ward 5, Precinct 1 of Cambridge and voted at the LBJ apartments on Erie St. about 3 minutes from my apartment by foot.
They helpfully posted a copy of their registered voters list outside of the location, and my name was conspicuously absent. I had confirmed my registration to vote by VoteForChange.com's Facebook app, so I was surprised.
I was sent home to call the city election people and come back with mail in my name as I'm currently awaiting a replacement of my driver's license. The city people found me with no trouble (in their computer) but I was nowhere at the 5,1 polling place (paper listings.)
The woman who helped me at LBJ was quick, courteous, and knowledgeable. The explanation I received for my name not being on the listings they had was, "You're a Libertarian." I guess they only queried for voters
WHERE RegParty IN ("R","D","U","I")I also saw a girl in front of me receive and fill out two ballots. One was of course marked SPOILED immediately at check-out, but it was funny that she filled them both out. I felt the very fabric of our democracy tearing. :)
I'm in heaven
Trying to figure out which stack
They're going to stuff us atheists into
When Peter and his monkey laugh
Taken from Noreason Four Retaurant website:
Exotic Boston Cuisine
(Yes, we DO have exotic food in Boston):
Addis Red Sea (Ethiopian) - Tremont Street, South End (take #43 bus from Park Street Station to Cyclorama stop near Dartmouth Street) (Eat at authentic woven tables, listen to to authentic regional music, savor authentic dishes served by staff in authentic costumes. Spicy food is consumed with hands using injera bread (for the real deal experience, request the brown grain Ethiopian variety, not the white variety that is dumbed down for the hypersensitive American palate). Good bets: the rare beef dish, the vegetarian sampler, Tej Honey Wine and the Ethiopian red wines. Beer is NOT the best bet here. The next best thing to a trip across the galaxy.
Tibetan Café - Central Square, Cambridge on Magazine Street (between Mass Avenue and Green Street). Authentic Mongolean dishes, spicy beef, noodles. The beer and wines are very different. Indiana Jones could approve.
Green Street Café - Green Street, Cambridge, just across the street from the the #47 bus stop near the Central Square MBTA Station. Authentic Jamaican Jerk Cuisine, spicy goat meat dishes, conch with fruit compote. Live reggae and jazz on some nights.
Jumbo Seafood - 5 Hudson Street, Boston (in Chinatown). Chinese variety with an emphasis on exotic seafood such as abalone, shark's fin, sea urchin, oysters, jellyfish as well as the more prosaic for those in your party who are not into the exotic. They also have some fish specialties that resemble gagh (fictional Klingon specialty). Also features shrimp, scallops, beef, chicken and vegan fare. Good for group culinary explorations.
Lala Rokh - Turkish, 97 Mt. Vernon Street, just off of Charles Street (great hangout for Kerry fans exploring Beacon Hill). Tagines, soups, appetizers. Unique wine and beer selections.
Tangierino - Moroccan, located in Charlestown, 83 Main Street. Sample tartare tuna, foie gras, calamari, bedouin salad, and harira at its best. This new place, decorated in the very finest Arabian furnishings, is fit for the pickiest fannish belly dancer afficianados.
Bob the Chef's - Soul Food, Columbus Avenue, near Mass Avenue, in Boston's South End. Accessible on foot from the Sheraton-Hynes convention area or by the #1 bus that runs along Mass Avenue (get it at Hynes-Auditorium and along Mass Avenue). Black-eyed peas, chitlens, fried chicken, collard greens, some cajun. Certain evenings and for Sunday brunch, there is live soul, blues and jazz.
The Wine Bar (Fondue) - 30 Mass Avenue, a short walk along Mass Avenue (in the direction of MIT) from the Sheraton, Boston. Fondue - plain, fishy, crabby, Italian-style, and ostrich (yes, ostrich! tastes like beef filet but low in cholesterol). Check out the chocolate dessert fondue, a great fannish group activity. The ultimate fannish group eating activity. Yum!
Casa Romero - Spanish and Mexican, 30 Gloucester Street (entry behind at alley and down a set of stairs near Newbury Street, Boston). Variety of Spanish cuisine, including excellent ceviche, meats, salads, tapas. Great sangria (the real deal, not the dumbed-down Yankee variety that you get most places). Open for weekend bruch, too. Not your usual Sunday brunch
Bricco - Italian, beginning of Hanover Street (North End), Boston. Great unusual gourmet dishes. Pasta dishes with a twist. Kobe beef filet (house special, market price - be warned, it's high, so you might wish to share, but it is SO worth it for this special treat), zucchini buds with field greens and toasted ricotta cheese. Superb martinis and outstanding wine list.
Also, http://hiddenboston.com for more.
Let's say you love the Venture Brothers— because you should. Maybe you also need shirts, so that those snobs at the supermarket won't call the cops to boot you again.
This is the perfect thing for you, my friend.
Each week a shirt is produced to coincide with that week's Venture Bros. episode, and is printed in volume to match the orders received.
You can either order the shirt per weekum as episodes air and designs are revealed, or you can sign up for the automatic purchase subscription for the full effect of having a shirt delivered to you each week reminding you how good your taste in cartoons is.
If you don't have Venture Bros. shirts you'd better be walking around topless!
After another night of not-sleeping, we're clocking up to 36hrs of no-sleep in this mad dash. I've found (at least for me) that writing doesn't require a rested mind -- it might even help in the "creative" process. That is until you reread it. Its incredible what you can convince yourself of when deadlines approach. My mantra all night was "I'm only feeling tired because I think I'm suppose to be", and oddly, that's enough to get me going again.
Things are finally starting to come together. While still stressful (fault all my own), the road back to Boston is finally in sight.
Does anyone on here use Twitter?
