delights and epiphanies

I have a question. It might be damn near unanswerable. It might be rhetorical, open-ended, imponderable, a bit obvious. But it also feels terrifically important, essential to a deeper understanding of how time and love and eternity function in this meek and humble terrestrial plane we call reality. Or maybe that's just the sake talking. Shall we find out?

A very nice column by Mark Morford, devoid of political bashing and whatnot.

sfgate

all made-up

amanda n./photo by a. litak.

sleeping in

photo by a. litak.

yeah I fb photo-stalked again.

dy/dt - practice mix 30.nov

1. Cosmic Gate feat. Aruna - Under Your Spell (Myon & Shane 54 Remix)
2. Empire of the Sun - We Are The People (Wawa Remix)
3. Josh Gabriel pres. Winter Kills - Deep Down (Original Mix)
4. Andy Moor & Ashley Wallbridge feat. Meighan Nealon - Faces (Original Mix)
5. Richard Durand - Always the Sun (Original Mix)
6. Imogen Heap - Hide & Seek (DJ Tiesto's In Search Of Sunrise Remix)
7. Above & Beyond vs Andy Moor - Air For Life (Original Mix)
8. tyDi - You Walk Away (Original Mix)

256kbps/94mb/51mins/vocal trance

I actually played a couple songs before this, but was still setting up recording. :\ those would have made the flow better. Well, just me practicing. Obviously not very good yet. Haha. I feel a bit stressed having the laptop next to me and it being on record. I mixed too early for a lot of the tracks, and having upon listened to the mix afterward, realised that I should have mixed in earlier from the first track. Haha that ending feels so long. The parts where I mixed in too early – I'm afraid of not having it on beat anymore if I have to start the next track from the beginning again or I'll miss the cue. and lol my beatmatching is still off. On headphones it doesn't sound that bad having the tracks not perfectly beatmatched, then when it's loud or I'm listening to it afterward, it's..not good. Haha. Not submitting any of this as my 15 min demo to tryout for Let's Bounce, but I think it's not all too horrible and wanted to share this with you guys. :)

*Oh, and if I had the original EXTENDED mix of "Always the Sun" that transition would have been a lot better. Ahah woot excuses.

tinted

photos by: "z-rex x-ray"

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Flew back down to lovely La Jolla this morning. So tired. About to head to bed early—before midnight??! Yeah, I'm that tired. Finished 3 readings for energy econ already, can't concentrate on any more readings. It's nice and cold here, too. Need to go grocery shopping tomorrow. Lebensmittel einkaufen ist ein bisschen schwerig für mich, denn ich kein auto habe, und der Bus fährt direkt von meine Nachbarschaft zur Supermarkt Centrum nicht. Ja. Zu viel deustch für dich? Naja bis später!

holiday season: union square, SF

The lighting of an 85-foot Christmas tree at Union Square on Friday in San Francisco.

//Photo: John Storey

Erica Wong, Lydia Tang and Kaysie Yu of the San Francisco Girl Scouts Junior Troop 30227 collect donated coats for the One Warm Coat drive at the Westfield San Francisco Centre in San Francisco on Friday. The nonprofit will continue to collect coats through the Thanksgiving weekend at the concierge center in the mall. //Photo: Lianne Milton

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Yesterday I went "Black Friday" shopping. As aforementioned, I really don't need any more clothes. But alas, found a few things I liked. Grey jeanpants from Ruehl. Yeah I "hate" Abercrombie & Co., but Ruehl is still less known, and the quality's a lot better, and when shit's on sale it's the same price as crappier quality junior high level Hollister. Orig. $78, scored for $20. Way overpriced, seriously. Shit's made in sweatshops in Sri Lanka, China, India, Cambodia, Indonesia. Oh, but what?! they're actually going to close Ruehl, due to "current economic conditions". :/

I also got a couple light pullover sweaters from UO. Light enough to wear in San Diego. Checked out some leather jackets at Nordstrom, but none of style that I really liked, though now instead of thinking about leather jackets exclusively in black, BROWN. I would settle for a nice brown leather jacket. My mom got a pair of New Balances on sale. Haha she's wearing young people shoes. Stylish.

Duuuude the black oxford heels from Oak are on sale! Orig. $224, now 20%– $180. Aaah still pricey but still want! But pricey trumps want. :[ ...except I do have money from working.. :/ Hmm..

Talla2XLC ft. Skysurfer - Terra Australis

Artist: Talla 2XLC ft. Skysurfer

Title: Terra Australis
Release Date: 27.Nov.2009

(omg I post super new muziks!)
Label: Addicted To Trance

Genre: Trance – nonvocal, uplifting, pretty fast.

Rating: Sehr Gut.

1. Terra Australis (Original Club Mix)

2. Terra Australis (Jorn van Deynhoven Remix)

320kpbs//33mb | purchase from beatport

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Alright, I clearly see that I'm lacking in music posts. I've been blogging every day, and on the right side there you can see my archive list, and the capitalized blog post titles are the music posts. So this month so far out of 26 days I've only made 4 music posts. :X

Which is why I decided to not be so lazy and share some new trance! Instead of making an easy photo post, ahah.

curvature;; Thanksgiving

East Bay folks should know where this is. flickr: slinkydragon

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Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving!

My starving student diet is totally off this holiday weekend. My digestive system hasn't had to work this hard in so long. My metabolism's gonna get screwed up again. In San Diego I've not been eating much. On Monday or Tuesday my stomach was hurting because I barely ate. But I never feel really hungry anymore since I've been getting used to not eating so much. I have PB&J for breakfast every morning. Then on Mon or Tues I had a croissant like 5 or 6 hours later. When I got home a few more hours later I finally ate some more bread and yogurt and chocolate and my stomach didn't hurt anymore. Haha.

Feeling pretty good right now, the calm before the storm, the storm of finals week. Ahh. I've got to get downloading on all the music I used to have. Going shopping tomorrow in SF with Mom. I really don't need any more clothes, but just accompanying Mom, and I might find some good deals on stuff I'll like. But all I really need is an external hard drive. To back up my computer so I'll never lose music ever again.

BTW bike deal went down. I now own a vintage road bike. Hipster cred +50 points!

Pics sometime in the future.

+ my Korean gamer mouse ("Razer Salmosa") that I ordered from woot.com came in.

It's blitzy fast. Even setting my mouse tracking speed to a pretty low level, it's still hella fast. BAM. And I don't even play computer games.

Good quality shit makes me happy. :]

autumn surf

I'm flying back home tomorrow Thanksgiving morning. Foodz! Nom Nomz.

setting sun

unfinished published Nabokov

A Glorious Mess

Nabokov never wanted us to read his unfinished last novel. Unless, thrillingly, he did.

By Sam Anderson, nymag

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I signed up for classes last week. 4 classes. Thinking of taking 5. There's this Russian Literature class I want to take that will give me credit for the 'regional' section of my International Studies major. The focus is on a single author: Nabokov. I really want to take it, even though it'll be a lot of work. (Evaluations: Study time/week: 6.72 hrs.) Actually I wouldn't do too well in lit classes. I only want to take it so I can read the books and discuss a bit. The writing papers part..will prove dreadful. I just really enjoy reading books. I would have liked to take AP Lit senior year in high school just to read the books, but not do any assignments or take the exam. I borrowed One Hundred Years of Solitude and Notes From the Underground from a friend who took AP Lit. Still haven't gotten around to finishing them. Hmm..I don't want to overstress myself next quarter with 5 real classes (right now I'm also taking 5 but in my mind's calculation, German doesn't really count). I'd have lots of reading to do. Hmm..aaaah..dunno.

I'm planning to study abroad next fall, 2010 in Germany. Went to a small info session today. Learned that their school year/semester system would make me miss 2 quarters. German fall semester: Oct to Feb. That means I'd miss 4 classes (quarter system). Erm..

But if I decide not to add Russian Lit: Nabokov later, I hope they'll still offer it in the future, with the focus on the same great author.

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edit/add: I feel disillusioned. About a lot of things. Everything.

Maybe the feeling will pass. ie. "disillusioned youth".