I've been feeling quite purposeful and productive this weekend. Yesterday I did my laundry, cleaned out the refrigerator (which I think I probably hadn't done since I moved in six months ago), then took a little trip to Trader Joe's (which is quite a few train stops away) to see what I might find there that my local grocery store doesn't sell... ( Read more... )

I took today off work, since I figured I could afford to gift myself with a long Easter weekend. Saturday was mostly spend running around (chiropractic appointment, grocery shopping, errands etc.), and Sunday was the annual Easter binge at my parents' house.;-) So today was my "chill out day" at home - though I did pop out to the garden center, ( Read more... )

Spring has sprung, at last. For the first time this year, I could unzip my jacket while walking outside this afternoon and just bask in the sunshine (some people are already wearing summer clothes, btw; but this is Chicago, and it is quite common around here to see someone in flip-flops right next to someone in a parka... they can even be the same ( Read more... )

I am in a super-introverted mode this weekend. Too introverted even for an LJ entry, apparently. I just... feel like sharing my mundane non-news would be a waste of time. Time better spent reading my comic books, downloading some atmospheric darkwave music and scrolling through gorgeous nature photography on Tumblr. It's still very cold and gloomy ( Read more... )

Guess what? I wasn't done finding new music. Here's today's discovery: Barcelona Gipsy Klezmer Orchestra, which recently changed its name to Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra. The group consists of musicians from Spain, Italy, France, Greece, Serbia and Ukraine. To call their music "multicultural" is a glorious understatement.:) They not only use a ( Read more... )

I guess I haven't talked about music in a while. Well then... brace yourself, dear reader, because I've just spent an entire day downloading a ton of stuff that I am very excited about.:) See, I can go for months without adding anything new to my extensive music collection... but then I sort of go berserk and somehow accidentally discover a dozen ( Read more... )

I have something to share today. While going through my old emails, I came across a mention of an inspiring young artist who had just released her first album. It was buried somewhere in a newsletter from one of those "spiritually conscious" organizations I subscribe to (like the Chopra Center etc.). There are quite a few that somehow managed to ( Read more... )

Just because everyone else is doing it, apparently...;P



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Here's a list of annoying/frustrating things about this weekend:

1) My toilet is backed up. I flushed it this morning and got at least a gallon of water all over the bathroom floor.:/ ( Read more... )

Still working on updating my music collection. <3 Yesterday, I accidentally discovered this glorious piece of insanity:

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Goran Bregovic, better known as an international film score composer than as a former rocker from the former Yugoslavia, in cooperation with Eugene Hutz, best known as the Ukrainian Gypsy punk rocker from New York.:D I had no ( Read more... )