Life defining moments

Sitting in Black and Orange near Dupont Circle, DC, eating a truffle & brie burger, at 43 minutes past 10 with 17 minutes until closing time. The workers are putting up the chairs that will be taken down tomorrow morning and the one other customer is a bearded, long-haired man with orange shoes. He keeps checking his iPhone and only stops to look at me when he comments on the sweet potato fries. The music is five times louder than it should be. They are blasting Every Time You Go Away, a song that seems out-of-place for a hip burger joint. iPhone guy finally gets a call on his cell and has to exit the place in order to hear the person on the phone and it's at this point that the music abruptly changes to Ayy Ladies. I consider any establishment that intentionally intentionally plays a song featuring Tyga after an 80s classic a fine establishment. 

By life defining I don't actually mean that it left an indelible mark on my life. It was just one of those moments when you feel like you're really part of the world and your surroundings and not walking in a dream (living in the now?). In any case --

Restarting

Decided to re-start this blog. No longer a summer blog, just a life blog. Expected readership: max of 5 people (?) (on a good day?). Title in progress, expect more posts.

Enjoy.

Ages old, but still great. Pleasepleaseplease release something soon, Jai Paul.

T-11 days

...until I move to D.C. for work! Am getting excited, if only because I am tired of this weird limbo period that I am in. If I could move tomorrow, I probably would.

Top three songs on loop this past week (nice and poppy):

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on basketball and Minesweeper

I mistakenly and foolishly thought that being done with college and having a job would make me think about my future less. On the contrary, the excess time I have gained now that I'm not studying for exams, reading for class, or writing a thesis has led me to contemplate about various paths in life, opportunities, etc. Nowadays, I spend the majority of my time strategizing for the future.

Normally, this feverish thinking mood would lead me to walk across the street from the lovely Currier House to the QRAC gym.

yoga musings

Yesterday night, I was talked into going to "Pop Yoga." I was promised fast-paced stretching to electronic/pop/dance music. It was...not that. What actually happened: confused me sneaking peeks at everyone else in the room to figure out which pose we were moving into while being distracted by Eminem, Snoop Dogg, and Ellie Goulding. I'm usually not a fan of yoga because it moves too slowly and it isn't a competitive sport. If there's any competition, it's you versus your body and your mind. Who is my opponent? My own body and mind? I don't play like that. I wasn't completely disappointed though...(more after the break)

After obsessing over Michael Idov's life and articles (and his current position as Editor-in-Chief of GQ Russia), I found two excellent articles.

In one, Idov describes the disappointment (and imminent bankruptcy) he faced after creating his dream coffee shop. It's a fair warning to all those (like me) who have been toying with the idea of opening a cafe or "cozy" restaurant. At least Idov got a book deal out of his story!

In the other, Idov writes about the strange foodie culture present in twenty-somethings. Nothing new, but still interesting. 

Anyway, two good reads among many!

P.S. NPR is out with its 50 favorite songs of 2013 (so far). 

listen to this

I would first like to establish whatever credibility I can get in the area of music with this gchat from more than a year ago (5/6/12):

me: did you listen to the song i sent you?

  the one by icona pop

12:08 AM Can: yessss

  :D:D:D

  awesome stuff:D

  its not on spotify tho

  it is swedish

Now that we know that I'm way ahead of the times (lawlz), I urge you to listen to this song: