For someone who bakes pies only rarely, and then one or two at a time at most, I sure have an awful lot of pie plates. And I’m not entirely sure where to put them all in my new kitchen. But the move went very smoothly. The weather was pleasant. The 24 foot truck I rented was HUGE. Large enough that all of our things were moved in one load. By the Herculean efforts of a dozen or so friends (2/3 of them Clockworkers). Only one item was broken and that managed to be an improvement. The hutch that had been in my dining room in the house is now in my new bedroom. And with the glass doors broken and gone I can now more easily use it as a bookshelf. It’s already loaded with all of my trade comics and other books that had been boxed up since last Spring. There is still much unpacking to do but we are settling in nicely. All four of us (my son, the two cats and myself) are already so at home there. It’s a feeling I hadn’t felt in a long long time.
Five other good things:
- My favorite Lebanese Japanese Indian White kid - Getting Slapped in Minnesota, with Tribe & Big Cats
- This weekend will see the 7th Annual Twin Cities Arab Film Fest, hosted by my friends at Mizna. Friday night looks particularly good with both a documentary about an Islamic punk band and a short Egyptian zombie movie.
- Somehow I resisted the pull of the Harold and Kumar franchise for so long. And now I’m not sure why. Recently I enjoyed the hell out of the first two movies. The boyfriend and I plan to see “A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas” soon.
- How the Mustache-otron Works: For each song, the peak loudness per segment is pulled from the echo nest audio analysis to create the wave form. The following factors determine the mustaches final look in a very scientifical fashion:
Curviness - Curves occur when high loudness deltas are detected
Thickness - Mean loudness
Divot - (aka gap in the middle) hotness of the song
Direction - Up = higher energy; Down = lower energy
Curl - Dancability * energy
Color - Energy of the song. Lower energy is darker - For those of us who grew up in the 80s and 90s - “Skinemax is Koyaanisqatsi for a generation raised on late night television and B-movie VHS tapes. It’s long form entertainment for short attention spans. An hour long VJ odyssey, it will move your body and warp your mind.”
In the midst of packing and moving last weekend I managed to pop by the Minneapolis Indie Xpo 2011 at The Soap Factory, for just a bit. And last night I took a break from unpacking to see the legendary Ray Davies at The Fitzgerald Theater. The weekend ahead will be filled with more breaking down of boxes and organizing of the new place, but we’ll also be making time for the Meat Puppets and other choice activities. Life is good. I could get used to this.
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