$28 @ American Apparel

this is definitely for a person like me who doesn’t want an overly environmental-looking reusable bag (not that i have anything against recycling signs, but i just don’t want it on my shopping bags!).

i use it:

as my regular bag
to hold my cameras
at the grocery store
at the public library
for carrying work lunch

this bag looks cute enough to take out as your normal bag which makes it versatile. i take it whenever i go to the grocery store now. this holds just the right amount of things when i need just a few items. i suppose getting 1 or 2 more bags would suffice for more groceries, but that’s because i’m not shopping for a family or anything.

this bag is made from bull denim woven cotton construction which means it’s very sturdy and durable. also, it doesn’t really lose its shape. i propped it up while checking out and it stayed open like a brown paper bag, but with the shape of a plastic grocery bag. at first i was afraid to put heavy items into it. i thought the handles wouldn’t be able to take the pressure, but they are sturdy as well.

what i put into my bag on a grocery trip:

sliced turkey breast
small tub of hummus
package of strawberries
medium bag full of grapes
sourdough boule (round bread)

carrying it from the store to my car didn’t feel bad at all.

that being said, the only negative thing about this bag is the price. it’s $28 and while i love it, i don’t think it’s worth the full price ;/ i probably will be willing to purchase two more because in the end because i think they’re the best reusable bags out there.

i didn’t know where “voting” was, so i will just say that i have consumed the elections already.

this is my first time voting in a presidential election. i went downtown the first day early voting came around. i convinced my father (who has not voted in a while) to go. if he had an account here he too would say it was ‘worth consuming.’ i mean, it took less than twenty minutes. just twenty minutes out of your life to pick the person who is going to run this country for the next four years. that doesn’t seem too bad at all.

the last official day of summer was yesterday. it was worth consuming. goodbye, summer2008!

from my fisheye no. 2

both photos (w/ long exposure) are from wintertime in the city when they practically put christmas lights around everything

top: tunnel made out of x-mas lights
bottom: tree light view from above on overpass

“sung tongs are tongs about returning to an old house, doing nothing with friends, or making sound with bones” -animal collective

& that is why i recommend this album

i started getting into the cool kids, mcs chuck inglish & mickey rocks, when the fool’s gold tour was coming around. i was more interested in seeing kid sis, kavinsky, chromeo, and a-track. well, i ended up liking the cool kids… a lot. their ep totally flossed out had songs that were too damn catchy:

88, black mags, pump up the volume, gold and a pager, i’m mikey, what it iz, one two, a little bit cooler

pretty much all those songs are on bake sale sans pump up the volume and “what it iz” gets changed to “what it is” as does “i’m mikey” > > > “mikey rocks”

what up man, bassment party, jingling are the additional songs added to their latest ep. oddly enough i don’t like those three tracks. i think i might i hate them. i’m not sure yet as i always tend to skip them while in rotation. ;/

aside from that i don’t really consider the bake sale to be an “album of the year” or even influential (riding bikes? hot sneaks? come on), but i do consider it to be a good party album. i’m just chillin’ like a villain never gets old (in “what it is” or any hip hop song for that matter) and that’s exactly what i do when the cool kids come on. well, that or i party… and party some more.

although the cool kids’ lyrics & personal style come off original i think that the hype surrounding them can be a bit annoying. i’m pretty sure they’re about to be considered overrated by myself soon unless they redeem themselves with their lp when fish ride bicycles this year.

from my oktomat

top: little dog chewing ball
bottom: little dog running

today is the first day of summer (even though it’s already felt like it for a month)! i hope you’re worth consuming, summer2008.

“hip hop is dead” i see / hear that a lot on forums or in the conversations i have with friends.

i like krs-one a lot. i never knew bdp existed until a friend suggested i listen to criminal minded. well, needless to say i downloaded the wrong album- by all means necessary. i instantly was drawn to “my philosphy”, as it is the first track, and put it on repeat every chance i got. one of my favorite lines is: how many MCs must get dissed before somebody says don’t fuck with kris? there is something raw and real about bdp that carries through the music. i find it hard to feel the same way about many hip hop / rap artists today. i’m not saying that everyone is horrible now because there are people i feel that create tracks that are a throwback to old school hip hop.

while i can’t relate to the music word for word i do get the “underlying” messages that krs-one delivers. oh, and about his delivery- amazing. i wish he still sounded like this! although, i can forgive him for “sound of da police” (ah, i hate that track!). spiritual minded? i can’t forgive him for that album.

anyways, i really enjoyed all of it from “stop the violence” “i’m still #1” and “illegal business”. this probably holds top spots in people’s “greatest hip hop albums” lists. after listening to the album i now realize why so many people say hip hop is dead. i have to laugh when i hear lil wayne say that he will never let hip hop die. all i have to say is that bdp reigns supreme. they were great for their time and are influential artists in the world of hip hop still.

i actually went out and purchased a manual typewriter after seeing this movie ;/