January 2012
So, 2011.
If you read this whole thing, thank you for caring. I told myself I wasn’t going to write a retrospective of the last year, but I’m going to anyway because beer.
Some really great things happened this year. There were lots of terrible things too. All in all, I think things are better for me now. I grew as a person, I learned a lot, and I know things are just going to get better.
I...
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I just realised I have Max Stern’s number in my phone. How did I forget that? And how have I not drunk-dialed him at all?
Portlandia is the greatest show.
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Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone.
– Charles Bukowski (via autostima)
December 2011
Sometimes it’s a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in...
– David Byrne (via misswallflower)
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Just realised I need to wake up early early early for work. Nooooooo.
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Just downloaded all of the old Groovie Ghoulies stuff I didn’t have. So excited to work my way through all of it.
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Feeling sick today. Buying records usually cheers me up.
Merzbow/The Guilt Of… split 12”
XBXRX/Total Shutdown split 2x5”s
Mount Eerie - I, Whale blue one-sided 7” (the B-side is this wonderful screenprint)
35 bucks after shipping. Pretty reasonable!
I’ve heard about this strange thing called death metal. Apparently it’s only...
– Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth, On stage in Stockholm in 1991. Quoted from the book Swedish Death Metal by Daniel Ekeroth (via spookerson)
Some people say “I’m sorry to say” when they mean “I am actually totally stoked...
– Master of Reality-John Darnielle (via moarghan)
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The gas station by my place of work was selling Arrogant Bastard Ales for 2.50 each again. Every time it happens, it makes my day. The cheapest I’ve seen at any other store is around six bucks. I bought their last 6.
I wish tumblr was more beer-loving. The beer tag is pretty much just hipster photos of Blue Moon.
relapserecords:
For the end of their 10th year as a band, Fuck the Facts have posted a bunch of tracks on their bandcamp page. There are 10 tracks from various releases including the newest album. They will be available for name-your-price download until Jan 1st and then the album will be removed. Get it now!
The amount of vitriol (from classmates and teachers, even many relatives) I received during my childhood because of the religion I was raised in probably didn’t help with my reliance on friends who seem like they actually care about me. Im not saying this excuses my reliance on people, but it might explain it a bit.