Aziz Ansari's Master of None has to be one of my absolute favorite shows ever (also one of the smartest-funniest). Wish I could write the way he does.
About to scan negatives from 2019. This is harder than I thought. 😅😅
Today in National Holidays:
Cleaned my tiny studio space. Always! Be! Vacuuming!
Received a package with new albums to listen to as a belated birthday gift.
Iced dirty matcha is always a good thing--if consumed early in the day, that is.
Finally some time to think about whether I should get a surgery for this knee or not.
Must we start on a new archiving project? 🤔
CURRENTLY LISTENING Discovery by Daft Punk (2001)
Probably the album that truly cemented my love for electronic dance music, which started in high school, I think.
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CURRENTLY LISTENING Jinah Restaurant Full Course by Lee Jin-ah (2018)
A true full-course! The diversity in this album while still having a coherent sound. Oh, the stuff Jinah gets to pull off. Also, I am still obsessed with that opening track. One of K-pop's best, surprising collabs, imho.
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Albums made out of the pandemic can either be really intense or just dull (like being meta type of dull).
CURRENTLY LISTENING What We Call Life by Jordan Rakei (2021)
This album makes me feel like I'm floating underwater, enveloped by stories and feelings...if that makes any sense. Sonically, the vocal arrangements give off this effect the mostest. 🤔 Gah.
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CURRENTLY LISTENING What Do I Call You by TAEYEON (2020)
Had this on loop all afternoon. What a great 2020 K-pop album, ugh.
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CURRENTLY LISTENING Lianne La Havas by Lianne La Havas (2020)
Such a greatttt Saturday morning album. That cover of 'Weird Fishes', eh?
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“A life in thankfulness releases the glory of God.”
Resignations are weird.
Of course, there are some things you spend time patiently waiting for that end up being underwhelming.
Grateful for every breath.
Joined friends in a Spotify group listening session and finally getting the hang of this feature (the first time we tried this more than a year ago, there were tech difficulties :))
Interesting how even a low-maintenance life can require a lot.
CURRENTLY LISTENING Anthropocene by Shuta Hasunuma Philharmonic Orchestra (2018)
This album is such a mood setter. ☺️
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CURRENTLY LISTENING Bitches Brew by Miles Davis (1970)
This record turned 50 last year!
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Here's to me hoping I get a copy of this album, puhlease. (Also, a Nate Chinen review!)
'External markers of adulthood ≠ maturity' - found in some video essay on adulting. Can stand by this, for sure.
CURRENTLY LISTENING Bossamanila by Sound (2003)
The great throwback. One of my favorite Filipino bands ever.
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CURRENTLY LISTENING From All Sides by Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete
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Bought a pair of cheap but hiiiiigh quality bookshelf speakers. Played Guaraldi's 'Ginza Samba' and was surprised at how much better the track can sound. Might've shed a tear. 😂
Found a link to this via Wesley's page, which is great because I have been thinking about looking for a physical copy of Alexander's book. It's nice to hear his voice!
CURRENTLY LISTENING Alas, I Cannot Swim by Laura Marling (2008)
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Did YouTube really make video autoplay the default again? 😔
CURRENTLY LISTENING スポーツ by Tokyo Jihen
I can't believe this album is 11 years old. I still feel like it's a recent release, for some reason. Still, hands down, my favorite album from them. 'Season Sayonara' still makes me cry a little.
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Not kidding, it's quite a great skill to be able to laugh at yourself.
THINGS THAT MAKE ME BOOGIE A pantry that's always full~
'The BuzzFeedication of Mental Health' by P.E. Moskowitz
Found via Dense Discovery
NEW THINGS Just installed a new browser plugin called Delay Distraction by a developer student named Frank Jia. You probably know what it's for. :))
DREAM LOG "She's probably cooped up in her box, praying for something (more) to happen, just like any other woman."
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Got a little bit obsessed with a coffee shop’s dirty matcha drink because it was soooo good (hullo, Dot Coffee) = couldn’t sleep without wondering if I was going insane
YouTube autoplay being funny:
Nights of Rizal - 'Little Ocean'
U2 - 'I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight'
The Boyz - 'Maverick'
Funny. (Ngl, that TBZ release is something. The Thrill-ing era was pretty short, though.)
Christmas music in 2 words? Vince Guaraldi.
Basically spent this weekend doing chores and watching movies. This was the line-up:
Heart (2019) - Jeong Gayoung (c/o Nate's MUBI subscription gift thing; thank you!)
Lucky Grandma (2019) - Sasie Sealy
Love Hard (2021) - Hernán Jiménez
Was going to call it an all-Asian mini movie marathon, but that won't be fully accurate, hah.
TBD, to close the day:
There are movies that amaze me or make me feel things (ie make me weep). Romcoms fall under the latter, hah
This is mostly a note to self, hah. Not that there's really a past to speak of.
When we say 'your past does not define you', people mostly refer to the bad stuff you've done. But thinking about it, your past accomplishments also don't really define who you are today. Not really ok basking in the glory of yesterday, and this can be seen in how you may feel good about yourself when you talk about what you've done in the past to other people. 🤔 Yikes.
The question should then be: What are you actually doing now?
When I do an alignment call with one designer coworker, it starts or ends with intense life talk (which feels like a funny-odd switch of sorts because things almost always 'escalate quickly' from hi-hello's to...parenting and challenging the dictates of society 😆).
The older you get, the heavier your years weigh.
Feels like years that pass become a multiplier of sorts.
Randomly remembered that I had Alicia Keys' Songs in A Minor in cassette form (in 2001, I only had a small tape deck in my room and while the shared PC at home had a disc drive, a CD was too expensive for my highschool budget).
Anyway, this is such a great debut album, ugh
The worrying never stops, eh?
Interesting how the pandemic has led me to be more aware of vocal fry in people's voices during work calls
It's not a hardworking Mac/Windows machine if you don't encounter a kernel panic episode/blue screen of death, heh
Pie crust is truly something else
Was pretty late to the Jon Klassen party around 11 years ago, and only found him through the music video of one of my favorite U2 songs ever (made me cry the first watched this video + listened to the song, for some reason).
He did the art for this music video! Directed by David O'Reilly.
"You find out a lot about yourself based on your font choices." (Roughly quoting Jon Klassen from his IG live when he talked about drawing letters for books. He encouraged people to try drawing type if stumped on where to start.)
Jon Klassen live on Instagram now, and he's explaining the logic on designing his characters in his and Mac Barnett's shapes book series. Basically the simplicity of his character design is so that you don't immediately know their personality--you can't tell whatever's going through their mind or if they're mean or kind, etc. You can't judge them, and you'll need to read the book to get to know them.
Visual formats usually do default to display cues of whether or not a character is sinister or whether they're the pro-/antagonist.
This is me having faith in sunblock doing whatever its meant to do while I'm indoors~ Hashtag: Aging Is Real
DREAM LOG Can't remember the whole story, but one scene sticks out: I remember seeing myself removing sub sandwich buns from an open shelf in my kitchen and when I held them in my hands, I saw that one had molds on the sides and the other without.
🤔
Realized earlier that sleep becomes exciting for me because I can’t wait to wake up and have breakfast the next day
I really love banana bread 🙊 oh naw
Art direction crush: Unlimited Edition from 🇰🇷
Personalization for trivial* online functions is extremely overrated.
Internet, give us back our brain cells. Let us decide for ourselves and make personalization an option, not a default.
"There’s nothing inherently wrong with gifts, but it’s irresponsible for us to believe that purchasing presents is a holiday requirement."
Today in life wins: Reheating fries in the microwave effectively restoring crisp~
Need to learn how to write better alt text
Twitter early in the morning does make me feel tired. Or Twitter at any time of the day
My song of the year remains to be Stella Jang's 'Some Days' from her Stairs EP. Watch and turn on ENG subs, plz
(I haven't totally given up on mainstream social media platforms because some of my favorite creatives are on them, specifically on Instagram. So instead, I'm choosing to be more mindful about following people. This FOLLOWING tag thing is how I make sense of my social media activity. Blah blah)
FOLLOWING @kakikata.space
Lovely illustrations, great bits of advice on mindful eating (and mindful living, actually)
Which reminds me: I did fall off a bike in the rain one time, while overseas. Was on the ground for a while, with people attempting to ask me if I was ok, in their local language. Probably one of my favorite moments in this life. That and other past bike-related uhh booboos might've caused this meniscus tear. Nuninooooo~
Oh, the joy of getting a medical report that tells you you only have a minor tear and nothing serious.
Current brain crush: Sho Shibuya's design work as seen in his NYTimes personal project and also his design studio, Placeholder 💕
Today in Web Design~ Mailchimp's By the Books
Apparently the earlier posted quote was misattributed to Maya Angelou? Getting a thrill out of these citation investigation things borne out of the internet (because these misattributions are also common thanks to the internet~)
"A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song."
Interesting how the need for instant social media updates has affected behavior. The (social media) proof of being present at that moment reduces the experience of being truly in the moment.
Watching a music festival live stream online. I miss watching live music shows. :/
Biases aside, one of my favorite K-pop-related interviews ever. No shame in calling myself a P1ECE.
A friend gifted me this book for my birthday hihi there are (in K-pop terms) PULLS to be revealedddddd
Spotted on Instagram, supposedly a St. Augustine quote: “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
