Not on a roll

I thought I'd be back to posting more often, but as usual, I'm biting off more than I can chew.

I have taken the time to schedule myself a nice little vacation soon. 10 days in the Greek isles of nothing but rest and relaxation. Most of my vacations turn into "working" vacations though... up and the butt crack of dawn in order to see as much of a city as possible. It is hard to catch the vibe of a city in 48 hours. I usually approach this one of two ways:
1. Find a nice outdoor cafe where I usually sit and the local beverage of choice for a few hours and do some serious people watching.
2. Keep moving non-stop in order to see as many different neighborhoods as possible.

I'm not sure which way you come to a better understanding... sitting still and watching life go by, or moving yourself a little faster than life... Since I'm usually collecting photos of buildings for my lectures, I usually go overseas to an area with a dense collection of things to see. Since I'm going to an island with one or two major sights, I wonder what I'll do with myself for the rest of the time. I'm ASSUMING I'll be able to sit still, but somehow I doubt that. I'm going to try though.

In other news, I was going to buy a pair of $75 jeans the other day, then figured it was probably a waste of money.... I've never paid more than $50 for a pair of jeans, and I somehow have a problem doing so... I was shopping with a lawyer friend of mine once in Chicago and she tried on a $350 pair of jeans. That is when I realized, "gotdam she must be making some good money!"

So I decided to buy three magazine subscriptions instead since I figure I would probably get more use out of 36 magazines than 1 pair of jeans. I subscribed to Dwell (again), Wallpaper* (which I actually hate deep down inside), and Interior Design (they sent me a discout coupon in the mail...). I thought about getting that Economist subscription I've been talking about getting for years. And at $75 for a year of weekly issues I would have received 52 magazines, almost twice as many... but it takes me about 3 weeks to get through an issue on the train and they would just end up in a pile somewhere in my house....

... although I bet a stack of 52 Economists would be smaller than a stack of my 36 Dwell - Interior Design - Wallpaper combo... but there would definitely be more advertisements.

I haven't subscribed to Vibe magazine since I was '98 and they've been sending it to me for the past 7 years.. I don't even open them anymore. I once took a vibe magazine and ripped out all of the ads and there was only about a third of the magazine left. Quincy Jones is getting paid off of that Mfer...

what else is going on.... I started DJing again... Tuesday nights in DC at Tabaq where I'll be playing a mix of Bossa Nova, Brazilian shit, Nu-jazz, and a lot of sexy house music. Right now it's just a word of mouth thing, no promo of any kind. So if you come up to me and tell me you read about it on the blog, I'll buy you a drink. It would be good to connect with some of my readers to know who my audience is... I'll probably continue to write in a bubble, but at least I can picture you in your underwear at home digging in your nose as you read what I type.

Enjoy your weekend.

~c