Fall shows in nyc

Kings of Convenience (Sept 10)
Trentemøller (Sept 17)
Fever Ray (Sept 28 & 29)
Röyksopp (Nov 24)

I love Scandinavians, can you tell?

Magic castling

Am in L.A.
Scored invitation to the Magic Castle via random magician met in a movie theater waiting for District 9 to start.
Went last night.
Food terrible, otherwise totally totally rad.

Reader of depressing blogs

Writer Tao Lin on Japan:

I like Japan. I don’t remember when I first felt that I liked Japan. Maybe when I first played Nintendo. Japan is maybe “by far” my favorite country. Japan seems to have a long life expectancy, a low obesity rate, and a social phenomenon that seems related to things I like to read or write about such as loneliness, depression, boredom, confusion, social anxiety, and meaninglessness.

Can’t seem to decide whether I “like” or “hate” this guy.
It’s kind of unsettling how much he creepily and accurately represents my rather privileged-yet-unfulfilled-due-to-illusions-of-entitlement-and-grandeur generation of young folk.

I made some penguins

They are of the Gentoo species. I drew them from life. That was a lie, they’re drawn from pictures found on Google Image Search.