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  • Among other things.

    neon

    My love for Casio watches should have been mentioned at some point. If it hasn’t been mentioned… well, there you have it, I guess. I don’t remember exactly when or why I ended up loving them, but some version of the popular F91W watch caught my eye. I ended up settling for a clear one, which I still love very much, but I’ve since expanded my collection with the LF20W-8A, the flashy A120WE-1AVT (silver with the teal/purple buttons), and most recently, the polarizing GA-V01 (silver version).

    The GA-V01 arrived yesterday and I’m obsessed. It’s no secret I love Y2K style design work and I fully intend to break that down in another blog entry. The new Casio line, however, has generated a lot of conversation online, mostly around how ugly people think it is.

    I feel like at some point in my life that would have concerned me. That I liked the watch but most people found it hideous. Now though? I’m not sure it bothers me that much. To be honest, I even understand why people don’t like it, but I love the damn thing. Maybe a symptom of getting older. Good.

    What else? The new Ghost album, Skeletá, dropped. Maybe not as cohesive or consistent as Impera, but it has really grown on me. A few tracks already rank as “all time favorites” while others are finding themselves in regular playlist rotations. We’ve been listening to the album in full quite a bit lately.

    One of the limited offerings from Rucking Fotten on Alien Day.

    4/26, the day before the album dropped, was Alien Day. We watched the first movie for the millionth time and it still holds up. The atmosphere and aesthetics are just unmatched. Incredible movie.

    We also took a trip to some interesting shops about 30-40 minutes away from us ranging from oddities shops and haunted offerings to more simple thrift stores and ice cream shops. It was a pretty typical venture further into the suburbs but the places we visited were fun. Though I didn’t experience anything strange in the part of the shop/museum that was designated as “very haunted” it was still an incredibly unique offering compared to some of the other stores in the area. The scenery around town was gorgeous too, I’ll give it that.

    Tomorrow the Mrs. is off with friends to thrift stores which leaves my boy Dan and I hunting monsters once again. Only one week or so left of leisure before we really kick into overdrive with con season. Let’s go!

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  • Blame the pollen

    neon

    It’s been almost a week since I last wrote anything here and while some of that was due to being incredibly busy, it was largely due to allergies.

    I also turned 39 yesterday, but that’s not important! What *is* important is the new Ghost album is out Friday (the single “Peacefield” dropped today, and it’s an incredible serving of Journey style tunes), and Bethesda dropped their “Oblivion” remaster today. These two things are far more exciting than getting older, that’s for sure.

    I wish I had something more substantial to share here but today is the first day in about a week that I’ve felt vaguely human and I’m catching up on work/chores missed in the meantime.

    Stay tuned.

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  • New routes

    neon

    Ghost’s new song + video “Lachryma” is phenomenal. Their first single from Skeletá, “Satanized,” is fantastic too but this one clicked with me something fierce.

    When I thought back on this post I started to wonder why I hadn’t found anything worth sharing. The first few blog posts I made since deciding to actually utilize this were sharing articles or videos of interest to me. I didn’t want to share for the sake of it – I wanted it to be worth a discussion. Worth sharing thoughts.

    I realized it was because a lot of the interesting bits I’d pick up were filtered through various subreddits. The downside is curiosity gets the best of me and I make a fatal mistake: reading the comments.

    It’s true that sometimes I glean some extra information from reading conversations sometimes. More often than not the same toxic behaviors found on other social media sites manifest there. That was reason enough for me to give RSS Readers another go.

    I very much liked Google Reader before its untimely demise in 2013 (Thanks Google+). It was a fantastic way to keep up on many subjects and I miss that experience. So I downloaded an app, got my sites set up, and I’m going to see if I keep up with it.

    How do you keep up with your interests?