Morning mental excercise

Holy shit, I have absolutely no energy whatsoever today. After class I'm gonna drag my head along the pavement to the gym, hopefully that will jump-start my energy.

To motivate myself I imagine the biggest, sexiest muscle daddy bear with a hardon like the CN Tower waiting for me at my destination. Oh who the hell am I kidding? I'm too tired for sex. I just need to get through this essay. I'm hungry. I want a coffee, coffee will help me think. And a muffin. No! Coffee and a muffin will be my reward for hard work.

Ok, to work!

Vinyl with MP3 condiment

I find myself not buyin CDs anymore, at least infrequently. The last CD I bought was the New Deal's Live Double set.

What I find is that I download the mp3s for a record, see if I like it then buy the vinyl. Maybe this is short-sighted but it allows me to have a more substancial product. This also works well for me personally because most of my favourite artists are in the electronic/hiphop realm and have long traditions of releasing 12" records. Heck, even punk and hardcore/metal bands are starting to release more vinyl these days and on a larger scale.

It's probably not massive-consumption viable but for me the vinyl/mp3 combo works exceptionally well given my lifestyle. I'm sure I'm not alone here.