A bowling ball full of harmony

month

July 2011

18 posts

PC vs. Mac. Ready, set, go!

I’m about to get my first laptop just in time for college. Hoo-rah! Right now, it’s looking like it’s gonna be a PC. My dad (AKA the person paying for it) says I can get a hot PC that does what a Mac can at a significantly lower price. My question for you Mac-owners (I know you’re out there; you make up most of the people my age I know) is this: What’s better about a...

The Loudness Wars: Is Music's Noisy Arms Race... →

barthel: This is the piece I’ve been working on the last couple weeks. It’s assessing the state of the loudness war in 2011 and concludes that artists are starting to push back. I got to interview two of my favorite mastering engineers (I know!) as well as Derek from Sleigh Bells, who talks a little about the direction of the new album, if that’s the kind of thing you’re interested in.

everythingessential: modusponies: collegedouchebag: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Home of: The “Blue Blazer” Douche. You know what’s super awesome? UVA. And dressing up for a football game. And orange, flat-front khakis. And Polo hats, worn backwards. And sorority girls, who love it when you put your arm around them, casual-like, and be all, yeah, what’s up bro, I’m just hanging out, drinkin’...

everythingessential asked: During the ass-hurting state budget cuts the year before last, our county board of supervisors voted to shorten the school week and have four days of teaching instead of five.
After they managed to screw up the vote on an estate tax that would have brought in over $400,000 in revenue by getting everyone to pay no more than $20 extra on their annual taxes.
So you can imagine.

everythingessential: NPR Music is on Tumblr now! halkahalkasuroor: BEST. DAY. EVER. FOLLOWING. NOW.

Va posts $311 million surplus

everythingessential: virginiapolitics: BY OLYMPIA MEOLA The state ended fiscal year 2011 on June 30 with a $311 million surplus. Gov. Bob McDonnell will hold a news conference this afternoon to discuss the budget surplus, some of which he has indicated could be directed to pay money back into the Virginia Retirement System. To balance the budget, the General Assembly withheld $620 million in...

Post from ALL THE THINGS. →

My future Facebook statuses will come from the TARDIS.

Reblog if people say you don't look your age.

deadendfury: all-you-people-are-vampires: carsonleigh: bloodydifficult: “Hey, do you go to *insert local town middle school here*?” “No. I’m a sophomore in high school.” I actually usually get “Oh are you a student at *local college*?” “Ummm, yeah let’s go with that… I’m not a junior in high school at all. Nope….” I get “Oh what college do you go to?” or “Hey wanna go clubbing?...

boaconstrictorsjunglesandstars: 39 Ways to Live, and Not Merely Exist. lightglobes: “The proper function of man is to live - not to exist.” - Jack London. Get outside. Don’t let yourself be shut indoors. Go out when it’s raining. Walk on the beach. Hike through the woods. Swim in a freezing lake. Bask in the sun. Play sports, or walk barefoot through grass. Pay close attention to...

I took my first Sh'bam class today.

Did my flailing dancing have a American pop/hip-hip flair? Nope. It was like K-pop.

The EJE was on NPR.

deadendfury: acausedunefleur: deadendfury: Seriously though, I don’t care how good-looking you are. If you speak Quebecois, it’s a dealbreaker. You can speak Quebecois only if you’re mocking it. BUT IT SOUNDS SO CUTE. And are we talking ONLY Quebecois, or capable of a more international dialect/another language, too? Quebecois isn’t cute! It’s garbled French with antiquated vocab from...

deadendfury: Seriously though, I don’t care how good-looking you are. If you speak Quebecois, it’s a dealbreaker. You can speak Quebecois only if you’re mocking it. BUT IT SOUNDS SO CUTE. And are we talking ONLY Quebecois, or capable of a more international dialect/another language, too?

I love the beach...

…But I’m glad to be back.