Grieving

It's been hard to blog lately. May has been a sad month. I've lost a dear friend, and my sister has lost her dog. My friend Annie passed away May 15 in circumstances most of us are not quite sure what happened.
I could ask questions forever, but it will never bring Anne back or help me or my friends grieve.
The true cause can never be understand because of multiple factors. So I grieve, but continue to dance as a way to show my love for Anne. Anne was a unique person in my circle of friends. She said I was her "doppelganger". She loved dance and dance music. She loved animals. She was very fond of cats. She Loved. She also was good at generating love where there was hate. She was very outgoing and caring. She worked as a social worker, and volunteered her time outside of work for various forms of charity. To me the most interesting thing about Anne that I didn't know before was that at birth she had only been given a year to live! To me that's just amazing!!! I mean defying odds, and yet living with that fact tucked away in your mind. She really did live like most people only dream of. She knew what it meant to be living and to live your life.
I her short 25 years she did more that most people in 75 years! She was awesome and truly unique. I will miss her dearly.


Almost a year ago in July I lost my friend Ephraim. He was another dancer that had nothing but good vibes to bring to the club. It was really tough for me to venture back out after that. The reason was that when I would go out I'd think to myself, "well if no one is there, Ephraim will be there...dancing." Same thing with Anne. Now things are different. Although I'm not gonna stop dancing it's helps me fight any sorrow and keeps me moving. I Loved those kids, they will both be missed deeply forever.

Squid of the Moment

Prototaxites, a prehistric 20 foot tall mushroom

I had read about this earlier today and dug up some links.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070423080454.htm

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/04/24/fossil.fungus.reut/index.html

http://www.xs4all.nl/~steurh/engprot/eprototx.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototaxites

Laptop Battle 2007 pictures

here are some pictures I snapped before my batteries died.
Congrats to Dave London (Jacob London) for claiming the PNW regional title!

Squid Theories

Are Squids related to aliens? Are they the "monkey" to the alien? If Dolphins are decended from land animals, could squids be related to a land animal? If octopus and squid can change color so well to blend into their surroundings, then couldn't aliens as well? Couldn't they have learned the organic technology of their body, and applied it to their spacecraft for cloaking? Just maybe the recent explosion in the population of jumbo squid is actually breeding by aliens for DNA harvest. Speculation, yes, but I've heard silly rumors of a scientist who thinks that in 1000 years giant squids and great white sharks will be land animals! What should we do? or are the Squids here to save us?

The Laptop Battle is coming up!

click on these pictures for links to more info.














The next battle is within weeks. It should definitely be a good one. I can't wait.
I was going to re-enter the competition, but I apparently missed the deadline. whoops!
Oh well I'm busy enough as it is I guess, and I've always joked about how funny it would be if ever there was some serious asshole laptop jockey trying to hold down the title of champ for year after year after year...that would be ridiculous!
HA!
Listen to the Squid Leader track "Radioactive" on the Laptop Battle MySpace page-click on the image of this woman's stunned face

Last Night a DJ kicked my Ass!

click on the picture above-

this is let's go outside
he's a producer and DJ

http://www.letsgooutside.com/
check out these links
http://www.myspace.com/letsgooutside

He was on fire last night droppin' it like no one else.
His name is Let's Go Outside from Portland, Oregon.
His beats were so filthy and psychedelic. The sound was techno, techno, techno, and bits of glitch and electro and just all sorts of hints of electronic music past, present and future.
He brought it, and all he had was a laptop! I literally danced for hours.
Now I'm paying for-I got my ass kicked! What a wonderful time!

Last night there were a wealth of parties across town.
I happened to be playing at Electric Avenue with Kris Moon and Jizosh.
Kris Moon ripped it up hard too I was into it every bit.
He had the tasty blend of hip hop, techno, electro, old school, ghetto,
feel good vibe with a splash of gabber hardcore for novelty.

follow these links:
http://electricavenueseattle.blogspot.com/index.html
http://unitedhousefront.com/members/jizosh/

http://www.myspace.com/krismoon

I also heard a crazy Live Hardware set at the end of the night from a mysterious fellow from Detroit. He dropped the sickest dark electro dub glitch 808 bass heavy b-boy freak out that I've ever heard. I will find out more about him and update you on that too. ASAP.

I'm sorry but my only thing to complain about is the fog machine.
After awhile it got to be too much. Oh well.

check this out!
http://members.shaw.ca/bkeith2/FogTip.htm

it actually says you can use eucalyptus and a humidifier as an alternative to enhancing
lights, lazers, and scanners. This is something I'd love to check out.
At the bottom is some data from 1991 about the dangers of fog machines.
It's the true reason ravers wear face masks, and sometime utilize a eucalyptus based product to help their breathing in such harsh conditions. Imagine how stoked they'd be to not have to wear the mask, and just breath in the vapors!!! I know I would;)
There should be a law that enforces the use of this alternative by the year 2020. Down with the the fog machine industry- it's ruining our children's lives!:)