This past weekend I made my first trek to a record shop. Now, this wasn't a music shop, this was a genuine, musty-cardboard smelling antique shop located in an air-conditioned warehouse. The purchases from Amazon were all one-sided. They contained experiences, yes, but they were all from a listening stand-point. Actually going and looking for vinyl IS getting your cherry popped because its the whole she-bang. A dingy, cool but still muggy old basement is probably a part of first-time...

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When was the last time you actually spent quality time with your favorite album? And I mean quality time, not just having it playing in the background while you read, clean, have sex, or balance the check book. One hundred percent quality, sit-your-***-down and focus on the music. Melt into whatever it is you're sitting or laying on. Let the music absorb into you like smoke coming off fire, each piece of the music with its own flame, burning red, yellow, blue, and green. Feel it transform...

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I want to preface this by saying that whomever came up with the "fake antivirus package" type trojan needs to be shot in the face with a shotgun.


Anyway, this past weekend my parents ran into a problem with their computer - they couldn't get on the internet. Everything was hooked up and you could click into Firefox, but a warning page would load up and warn you about insecure internet navigation and give you two options. Option 1 would allow you to "enable protection"...

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Music has been an obsession with me since high-school and it has grown to become a big black hole in my wallet, not that I care. I try my best to get a taste for whatever interests me and give everything a fair chance, so I can maintain a balanced palette so I don't run everything I like into the ground with over-listening.

As a music-obsessive I have dealt with a lot of different formats: cassettes, CDs, and digital ones would be the most obvious. In the back of my mind, however,...

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Mark down this fashion phenomena as yet another thing I simply do not understand regarding the female crowd. With Winter looming over the horizon and cold weather beginning to move in, campus has turned into a daily fashion show of UGG boots.

I cannot honestly explain exactly why I have such strong negative feelings against these shoes. I'm sure they're warm and comfy and all of those sensible reasons, but these are colleges girls and we all know they're willing to sacrifice individualism...

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