sunday spring cleaning....

it’s way too early in the morning, and i of course am awake. i try to let jess get her sleep on the weekend, but often times she is awoken by me doing something. usually playing scrabbleblast.

last night we had an enjoyable night, giving each other the freedom to spend some money we decided we could afford to spend. jess got an amazing amount of items for 50$, making her cash stretch at Marshals and Bed Bath & Beyond. i got four new records, jose gonzalez’s ‘in our nature’, vampire weekend’s self titled album, cancer conspiracy’s ‘omega’ and the shins’ ‘chutes too narrow’

as you can see buki is a big fan of cancer conspiracy…


i would have to say that ‘in our nature’ is most definitely the stand out album of my purchases. making me wish i had his debut album ’veneer’ on vinyl as well. ’in our nature’ really is a natural follow up to gonzalez’s first release, with his vocals a bit more prominent, his music more vibrant, making all the reviewers use a different word other than “hushed” when describing this album. the art work is amazing, very simple, and subtle. Nathan Abels, my friend and artist, wrote a while back about gonzalez’s album art. either way, if you are thinking about grabbing an album that is sweet and rich, and composed well with simple arrangements, buy ‘in our nature’.

today is going to be a day of spring cleaning. jess is going to dust and arrange our drawers a bit more. i will be vacuuming, and changing a light bulb. we will both probably contribute to cleaning the bathroom, since we both seem to dread that the most. i think for breakfast we will most likely have biscuits and “crazy", which is jess’s version of biscuits and gravy. we may try to even exercise. depending on the weather, will determine how. i hope to run, no matter how cold.

jess and i are hoping the spring weather we had a few days ago, will return soon!