New Places, Walking, Writing, Music

[kristen999]

Just a bit of an update.

We've finally settled into our new apartment. Cable and the net were turned on tonight and this weekend we're going to make curtains! I never realized how much of a cave our old place was compared to all the windows and sunlight here!

My walk to work is a solid twenty minutes whether it is rain, sleet or snow, but it's good exercise even if the wind nearly knocked me down today. Despite the time, my walk is really nice. We lucked out and moved into an apartment we could afford in the middle of a historic neighborhood...which was wow...how did we land this?? lol...All the homes around here are amazingly cool. I love looking at them as I go by them every day.

This is the view out the second floor of our place. *click to enlarge*




I took a brain break this week from writing. Out of the Depths was a grueling emotional story for me and I loved writing it, but it was quite draining. I'm excited to start my casestory this weekend! I have a really fun, intense idea that I'm giddy to start! I want people's hands to sweat reading it...heeee.

I always have music I listen to to when I write. I've recommended several artists. Air, DJ Shadow, UNKLE, Massive Attack, Radiohead, NIN. Does anyone have any other type of downtempo, electronia to rec? Not that NIN or Radiohead fit in that cat, but I'm just looking for good music to write to.

I've read a lot about Florence and the Machine --- is that something I should check out?

Does anyone have a mix they've uploaded anywhere that is good to listen to during writing?

Comments

[rojaji.livejournal.com]

i love fatm - i've been obsessing over their stuff for the last few months, i see you're gonna try it out. one group i always thought you might like - vnv nation - ever heard of them? not very down tempo though. but very good, you've got to check them out.

umm... down tempo, lemme think - cinematic orchestra - to build a home is one of my favorites by them. the ballad of broken birdie records by mum is a good song. i love the postal service and styrofoam. some of the postal service guys did some side projects with great results - i'm kinda thinking port blue might be exactly what you're looking for right now. if i remember right, they're all instrumentals, down tempo. good mood music, but not too distracting.

glad you're settling in to your new place, i know we havent talked in ages - i only pop in on lj every once in awhile lately. i might have to try one of your hawaii 5-0 stories one of these days - its one of hubby's shows, so i'm familiar with the characters, and i do miss your stories! good luck on the next one! ;p

i wish i could upload a mix for you but all my stuff is on itunes and my old file converter program doesnt seem to work on windows 7. if you have any suggestions, i'll see what i can do for ya.

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

Ha! I met the manager to VNV Nation once, real cool guy. They're a bit too redundant for me, but I did enjoy some of their stuff.

It's so good to hear from you again! Tomorrow I plan on listening to their FaTM so I'm excited!

[rojaji.livejournal.com]

lol what a small world! have you listened to fatm yet? what do you think??