i partly didn’t want to post again until i could proudly display my vacation pictures and gush about all the fun we had in buenos aires, but it’s been so long since i wrote i got guilty. don’t worry, many many photos are coming soon, hopefully even tonight if all goes well.

but to do just a little bit of gushing at least: best vacation ever. so much good food, wine, walking, weather, dancing, sights, all-around fun, and it was SO cheap day-to-day. we had several spectacular dinners for less than maybe 40 american dollars total. that’s for two people, with a nice bottle of wine and a big steak. i more than recommend it; i practically demand you go there at some point.

and since this seems to be turning into a music blog lately — or just because that’s always a good thing to fall back on writing about, because even during the least-interesting of times such as the first week of work after vacation, at least i’m still listening to music — here is a very short review on an album i like.

belle and sebastian – the life pursuit – 4 stars

i never listened to this band because they seemed so wimpy, even after i actually saw them at coachella a couple years ago and thought they were great. i remember back then having my slightly-cooler-than-me roommate say something about how b&s were so great because they made “really sweet-sounding songs with really bitter lyrics”. so since this new album got such great press, and i figured it was about time to make a real decision on if i liked them or not, and “another sunny day” was unarguably fun, i went for it.

then hey, look at that, my roommate, the reviews, and the world at large that is quicker than i am was all pretty much right. this is a really good pop cd with catchy tunes and subversive lyrics to give it a kick, and yes, i have nothing else really original to say about it. it’s just good.

the best example and my favorite track off the album is probably dress up in you (pay day song!), because it sounds like a love song, but it’s so spiteful, i love it. don’t know if i’m so crazy about them i feel the need to pick up a whole back catalogue or anything, but you can’t fuck with this album. now i’m even sadder i didn’t act fast enough to get tickets to their show with the new pornographers next week; another case of me being slow on the uptake i guess. but, we live and we learn.