Oh, man! Last Friday night (the 15th) was amazing! I don't have a lot of time to write right now, but man, the first night of RED SF was a succcess! Major props to Mari and Rey for throwing such a rockin party!

As I said in my last post, it was also my first time spinning in San Francisco, and I think I did okay! I was super nervous before I went up, but as soon as I saw that everyone in the room seemed to be enjoying the music I was spinning, all of the butterflies disappeared. Before I knew it, I found myself uncontrollably jumping up and down just as much as everyone on the dance floor!


Photo credit: DoubleDPics.com


Photo credit: PressPassPics.com

Rob (DJ Saphyre) got this footage of me dropping a breaks remix of "Riverside."




I burned a bunch of copies of my "Hello, Future!" mix to hand out at the event:





Every other DJ at the event had solid sets in their respective genres, and the crowd seemed to be really feeling everything they heard! I'm really proud to have been involved in such a historic event in San Francisco's electronic music scene!

I also posted a bunch of photos from my camera at the bottom of this entry.

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I'm also getting ready to head to Tokyo tomorrow for a Obirin University RJ reunion! I still have quite a bit to pack... I should really be packing and preparing rather than blogging, but what the hey.  I'll be staying in Sangenjaya at a hotel called, appropriately enough, The B Sangenjaya. I chose this place particularly because it was only one train station away from Shibuya, which was always one of my favorite places to hang out and go shopping when I lived in Tokyo back in '03/'04. I also chose it because it was the cheapest hotel in Tokyo that came up in Yahoo! Travel. Just kidding. Not really. Haha.

Here's a Google Street View of the place:


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As with just about everything I do out of the ordinary, I'm super nervous about the trip. I haven't studied or practice Japanese for a couple years, and I've gotten so rusty with speaking the language (don't even get me started on trying to READ Japanese)! I'm going to try to figure out how to get from Narita Airport to the hotel by myself... If you guys never hear from me again, you'll know that I probably got lost in some inaka somewhere in between Narita and Tokyo.

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Alrighty, well, I'd better get to packing now. I don't have anymore time to waste! Click below for a crapload more of the pics from RED last Friday!

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It's been a few years since I've seriously made a New Year's Resolution. This time around (especially with tomorrow being the start of a new decade), I decided that I should make a few. The following is not listed in any particular order:

Curb the laziness.
There is so much more I could've done this year if I didn't procrastinate so much. My excuse to put something off was always because I was too busy. Busy doing what? It's the end of the year, and I don't know if I ever finished doing whatever the hell it was I was busy with. Pulp flyers? I obviously can't use that excuse anymore. No more excuses! If I have something to do, I need to DO IT! I'm sure that the following resolutions will then fall into place naturally.

Reduce the clutter.
Clutter in my bedroom. Clutter in my mind. Clutter in my email inboxes. Clutter on my social network profiles. Clutter in my hard drive. Clutter in my iPod. Clutter everywhere! If you were to browse my flickr photos, you'll be hard pressed to find a recent photo taken of my bedroom. Why? The place is an embarassing mess! People get really surprised to hear how disorganized I am at home considering how I carry myself in public, but there's a reason that even some of my best friends have never seen what my room looks like. Just now, I bent down to pick up a receipt from the Ecko Unltd shop for a track jacket I bought in July. Yep. No idea why it was never thrown away. Twenty-Ten will be the year that I make my room, life, and mind resemble a Swiss graphic designer's dream come true.

Invest in a scanner/printer.
It's been something I've needed for ages, and I think that I'll finally be getting one. I've seen a few that have the option to print directly onto CDRs, and that's definitely something I need when it comes to making demo mix CDs to hand out to folks. I'll also be able to get rid of a bunch of the clutter in my room once I get around to scanning it all (interesting magazine articles, club/rave flyers, CD liner notes, etc).

Improve my Japanese.
I spent a year (and thousands of dollars) abroad to improve my Japanese, and where'd it all go? My Japanese (both speaking and reading/writing) has gotten so bad these past couple years, and I really need to get it back up to the level it was when I was living there and communicating daily. This will be the year to do it, whether it means dusting off all my old text books, blogging in Japanese again, investing in Rosetta Stone, or just trying harder to make Japanese friends either locally or online who wouldn't mind being language/conversation buddies.

Create a track.
2007 was the year that I finally started DJing after years of saying I would. 2010 will be the year that I finally produce a track. Whether the end result is a crazy, ravey banger or horrid excuse of a song, it will be nothing if I never start. I have the means of doing it, so it's time to get to it!

Continue school.
2007 was also the year I stopped going to school. I had my reasons, but the reasons are now completely irrelevant. My current plans are to start again in the fall of this year. I need to learn more about design!

Work out regularly.
I started using One Hundred Push Ups fairly regularly in September and October, but just kinda stopped in November. January 1, 2010 will be the day that the working out continues! I'm 31 now. I can't just sit around and expect to stay in decent shape without trying!

Manage money/finances better.
Does that really need an explanation?

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I would normally say that *I wonder whether* I can accomplish all of my resolutions this year, but screw that. I WILL accomplish them all! Happy New Year, everyone! What resolutions do you guys have???