Letter From Oomf #4

It's been toooo long

thx Chinmay for finding this for me, xo

Really been letting this and the rest of my hobbies collect dust. What bothers me is I don’t think I have any specific reason to keep trashing drafts of things I want to write about or do. First I was going to write about Sonic Youth’s Washing Machine and how I came to love their stupid asses after being a staunch hater for years. Then I was going to write about the history of punk electronic duo, Suicide, and why I admire them more than most punk or beatnik artists from the 70s/80s. Then after hearing M.I.A. sample Ghost Rider by Suicide, I really got my wheels turning on an essay comparing the two…then she went and started tweeting about Trump and #they/them :D And really ya’ll could probably gaf about oral history told by me anyway.

Same thing w DJ-ing. I’ve been finding so many cumbia songs from my childhood that were previously just sounds and tunes from family functions, now they have names and I’ll never lose them again. Thank you NTS Radio, like wow. I’ve done this and discovered so many classic bass-led tunes from the 90s that feel like something I’d hear in the car before someone would beg my Dad to turn down the music or play something else. And I’ve really been inspired by this Frankie Knuckles CD courtesy of Half Priced Books and local Austin artist Sewa. I even sent this feverish audio message of a mash up of Lorde’s Royals and Paper Planes to Rowan one night. Despite all of this I somehow haven’t downloaded any of this music to my computer to play with on the controller…

sis is playing ecco2k to zero people 😭

I can’t put a pin on where this time is going or what my deal is but literally whatever like get over urself?? What’s the point of being so self-aware if you don’t wanna do anythingg? I finally got the balls to write while at work during lunch, which is what I’m doing right now at 12:33PM on a Friday afternoon. This’ll probably come out a little after Friday though, probably Sunday or Monday because I just HAVE to put little pics and maybe a song/playlist in here. Also finally got a tattoo and it lowkey hurt, but afterwards I thought fondly of the pain like…again again! I’ll hopefully be able to make a mix I’m happy within the near future and I’ll post/write about it here.

It’s 4:30 now, I got distracted by FKA Twigs and forgot what else I had to say but WHATEVERRRRRUH. I like my job right now its kinda brain rotting work but at least the help we’re offering people is actionable and visible. The first visa extension petitions I put together are starting to get approved by the gov so I’m happy about thatttt. I’m not the final check before they get sent off but still its nice to see through I guess. I think that’s about it sooo, hopefully I’ll be back soon with more things to talk about.

I also think I do wanna go to law school lol so get ready to learn LSAT gibberish buddy.

NTS Sauce: https://www.nts.live/shows/rachel-grace-almeida/episodes/rachel-grace-almeida-11th-september-2024