Wrap up

Fuse-in Monday
Expected highlights: UR, Octave One
Unexpected highlights: phone-o, highfish, deetron
Lowlights: Jan Jelinek and Cobra Killer no shows
Unexpected lowlight: Fred Giannelli
Absurdly crowded: Richie Hawtin

Fuse-In update

The first day was pretty fun. Highlights: Legowelt, Green Velvet. Lowlights: KDJ and Akufen not showing up.

Next stop, Monday. Gonna get me some UR, some Octave One, some Richie Hawtin, some Dan Bell, some Carl Criag, some Mos Def, and maybe just maye some Fred Giannelli.

Kyle Gets HIs Fuse-In, er, on

Today's the first day of the Fuse-In techno fest. Ooooh, I'm giddy. Also sick. But mostly giddy. Gonna see me some KDJ, some Egg, some Legowelt, some Aril Brikha, some Elektrofunk, some Bangkok Impact, some Green Velvet, and maybe just maybe some Akufen.

Kyle Takes in a Ballgame

I went to see the Tigers get whooped, then come back to tie the game, and then lose last night with Dee's family. We then went to Greektown casino for a few hours. I turned $20 into $29, and then $19, and finally $9. It was a flip-floppy evening.

The Detroit Techno Festival is officially on for memorial day weekend. The linup is stellar, as always, although they're charging entrance this year to curb the cost of putting it on. I'm a fan of the fee, by and large, even if it means I only go one day 'cause I don't want to pay $10 to hear acts that I've heard before. It'll keep the festival running and steer the rambling idiots away from the shows. This is a good thing--it's always been far too crowded, especially during any hip-hop acts, and I think I saw 3 fights last year. That's not the techno-love that I'm talking about, no sir.

So my flu is going away, thanks for asking. Actually, it's being replaced by an involuntary collaboration with a neurologist here, which promises to infect what little free time I have left in the lab. It could be good actually: extra data with minimal work. That's my motto.

Steve's girlfriend Becca caught two of her students handing in identicle papers, and catching plagiarists is always exciting, but they proceded to plagiarize their email responses to her as well! This is too rediculous to be true, but it is. They wrote essentially the same email, both claiming to be "very upset", then asking if they can meet with her when they get back from out of town on Tuesday. Check it out.

Kyle Parties

Last Saturday I hosted a party for Amy and Jen, in honor of their PhD graduation. You can see pictures here (in reverse order of events).

If I say so myself, it went splendidly. We had 30 or so people, some very tasty snacks (baked brie, homemade refried beans, etc), and a lot of drinks and fun. For anyone that cares, a BYOB party is the way to go. There's plenty to go around and the host is left with a wild assortment of alcoholic drinks.

Dee and I got a great cake too. Besides being delicioso-to-the-max, we had the bakery fill the entire cake up with writing, which was in the old english style of diplomas. Clever, no? I also gave a drunken speach, which I think was kept appropriate and amusing. Now I have the Flu, which may be related to the party, but who knows. Scientists don't speculate.

In other news, my photo log has been upgraded courtesy of Tom, so I will be uploading heaps of photos in the future. Stay tuned.