My Secret Vice
Like sneaking chocolates from the pantry or those midnight sips of brandy, every now and then I look forward to a dose of my personal addiction, a fix of mellow-choly…

1) Get rather sleepy or rather drunk. Work hard or play hard ; )

2) Turn on slow, slow tracks from Martin Taylor, Keith Jarrett, Tsuji Ayano, or something like Spitz’s ‘Yasashiku Naritaina’.

3) Lazily read a few chapters of Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou whilst half-blind with fatigue.

That last step is really the rare and special ingredient, a discovery, an acquired taste that has become precious upon discovery of its calming effects. Read it during the hustle and bustle of the day, and its just another comic, and a boring one at that - but try it when trying to unwind. Its more an experience then a story. Unconcerned with events nor progress, you simply savor the moments that weigh heavily like the nostalgic memories of a sunnier, happier past dragged up by the music.
- posted by Tweck @ 11:25 AM