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MOVING BLOGS!!!

hey guys robin luvgrease99 here!!!

i’m moving blogs since I lost the p/w to this account (and the p/w to the email its attached to). I’m still logged in as luvgrease99 on tumblr mobile but since desktop logged everyone out automatically a few months ago due to That Big Hacking Scare…… I can’t access tumblr properly any more. so I’m moving!!!!

idk if I can insert a link on mobile but here goes. my new username is Elpiste!!! http://elpiste.tumblr.com

hope 2 continue chatting to u guys there!! I’ll try and be more active, hopefully the fresh start will help (& u can always ask for my twitter username, I’m chatty over there). i miss u guys! I’ll try and queue this post hope I don’t fuck it up lol

SEE YOU THERE!!!

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bc ive been on tumblr forever ive forgotten the pw of the ancient ass email i used to sign up and now i can't access the site unless i use mobile which is a bit of a pickle. might have to remake lads! anyway here's a dress i scoped recently and a pic of a puppy that i thought you guys might enjoy

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Purple Tuesday

I was home watching TV and cutting up a steak when I got the call at 8PM. A friend of mine worked at a famous hotel in LA and one of the guests made a last minute request for a DJ to play the hotel bar. Someone that could get there and start playing in an hour. The bar frequently had live bands play, but never a DJ. So with little to no time, my wise and generous friend thought to throw a gig my way.

“Yeah, I can get there in an hour. Am I getting paid?”

“Yes, you’ll get paid.”

“What kind of party is it? What am I playing?”

“Someone’s renting out the bar for a private party. And that someone is… The Artist… formerly… known… as… Prince.”

That sentence was not real to me. Still not real. I had no time to really think or say anything but, “What? You serious? Yes. Be there as soon as I can.” Got off the phone and my stomach turned. Only a handful of people in the world have imprinted their music that much in my brain. And couldn’t he just call up any of the best DJ’s in LA to come play for him? Why’s he gonna trust someone who is by all means an unknown? I’d been DJing parties and bars for years but going from that to Prince is an Olympic leap.

The next half hour felt like a panic attack. I made a list of songs to play for Prince and his private Prince party. Ok, no Prince songs. He doesn’t want to hear himself. No MJ. I don’t want to insult him or anything. Didn’t they have beef in the 80’s? No hip hop. Can’t picture him rocking out to Kendrick. I thought of who he was influenced by and dragged some James Brown and Stevie songs into the playlist. Isley Brothers, Curtis. Great. 8:20PM. I still have to get ready even though I could spend the next month picking songs. I quickly close my laptop and get dressed. Pack up my turntables, mixer, cables and run them all to the car as I’m sweating through this black suit.

I get to the hotel with about five minutes to set up. The bar is completely empty aside from a couple of servers and my friend who made the call. And the room is almost lit exclusively by candlelight. I’m told to set up my turntables on the grand piano, which is also covered with candles, making me feel like hip hop Liberace. A waitress tells me there’s like an 80% chance Prince doesn’t show up. He just likes to rent out the bar in case he and his friends wander through the hotel and feel like stopping in. “But you should start playing music anyway in case he comes in. Who knows.” So I start playing songs to the very empty bar. The anticipation is a killer. My friend gives me a much needed glass of whiskey before taking off.

A giant spread of appetizers is covering the bar and getting sweaty. Spring rolls, cheese, orange juice. An hour goes by. Then another hour. A no-show. I’m kind of bummed out but also very relieved. I don’t know how I’m going to react if he walks in that door. So I’m just playing the set of my life to nobody. It’s like I’m getting paid to practice and listen to whatever I want on the bar’s sound system.

At 12AM the door opens and some guy walks over to me and without a greeting he says,

“Hey man. He’ll be here in 15 minutes. What are you gonna play when he walks in?”

“Oh I got some stuff lined up. Some older Stevie Wonder, the JB’s.”

“Yeah. Yeah, he likes that. Anything like that, Earth Wind & Fire, Chic.”

“Yeah I got Chic! I’ll play that.”

“And he wants to hear Janelle Monáe when he walks in. You got that?”

“Yup. Yup. Janelle Monáe.”

“Cool, he’ll be here in 15 minutes.”

I didn’t have any Janelle Monáe. I ran out to the concierge desk in the lobby to get the wifi password, ran back and started downloading a bunch of Janelle Monáe off of iTunes. Right on time as I cue up the track, the door opens and I catch a quick glimpse. Full on afro, turtleneck and a gold chain. I want to say he had a cane, but I was trying not to look directly at him. I didn’t want to throw him off or maybe infuriate him by making eye contact. Prince was in the room. I was just musical wallpaper. He and a friend sat down at a couch about fifteen feet away from me.

The grand entrance song blended straight into James Brown’s Talking Loud and Saying Nothing. I played Ike & Tina Turner, Charles Wright, Omar’s The Man, and Gust of Wind by Pharrell. My head was pretty much glued to the turntables, sticking to my no look philosophy, but I could hear bits of conversation. Hearing that Prince voice in person was something strange. It just belongs on record or on microphone. I start dishing out some other favorite tracks of mine, Think Twice by Jay Dee and Alicia Myers I Want to Thank You. There’s zero reaction to the songs I play. I’m still worried I’m not playing what he wants to hear. Is he gonna throw a spring roll at me?

A little later that guy from earlier comes back into the bar and walks straight over to me.

“Hey man. Just want to let you know, they love your music.”

“Oh really? Thanks. Do they want to hear anything in particular?”

“Nope. Just keep playing what your playing.”

Oh it’s on now. I can finally breathe and I’m getting props from the man himself, or from the middleman himself. And then it hits me. There’s only two people in there. Prince and a girl. I’m not there to DJ a private party. I’m there to DJ a date. Prince is on a date and I’m the entertainment.

I saved my set list from that night and I don’t remember playing half the songs on it. All I know is I was in deep concentration, mixing out of my mind. Messenger man came in one more time and said Prince might try to play the piano. When it was time, he would pop his head in the door and give me the cue to stop DJing. I had never seen Prince perform, so a private piano ballad to his woman and myself sounded alright. I stayed looking at that door for a while until Prince’s date walked over to me.

“Hey, so what’s the name of this song? He likes it and wants to know.”

“It’s a Smith’s cover. This Charming Man by Stars.”

She sat back down and relayed the info, to which he nodded his head. Now I’m stumping Prince with cool music. I play another track. She comes over to me again and asks, “What’s this one? He wants this on repeat.” Blacker 4 The Good Times by Ballistic Brothers. So I play that song a couple more times in a row. It’s now 4AM and I’m just a little delirious from being on my feet DJing for 7 hours. And I’m running out of music. My song selections are all over the map at this point. Esperanza Spalding, ESG, Broken Bells.

At around 4:30 Prince gets up off the couch and walks floats right over to me. He looks me in the eye, starts shaking my hand and says in a deep Prince voice,

“Thank you. That was very enjoyable.”

“Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.”

In my mind it was that smooth but there’s no doubt I was speaking gibberish.

And just like that he left the room with his date. He didn’t put any moves on her in the bar, but I like to think I helped him out by setting the mood for whatever happened next. I stopped the music and the lights went on.

And that was the best night of DJing I ever had or ever will have.

Playlist from that night.

Janelle Monáe - Q.U.E.E.N. ft Erykah Badu James Brown - Talking Loud and Saying Nothing Billy Gardener - I Got Some J.B.’s - Givin’ Up Food For Funk Ike & Tina Turner - Bold Soul Sister Charles Wright - Express Yourself Johnny Hammond - Tell Me What to Do (Whiskey Barons Rework) Pharrell Williams - Gust of Wind Omar - The Man Steve Arrington - Weak at the Knees Belle Epoque - Miss Broadway Chic - I Want Your Love (Todd Terje Edit) Ethel Beatty - I Know You Care (U-Tern Edit) Curtis Mayfield - Give Me Your Love Mayer Hawthorne - Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out Jay Dee - It’s a Man’s World Jay Dee - Think Twice Alicia Myers - I Want to Thank You Positive Force - We Got the Funk (Larry Levan Re-Edit) Rene and Angela - I Love You More Stevie Wonder - That Girl The Isley Brothers - Tell Me When You Need It Again N*E*R*D - Run to the Sun Beyonce - Blow Hall & Oates - I Can’t Go For That St. Germain - Sure Thing ft John Lee Hooker Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love Bernard Wright - Who Do You Love Tina Turner - What’s Love Got to Do With It George Benson - Give Me the Night Junior - Mama Used to Say Stevie Wonder - Do I Do Fela Kuti - Opposite People Claudja Barry - I Wanna Dance Janelle Monáe - Dance Apocalyptic Joe Coleman - Get It Off the Ground Flight Facilities - Crave You Nu Shooz - I Can’t Wait Stars - This Charming Man Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady Edwin Birdsong - Rapper Dapper Snapper Ballistic Brothers - Blacker 4 The Good Times Ballistic Brothers - Blacker 4 The Good Times Ballistic Brothers - Blacker 4 The Good Times Esperanza Spalding - I Can’t Help It ESG - My Love For You Jimmy Bo Horne - Is It In Floating Points - Love Me Like This Broken Bells - After The Disco Tornado Wallace - Don’t Hold Back The Mohawks - Champ

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hi, do you have some tips for surviving high school? how was/is your experience with school?

HI OMG sorry for the delayed response!! surviving high school….. um god idk if giving general advice would be v useful since i think it might depend on both the person and school but lemme jot down some things that were useful for me

1. Please God Whatever You Do get enough sleep if youre able to? secondary school overall was enjoyable 2 me but during my final two years i struggled w sleeplessness and it made whatever anxieties i had 10x worse. like i was unable to function and sometimes id be incapable of communicating or thinking clearly, or id hallucinate in class and id have to leave bc id freak out, or id start crying bc i wasnt able to do something properly??? GOD IT WAS JUST MESSY a severe lack of sleep fucks u up. dont live like me. if you start feeling tired all the time pls reach out to someone itll help a lot in the long run ;_; i didnt get much aid wrt this in secondary school bc i didnt realize how much it affected me until after i started sleeping well again. when my sleeplessness returned during my first year of university i went to the clinic and got therapy & meds to help me ease back into a doable routine

2. actually… like……. reaching out to others and letting them know how youre doing (if you feel the need to) is a really good idea in general. letting school administration know i was having a hard time was part of the reason i managed to graduate in the first place!! they were super understanding; the school counselor talked me through things, my teachers allowed me to catch up on tests, the board was slightly more lenient on absences etc. letting your classmates know is a good idea too! i wasnt rly able to hide it very well since id have breakdowns randomly, but because everyone knew theyd go out of their way to comfort me and check up on me when i wasnt there. i get that it can be hard to open up to strangers– i still have trouble w this– but its beneficial and helps a lot in the long run too (the more you ask for help and help others in return, the better life gets!!! trust me)

3. try to do a little bit of work every day instead of leaving everything to the last minute!!! i procrastinate a lot nowadays but my workload in secondary school was waaaay higher/more regular than it is now so i simply couldnt afford to leave everything to the last minute (or id have a panic attack and stay home and itd snowball into something bigger.. so…..). this is especially relevant if you have a mental illness because it helps you stay on top of things and is also a good way to affirm urself and boost ur confidence (WHICH IS IMPORTANT DURING HIGH SCHOOL OK!!! its difficult to do everything at once!!!). try to turn it into a relaxing activity by doing it in a comfortable environment and piling on the rewards if you get through it all. i used to get my cat to curl up w me, get snacks, blast good music and type up all my notes in bed after school and it became rly therapeutic to me… it also prevented me from having to study too much bc id learn the material by rewriting it. this became so normal to me that i kept up the habit in university (even though most of my course is essay-based rather than test-based so studying the slides is kinda.. extra) and bc i associate it w having a Chill Time its one less thing to get anxious about. so.. basically…… find a studying method that works for you and that you find enjoyable!!! it helps a lot

4. hang out w friends and/or acquaintances as much as you want to but dont feel bad about doing stuff by yourself either?? its not bad to go shopping alone or to eat lunch alone yknow!! sometimes you gotta have me time. try not to worry about being everyones best friend either, or about building the strongest bonds ever.. like.. youre all Teens and u all have your own lives to live and its just nice to get along w/o holdups. academias gonna stress you out you dont need friendship troubles on top of that. if anyone gives you trouble try to drop them as quickly as possible and move on. invite ur friends out to coffee. arrive at school early so u can catch up on Gossip.. arrange group chats….. spend some weekends in ur room alone and others at the park w them.. like their fb statuses….. eat pizza after school. i dont meet up w high school friends much any more bc i dont live in the same country 70% of the time but were still friendly with one another and theyre what made secondary school so Good (two of them in particular!! two of the sweetest brightest ppl ive ever met!!!) so its worthwhile to make memories w them while u still can, learn from each other, keep in touch n move forward in life together!

5. a huge part of why i was so high strung in secondary school all the time is bc i thought itd affect my future a lot so i was desperate to get high grades but it rly doesnt matter much. i mean once you get into a college and youre doing something you like thats the best way 2 go rly!! doesnt have to be neuroscience at harvard. hell if you hate school and think third level education is a waste then thats perfectly acceptable too. to answer your second question, i looove school but only once i realized that its a means to an end kinda place. i think its important to realize that youre working really hard, to rest well and to do so thoroughly (i took a year out btwn secondary school and uni because i was mentally exhausted trying to take care of myself and i even though i didnt end up doing “productive” things it helped me grow a LOT as a person, so id personally rec this as well). also realize that if you DO want to go to college afterwards, the environment and structure are a lot different, mostly in a positive sense. theres a lot of self-doubt and second guessing but i study what i enjoy now and its making me excited about the future, which is what school SHOULD do! 

SO I GUESS WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO IS i believe in you anon, youll get there!!! sorry if this advice was very long-winded and ramble-y, i didnt rly know what you were referring to in terms of ‘surviving’ high school, and seeing as youre on anon i dont know much about your personal situation either. but if you ever wanna come off anon im always be up for talking through asks privately! i hope you have a good day 

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6, 12, 13 & 23! its always such a treat seeing u post :3c

omg hi mie tysm i miss you ;_; YEAH I DONT POST ON HERE MUCH ANY MORE BUT I LIKE THAT REPLIES ARE BACK plus im like, 80% sure most of my followers are following me because of either 1. a haikyuu liveblogging post i made ages ago, and i hate disappointing them because i am a husk of my former self, or 2. mettaton from undertale fanart which is stressful bc i prefer to doodle in notebooks now rather than use my tablet so id feel like a fraud posting any low quality blurry mobile shots of some shit i did in a £1.49 moleskin knockoff. ANYWAY

6. are you religious/spiritual?

naw

12. dog person or cat person?

i was attacked by a dog once and also ive never owned one..... i prefer cats bc theyre chill and i always seem to get along w them really well?? dogs are definitely good and pure though i just dont KNOW THEM YET!!!

13. inside or outdoors?

i like wandering around cities but i also like air conditioning. inside........

23. how often would you want to see your family every year?

maybe every few months I DUNNO i love them but i dont do well around them for long periods of time 3:

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susu4 replied to your post:1, 3, 8, 10, 21, 24, 25, 29, 30

*did this on anon because i got nervous aobut sendng so many many once*

youre a meatball !

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I’m eating this Russian chocolate and it made a rattling noise when I shook it and there’s a horse magnet inside???

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hi there! 1, 11, 15, 19, 24, 27, 30, hope u have a nice day!

AW ANON TYYYY YOU TOO!!! ♥♥ ill skip the ones ive answered already...

5. five most influential books over your lifetime.

FUCK I WAS SCARED OF GETTING THIS QUESTION BECAUSE i used to read a Lot as a kid/preteen but they were all like.... teen novels that werent particularly influential to me. i just liked reading em. and now i dont read anything but non-fiction and fanfiction so im Dead (im guessing this q is referring to fiction rather than non-fiction so)

I GUESS IF I HAD TO PICK THOUGH..... the little prince, moomin books & comic series (all of em), the winnie-the-pooh books cuz theyre damn good, kafka’s metamorphosis & the golem and the djinni by helene wecker (altho idk if i’d say this was influential.. like.. it was just a good read). anyway this is also a very desperate plea to RECOMMEND ME ANY FICTION THAT IS DEAR TO U bc this question made me realize that id really like to read new stuff!!!

19. which Harry Potter house would you be in? or are you a muggle?hufflepuff LOOOOOL but i could see ravenclaw too maybe? and YEA ID DEF BE A MUGGLE

27. do you feel like your outside appearance is a fair representation of the “real you”?no fuk my meat vessle

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Since My stepdad cheated on my mom and he’s being an ass. I put a shit ton of that tasteless powder laxative in all of his diet shake mixes he won’t notice but he will shit himself and not be able to figure out why.

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11. describe your ideal day.

OMG THERE ARE SO MANY POSSIBLE ANSWERS TO THIS??? wake up post-sleepover, go out w friend..... eat at a good restaurant, walk around a big city (like the centre of london), go back home and chill out for a good bit and then invite other friends over for drinks & fun times!!! eventually pass out in living room

16. if you’d grown up in a different environment, do you think you’d have turned out the same?

mm no def not!! but i think this goes for most people, environments can rly affect u as a person. i moved around a lot and i think each place changed me, so

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omg thank you anon for sending me so many T_T sorry if some of the replies to these are short.... my browser crashed the first time i tried to answer these & im evidently still bitter about the fact that spotify destroys every other tab i have open

1. if someone wanted to really understand you, what would they read, watch, and listen to?THIS QUESTION IS SO FUN BUT SO TRICKY i think def.. whatever i feel nostalgic twd or whatever changed me as a person?? so like, literature-wise... tales from moominvalley is my fav moomin book so probably that. the little prince.. uhh..... comics helped me a lot when i was struggling w anxiety and psychosis-related issues so deffo certain comic titles that im particularly attached to <:3c to watch.. ive been inspired by animation movies by whole life so a lot of animated ones!!! the iron giant was my fav movie as a kid and i watched oliver & company + lion king 2 a lot as well. im rly attached to the fall too. tv series: maybe mushishi and pushing daisies??? as for listening, the pokemon game osts & baths, man man and sufjan stevens

3. list your fandoms and one character from each that you identify with.I PHYSICALLY CANNOT DO THIS OH MY GOD I LIKE WAY TOO MANY THINGS!!!!! also i struggle w self-identity a lot and either relate to every character ever or vehemently reject identifying with stuff so im not entirely sure how to respond anyway :( maybe mikitaka nd giorno from jjba pt 4 & 5, and i rly connected w nbc hannibal's will graham for a good while of my life in a therapeutic kinda sense

8. what musical artists have you most felt connected to over your lifetime?i listen to AAALL SORTS of music but i think i definitely connect most w the kind of music thats like.. indie folk lmao. i used to listen to amiina's album 'kurr' a lot so def that >:3c beiruts live performances too.. and sufjan stevens did a bunch of christmas albums that i used to play all year round so i have a lot of memories associated w those! and umm. yeah....... the artists i covered in question 1 too haha

10. do you have a creed?i had to google what this meant and now assassins creed makes way more sense LOOOOOOL but on a serious note. not really anything i religiously stick to! when i was anxious and didnt sleep a lot i sort of came up with this philosophy of letting things go very easily and trying to enjoy the most minor things like feeding pigeons and people holding the door open for you etc etc and i think that still affects me presently-- i hardly ever stay stressed about anything for a long period of time!! its kinda bad too though bc i dont get super strongly attached to things and tend to be a lil flaky wrt personal relationships but im trying to work on that. BUT YEAH personal principles.. um.... be nice to ppl and try to return favours, dont beat yourself up too much, self-improvement is good but comes gradually and thats ok so do ur best and take it slow, do things that make you content as often as you possibly can even if its just shit like browsing buzzfeed when u should be working :) also i just reread the definition of creed and a lot of these are talking about religion so id like to reiterate that im not particularly religious but i think the concept is neat. ANYWAY

21. do you love easily?UMM YES.... I LOVE.... CASUALLY?? like i love a lot of things but i have a hard time being intense. i grow fond of ppl easily and like to see them live & succeed at things but i think i hold myself back from getting too attached :’)

24. have you ever felt like you had a “mind-meld” with someone?OOOHHH DEFINITELY 

25. could you live as a hermit?honestly no i like hot baths and supermarkets too much 

29. three songs that you connect with right now.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RowAc-H3EMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc9woWsy55ghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlGyZy754K4 WHITE BOY WASTED

30. pick one of your favorite quotes.

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identity ask.........oh shit

if someone wanted to really understand you, what would they read, watch, and listen to?

have you ever found a writer who thinks just like you? if so, who?

list your fandoms and one character from each that you identify with.

do you like your name?  is there another name you think would fit you better?

do you think of yourself as a human being or a human doing? do you identify yourself by the things you do?

are you religious/spiritual?

do you care about your ethnicity?

what musical artists have you most felt connected to over your lifetime?

are you an artist?

do you have a creed?

describe your ideal day.

dog person or cat person?

inside or outdoors?

are you a musician?

five most influential books over your lifetime.

if you’d grown up in a different environment, do you think you’d have turned out the same?

would you say your tumblr is a fair representation of the “real you”?

what’s your patronus?

which Harry Potter house would you be in? or are you a muggle?

would you rather be in Middle Earth, Narnia, Hogwarts, or somewhere else?

do you love easily?

list the top five things you spend the most time doing, in order.

how often would you want to see your family every year?

have you ever felt like you had a “mind-meld” with someone?

could you live as a hermit?

how would you describe your gender/sexuality?

do you feel like your outside appearance is a fair representation of the “real you”?

on a scale from 1 to 10, how hard is it for someone to get under your skin?

three songs that you connect with right now.

pick one of your favorite quotes.