Grant nonfic

     I listen to a whole bunch of music and, while some of it is just because I like it, a lot of the songs tend to mean something. One of the lyrics that really comes to mind is “Fuck where you’re from, fuck where you’re going, its all about where you’re at. This is the outro on the song “Lord of the Game” from Death grips first mixtape Exmilitary. Death grips is an experimental hip hop group from California. This is their first mixtape and is comparatively not that weird, but it still has its strange tracks. The group's style is very abrasive. From the drummer Zach hill smashing on drums so hard he frequently breaks them to the lyrics of MC Ride being yelled so loud that they become hard to understand.      Death Grips doubles down on most of the criticisms of hip hop: it's too vulgar, loud, all it talks about is drugs and whatnot. Those criticisms aren’t true for really any musician, but Death Grips definitely toes the line. Their first studio album,...

I think my ideal trip would just be a long cross-country trip where I tour the best climbing routes and spots in the world. I hate working so the idea of being a bum that just lives out a van and travels through different areas just following the best temperature is really appealing. Outdoor climbing is fundamentally different than indoor climbing, most indoor climbing is top-rope climbing so if you have climbed than you have top-roped. The issue with top roping is that unlike in a gym you can’t leave the rope on the mountain because the elements will weaken it and then you will die, which is pretty lame. Top-roping outdoor is kind of trash because you need to hike an hour to the top of the mountain and then repel down. The big innovation for outdoor climbing is lead climbing the main advantage it offers is that the rope, belayer, and climber all start at the bottom. This eliminates the one-hour hike before you get to climb. The problem is lead climbing is like 1000000 times more d...