Darth Libris

A few things from the weekend.

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:52:28 GMT

#1. I shot another set of recitals last night. Things went pretty well. The only snag was that the room was crowded (again) and I didn't have room to move around and get different angles, etc. The lighting wasn't great, but this time I decided to use the flash anyway. We'll see how they turn out and I will, of course, post some of the shots.

#2. I went to see both Wall*E and Wanted. Both were quite good in completely different ways. Wall*E impressed me the most. It amazed me how well everything came across in a film that has little to no dialogue for half of it's running time. And Pixar, as usual, made one of the best looking films I've ever seen. I highly recommend it.

I also recommend Wanted, but only as a fun, adrenaline-fueled thrill ride of an action movie. There's no film here, only action movie. It's an action movie. Seriously. As long as you don't expect too much from it; it's awesome. I will say that it takes some willful suspension of disbelief because they basically tell physics to go eff itself. Not like in The Matrix where all of the crazy action takes place in a computer program, but in "real life" they do things like curving bullets. Put it out of your mind, buy a popcorn and a coke and prepare to have your socks rocked.

#3. We adopted a new kitteh. :-) And here he is:

His name is going to be Helo (yes, like in Battlestar Galactica).
The poor little guy is a couple months old and was in the shelter with another kitten from his litter that had been rescued from a house fire. You can't really see it in the picture, but he's got some light burns on his face and his fur is singed in several places. We didn't really mean to adopt on Saturday, but when they said "rescued from a house fire" and "he does a trick" it was game over. His trick is that he'll climb up and ride on your shoulder. We go pick him up tonight.

So, it was a more eventful weekend than normal. :-)

1. You have 10 dollars and need to buy snacks at a gas station. What do you get?
Coke Zero, Beef Jerky, Slim Jim x2

2. If you were reincarnated as a sea creature, what would you want to be?
Killer Whale.

3. Who’s your favorite redhead?
Amy Adams

4. What do you order when you’re at IHOP?
Colorado Omelet!

5. Last book you read?
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

6. Describe your mood.
Bored but content.

7. Describe the last time you were injured.
I turned my ankle pretty badly playing disc golf a couple months ago. Badly enough that I had to skip work for a day.

8. Of all your friends, who would you want to be stuck in a well with?
I'm hoping that none of us will be getting stuck in a well. Ever.

9. Rock concert or symphony?
As much as I should say symphony: Rock concert.

10. What is the wallpaper of your cell phone?
An old Apple "Think Different" ad.

11. Favorite soda pop coke?
Coke Zero Cherry

12. What type of shirt are you wearing?
Button-up plaid shirt.

13. If you could only use one form of transportation, what would it be?
Teleportation.

14. Most recent movie you have watched in theater?
Wanted.

15. Name an actor/actress/singer you have the hots for.
Amy Adams now that we've mentioned it.

16. What’s your favorite kind of cake?
Carrot

17. What did you have for dinner last night?
Taco Bell

18. Look to your left, what do you see?
A bulletin board.

19. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
No.

20. Favorite toy as a child?
Does my Atari 2600 count?

21. Do you buy your own groceries?
Yes.

22. Do you think people talk about you behind your back?
Eh. Probably.

23. When was the last time you had gummy worms?
No clue.

24. What’s your favorite fruit?
Oranges and strawberries.

25. Do you have a picture of yourself doing a cartwheel?
No.

26. Do you like running long distances?
I don't like running (I agree, running unless something is chasing me = dumb)

27. Have you ever eaten snow?
White snow, yes.

28. What color are your bedsheets?
Right now? Orange.

29. What’s your favorite flower?
Yellow tulips.

30. Do you do ballet?
Dear god no.

31. Do you listen to classical music?
Yes.

32. What is the first TV theme song that pops in your head?
Gilligan's Island.

33. Do you watch Sponge Bob?
I have.

34. What temperature is it outside right now?
80s probably..

35. Do people consider you smart?
I dunno. Maybe.

36. How many piercings do you have?
one but it has since grown shut.

37. Are you signed on to AIM?
No

38. Have you ever tried gluing your fingers together?
No.

39. How do you feel about your family?
I love my family, but they're a little nuts.

40. Do you have an iPod?
Yes.

41. What time do you go to bed?
Usually after midnight.

42. What CD is currently in your CD player?
Elvis Costello's greatest hits.

43. What movie do you know every line to?
I think the original Star Wars trilogy.

44. What is your favorite salad dressing?
Ranch or Thousand Island. It's a tie.

45. What do you want for Christmas this year?
I can't really think of anything right off.

46. What family member/friend lives the farthest from you? Where?
Hm. Not sure. I have friends all over.

47. Do you like hugs?
It depends. Most of the time, yes.

48. Last time you had butterflies in your stomach?
Last night taking pictures. Nothing makes me more nervous, but I enjoy it too.

49. What’s the way people most often mispronounce any part of your name?
Mitten. That's mostly how people pronounce it.

50. Last person you hugged?
Lisa.

Wedding pitchers.

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:38:22 GMT

Hi All. Just thought I'd pop in and post some pictures from the wedding I did a few weeks ago.

The lighting was really low in pretty much every area we shot in, so there's quite a bit of noise and grain in the pictures, but you do what you can, I guess.

Other than that...not much doing. I've been working on those pictures for going on

Sad Monday

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:34:54 GMT

George Carlin died yesterday.

That makes me a sad panda.

AdventureCon 2008

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:57:00 GMT

Heya Everyone.

Just thought I'd update and tell you a bit about AdventureCon this past weekend. They had fewer stars this year. And there were a lot that I didn't really know. Not that that makes them less worthy or anything, I'm just saying.

The main person I was excited about was Mr. Arthur Suydam. He is the artist behind the Marvel Zombies and Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness covers. I have been a huge fan of his work since I started picking up the aforementioned books. So, I got him to do a sketch for me. I asked him to do a headshot of Zombie Hulk.

There's the sketch itself.

And here Mr. Suydam is in the act.

It was pretty awesome. When I asked him to do the sketch he said, "Would you like to hang out and talk while I draw it?" He was the nicest guy.

Anyway, I guess that's all for me.

Oh, hello Zombies!

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:12:51 GMT

You are in a mall when the zombies attack. You have:

1. one weapon.
2. one song blasting on the speakers.
3. one famous person to fight alongside you.

Weapon can be real or fictional, you may assume endless ammo if applicable. Person can be real or fictional. (stolen from honorh

1. Ideally? Shaolin Spade or a "Lobo"(lobotomizer) from World War Z by Max Brooks. But, a cricket bat would be OK. :-)

2. honorh used "Under Pressure" by Queen/David Bowie. That's a really good one, but since I don't want to be a copy-cat how about "Monkey Wrench" by Foo Fighters.

3. How about Chow Yun-Fat. A master swordsman would be handy when needing to decapitate a Zombie horde. :-)

What about you all?

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:47:00 GMT

A) tell you why I friended you,
B) associate you with something - fandom, a song, a color, a photo, etc.,
C) tell you something I like about you,
D) tell you a memory I have of you,
E) ask something I've always wanted to know about you,
F) tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
G) In return, you must post this in your LJ. (If you don't, gremlins will find you and eat your legs)

Please keep in mind that I'm terrible at keeping up with stuff like this, so if I haven't done it in awhile I apologize. :-)

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:03:35 GMT

Well, the wedding this past weekend went very smoothly. The bride and groom and their families were the most laid back people I've ever seen at a wedding.

However, the room in which the ceremony took place was the darkest space I have ever, ever had to shoot in. Those shots might not be very terrific. :-)

I'm still very tired because the reception was very long, but it was fun. I could probably stand doing more. :-)

Anyway, other than that there's not a lot going on. Yesterday was my dad's birthday and I'm a doofus and forgot to call yesterday. I did call just a few minutes ago with belated b-day wishes and he doesn't so much care about his birth-iversary anyway. So it was ok.

I'll post some of the wedding pictures when I get a chance.

No subject is a good cake

Wed, 28 May 2008 13:19:04 GMT

I had an exceptionally long weekend because Lisa and I were sickly yesterday. I think we just overdid it this weekend.

Moving on.

This weekend I have my first solo wedding gig and I am terrified. Mostly it just scares me out of my mind that they've trusted me with their wedding photos and that I might eff them up. I will be very relieved when it's over.

I don't really have a lot to write about otherwise.

I guess that's all, really.

W-w-w-w-w-w-what?

Wed, 21 May 2008 15:22:07 GMT

I would just like to state that the Double Espresso Shot on Ice from Starbucks is like Crystal Meth in a cup. It's Crystal Meth in a cup. The Double Espresso Shot on Ice is Crystal Meth.

I drink Starbucks a bit because it's less than 2 minutes from my place of work walking. Not a huge fan, but it's right there. This drink has made me uncomfortable energetic.

Like Power Thirst.

If you want to have more nervous energy than you know what to do with for one hour then crash go get one.

Now.

Do it.

D-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-do it.

Recital picutres from May 4.

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:02:01 GMT

So I was asked by Allied Music Instructors to come and shoot their last guitar recital on May 4. Here are a few of the shots.

On the video game front: I downloaded and started Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as King yesterday. So far I'm really impressed with the quality of the game. It's weird to be on the opposite side of the usual Final Fantasy equation. Instead of getting a quest from the powers that be, completing it and getting rewarded you are the powers that be. It's pretty cool.

That's all.

RAM page

Thu, 08 May 2008 14:25:33 GMT

So, this has not been the bestest of mornings.
We'll just leave it at that.

Bah.

Sumfin fer ya

Wed, 07 May 2008 21:16:25 GMT

Patrickology

TECHNOLOGY

Q. What is your wallpaper on your computer?
A desktop from penny-arcade.com

Q. How many televisions do you have in your house?
Two.

BIOLOGY

Q. Are you right-handed or left-handed?
right

Q. Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
Tonsils and adenoids

Q. What is the last heavy item you lifted?
Boxes of receipt paper.

Q. Have you ever been knocked out?
Close, but no.

BULLSHITOLOGY

Q. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
Neg - a - tive.

Q. If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
Moonflower.

Q. What colour do you think looks best on you?
I've always thought black. Guess I'm goth at heart.

Q. Have you ever swallowed a non-food item?
Yes. Never on purpose, though.

DAREOLOGY

Q. Would you kiss a member of the same sex for $100?
Without a doubt.

Q. Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for $200,000?
If it was on my right hand probably.

Q. Would you never blog again for $50,000?
Absolutely.

Q. Would you pose naked in a magazine for $250,000?
No one would want to see that, so I'm pretty sure I'm safe from that dare.

Q. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1,000?
Definitely.

Q. Would you, without fear of punishment, take a human life for $1,000,000?
"Do I get to choose who?" is the wrong answer, right?

DUMBOLOGY
Q: What is in your left pocket?
My keys.

Q: Is Napoleon Dynamite actually a good film?
Good? Not really. Funny? Some of it is.

Q: Do you have hardwood or carpet in your house?
Carpet mostly.

Q: Do you sit or stand in the shower?
Stand.

Q: How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
0

LASTOLOGY

Q: Last person who texted you?
My cousin, Kaitlin..

Q: Last person who called you?
Chad

Q: Person you hugged?
Lisa

FAVOURITOLOGY

Q: Number?
42

Q: Season?
Spring and Summer

Q: Colour?
Purple

CURRENTOLOGY

Q: Missing someone?
All of my long-distance friends, all of the time

Q: Mood?
Achy

Q: Listening to?
Foo Fighters

Q: Watching?
My computer screen. Blech.

Q: Worrying about?
If the Condo is going to sell. :-/

Q: Wearing?
Pluto shirt, jeans, Eco Sneaks shoes.

RANDOMOLOGY

Q: First place you went this morning?
Work.

Q: What can you not wait to do?
Disc golf

Q: Do you smile often?
Less than I used to.

Q: Are you a friendly person?
Usually. Sometimes to a fault.

Ahem. tap, tap

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:04:10 GMT

Hear ye! Hear ye! Congratulations to Jackie and Kushto as they celebrate their nuptials this day the 7th of May 2008!

Congrats guys and wishes for a long, happy life together!

:-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Some other post somewhere is wittier, funnier, and less full of crap.

Tue, 06 May 2008 14:41:06 GMT

Well, let's see. It's been awhile so I should have lots to write about.

I'm continuing to play the disc golfs. Shocking I know being that disc golf takes place outdoors and requires a fair amount of walking. Walking is good for me. As is being outdoors.

Yesterday I completely had my fill of Mother Nature, though. Lisa stayed home sick with some kind of stomach thing and then she needed to go to the doctor so I left work and took her there. It took so long at her appointment that by the time I got home I figured I wouldn't go back to work, so I put Lisa to bed and went out and worked in the yard. That feels so weird. I worked in our yard.

Anyway, so I was outside from about 3pm until about 5pm which is when I needed to go to Wal-mart to get some more lawn/garden stuff. I get back around 6pm and then go play disc golf. I was outside until around 9pm. In a way it was very cool. In another way I'm very itchy and sneezy.

On a different note, I'll go ahead and say that Mario Kart: Wii is pretty good. There were a lot of reviews I read that went something like this: "Well, there's not really anything new here so it generally isn't very good." To those people I say, "WTF?" Really people, do you know what I wanted out of Mario Kart: Wii? MORE MARIO KART! Why rag on the new Mario Kart game for just being more Mario Kart? What else did you want? They added bikes, which are pretty sweet and the new track designs are brilliant. Plus, it's still one of the best party games around. Honestly.

Also, I rented Grand Theft Auto IV. I'm only a half-hour into the game, and I had major reservations about the game. I stopped caring about GTA about halfway through Vice City So far, though, it looks like Rockstar Games has knocked this one out of the park. It looks great, the car physics are pretty realistic without being tedious, the radio stations are great as always and the voice acting is stellar. What really blew me away, though, was once I took control and started moving around Liberty City. The other Liberty City-ites AI is incredible. They (as I've read in reviews but was skeptical about) really do react like real people. Or at least more so than previous incarnations. The cops are still jerks, but at least they seem to be more consistent with what constitutes a wanted rating. Gone are the times when you barely brush a cop car and they come after you only to slam into one full force totally destroying both vehicles later on the same day and the Po-Po inside completely ignore you.

Anyway, I guess that's it. Not much to see here, people. Some filler. That's all. :-)

Writer's Block: My First Car

Tue, 06 May 2008 13:36:54 GMT

What was your first car?

View other answers

My first car was a 1993 Geo Metro convertible. I loved that little car. Sure it wouldn't go past 70 mph unless it was going downhill with a tailwind, but still. It was fun to drive, it was a convertible and it got 50 miles per gallon (because it only had a 3-cylinder engine).

/sniff

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:33:49 GMT

1. Bold the shows you've watched every episode of (or near enough to count)
2. Underline the shows you've seen a whole season of.
3. Italic the shows you've seen at least one episode of
4. Post your answers
Yoinked from clopatra18

50. Quantum Leap
49. Prison Break
48. Veronica Mars
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
46. Sex & The City

45. Farscape
44. Cracker
43. Star Trek
42. Only Fools and Horses
41. Band of Brothers

40. Life on Mars
39. Monty Python's Flying Circus
38. Curb Your Enthusiasm
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted

35. Alias
34. Frasier
33. CSI: Las Vegas
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood

30. Dexter
29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf

25. Futurama
24. Twin Peaks
23. The Office UK
22. The Shield
21. Angel

20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs
18. Arrested Development
17. South Park
16. Doctor Who

15. Heroes
14. Firefly
13. Battlestar Galactica (both versions)
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld

10. Spaced
09. The X-Files
08. The Wire
07. Friends
06. 24

05. Lost
04. The West Wing
03. The Sopranos
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
01. The Simpsons

I watch less TV than I though. Huh.

I played my first Knoxville Disc Golf event yesterday. I beat my personal goal (72 strokes) by 4 strokes (I ended w/ a 68 or 14 over par). I'm pretty pleased with that. We played from different tees than I'm used to and I was really sore from playing the day before, so I'm perfectly OK with that.

That's all, I suppose.

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:34:38 GMT

So, this weekend mawychick, her husband, Lisa, Ed and I went to Bowling Green, KY for the 2008 Amateur Disc Golfing Championships. As usual I had my camera and went with Ed and Daniel to their first round on Saturday. Here you go and more behind a cut so they don't get so big.

It's a sad day for all of us nerds....

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:15:17 GMT

Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons has died.

I don't even have a "not enough points in Constitution" joke. I'm just a little sad inside.

Answers to my quotes:

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:41:21 GMT

Here you go.

1. I want my lamp back. I'm gonna need it to get out of this slimy mudhole.
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

2. Through analysis of thousands of recorded gunfights, the Cleric has determined that the geometric distribution of antagonists in any gun battle is a statistically predictable element.
Equilibrium

3. No, I don't like Katrina. She smells like soup. Have you ever smelled her? I mean, her whole house smells like soup!
Juno

4. Come and get it! It's a running buffet! All you can eat!
Shaun of the Dead

5. This is what I've seen in the four weeks since infection. People killing people. Which is much what I saw in the four weeks before infection, and the four weeks before that, and before that, and as far back as I care to remember. People killing people. Which to my mind, puts us in a state of normality right now.
28 Days Later

6. Are you saying that I put an abnormal brain into a seven and a half foot long, fifty-four inch wide GORILLA?
Young Frankenstein

7. Bitch, what you don't know about me I can just about squeeze in the Grand fucking Canyon. Did you know I always wanted to be a dancer in Vegas?
Chasing Amy

8. Fruity Oaty Bars! Make a man out of a mouse! Fruity Oaty Bars! Make you bust out of your blouse! Eat them all the time! Let them blow your mind... ohh! Fruity Oaty Bars!
Serenity

9. Certainty of death, *small* chance of success... What are we waiting for?
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

10. Is it true that there's a point on a man's head where if you shoot it, it will blow up?
Hot Fuzz

11. Well! How nice. And what charming underclothes you both have. But here. Put these on.They'll make you feel less... vulnerable. It's not often we receive visitors here, let alone offer them... hospitality.
Rocky Horror Picture Show

12. [chuckles] Hey I'll make you a deal. If anyone can catch him with that drawing, I'll pay you the bounty myself Faye!
Cowboy Bebop

13. See? Now you respect me, because I'm a threat. That's the way it works. Turns out there are lots of people, whole countries, that want respect, and will pay through the nose to get it. How do you think I got rich? I invented weapons, and now I have a weapon that only I can defeat, and when I unleash it...
The Incredibles

14. Well, not yet I ain't. I shot her full of rock salt. She's so gentle right now, I could perform a coup-de-grace with a rock. Anywho. Guess what I'm holding in my hand right now.
Kill Bill vol. 2

15. We get semi-automatic weapons, they get automatics. We get Kevlar body armor, they get armor-piercing rounds. And *you're* wearing a mask and jumping off rooftops. Take this guy: armed robbery, double homicide. Has a taste for theatrics, like you. Leaves a calling card.
Batman Begins

I don't have much to talk about, really. We're still trying to get out of the condo and get it sold. Ummmm....I guess that's it.

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:02:13 GMT

1. Pick 15 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Fill in the film title once it's guessed.
5. NO GOOGLING / using IMDb search functions. Totally cheating, you dirty cheaters.

1. I want my lamp back. I'm gonna need it to get out of this slimy mudhole.

2. Through analysis of thousands of recorded gunfights, the Cleric has determined that the geometric distribution of antagonists in any gun battle is a statistically predictable element.

3. No, I don't like Katrina. She smells like soup. Have you ever smelled her? I mean, her whole house smells like soup!

4. Come and get it! It's a running buffet! All you can eat!

5. This is what I've seen in the four weeks since infection. People killing people. Which is much what I saw in the four weeks before infection, and the four weeks before that, and before that, and as far back as I care to remember. People killing people. Which to my mind, puts us in a state of normality right now.

6. Are you saying that I put an abnormal brain into a seven and a half foot long, fifty-four inch wide GORILLA?

7. Bitch, what you don't know about me I can just about squeeze in the Grand fucking Canyon. Did you know I always wanted to be a dancer in Vegas?

8. Fruity Oaty Bars! Make a man out of a mouse! Fruity Oaty Bars! Make you bust out of your blouse! Eat them all the time! Let them blow your mind... ohh! Fruity Oaty Bars!

9. Certainty of death, *small* chance of success... What are we waiting for?

10. Is it true that there's a point on a man's head where if you shoot it, it will blow up?

11. Well! How nice. And what charming underclothes you both have. But here. Put these on.They'll make you feel less... vulnerable. It's not often we receive visitors here, let alone offer them... hospitality.

12. [chuckles] Hey I'll make you a deal. If anyone can catch him with that drawing, I'll pay you the bounty myself Faye!

13. See? Now you respect me, because I'm a threat. That's the way it works. Turns out there are lots of people, whole countries, that want respect, and will pay through the nose to get it. How do you think I got rich? I invented weapons, and now I have a weapon that only I can defeat, and when I unleash it...

14. Well, not yet I ain't. I shot her full of rock salt. She's so gentle right now, I could perform a coup-de-grace with a rock. Anywho. Guess what I'm holding in my hand right now.

15. We get semi-automatic weapons, they get automatics. We get Kevlar body armor, they get armor-piercing rounds. And *you're* wearing a mask and jumping off rooftops. Take this guy: armed robbery, double homicide. Has a taste for theatrics, like you. Leaves a calling card.

The last one's probably too easy, but there you go! :-)

That's all I've got today. I feel like poo warmed over and I'm at work. Boo-hiss.

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:32:53 GMT

On my way back from the Foo Fighters show.

Numbah 1 rock show evar.

Awesome all around.

Photos from the Ice Bears game on Thursday

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:48:54 GMT

Behind a cut to save your flists.

OK. Ranty-rant.

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:22:49 GMT

I'm here today to talk to you about the state of popular music. Popular Rock in particular has become a festering wasteland of "emo-core" or some such crap. Lisa and I were listening to Mancow on the way to work this morning and during a program break our local station (the X) decided to play some filler music. Three Days Grace's song "Pain" was the chosen ear-drill. A sample of their lyrics:

"Pain, without love
Pain, I can't get enough
Pain, I like it rough
'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all!"

I'm pretty sure some producer came up with the finalized lyrics. I've gotten an exclusive that pretty much proves it. I've gotten hold of the original lyrics sheet for this song. Don't ask how. Many Bothans died to bring us this information. Here are the original four opening lines.

"Pain, pain pain pain.
Pain, painy-painy pain pain.
Pain, pain pain pain,
'Cause I like pain, painy-painy-pain pain!"

I acquired most of my musical tastes from my aunt (grew up in the 80s. She gave me my first album: Bon Jovi's 7800 Fahrenheit on vinyl) and growing through my teen years in the 90s. Arguably a recent heyday for popular music. I don't want to be unfair here. I know that a lot of the lyrics that come from the 80s and 90s weren't great. Mostly the just didn't make sense, though. They didn't read like Gothy McEmosen's LiveJournal. For example:

"With the lights out its less dangerous
Here we are now, Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
Yeah!"

Those, in case you were born after 1985 or have been living in a cave for the last 20 years, are the lyrics to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana. Mostly the reaction to this song (in the current intarweb vernacular) would be "lolwut?" Still, there's undeniably something there upon listening to the song. The lyrics and the music fuse into something that caught the attention of everyone who likes rock music. Even my cousins (born in the late 80s) liked them after I made them listen to it. Modern "rock" can only be popular with current fans. They're kind of like Bush was in the 90s. There's no room for a band like bush outside of their time. The thing is that Bush was just one band. The vast majority of bands now feel like that. In 15 years will we be talking about Three Days Grace or Fallout Boy like people still talk about Nirvana or Smashing Pumpkins or Pearl Jam? I hope not.

I also don't want to leave you with the impression that I'm becoming an old fogey musically. I am becoming an old fogey, just not about the arts. I really enjoy several bands that I've discovered recently. The Decemberists, The New Pornographers, Coheed and Cambria, etc. I just can't handle Creed and their various knockoffs. Nickleback, I'm looking at you. You suck.

Sorry, I meant to be more objective that that, but it's the truth. If you need more post-production than Milli-Vanilli or Backstreet then you. are. not. a rock band.

Anyway, I've made my point. Before I completely lose my objectivity and just start listing bands that suck I'm going to go.

For your ear/eye-bleeding pleasure: The "Pain" music video via Youtube.

Well, we actually saw a movie this weekend.

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:39:12 GMT

We went to see Juno this weekend and it was really good. A lot of the reviews I had read called it "good, but overly precious" and I disagree. It was pretty sentimental in places, but I don't think overly so.

Michael Cera turned in another solid performance as that nerdy, awkward, gangly guy. Ellen Page was excellent as the title character. She was the highlight of the film. She never failed to really portray how her character was feeling. Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner and the rest of the cast were pretty great as well. I can wholeheartedly recommend this film.

Also, the screenplay is by Diablo Cody. She wrote the book Candy Girl. Terrific book.

Anyway, we're in the house and we found out that tumbled is our across-the-street neighbor. Weird, right? Also pretty awesome.

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:52:14 GMT

Except for a few things still at the condo we are moved. Tonight will be our first night in our new place. Hells Yes.

Also, kudos to Comcast. This is the first time I've ever had them do anything and it be right the first time. The complete verdict is still out, however, because we have yet to test the big TV on the cable outlet downstairs. Luckily, though, everything else has worked. Whee!

I. Love. Our. House. My dad came today and put in our garage door opener (I helped, but not much. I'm carpentry retarded).

Now. I eat. Well, soon I eat. Then I sleep.

Later peoples.