My cousin got shot by the cops.
Well, one cop.

Anybody on Goodreads?

You know, I tear up a little when that door rises to reveal Ripley in the loader at the end of Aliens. It’s one of the most beautiful moments ever captured on film.

I should post something long winded, boring, and overly self involved about my failures, triumphs, insecurities, and such at the Summer Bash but I think I'll just say that the band branches! features "...soaring vocal harmonies and the percussive equivalent of falling down the stairs” and leave it at that. You should check 'em out.

Shouldn't we force these two to breed?

“Oh, god. She’s looking at me. What do I do?”
“You have to go over there!”
“Yeah, and then what?”
“Ask her if she wants to see your karate trophies.”
“...”

I'm not a huge fan of the trackpad, but two finger scrolling is the shit.

If it's good enough for Reed Richards it's good enough for me.

This isn’t an election.
It’s an exorcism.

"List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your spring. Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they’re listening to."

1. "The Only Living Boy In New York" - Simon and Garfunkel

I'm trying real hard not to get sucked into another black hole of sad, sad songs, but I can't help listening to this one over and over again. Paul Simon's vocals get me every time. The production is so lush, but it still sounds like he's sitting alone, staring out the window with his face pressed against the glass.

2. "I Trained Her To Love Me" - Nick Lowe

I'm so glad I went to see Nick Lowe when he came to Pittsburgh. A twisted little song.

3. "You Really Got A Hold On Me" - She & Him

Picked up this album after seeing them perform on Conan O'Brien. I like Zooey Dachanel's original stuff, but the covers on the album, this and I Should Have Known Better, are real standouts.

4. "Up The Junction" - Squeeze

I've been singing this in the shower lately.

5. "The Future" - Prince

I have mad love for the Batman soundtrack, and the first track is my current favorite off of it.

6. "Don't Let Me Down" - The Beatles

I was on a Beatles and Paul McCartney bender last month. This and My Love took the brunt of it. My Love is so great in that the opening sounds like Beck and then it becomes this amazingly sweet love song, but this one is just so brilliantly good damn earnest.

7. "Polkas On 45" - Weird Al

Weird Al doing polka Devo. YES! I have a playlist on my iPod of up tempo songs I'm really into. It's my "dish washin' mix" but it mainly gets played when I'm driving around in the car. This one only made that playlist because I got into it when it was still cold, but now that it's hot, and the windows are down, it's still hanging on. Hooray for guilty pleasures. If you pull up next to me at a stoplight and this is blaring from the radio, I dare you to to say something. I dare ya!

I thought it was interesting that, while the game was going on, NBC only ran one promo for game six and that was during one of the overtimes. I hope that didn't already program something else for that time slot.

Also, I think we've hit on the winning mojo. Down 0-2, I went into the backyard and shaved my head the day before game 3. Pens win. Yesterday, Luke wanted his "mullet" removed. We went into the backyard and I did a little touch up on his neck. Pens win. I need someone to shave before game six!

Also, Rob Scuderi, man! Rob Scuderi! “I skated up the ice going, ‘God, I hope I’m bleeding.’”

Now I have a machine gun.
Ho ho ho.

Productivity is way down.
All I do is watch this video.
Pray for me.