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Archive for May 2011

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GLUTTONOUS NATURE Besides firepit (see last entry) and patio furniture, other features of our laughably small urban backyard include a lot of flowering plants, which sort of sprang up out of nowhere once the weather turned warm (thank you, previous owners!); the tiny beginnings of three wasps’ nests, which freaked me the fuck out and […]

wander in and ruin everything

NATURAL-BORN KILLERS Here is a movie/TV thing I hate: the ease with which people get knocked out and regain consciousness. First of all, it is not all that easy to hit somebody so hard that they pass out. (Not that I have much experience with interpersonal violence, but thanks to clumsiness and mosh pits, I […]

in da iPod

Go, go, go, go Go, go, go shorty It’s your birthday We gon’ party like it’s yo birthday We gon’ sip Bacardi like it’s your birthday And you know we don’t give a fuck It’s not your birthday! Wait, is it my birthday or not? Oh, I get it. We’re going to do [activity] as […]

wreck yourself don’t check yourself

COMING SOON, FOR NO DISCERNIBLE REASON, TO AN ARENA NEAR YOU I learn so much from looking at the Reader’s big page of concert tour ads. For instance, Journey, Night Ranger, and Foreigner are all on tour together. I can think of no earthly reason why anyone would want to see these bands live. And […]