Bubble, bubble,
Toil and trouble,
Off to work another double..

Today is my fourth double shift in a row.
I'm making bank this check.

He Exists!

Yes, my friends, God does exist. We know this now for he hath shined his glory upon us by sending us his only son, Ben Kweller, who will be performing IN PORTLAND this fall.
Fuck yes.
Thursday, September 28th, at the Crystal Ballroom.
I just peed myself.

Warped Tour '06

...Was wonderful.
The Academy Is..., AFI, The American Black Lung, Anti-Flag, Armor for Sleep, The Bled, The Casualties, Emery, Motion City Soundtrack, Rise Against, Thursday, Underoath.
Loads and barrels and buckets of fun.
If you ever get the chance to attend one of the Warped dates, you're gauranteed lots of good shows.

Brand New

...Although I was ridiculously excited for this concert, I was not in the state of euphoria I had imagined I would be in throughout the show. The opening bands were pretty good, but not quite to my taste (and they seemed like they'd be better on cd than live).

Brand New put on a great show... you could tell that frontman Jesse Lacey was feeling every word of every song (yay for emo). The energy in that room could have powered a small bomb. The downside to the fanatical fans was that every kid in there was singing along to every song, so instead of hearing the music of one of my favorite bands, I heard the scream/singing of the boy with eyeshadow and lip rings next to me.

You've got to give some credit to emo shows though: Instead of smelling like hot sweat in the pit, it just smelled like hair products.

Steven Seagal

is probably the worst actor on the planet.

"Hey cupcake, whaddya think you're lookin at?" -Douche bag in bar
"Nothing much at all." -Seagal
Seagal then proceeds to walk directly at this guy, as though he'll fight him, then right by him. Ouch! The cold shoulder! Learned that one in DARE.

After ensuing fight scene:
"Well, that's Natives: 8, Well workers: 0. Anybody else wanna fight cupcake?"

Seagal sports his tan, leather, fringed and beaded coat during the entire scene, proving that he's a native american. What a badass.

Oh, Childhood.

Today my friend Sara and I reminisced a bit with her special mix of songs that were popular when we were kids. I'd just like to share with you the song that was playing as we pulled up next to two old women at one stoplight:

I wanna li-li-li-lick you from your head to yo' toes, and I wanna- Move from the bed down to the, down to the, to the flo'. And I wanna "ah! ah!" You make it so good I don't wanna leave. And I wanna na-na-na-know wha-what's yo' fan-ta-ta-syyyyyy

Oh, Luda. You crazy bastard. I can't believe this is what I was listening to in elementary school.

I'm admittedly un-patriotic, but for some reason, I dig the 4th of July...

You get explosions and bright lights...
A romantic view...
Lots of people just loving life in the good ole' U-S-of-A.
Barbeques.. Swimming.. Parades...

I feel like I'm living in 1950.
It's really quite enjoyable.

Happy Independence day.