dumb hotel

lann_sakes @ 2009-07-26T09:58:00

2009-07-26T13:58:19Z

I was dozing in the lazyboy a minute ago and had this little dream. In it, I was at this library getting some books. The librarian had the face of a black guy, and the body of a black elephant. He lumbered thru the stacks just like an elephant, picking his massive feet/legs up slowly and deliberately.

I went home to discover that Johnny had accepted some "free" beds our friends were giving away, and was busily setting them up in different bedrooms. I was scrambling around from room to room going, WTF, why don't we vacuum at least before setting these goddamned things up? The floor was covered with bits of straw and other debris! My mom was there and was trying to clean for me but Johnny was in the way with his free furniture (junk).

I looked down at my hand, and there was a massive pearl-topped hat pin stuck thru the skin on my middle finger, right where it bends. I pulled it out and a large chunk of flesh came with it. All the wrinkles I would have had on my finger joint were torn clear off. I stared in horror as the blood welled up & flowed, and then I think I passed out. I woke up, and my finger was sore, so I quickly checked to make sure it wasn't bleeding. D: I hate fucked up dreams.

I am homeowner, yes?

2009-07-17T00:42:55Z

Seller has agreed to fix the things we asked him to fix.

:-o

This house might really be ours!! After all the gnashing of teeth and such. :-o I just can't believe it. I seriously can't believe it. Praise be to Allah! Whatever! OMG, Scarlett has new digs, and they are totally Southern and totally strange, and totally MINE.

:-o

Life is good.

ha ha

2009-05-28T03:38:18Z

Your results:
You are Jean-Luc Picard

Jean-Luc Picard		75%
Geordi LaForge		70%
Deanna Troi		70%
Uhura		60%
Data		60%
Beverly Crusher		55%
Worf		50%
Spock		49%
James T. Kirk (Captain)		45%
Chekov		45%
Leonard McCoy (Bones)		40%
Mr. Scott		40%
Will Riker		40%
An Expendable Character (Redshirt)		25%
Mr. Sulu		0%

A lover of Shakespeare and other
fine literature. You have a decisive mind
and a firm hand in dealing with others.

Click here to take the Star Trek Personality Test

lann_sakes @ 2009-05-20T20:55:00

2009-05-21T00:55:32Z

I am disappointed that ontd_anas shut down. But I can live without it. I have rediscovered ohnotheydidnt... it still rocks. Between that and Facebook, I'm good.

Any other news? Wellll, the house is now sold to the Company and we can buy anytime. We're blessed to be able to unload that awful house at a decent price and get something better. Someone should be thanking their lucky stars for me. Official move date is May 26. Yes!

Boy Kitty is unhappy about Daddy being at the gym. Expressing his dismay in loud tones.

Still love the job and all of its peccadillos. Busier as a birddog, but we like that. Now I've got to catch up on my Star Magazine reading. Life is good.

LOL

2009-04-20T01:53:00Z

Today I had my first go-kart race. I've never actually raced them before, but I've ridden them (hello, redneck girl from Ohio), and I remembered them being fun but holy cow. Today I went with some members of the Ski Club of W-S. 7 dudes and 2 chicks, including me. I was under the impression that the girls would have their girly races and the boys would have their manly races but OH NO. We all raced together. For dudes, go-kart racing is serious business. They are hell bent. They're passing me sideways and freaking my shit out. For the first race, I was terrified. I was yelling into my helmet "I HATE THIS WHY DID I AGREE TO SUCH SHIT OMG" but by the 3rd race I had it down and clocked my fastest speed on the final lap at 35 seconds. Which is a vast improvement from my slowest time of a minute and 6 seconds. D: D:

And now, I cannot wait to do it again.

Where did everybody go?

2009-04-10T22:38:06Z

I get to spend Easter Weekend alone. It only hit me after Johnny left for Richmond to visit with his brother and niece. My parents are spending my mom's Spring Break in Vegas, so no need to go to Ohio for Easter. I never even liked easter (not since I stopped getting baskets full of candy and gifts anyway), so I don't know why I am bummed. I have to work this weekend, so there was no chance I would be going anywhere, but still. I don't normally feel lonely, but right now I am. It is a weird sensation.

SNL Videos

2009-03-16T02:04:30Z

a) Gilly

"Sorry."

b) Fran & Freba

"It is official, he likes you!"

c) Blizzy B

"I'll move to their boobies and give them a honk"

d) Bierhoff coats

"Do you need a coat for walking around the city?"

e) Mildly Enjoyable Moment from the Lawrence Welk Show

"I like chasing cars"

f) Mark Wahlberg talks to animals

"I know a lot of people wanna eat you but I just wanna talk to you, okay?"

g) Iran so far away

"You'll be my Jim Kevesiel"

h)Two A-holes buying a xmas tree

"Do you guys have hot chocolate?"

i) Jimmy Fallons vs. Robert DeNiro

"gonna meet me.."

j) brian fellows safari planet

"i dont care what that bird told you..."

k) White like me

"what a silly negro"

l) ESPN classics

"I always brought a gun on the field"

m) Aladdin

"I wish you could hear yourself right now!"
"well I wish I was dead!"

n) save broadway

"Oh man, you people from Cats, you think you're the Michael Jordan of Broadway"

God bless Imogen Heap.

2009-03-07T02:52:48Z

This song soothes me like no other. OMG

waaah!

2009-02-18T01:10:45Z

I hate when people complain about winter. My allergy technician complains about it every time I see her. "Oh, I've had enough of this cold weather. Can't wait til Spring is here!" Every. Single. Time. I'm terribly sick of her shtick. She's the nicest, most benign lady too - and I'm beginning to dislike her intensely.

Why not find something enjoyable to do during the cold dark winter months? That is what I do. I change into pajamas every day after work and relax my ass off. I watch What Not To Wear, or read, or just chill. I love it. If it's not your favorite season, work it anyway. Be happy, because what is the alternative? You can't control the weather.

During warmer months, I am more active during the evening and I go to more happy hours. I'm apt to go rock climbing and get home at 11:30 on a Tuesday night. I too look forward to Winston in the Springtime when all the flowers and trees are in bloom and it's beyond ridiculously gorgeous. But I like Winter too.

The first wedding anniversary is approaching. It's less than a month away. I'm thinking of some getaways, but in the back of my mind, I remember how cold it was in the mountains of NC during mid-March. Well, so what. It makes hot-tubbing even more fun.

Remind me that I said all this when it's 95degF and I'm bitching about the heat. =)

Hey folks and y'all - I'm a real Southerner now

2008-12-23T16:21:05Z

After four months of living here, I've noticed a few more interesting things about Winston-Salem, NC

People in Winston don't say "excuse me." ever. They prefer to wait, looking all around or down at their feet, until you happen to notice their predicament and move aside without being asked. This happened today when J and I were at Moe's .. this woman tried to squeeze behind him in line, but there was barely any room. J, not knowing someone was trying to get past him, stepped back as if on cue and crushed her against the dividing wall, and the bitch still didn't say excuse me or so much as acknowledge that she just got schooled. You do not encounter this kind of fuckery in Richmond, so it surprises me every time it happens.

This city was planned really stupidly. All the parking lots are an exercise in frustration. There's just not enough room, not enough easy exits. The mall area is the biggest joke of all. 80% of the commerce in this town takes place on Hanes Mall Blvd, or at the Hanes Mall itself, and the surrounding area. The lights are looooong, and of course the traffic gets backed way up and curling around here and there until mayhem ensues. It's easy to get caught in a traffic jam there, so the best thing to do is to avoid the scene entirely during the holidays, which is putting a serious crimp in my holiday shopping.

The topography here is really roly-poly, and I really like it except when I'm at a traffic light on an incline. Also, everytime we look at a house, J points out that the property is "not flat." lol

There are some stunningly gorgeous areas in this little ol' town. We just looked at this horrid fixer-upper of a house and really wanted to like it because it was on a fabulous, beautiful street in an optimal location. But it was ridiculous. Our realtor said it was the kind of house that rich ppl buy and tear down so they can build a new house on the lot.

On old John M Gold highway (nc-52), the exit ramps are suicidally short. People get stuck on them all the time because NC drivers do not believe in "helpin' 'em merge".

NC drivers = the world's worst and most assholish, and I've become an even bigger asshole, just to compensate.

I will be adding to this list as things occur to me.

christmas YAY

2008-12-07T00:03:06Z

dumb one from myspace:

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?
gift bags. i'm a scrooge

2. Real tree or Artificial?
who cares. we dont even have a tree this year. mom and dad's tree will suffice. oh and it's fake.

3. When do you put up the tree?
again, hate to be a scrooge, but idgaf

4. Do you like eggnog?
LOVES IT. loves it with some good brandy more.

5. Favorite gift received as a child?
i don't know. wasn't everything like, super exciting at that age?

6. Hardest person to buy for?
Dad, omg. He likes to unwrap thing, and I never, ever know what to buy him that he'll like. He cannot be bought off with gift cards. He's a kid at heart! (bless his heart.)

7. Easiest person to buy for?
Mom; I know what she likes

8. Do you have a nativity scene?
No

9. Mail or email Christmas cards?
I'm not doing xmas cards this year. bah humbug.

10. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?
That would have to be the ugly blue wood/whatever jewelry from my bf at the time. he kept wanting me to wear that shit D:

11. Favorite Christmas Movie?
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

12. When do you start shopping?
Sometime in December, usually after I'm at the homestead

13. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
No. But I've received them.

14. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?
BISCUIT AND GRAVY XMAS MORNING, I CANT WAITTTT

15. Lights on the tree?
Who gives a shit? As long as I don't have to put 'em on.

16. Favorite Christmas song?
A Child in Bethlehem by Nat King Cole

17. Travel at Christmas or stay home?
Travel by car

18. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer?
that would be a no :(

19. Angel on the tree top or a star?
It matters naught to me. IDC

20. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?
xmas morning

21. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?
traveling for the hellidays. also arguing with my mother about the menu.

22. Favorite ornament theme or color?
none. STOP.

23. Favorite for Christmas dinner?
Deviled eggs, but mostly watching Bubby choke on a whole one he stuffed in his mouth

24. What do you want for Christmas this year?
a new coat.

25. Who is most likely to respond to this?
idc

26. Who is least likely to respond to this?
I care even less.

lann_sakes @ 2008-11-30T19:55:00

2008-12-01T00:55:52Z

My bb kitty is so tired today. She's slept nonstop. She was very clingy at my parents' house over the holiday weekend, and wouldn't sleep unless we were out. Every minute she was either following me or sitting on me. =( I'm debating whether to leave her at the apartment over xmas or take her with me (she hates the car, too).

Had a good thanksgiving; the food was amazing this year. I have no hope that I can ever duplicate Mom's skill with the gravy. A family friend died-- one of my dad's union/hunting/4-wheelin buddies, and I attended the viewing on Friday. The boy whose dad died was asking me where I was living ... I told him, and he responded, "Visit them every chance you get, honey." It made me so sad. He was so close to his dad.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland (Disneyworld-I'm an East Coaster, folks)
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guard in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day

a long ass meme i saw someware

2008-11-23T00:56:30Z

1. Do you like Chinese food?

not that much. don't tell my mother-in-law

2. How big is your bed?

Queen

3. Is your room clean?

god no

4. Laptop or Desktop computer?

Both. I use the desktop for remote desktopping, but laptop for practically everything else

5. Favorite comedian?

Jim Gaffigan

6. Do you smoke?

Tobacco only

7. Does anyone like you?

I'm sure

8. Whats the sexiest thing about Condoleeza Rice?

D: i dont know!

10. Sleep with or without clothes on?

Right now it's flannel pj's. and always a sports bra

11. Who sleeps with you every night?

Sometimes the cat. wish Joanny would finish the house so I could sleep with him

12. Do long distance relationships work?

I don't recommend it

13. How many times have you been pulled over by the police?

4 times. one of those times i was 19 y.o. and had been drinking :O

14. Pancakes or French Toast?

hate french toast and don't care much for pancakes neither

15. Do you like coffee?

not especially but i drink it every day

16. How do you like your eggs?

scrambled or boiled

17. Do you believe in astrology?

Yes. According to the chinese horrorscope, i need to wait til 2010 to have a bb

18. Last person you talked to on the phone?

Mom

19. Last person on your missed call list?

Johnny

20. What was the last text message you received?

from Johnny, a picture of Buddy on top of the fridge. the one prior was a pic of Buddy in teh cabinets.

21. McDonalds or Burger King?

McD's for breakfast

22. Number of pillows?

2

23. Last thing you ate?

a babybel on Pepperidge Farm sesame crackers

24. Last thing you bought?

gas at Costco - 1.98 for premium D:

25. What are you hearing right now?

My air cleaner and the fridge

26. Pick a lyric?

Lay where you're layin
Don't make a sound
omg teh sex!!!

27. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich?

grape

28. Can you play pool?

i've gotten some mad shots before, but i'm really inconsistent. it's like when I bowl, i'll get three strikes followed by 2 gutterballs.

29. Do you know how to swim?

yes

30. Favorite ice cream?

butter pecan, tho i never eat ice cream

31. Do you like maps?

when i need them

32. Tell me a random fact:

okay. i'm about to make myself a frozen pizza. my umpteenth one this week.

33. Ever had a hard on at work?

not gonna lie. yes.

34. Ever attend a theme party?

no

35. Ever do a keg stand?

I still don't know what that is

36. Craziest place you've slept after a night of drinking?

on the hood of a car(this was ages ago)

37. What is your favorite season?

late fall/early winter

38. What is the first music video you ever saw?

don't know but I'm sure it was on a friend's MTV or at home on Friday Night Videos

39. Pick a movie quote:

“Marriage is a wonderful thing, but you get a lot of little things with it. It’s not perfect. But they’s love in it, they’s happiness in it, but there’s also sorrow, hatred and madness in it.”

40. Favorite quote:

I have morals. If you don't like them, I have others. (groucho marx)

41. What is your favorite hangout?

ontd_anas (guilty)

42. Best friends' names?

I would have to say Dana. Paul and Missy run a close second.

43. How long have you known them?

Dana since 4th grade. Paul since 1996 or so. Missy since forever, as she is my cousin, not unlike a sister to me

44. Last time you laughed at something stupid?

yesterday at work. it was a fruit basket.

45. What time did you wake up this morning?

after 9

47. Best thing about winter?

the cold and the darkness

48. Name a couple of favorite colors:

periwinkle blue and lime green

49. How old are you?

35

50. What month is your birthday in?

April

51. Do you think pirates are cool or overrated?

way cool

52. Favorite Dave Matthews Band song (if you have one)?

omg i hate their music D:

53. What are you doing this weekend?

trying to recover from my illness and maybe defunk my apartment

54. Who will take this survey?

another person who likes to talk about themselves in ridiculous memes

lann_sakes @ 2008-09-29T22:02:00

2008-09-30T02:02:22Z

Today we put a bid on a house. o_o

I have no hope that we'll get this house.

But so fucking what if we don't. Nothing is at stake. Absolutely nothing. Sry but it's true. :P

o.m.g.

2008-09-26T01:03:57Z

kings of leon OMG OMG OMG they are teh SEX and it's so good

Joanny's in for a good weekend. :)

hai

2008-09-24T01:02:28Z

The Class of '91 are stirring around for a 20 yr. reunion. I'm actually amenable to it. How much weirdness is that? I always figured I'd boycott reunions. But I like my H.S. classmates. This is coming from someone who wanted to do cartwheels when we graduated. It's not the people I was happy to be leaving. I just knew that my life after graduation would be way better than life before it, and it totally was.

my blistery feet are cold. and, it's not because I have the a/c cranked. I love it.

lmao

2008-09-18T00:45:01Z

marriage is a wonderful thing.
but you get a lot of little things with it.
it's not perfect.
they's love in it.
they's happiness in it.
but they's also sorrow, hatred, and madness in it.
-Jesco White, "Dancing Outlaw"

this movie rocks.

Obamur

2008-09-17T01:07:41Z

What a weak, horrible candidate you are.

We are going to lose because you don't know how to fight.

I hope all you Obama supporters are happy.

lann_sakes @ 2008-09-14T14:04:00

2008-09-14T18:56:18Z

Yesterday I went to teh mall to buy myself a sweater to keep at work when I get chilly. I stopped buying sweaters years ago because at my old job, I had the opposite problem. The old bats in my wing kept would crank the thermostat up to 80 degrees. We were always losing the thermostat wars. I spent day after day panting like a lizard. I prefer thin hoodies to sweaters anyway, and the dress code permitted it.

I still have my hoodies and I use them now, but they seem vaguely, marginally inappropriate for our dress code. But there were no sweaters to be found anywhere in the mall that met my specifications. While I was looking, I found many other treasures.....

My main get was a purse. I <3 big purses that don't have dividers up the middle. This one is a Lucky.

Also, I got a little itty bitty bag to keep my small stuff in check. No more digging like a groundhog thru my purse.

Chanel nail polishes (vamp and blue satin -- i am tre sheeq right now)

Cashmere Silk Soie de Cashmere which smells omgah

Clinique continuous rescue antioxidant moisturizer, Buttershine lipstick in Delovely, and foaming cleanser mousse

2 pair small hoop earrings, one thick one thin, both silver

t-back bra

all of the above were purchased for 15% off at Belk of all places. The Belk here is really nice. The ones back home are trashy and grody.

Plus, I got:

thin gray hoodie from Old Navy

2 sleeveless empire waist shirts from Eddie Bauer, plus a navy tote

sponge from Bath and Body Works

aveda moisturizing shampoo & conditioning masque

new glasses from Pearle Vision

So basically, I pigged out at the mall. I had the best time, too.

lann_sakes @ 2008-09-06T13:08:00

2008-09-06T17:11:52Z

ilu vonlisbon for saying this:

I can't stand that stupid "don't sit on public toilets!!!!" thing. Public toilets are not any cleaner than the average-cleaned toilet in someone's house. Better yet, public toilets are CLEANER than the average wad of cash you come into contact with all the time, getting it all over your hands, right before using those same mitts to grab onto your sandwich. I see it every day and that is what grosses me out.
Thanks for being one of the millions of douchebag women who hover over the seat, piss all the fuck over it, leave it there for the next person, and then complain that public toilets are filthy. Maybe you wouldn't think they're so gross if you're just stfd and pee like you have some sense.

lmao bartcop

2008-09-01T13:25:22Z

"Palin’s presence adds youth to a McCain ticket... "

ha ha

So would a sequoya tree

sauce

talkin about the perfect weekend

2008-09-01T01:32:09Z

My life is so right. Hope this lasts forever and ever.

Had a perfect weekend that began with a fun episode of How Do I Look (girl was a huge bitch). Followed by seeing my bbs Joanny and Black Kitty. Spent quality time with them both. Weekend ended with dinner at one of my favorite restaurants. Complaining is my wont, but I cannot do it right now.

Buddy is squalling for attention at the moment, but that's okay, he's entitled. We've upset his environment enough in the past month. I'm actually forcing myself to stay awake until 11:00, else wake up at 3:00 am, unable to fall back asleep, and needing to drive back to Winston-Salem, NC. That's no fun. Everytime I go to sleep at 10:30-11:00, I have a hopeless night, but if I sleep anytime after 11:00 I get a full 7 hours or more. Don't know why that is.

Way behind

2008-08-31T03:20:56Z

I know that everyone and their brothers has a laptop already, but I just got my first one, and I'm just stoked. I hate windows vista, but I am stoked. It's like discovering an amazing album by your favorite band which you'd initially discarded but later realized its greatness, and then listening to it over and over again. Those old "grow on you" records. The best ones you ever knew. That's another thing lifting me up these days... finding music that I love. I haven't felt this way in forever. Running on the treadmill gives me such joy now that I can listen to interesting music. :-o

I'm in RIC and having a good time. Today has been great all around except Buddy cried almost the whole way here, so there goes my bragging about him being such a good "car cat". :(( The poor wuggums.

When my baby's beside me

2008-08-26T00:12:34Z

Just got back from RIC, my first visit back since moving(!). It's really not a bad drive, just three and a half hours. I'm going again this coming weekend. The house still needs so much work before it can go on the market, and Joanny needs help. I better not find Black Kitty wandering around the front stoop this time, like I did when I got into town. My eyes had been bothering me all evening and I could hardly see, so when I first saw her, I wasn't sure if it were her. She yeowled when I picked her up and checked her collar, and then I was like OMG, WOT R U DOING OUT HERE MISSY. Apparently she'd escaped the backyard again. She's not supposed to be out after dark anyway, because I'm scared she'll get into a fight with a raccoon, but I can't enforce that rule when I'm not home. This is probably why she loves Joanny and ignores me.

Speaking of which, it was so good to see him again. The novelty of living in a new town is beginning to wear off, and I'd gotten quite homesick. I about had a meltdown on Thursday. I've just been away from home for too long. Homeboy is lookin fierce, by the way. He's really tan from all that work in the sun and has lost weight.

We were busier than birddogs, but it was all good and fun. Friday night we went out with some peeps. Saturday I got my hair cut, had lunch with Gil, then we went out that night to socialize with more peeps. I miss having peeps. Will have to find some NC peeps to hang with. Another fun thing I got to do (finally) was start cleaning up Joanny's office. I got permission to throw out magazines and get his papers filed. I have been wanting to do this forever, and he wouldn't let me. He finally saw the light on Sunday, and I didn't waste time scooping up the ginormous pile of paper covering his office floor and hauling out magazines. I made great progress on the filing, too. I still have several plastic bins full of papers to sort out and file, which I plan to do this weekend. If that doesn't sound fun to you, then you've no idea of the foolishness and mayhem that boy had going on in there. Ohh!

yea dont make me a target

2008-08-18T02:19:14Z

I am slowly beginning to love Spoon's GaGaGaGaGa. These guys are the very essence of coolness. At first I was a little bit disappointed not to find an "I Summon You" in it (ie., an immediate, intense love-fest), but the records I have loved the most tended to be the ones that had to grow on me.

I don't get the title, though. I'm past the days of googling my favorite band and finding out everything there is to know about them. It will have to remain a mystery.

I am also liking Iron and Wine just a lil' bit. Their The Shepherd's Dog made me feel sort of foolish for the purchase at first, but once again, I gave it a few tries and now it's not so bad. The best song is at the end: "Flightless Bird, American Mouth".

No more to report at this time. Thank u and goodnight. x(