Funkadelic - Maggot Brain: This record is fucking awesome on every conceivable level.
Dillinger Four - Civil War: Best pop-punk record since Oh! Calcutta! Yeah, it's really that good.
Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust: Finally, a change of direction! Their best album since Ágætis byrjun. This is probably the closest thing to a pop album they've made.
Why do people consider drinking alone to be such a bad thing?
For example, right now, I am trashed. There is nothing going wrong in my life. In fact, I'm a pretty happy little fella.
There's no problem I'm trying to escape. It's not a regular thing. I was just outside having a cigarette and thinking, "man, I'd really like to be trashed right now." And now I am.
Being drunk pretty much rules, alone or not.
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - this is the hardest new-school Castlevania game, by far. This is Castlevania for non-bitches only. Also, this game is huge. There are seriously 2-3 "castles" worth of stuff packed into this thing and there's still plenty of depth. Best Castlevania since Symphony of the Night.
GRID - I dig the hell out of this even though I suck at it. It's rare a handheld racing game has a good feeling of speed to it, and this one definitely does.
Books! Got The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems by Gary Snyder, A Time Before Crack by Jamel Shabazz, and The Source by Isis Aquarian. The last one is about the Source Family, who were a bunch of hippies living on a commune in the 60's, taking drugs, making psychedelic rock music, and operating a vegetarian restaurant in Hollywood. Coolest hippies ever.
CD's! Nude With Boots by The Melvins (with Big Business!), Seven's Travels by Atmosphere, and Surfer Rosa by The Pixies. And yes, that is the reissue of Thriller on vinyl right there next to 'em.
Christmas cards! One from my friend, Lindsay and one from my birthmom (she also sent money - my parents gave me gift certificates and stuff, too. And my aunt and uncle sent money too. None of that is in this picture. Also, I forgot to put the card from my aunt and uncle in the picture. Oops).
A friggin' harmonica! With one of those fancy head holders, but I can't play it that good yet.
My mom got me a big box of tea. I drink a fuckload of tea, so this was a welcome gift!
And my dad got me a pretty sweet jacket.
Also, there was some candy and stuff, but I ate it all already.
What was the best TV show of 2008? The worst?
"Operation Repo."
That's the answer to both questions. It's trashy, exploitative, and consists entirely of people screaming their heads off and pepper spraying each other while ganking their cars. The team is made up of dudes who might as well have stepped out of a Fiction Writing 101 class (it should be added that, while it's claimed that the scenarios presented are real repos that actually happened, most of them are probably highly exaggerated), including a guy who looks like a cross between Hulk Hogan and Dog the bounty hunter. There's also a lady who's a good 40 years old, "gothed out," and has what appears to be a fish hook stuck in her lip.
It's also my guiltiest pleasure. I love this show, even if I hope it's not on for much longer.
'Twas the night before Christmas... How are you spending this Christmas Eve? Do you have any Christmas Eve traditions you're excited about?
I am going to attempt to make it to a sweater party.
Hey, someone recommend some good podcasts to me!
D-d-doit!
I know there's more out there than just the ones I'm listening to now.
Edit: Already listen to:
This American Life
Skeptics Guide to the Universe
Scientific American (weekly)
Rhymesayers Entertainment
An angry Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at President Bush (but missed) during a news conference in Baghdad. What do you think his punishment, if any, should be?
Another shot.
12 bottles of 2 Below (well, 11 now), 24 cans of Pabst (soon to be about 21 or so).
Nothin' warms the gut quite like alcomohol!
