I Must Admit That I Was a Bit Confused

Oh man I am dumb. Do you know this lyric from 'Foundations'? (Kate Nash for those not in-the-know.)

Yes, it was childish and you got aggressive,
and I must admit that I was a bit scared,
but it gives me thrills to wind you up.

Well, I always thought they were:

Yes, it was childish and you got aggressive,
and almost stabbed me but I was a bit scared,
but it gives me thrills to wind you up.

DUH!!!  I always thought that was an odd lyric...I mean, why would you find it exciting to be with a boyfriend who almost stabbed you?

Also, this video is a nightmare of cute stuff and I love it -

Los Campesinos! - 'Death To Los Campesinos'

Big Yellow Taxi

Last night I went to Professor Thoms to watch the Red Sox game Lost. They showed it on all of the screens and everyone was so serious about it. Like, the whole bar kept quiet when it was on (and I was very impressed.) Each week they pick a phrase or something similar used on the show (ex: "The Others", when Sawyer calls someone a nickname), and every time this happens the whole bar gets free "tropical" shots. Bad luck last night though - "Oceanic 6" was only said in next week's coming attractions. We had all thought we were gonna get wasted!

Also, who the freak is their DJ? He/she was playing some random British stuff during the commercials that I never hear in the U.S. (such as 'Into the Fire' by Thirteen Senses.) I was pleasantly surprised by that.

Before last night's events I saw a crazy accident. Well, I didn't see it but I heard it, and then what I saw after was unabashedly funny. The first thing I noticed a was big security truck - the type that looks super-secure as it's probably made to transport really dangerous criminals. So, its front bumper was pushed forward on the side which didn't look too serious. Then I saw the other party involved - a yellow taxi which had it's passenger side back door torn halfway off. When I say halfway, I mean the door was still closed and the window was in place, but the yellow part was skimmed off (yet was still attached to it's other half) which was now parallel to the trunk. It's hard to explain if you didn't see it but it looked like something out of a Seinfeld episode. People on the corner of 14th and 2nd were actually laughing out loud and tons were taking photos on their camera phones. I felt bad but it didn't look like anyone got hurt. On top of that, I am pretty sure it must have been the cabbie's fault by the way the damage was done. That is unless the truck backed up too quickly rather than the cab accelerating too fast past the truck. This is why I always buckle my seatbelt in cabs people!

My weigh-in at Weight Watchers was fabulous on Saturday. By some way of a miracle I lost 5 lbs in one week! Back in the day when I used to weigh more than I did now and was following the program I never lost that much poundage in one week. To conclude this paragraph, I would simply like to say, "YESSSSSH!"

Although this is obviously old news, the Giants won the Super Bowl. I only usually watch a few football American football games per year (always including the Super Bowl of course.) I did watch the playoff game in which the Giants got through and it was such an exciting game that it made me really pumped to watch the final (eew, that sentence sounded so "sportsy.") Although I am from NY and I am all for the Giants (despite not being a hardcore fan), I fully admit that I went into this thinking that the Giants fans seriously had to be kidding themselves if they expected their team to win. I thought that they would definitely make it a close game, but in no way did I expect to witness what went down. It was so exciting! And, on top of that, I won the half time and third quarter in the pool. Boxes were $2 each and I put in $14 total. We had about 10 empty boxes (not enough people to participate) so we said that if one of those were to win, we'd roll the money from that quarter to the next two. So, what do you think happened...money from Q1 rolled over into Q2 and Q3, and I won them both with the Pats beating the Giants 7-3 at those times. I was rooting for the Giants, but at the same time I was also rooting for my wallet so all in all I came out a great winner, with $80 and a Giants win. This will make my 3rd Super Bowl party in a row in which I've won the pool!!

I heard 'Screaming Infidelities' by Dashboard Confessional yesterday. I'd totally forgotten about that song, and about how I used to love these lyrics:

Well as for now I'm gonna hear the saddest songs
And sit alone and wonder
How you're making out.
But as for me, I wish that I was anywhere
With anyone
Making out.

and also these:

Your hair, it's everywhere
Screaming infidelities
and taking its wear.

EMO-tastic!

Glastonbury headliners have been announced: Kings of Leon, Jay-Z, The Verve. What the fug?! Kings of Leon are HEADLINING?! Pfffft whatever.

Yesterday was a slow day at work so I got to finally play Rock Band. I'd never done the guitar or drums before. I anxiously decided to start with 'Don't Look Back in Anger' as my colleague downloaded the Oasis pack but boy was that a disaster - I failed after about 6 seconds. So I switched to some of the easier songs and I think I've pretty much got the hang of it (scoring in the 90s for the easy level.) I did go back to 'Live Forever' on drums which was alright after I got the hang of using the kick pedal. I ended up playing for like an hour yesterday. I wish I got paid to do that everyday!!

I just realized that 'Gravity's Rainbow' was deleted off my iPod when my computer crashed. That's the song that started it all! I am annoyed.

Has everyone started practicing saying "President McCain" yet? Not that I have, I just figured I would ask though.

Current Music: Belle & Sebastian - Step Into My Office, Baby

Lost in the Plot

Umm...okay!

Which Lost Character Are You?


Speaking of, was I the only person disappointed by the season premiere? Maybe I just feel confused with these flash forwards.

I Want You To Be Mine

Holy fucking shit they played Air Traffic on One Tree Hill! And not only was it an Air Traffic song, it was Charlotte!!!

You all know my serious passion for this band, leading me to inevitably feel like they are mine, I am their biggest fan, and no one else can have them or share in my obsession (well, in the U.S. at least.) I know I'm being one of those brats who is all "I knew them before you were born" but now every teenage girl is going to like them and that cannot be happening yet!

In other news, this was the week of poking and prodding. Now that I've got health insurance, I went to four doctors to get all caught up with this and that. My insurance company (Blue Cross) is sooo dumb. The website spun me into a flurry of confusion, and after calling them have found out that not only did they leave out key information online regarding prescription costs vs. quantites, but they also produced completely different prices for drugs on the phone. It's times like these that I wish I still had Guardian - they used to reimburse me for every single thing in full (I never even had co-pays) and they screwed up at least three times and paid me too much money and never caught on. (If anyone from Guardian is reading this, you know I'm just kidding...)

On Wednesday night, me, Meghan, Kat, Alex, and Heather did trivia at Dempseys. I'm not sure what place we came in (I think at the bottom of the top third) but we did win best dressed! (That was all due to Heather's shirt.) I would like to give myself a pat on the back for knowing that Joe Francis was the creator of Girls Gone Wild, I thank you very much.

It poured all day long today, and really hard too. I took the day off for all these appointments and got drenched like 7 times (I ran errands and went shopping later on too.) I can't be arsed to go out in this weather now, though I don't think much is going on anyway.

Does anyone reading this have a blog that I don't know about? I want to read more updates from my friends. Shout out of you've got one please!

It Seems To Be the Way That Everyone Else Gets Around

My funny Snapple cap fact:
The speed limit was 8 mph in NYC in 1895. Ha!!!

I ate out WAY too much last week.
Tuesday: Dinner with Ryan at 7A.
Thursday: Dinner with Meghan and Jenn at Haru.
Friday: Dinner with Robyn at Blue Moon.
Saturday: Dinner for Feldstein's birthday at Gasho.
Sunday: Dinner with my dad at Triple Crown.

At least my food was varied...American/Sushi/Mexican/Hibachi/Diner...anyone up for Thai this week?

I heart this blog: Bent Objects. Dude makes cool scenarios out of random things. This one is my favorite:

I Made A Meal of It

Tuesday night was Jack Peñate at Mercury Lounge. I met up with Ryan first for food at 7A (they gave me mustard vinaigrette instead of balsamic, boo!) and then some drinks at Hi-Fi. Jack sold the place out. The crowd was a little annoying, particularly in the girls room. All I kept hearing in there was "I know him! He's my friend's friend!" "I'm from London, I know him, well, a little, but I've seen him 10 times!" and "I know him too, well, I work for his label here, and I'm glad you got that free poster, you deserve it!" Uh, seriously? Apparently I was the only person in there who didn't know him personally.

So, he was really good! I was impressed. Not every song sounded the same which Dave anticipated (only like 4 of them to be honest.) He had great stage presence, and seemed genuinely happy to be there. I recommend.He danced like George Michael (and looked a bit like him too circa 'Careless Whisper'.) He also looked a bit like Dave's friend Bernie (and Dave's mom thinks Bernie looks like George Michael, nice circle we've made there!) So then you know what this leads up to...

George Michael + Bernie = Jack Peñate!

This gave me a craving to listen to 'I'm Your Man' by Wham! which I'm playing right now. (Really love that song and I am totally not embarrassed about it.)

khgig

Oh yeah, and here's Jack Peñate doing 'Have I Been a Fool?' on Tuesday night...

Did you know...

that to get the n to show up like this (ñ), you need to hit alt + 0241?! Crazy shizz.

Current Music: The Wombats - Moving To New York

It’s Morning That I Dread

Usually my Burt's Bees lipstuff costs me $4 a pop, but they had a three pack in Duane Reade which included other shades that I wanted so I figured I'd splurge. I went to the register anticipating a mini-deal like $10 for the three, and it rang up as $2.70! I don't even think it was a mistake, I just think there was some strange discount going on. Anyways woohoo for me and my lips!

Deal of the week

(I totally Photoshopped the appropriate acquisitions myself)

I saw Editors last night at Terminal 5. The venue was so far from civilization! 11th avenue...I mean seriously, who was in charge of planning that? As for the venue itself, a couple of floors added for good spaciousness and more bars which I liked. Other than that it seemed a lot like Webster Hall to me but with a rougher warehouse feel is all. Still, I'd take 11th Street over 11th Avenue any day.

Terminal 5 v. Webster Hall aka Battle of the 11s

Louis XIV was the first band up. We got into the venue during 'Finding Out True Love Is Blind', the only song I like by them. I remember first hearing their EP or whatever it was and some of the lyrics were wayyyy too sexual for my liking (primarily because the singer sounds like the dude from Rocky Horror Picture Show and the thought totally grossed me out.) I promptly threw that EP behind my cd tower and never touched it again. So, all in all, not much to be said about their performance as I planted myself at the bar for the final few songs.

The Real Louis XIV/Singer of Louis XIV/Singer of Louis XIV's Vocal Twin

Hot Hot Heat on the other hand were really good. I was sad to see the lack of enthusiasm during 'Bandages' (how can anyone argue that it's not the best song to dance to on an indie night?) But, this is NY and of course the crowd would rather die than look enthusiastic. Here's a new equation for ya:

Luke Pritchard of The Kooks + Carrot Top

= Singer from Hot Hot Heat

I anticipate serious nightmares after looking at all those photos of Carrot Top on Google Images just now.

Editors were superb last night! I was so impressed. I think both of their albums are great and they've always played well live; even though they're always in top form, I think this may have been the best time I've seen them (prob because I knew all the songs this time.) And I've gotta give props to whoever did the lighting, it was terrific.

They sang about this...

this...

and this...!

My subway stalker is back. He boldly approached bothered me on the train platform the other morning (he used to wait towards the front end far away from me after I thought he'd gotten the hint.) This time I had my earphones on AND I was reading the paper and he STILL decided to speak to me.

So, the dude tells me about his latest observance - that I was away for two weeks. Was I in London? We could have met blah blah blah until it gets to the part where he says HE WAS GOING TO BRING ME A CHRISTMAS PRESENT but didn't because he saw that I wasn't on the bus and subway those few days. Exsqueeze me what?! Apparently he runs some store and was planning to kill me give me a North Face jacket from there. I was like thanks but no thanks, I can't accept that. Thankfully a seat opened up at that point and I sat and continued to read the paper. He stood over me holding onto the rail though so when I got off the train I had to say a quick 'bye' because I couldn't avoid him Ugh.

I'm going to see 27 Dresses tonight with Kat. Roll on three day weekend!

Current Music: The Clash - Rock the Casbah

She's So Flippin' Hot...She's Like a Curry

I've been slack on blogging. This is what has happened the past few weeks:

I went to England.

Carnaby Street looked all pretty for the holidays

Dave and I pretended to be tourists

We watched Flight of the Conchords non-stop (non-stop meaning I know the words to every song from season 1 by heart now, and probably all of the dialogue too.)
Have some Boom Boom here -

We went to Winter Wonderland. It was not as cool as I thought it would be. We went in the haunted house; I could have made better props with stuff from AC Moore for sure.

Laura hosted us for a pre-drink/pre-pig out at her flat before going out for New Years Eve (and before I got my new gloves covered in freshly chewed gum on the bus)We went to Fifty Five in Camden

Graham got some disgusting looking drink

Dave got a huge-ass beer that was bigger than Graham's head

Kat growled in every photo

Liz apparently got the same disgusting drink as her husband

And the tubes ran all night for free. A miracle!

Other goings-on post-London:

I got a Rock Band for Xmas from work (though I don't have an XBOX360 or a PS3 to play it on.)

I curled my hair and got told I look like Celine Dion. Huh?

I'm back on Weight Watchers. I think about food every 3 seconds, but I did lose 2 lbs. in my first week, woohoo! My mom dislocated her thumb, ouch.

Through the wonders of Facebook, I've found out that a friend of mine from the happy hour era of '01-'02 has written a book. Which is nuts.

I got a quarter share in a Fire Island house solely with my girlfriends for the first time ever. The outside is not so beautiful...

But it has a sweet inside if I do say so myself...

It'll be itty bitty beds for us...

And a deck...check!

That's it for now. Lunch time, yummm.

Current Music: Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup

Gig Wrap-Up 2007

I was seriously lacking in gigs this year (I actually went to less in 2006, but I also went to the Camden Crawl and Benicassim then which made up for it.) I'd have to say that moving back to Queens was the major factor in skipping a bunch of shows, though I can't deny that prices are not so favorable to me now that a lot of my bands have gotten more popular in the States. Here were my gigs of 2007:

Band/Opening Act - Venue
Album Chart Show - The Feeling/Klaxons/Lady Sovereign/Fall Out Boy
Air Traffic/Arizona - Canal Room
Athlete - Highline Ballroom
Biffy Clyro/Enter Shikari/Blood Red Shoes - Highline Ballroom
Brake Brakes Brakes/Pela/Electric Soft Parade - Mercury Lounge
The Bravery - Bowery Ballroom
British Sea Power - Bowery Ballroom

The Chemical Brothers/Ladytron - McCarren Pool

Cold War Kids - The Social
Elliott Yamin/Josh Hoge - Bowery Ballroom
Eric Hutchinson - The Cutting Room
The Features - Mercury Lounge
Franz Ferdinand - Bowery Ballroom
The Fratellis - Irving Plaza

Gruff Rhys - Hiro Ballroom
Kaiser Chiefs/The Walkmen - Roseland
Klaxons - Bowery Ballroom
The Kooks - Irving Plaza
Los Campesinos! - Mercury Lounge
Maximo Park/!!!/Hot Club De Paris - London Astoria
Muse/Cold War Kids - MSG
The Pipettes - Blender Theater
Rooney/The Hush Sound - Irving Plaza
Stevie Wonder - MSG

I'd have to say my live favorites were:
#1 Air Traffic @ Canal
#2 Franz @ Bowery
#3 Muse @ MSG
#4 Features @ Mercury
#5 Fratellis @ Irving

As for albums, I did not buy/download many this year. Air Traffic's debut absolutely takes number one, I played it on repeat all summer and fall and I'm still obsessed with it. My tops of the year are:
#1 - Air Traffic - Fractured Life
#2 - The Pipettes - We Are the Pipettes
#3 - Hard-Fi - Once Upon a Time in the West
#4 - Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
#5 - The Fratellis - Costello Music
Honorable mention to Oasis - Stop the Clocks (had to be done)
Also, everything by Flight of the Conchords is tops!
Biggest disappointment: Ash - Twilight of the Innocents (guys, what happened?!)

*Edit - I forgot to add Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future in my top albums, so I hereby squish that one in as #2.

*Edit #2 - I forgot Chemical Bros. and Mr. Gruff Rhys, so they're up above now too.

Best Songs of 2007

We're five days into 2008 so I'm a little bit behind, but here's my best songs of '06 list - 

60 Babyshambles - Delivery
59 Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control - I liked this song for about 5 minutes and it started giving me a headache after that.  Why was there so much gossip about The Gossip, can someone please fill me in?
58 John Mayer - Waiting on the World to Change - The scariest thing about this song is that I first heard it when Sanjaya sang it and I really liked it.
57 Natasha Bedingfield - Love Like This
56 The View - Same Jeans - Sort of similar to The Gossip, this song was funny for about 5 minutes but got old very quick.
55 Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good
54 Trousersnake - What Goes Around Comes Around
53 Matt Nathanson – Car Crash
52 Kaiser Chiefs - Angry Mob
51 The Feeling - Rose
50 Kelly Rowland - Like This - No Beyonce, but a Kelly Rowland entry, scandalous!
49 Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats - You will never ever see a country song on one of my lists after this.
48 Cold War Kids – Hang Me Up To Dry
47 Bon Jovi - Lost Highway - This is a good song.  Seriously!
46 Alicia Keys - No One
45 British Sea Power – Atom
44 The Fray - How To Save a Life
43 Los Campesinos - You! Me! Dancing!
42 Sara Bareilles - Love Song
41 Gym Class Heroes - Cupid's Chokehold
40 Diddy - Last Night
39 Jamie T - Sheila
38 Jack’s Mannequin – I’m Ready
37 Kings of Leon – On Call
36 Mat Kearney - Nothing Left To Lose
35 Nelly Furtado – Do It
34 Hard-Fi - Suburban Knights
33 Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music - I can't even begin to express how much I despise Rihanna, but for some reason there is no resisting this song.
32 Jarvis Cocker - Don't Let Him Waste Your Time
31 Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby
30 Hard-Fi - Television
29 Amy Winehouse - Rehab - I thought this was '06, but it's not on last year's list so here it is.
28 T-Pain - Buy U A Drank - I laughed at the title of this song for a month until I actually heard it.  T-Pain, U R so smooth!
27 Snow Patrol - Set Fire to the Third Bar
26 Jack Penate - Second, Minute, or Hour
25 Air Traffic - Time Goes By - Be warned, lots of Air Traffic in this list.
24 Fergie – Glamorous
23 Air Traffic - I Like That
22 Bloc Party - The Prayer
21 Mat Kearney - Undeniable
20 Editors - Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors
19 Eric Hutchinson – Rock n Roll
18 The Bravery - Fistful of Sand
17 Peter, Bjorn, and John - Young Folks - I was pretty late getting on the P, B, & J train.
16 Justin Timberlake - Lovestoned - This entry is high up 98% due to the second half of the song, love it love it love it!
15 Feist - 1234 - I really hate Feist, this was all that stupid iPod commercial's fault.
14 Fall Out Boy - Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
13 OFFICE - Oh My - Oh My God, Oh My God, I really love this song.
12 Los Campesinos! - We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives - Best lyrics ever?
11 Air Traffic - Shooting Star
10 The Pipettes - Why Did You Stay? - I didn't get this album until recently, shockingly really great!
9 The Fratellis - Flathead
8 Incubus - Dig - I've played this one on repeat about 2946 times.
7 Hard-Fi – Can’t Get Along Without You - I need to find a place that has this on their karaoke list.
6 Kate Nash - Foundations - Some lyrics in this song are great, and others are horrendous but it's still slightly irresistable.
5 The Pipettes - Dirty Mind
4 Just Jack – Starz in their Eyes

3 Klaxons - Golden Skans
2 Incubus - Oil & Water - This song makes me wish I had Brandon Boyd's voice.  Or that I actually was Brandon Boyd.
1 Air Traffic - Charlotte - Dear Air Traffic, Looking forward to seeing you again in 2008, I heart you LOTS! Love, Me

I'll Be Back

Alright, I'm off to the UK today for two weeks. If I don't have time to finish my Best of 2007 song list later I'll have to do it on '08. Have a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year everyone!

Tag, I'm It

Big Daddy tagged me.

1. When you were born, how much did you weigh?
6 pounds, 11 ounces.

2. What's you're sugar poison?
Chocolate fudge cake!!

3. If you had to choose between meat and cheese for the rest of your life, which would you choose?
It's gotta be meat doesn't it? Man do I love cheese but I don't think I could live with myself if I actually picked it.

4. What, in your opinion, is the worst song ever?
Oh so many to choose from! For starters, 'Soulja Boy' - how the fuck did this song get released? Any remake by Girls Aloud. 'What's Up?' by 4 Non Blondes. Most Jennifer Lopez songs. 97% of music from the 80s.

5. Who was your favorite teacher growing up and why?
Mr. Stavola because he was young and cute and taught history. There, I said it!

6. What personal activity, when performed in public, bothers you the most?
I hate when women put make-up on on public transportation, it makes me want to punch them in the face.

7. Ok, there's a $50 bill lying on the ground. You pick it up. Dumbfounded by your incredible luck, what do you selfishly purchase?
Probably a combination of music and clothes (not that $50 would buy me much of either these days.)

8. Do you have a recurring nightmare? If so, explain.
No, I don't think I've ever had a recurring dream.

9. Name one place on Earth you've never been, but vow to visit at least once.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I want me some Scandinavia!

10. You notice that question #9 wasn't really a question. You feel smart for catching such a small detail. What else can you do really well that reminds you how smart you are?
I play an excellent game of name that iTune, thank you very much.

I Got Drunk, I Was Dying Inside

Oh My Goshness #1: Serena Van Der Woodsen and Teen Witch are real life sisters!

Oh My Goshness #2: This Harry Potter and other fiction books English tour goes to the Wye Valley and Chepstow where Dave and I failed to do attempt #86 of the hot air balloon ride. Random!

Oh My Goshness #3: Laos is named the #1 place to go in the The 53 Places to Go in 2008.

A few Fridays ago I went out after work with Kat and Meghan, drank a bit too much, stayed at Kat's, and headed home the next morning feeling slightly off (I wouldn't go so far as to say full-fledged ill.) My dad was kind enough to pick me up from the subway; turns out that right before we got on the Grand Central I had to make him pull over so I could totally vomm in front of someone's driveway in Kew Gardens....Four times! I definitely feel bad for the people who live there but honestly it couldn't be helped.

I had an interview last week and I didn't want to come into work afterwards in my suit for obvious reasons. I figured that a local hotel would do for changing as they usually have public bathrooms, so I picked the Sheraton on 7th Ave. because that's close to me and thought if that didn't work I'd go to the Hilton on 6th. So I'm walking through the Sheraton and I see tons of people there for a conference, and I don't see restrooms so I'm starting to get worried. I agonize a bit, then realize that there must be restrooms by the ballrooms which turned out to be true. As I went into the Ladies', I noticed the registration area, thought about how it looked just like my old meetings, and reminisced a bit in my head about my old job. I changed and came out of the bathroom, only to notice the sign for the conference - it was my former company's annual New York meeting! I forgot that it's always at this time of year, but it's usually in the Hilton (thank god I didn't go there to change) but apparently it got so huge that they had to expand to the Sheraton. I darted out of there like nobody's business!!

I saw Enchanted the other day. I think the last time I paid to see a PG movie in the theater was probably for The Lion King (I saw that 3 times in the movies, which in retrospect I absolutely cannot believe), but I digress. Enchanted was so over-the-top unrealistic (but done that way purposely), that I cried from laughing at least 5 times throughout the film, seriously!!! Don't see it if you are interested in Oscar-worthy, serious films, but if you want something entertaining and totally silly I absolutely recommend it to everyone (I'm still laughing thinking about some of the parts and I saw it five days ago.)

I finally got around to listening to the second Hard-Fi album. Most of the tracks are likeable, very Hard-Fi-ish which is a good thing, nothing as great as 'Hard to Beat' or 'Living for the 'Weekend' but although the lyrics are a bit silly, I find 'Can't Get Along (Without You)' to be extremely catchy. Have some video action here:

I bought new earphones today, woohoo! The left ear of my Sony (or Phony? - I bought my last pair in Thailand) earphones died last week which made listening out of just the right ear unbearable. I borrowed my brother's Apple earbuds which were extremely painful (I forgot how much they hurt) and on top of that, the right ear crackled the entire time. I just bought a cheap JVC pair (if they break in a year whatever) which I'm excited about because they are pink and they don't hurt.

Speaking of Apple, my dad bought a mac yesterday! He's been talking about buying one for months but I think he was too chicken to make the switch. I have to say the computer is really beautiful! If anyone wants to have a webchat (not that kind dirty people) then I'm all systems go once we get broadband tomorrow (finally!) This reminds me of the time I came home from Binghamton on a holiday break and I was blown away by the sight of a microwave in our kitchen. I was so excited that I almost forgot that the appliance had became popular on the consumer market a mere 20 years earlier. Ah, the joys of electronics.

Go Elf Yourself

This is SOOOOOO funny!

I even get a shimmy and a solo in the end (thanks Heather!)

This Day In History

December 3, 1776
Washington arrives at the banks of the Delaware

December 3, 1818
Illinois becomes the 21st state

December 3, 1967
First human heart transplant

December 3, 2007
My father finally orders broadband