The intimacies of live music

The Damien Rice concert was incredible. The best concert I believe I have ever been to.

He started out so soft, and sultry and right when you needed it he came on strong and hard and raw. But before he could overwhelm you with all the screaming he slowed it down again. Right when you thought you were going to have to beg for more, he gave you just what you needed. Your fingers slip from the handle you had on reality. When he slows it down again you have to catch your breath and open your eyes to get your bearings and figure out where you are.

Wait... What are we talking about? Oh, yeah. The concert.

And just when you think you can't scream anymore, he came. Again... For an encore.

Question about Planet Earth

I have a little problem with the show. The fact that everything is "so rare" or "rarely caught on camera". When really I have seen almost all of it on other shows. One in particular really bothers me. The snow leopards. They said it was the first time a snow leopard had ever been filmed while hunting. Funny, I watched a Nature about snow leopards in the Himalayas over a year ago with footage of them hunting. What's the deal? How can they say that?

Alaskan Cruise?

So Kyle's little sister is getting married this summer. First she was thinking of getting married in Hawaii. Then she said St. Thomas. Okay, I would love a free vacation to the Caribbean, not that I would turn down a free vacation ever. The reason for St. Thomas was that her fiance's dad has a condo down there and they were trying to rent rooms in the condo for everyone. It was something like $300 a night. Turns out there weren't enough room for everyone. Bummer. So now we have to go on an Alaskan Cruise. The Caribbean or Alaska? There are tons of places I want to go. None of which are Alaska or anywhere near Alaska for that matter. Kyle is incredibly disappointed. Is it going to be cold in Alaska even if it is in July? How does that work? Would we need coats on a summer cruise? I'm not a cold weather kinda gal. This doesn't sound particularly fun. On the bright side, don't you think I would get to see a lot of wildlife? Apparently, whales feed in the waters off Alaska in the summer months.

You have to see this!

Who loves Aqua Teen Hunger Force? You will love this little doozie!!! You gotta watch all the videos too! It is just priceless.

At first it is funny cause they talk about he mooniinite, "The moon men, or Mooninites, as they're known to the show's faithful, are delinquent outer-space men who make frequent appearances on the program. Photographs of the devices show several tiny lightbulbs protruding from a circuit board that houses wiring and at least four batteries."

Then it goes down hill when the assholes from Boston officials talk, "Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis called the stunt "unconscionable," while Boston Mayor Thomas Menino called it "outrageous" and the product of "corporate greed." Democratic Rep. Ed Markey, a Boston-area congressman, added, "It would be hard to dream up a more appalling publicity stunt."

Then it is pretty good again when you find out that the signs had been up in Boston for week and in other places like Austin and Seattle and a dozen other places.

"In Portland, police Sgt. Brian Schmautz said officers had no plans to remove any of the signs, so long as they weren't on municipal property. Nor had officers been dispatched in any kind of bomb scare related to the devices.

'At this point we wouldn't even begin an investigation, because there's no reason to believe a crime has occurred,' Schmautz said."

Boston expects to be reimburssed for the man hours and bomb squads and all the stupid shit they did. I hope Turned Broadcast tell them to go suck a fat one.

How will Aquarius affect your horoscope?

I was bored so I thought I would read the Yahoo news thing.

Remind me again how the alignment of the planets helps you find antiques.

All I can think of is the scene at the end of The 40 Year Old Virgin when they are doing a choreographed dance routine to Aquarius.

"When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars"