Unbunny - Pink Lemonade

i have to admit, by track 7, i was disappointed by this Snow Tires album. i usually don't buy CDs i haven't heard any more, but i took a chance on this one and was kicking myself for it. but then came track 8, this song, and it absolutely floored me. while i haven't made my complete list yet, this is definitely one of the top 10 best songs of the year.

Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone With You

this is the most played song according to my winamp media library. 54 times since March 30th. the line you probably can't make out is "to be alone with me, you went up on the tree" so quiet and so jarring. the second best song of the year.

tomorrow later, the best song of 2004.

whygodwhy: Our Relationship Demands A Spreadsheet

I gotta check out The Usability Enthusiasts when they come to town.

i know >5 people expecting babies soon. this song is about having babies:

Death From Above 1979 - Little Girl from You're a Woman, I'm a Machine

whereas this song is about not having babies:

The Mountain Goats - No Children from Tallahassee

Wolf Parade - Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts

"I got a plan, it's the best I can do. You say it's in God's hands. But God doesn't always have the best goddamned plans does he?"

Xiu Xiu - I Luv the Valley OH!

"and I won't rest until I forget about it. I won't rest until I don't care"

when people compliment me, i like telling them that it's because i am the coolest person they know. i ask them to go ahead and make a mental ordered list of all the cool people they know and that they'll find that i'm number one. when they agree that, yes, i am the coolest person they know, i'm secretly disappointed in them.

i was at the video store checkout the other day where the clerk guy was one of those enthusiastic "would you like to supersize that?" types. you can tell he took what the assistant manager said in the meetings before they open the store very seriously. "i'm gonna be the best damn video store clerk i can be goddamit!"

so he asks me if i want to get a bag of microwavable popcorn with my rental. i say no. he asks me if i want to buy the holiday video card for $21 cause it's such a good fucking deal and i'd be an idiot not to. i say no. he looks a little sullen. sullen! i can understand if you work on commission and get $20 if you sell me the extended warranty, but you work at a video store! where's the surlyness?!

so i pay and as he hands me my movie he says "enjoy the movie! and just to let you know, The Stepford Wives comes out on Tuesday".

there's a momentary pause in my brain where the left side says to the right side "it's dark in here"

i reply, "why would i want to watch a Bette Midler movie?"

you still read deftone.com? that's so 2002.