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Ringo Starr, former drummer for the Beatles, sounds horrible. His latest stint on the Tonight Show was embarrassing. Ringo should fade into old age gracefully and let us remember the drumming that he may or may not have done for the Beatles.
We got Race a number of years ago. I don't really remember when it was, but I do know that we were in the old house on Duke. Race retired from the greyhound tracks a couple years before with a losing record and a retarded name (they called him Yahoo). He was a total pain in the ass, truth be told, but it was his penchant for the obnoxious that made him most endearing. He had what could be called a "good life" for a racing greyhound, and I'm glad that we got to take care of him for these last several years. I'm sure he's up there in the doggy equivalent of heaven chasing some kid's pet rabbit that died and eating it.
Bought myself a new pair of shoes today. I couldn't resist the Illinois color scheme.
For those of you who care, these are the artists, tracks, and albums (respectively) that I'm listening to these days:
Christine and I made a trip to the new Edwardsville Sonic today. We were a little surprised to see a lack of patrons; after all, it was a brand new restaurant, and new restaurants typically attract myriad customers. Anyway, Jessy was to meet us at the unusually un-busy Sonic, and Christine and I ordered in the meantime. After they delivered our food and we had paid, I waited for my change. When the attendant came back, she handed me all the money I had just given her and informed me that it was family day and that everyone ate for free. Christine and I were even more confused. If all the food were free, why was the place so empty? A manager came by to tell Christine that she would get a giftcard with the amount she had charged on her credit card, but before she did, she looked at us strangely and told us again that it was family day and that of course we didn't have to pay.
About five minutes later, I saw Jessy try to pull in to the parking lot. She was quickly stopped by one of the employees and told to leave. Sonic, it appeared, was not open. Jessy called Christine to tell her what had happened, and it was about then that it all hit me. The free food, the relatively small amount of customers, the "it's family day" lecture that we had repeatedly received. This was a little get-together for family members of Sonic employees. Christine and I had just managed to sneak past the employees guarding the entrance.
And for this reason, today Christine and I are proud parents of a Sonic employee yet to be named.
As I driving home today and listening to a mix CD I made, I started trying to make a good list of my top 10 favorite songs in history. I quit after a while, mostly because I figured that half of it would be Radiohead. Instead I focused on the top 5 worst things that my favorite bands have done in recent memory. Here goes:
For years now, some stores in the UK have been deterring groups of teenagers by playing ultra high-frequency tones that are abrasive to teens but inaudible by adults. However, those conniving little bastards have something up their sleeves: the teenagers have been recording the sound and setting it as their ringtone. As it turns out, the teachers can't hear it but all the kids can. It's pretty ingenious.
Needless to say, I had to try it out. Nick and I stood in my room and played one of the frequencies over my speakers. It drove the dogs nuts and caused a pretty unbearable ringing sensation in Nick's and my ears, but Mom couldn't hear anything. I went ahead and tossed the atc_teenbuzz (to download, right-click on the link and click "Save as") MP3 on as the ringtone for my parents (the irony was lost on them).
It's a little obnoxious and I'm sure the novelty will wear off before too long, but it's really pretty cool. If you use it, it's better if you're phone isn't set to ring too loudly; it ruins the effect.
Here are some links:
Christine, Jessy and I went to see The Break-Up tonight, a movie that I was actually looking forward to seeing. Christine had already seen it and had said that at the end, she had a hard time deciding if she liked it or not. I, being the consummate movie critic that I am, have decided that I liked it for these reasons:
All in all, it was a good movie. Thanks to Jessy for pointing out so bluntly why I'm "hard to date."
Thanks to Yepsen for sending me this. It's probably the coolest Flash animation I've seen. You'll have to watch it a couple times to get all the details.