OMFG, basiatione (formerly totable_cobra) texted me last night and told me I had to watch the new My Chemical Romance preview video because GRANT MORRISON IS IN IT! So I watched it and I can't even describe how awesome it looks. It appears that MCR are hard-traveling heroes fighting dudes in monster masks led by an evil Grant Morrison. I've known for a while that ( Read more... )

Swiped from everybody:

- Choose a singer/band/group

- Answer using ONLY titles of songs by that singer/band/group

I choose The Go-Betweens in honor of co-front man Robert Forster being cast as Arthur Petrelli on Heroes (I might actually have to watch the show now) and the fact that he's performing songs by The Velvet Underground in Columbus on ( Read more... )

Meme stolen from everybody:

The rules are easy, just post 6 things that recently made you happy! Then tag 6 people and force them to post this on their LJs because it is good. Everyone needs a little happiness once in awhile.

1. 36 Views of Mt. Fuji: Fall (1/9) by jen_in_japan. Guuuuh...

2. Showcase Presents: Booster Gold Vol. 1 (a reprint of Booster's ( Read more... )

So, the weird organic cereal I've been eating lately is shaped like little people.


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Last week I chaperoned a Dance Dance Revolution/Guitar Hero 2 tournament for 13 to 15 year-olds at the public library. I ended up having to enter the DDR tourney because there were an odd number of kids who wanted to participate. I surprised myself by making it to the final four, not that there's a lot of honor in beating a bunch of tweens ( Read more... )

Lindsay and I went to a performance at OU's School of Music tonight. The group was called Biakuye Unity Ensemble, which is kind of redundant because "biakuye" translates as "unity", but we'll ignore that. The group consisted of a man from Ghana, a man from Senegal, and two white American guys, one of whom is the Director of Percussion Studies at OU ( Read more... )

I listened to the soundtrack of The Nightmare Before Christmas for a couple of hours last night while I wrote a paper. I think it may have made the paper take longer, though. I was like "'Cause I'm the OOGIE BOOGIE MAN! oh yeah Othello...". By the way, Marilyn Manson's version of This is Halloween totally pwns Panic! At the Disco's. Is it just me, ( Read more... )