The Bird and The Bee

Since I've been listening to a lot of new stuff lately, and I want to update my blog more frequently, I thought I would combine the two.



Today I introduce you to 'The Bird and The Bee'. I noticed them about a year ago while browsing iTunes, but then never followed through and forgot about them. Then a little while ago my friend Dave reintroduced them to me. I shall not forget them this time around. Heres two songs off their album:

John Wayne Gacy Jr.

I've recently become re-obsessed with Sufjan Stevens. And while this isn't a new song, its one of his best and one of my favorites.

Dandelion Lovers

Here's the music video for "Dandelion Lovers", the latest from singer/songwriter Kate Branagh. Kate is a friend of a friend and is way awesome. Check her out!!!

Japanese Snack Fetish

This is the first image that appeared after I searched for 'dorito' in google:
Why is it that Japanese versions of products always have better packaging? Although I'm not sure a full foot crotch massage is appealing to a mass market. I suppose America just isn't ready for a full dose of Japanese awesomeness. We'll have to be content with Nintendo and Jacki Chan. (I don't really care if Jacki Chan is indeed Japanese or not. He might as well be.)

My Fair Brady

I found myself watching an entire football game tonight, which is something I never do! Especially when I don't even have people over to watch it with. The New England Patriots solidified their perfect season (16-0) with a win over the New York Giants. Three cheers for Tom Brady!!!

Enough of sports.

I've added two lists to the sidebars of this blog. One is a listing of all the blogs I visit on a regular basis. And by regular I mean 3-5 times daily. The other is a list of my favorite things at this moment in time. Enjoy!

Potpurri

And now its time for my random blog of the month (or longer).

First, whats going on with me:

Job: Going great. In Sept, I got a nice raise and bonus check and got the best yearly review amongst all the staff. I still look forward to going to work each day (mostly) and it looks as though I'll be finishing up some more online trainings next month. So that means more money, which I always am glad for. The annual holiday show, which I was in charge of again this year, went really well. My kids performed 'Winter Wonderland' and 'We're All In This Together' from High School Musical. It was great fun.

Singing: Also going great! My church gig is sweet. We just performed Saint-Saens' Christmas Oratorio in which I sang all the tenor solos. I've also been teaching music to the little kids during the first half of the service every other week. And after the new year, I may be taking on the position of leading the children's choir as well.

This fall I did three and a half Gilbert and Sullivan productions. First was Trial by Jury with me as the Defendant and The Best of G&S (which counts as the 1/2), in which I had several parts. Second was Utopia, Ltd. where I played Native #5 (The Abusive Husband) in the chorus. And then for West Chester's Old Fashioned Christmas I reprised my role as Edwin the Defendant for another production of Trial by Jury (with a different company). All three shows went swimmingly and were great fun! But I came close to overdosing on oom-pah accompaniments and silly word plays. So this spring I'm taking a hiatus from Gilbert and Sullivan. But shall start again inthe summer, when I return to Buxton to do Pirates of Penzance. Hopefully with a lead!

So, my singing career is slowly growing, and I'm actually getting paid to do some things!!! Go me!

Health: Last week I helped my friends Manny and Marisa move out of their West Chester apartment and into their newly purchased Downingtown abode. Well, started to help anyway. On my second trip I missed the step off the front door and went tumbling down in true Humpty-Dumpty fashion. My stumble resulted in a badly sprained left ankle. This week mostly consisted of a 5lb bag of ice, heating pad, ankle brace, a lot of time in bed and a bottle of Advil. Today, I am doing much better, but still have a lot of healing to do.

Thats enough for now. Hopefully I will remember to post more tomorrow.

Life, with directors commentary

Seeing that I am far too sporadic with my blogging, I feel its time to change focus. Some posts may be more in depth, but for the most part I will simply provide commentary on an assortment of life's happenings. (mostly movies, tv, music, and othe rpop culture)
So, with that. . .here we go.

Im happy The Simpsons changed their opening sequence to reflect the happenings of the movie. I'm also equally happy the rest of the episode completely ignored it.

The Family Guy Star Wars episode was great. I hope they make more.

Bowling is a lot of fun. We should go more often.

'Across the Universe' was excellent. The lead guy is a lot like Ewan McGreggor, which is definately a good thing. The more Ewans, the better.

Autumn should be all year long. Its clearly the best of the seasons. Vivaldi would agree.

How much different would the world be if people didn't wear matching shoes?

Im excited about the upcoming tv season. Here is what I shall be watching:
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Tell Me You Love Me, The Wire, Desperate Housewives, Brothers and Sisters, Gossip Girl, Friday Night Lights, The Office, ER, My Name is Earl, 30 Rock, Weeds, Heroes, Prison Break, Project Runway, Smallville, Family Guy, Simpsons, and prolly some others.