i've spent a lot of time worrying if i'm using the right usage of in/in to/into. so much in fact, i literally stay up at night thinking about it.

so i recently got Bill Bryson's book "Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide To Getting It Right," and it's seriously making me rethink the whole English major thing. There's so much little shit to remember (like when referring to the Sahara Desert, the "Desert" isn't necessary because it's redundant; Sahara already means desert).

there's a pretty big difference between the phrases "badass" and "bad ass."

While still being high on life after killing the beast-fly, I went even higher by moving into a sweet house in a sweet side of town called Beaverdale. They have sidewalks! I'm within walking distance of a pizza place, a hardware store, and old-people's bar, a young-people's bar, and a beaverdale-people's bar (that has a rooftop bar as well! DOUBLE NEAT!).
There are two cats in this house and that makes me pretty happy. I love cats. <-- Not even being sarcastic here, honestly!

So I was supposed to kinda write a review over these cds:
31Knots "Worried Well"
Kamikaze Sperm "Diesel & Kicks EP"
Wire "Object 47"
Backyard Tire Fire "The Places We Lived"
Jaguar Love "Take Me To The Sea"
The Broken West "Now Or Heaven"
This Car Up "Smile When You're Alone"
Bears "Simple Machinery"
Son, Ambulance "Someone Else's Deja Vu"
Bedouin Soundclash "Root Fire"

I'll just be brief in stating what I thought of them. Here goes!
31Knots "Worried Well" - Actually pretty good. I also downloaded their previous cd hoping for more of the same, but really wasn't impressed. I'm just glad this band is moving in the right direction, so I will have another good cd to look forward to two years from now.
Kamikaze Sperm "Diesel & Kicks EP" - This cd really really sucked. I deleted it immediately.
Wire "Object 47" - Maybe I didn't really listen to this enough or maybe I just didn't get it, but this didn't impress me at all.
Backyard Tire Fire "The Places We Lived" - Kinda midwest-y sounding and a few steps above mediocre. There are a few good tracks on here, but some were just pretty flat.
Jaguar Love "Take Me To The Sea" - I LOVED this cd. Great vocals, great music. Kinda have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
The Broken West "Now Or Heaven" - I remember listening to a previous album by this band and thinking it was okay, but this newest album is a definite improvement. Much stronger melodies and better writing.
This Car Up "Smile When You're Alone" - I don't remember this, but I think it was okay.
Bears "Simple Machinery" - This was probably my second favorite album of this group of downloads. It's fun --in an indie music kind of way.
Son, Ambulance "Someone Else's Deja Vu" - Eh.
Bedouin Soundclash "Root Fire" - Basically a REALLY stripped down album compared to their more recent material. Heavy on the hand drums and more stretched out. I'd probably just mix this in with some Paul Simon and not even notice.

There have been lots of questions about life that I've been going over the past few days, so I'll probably get into that next time.

Also, summer fell off a cliff. What gives? I mean, it's great weather for moving shit into a house, but one day I was wearing shorts and t-shirt in 80+ degree weather and the next I'm digging through storage trying to find hoodies cause shit's only in the 60s. Oh well, I still love you, Mother Nature.

As they said in medieval Spain, "For now, it's shower time!"