puppy...

while i was studying yesterday in the outdoor seating at a cafe, this family shows up. they have a giant poodle in tow. the mother is telling the little kid (maybe about eight or nine years old) that they can't bring the dog inside. the kid responds:

"but, he's good!"

that made me giggle. i almost never find things that children say to be cute, but i found that to be awesome...'cause i'm a dog person. they should allow good dogs everywhere.

mtv get off the air

i have m2 on in the background, for noise, since the rest of television sucks. their rock countdown is on.

i had a realisation while "watching" it: i have outgrown the music video.

i haven't been wowed, or even intrigued, by a music video in years. maybe it's because all music videos suck now, but i don't think that's it. i would think that i'd run into some video that tripped my attention, or that at least didn't completely bore me, if i had any interest whatsoever in the medium anymore. there are some decent songs that they play, but i can't force myself to pay attention to an entire music video to save my life. they're not engaging. they're not fun. i'd rather listen to the song and either let it fade into the background if i don't care about it all that much, or scrutinize the lyrics and insert scenes from my own life if i do care about it.

maybe it makes me a megalomaniac. maybe i'm so self-centered that i can't let the bands (or their record companies, ha) supply images for me, i have to supply my own images, one that mean something to me, to get the whole experience.

or, maybe it just means that stupid scenes from my boring life are better than the pabulum that everyone just unilaterally decided to put on television to accompany their songs, but i don't really want to believe that absolutely everyone is that boring.

how times change

fun fact of the day, for all you law students:

City Museum was built in the International Shoe Company warehouse.

yes, THAT International Shoe.

all i have to say is, shiny things to climb on > the theory of minimum contacts.

a new entry for webster

12(b)(6): ('twelv-'bE-'siks) (transitive verb) 1. to dismiss a pleading for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. 2. to file a motion to dismiss a pleading for failure to state a claim. [the defense lawyer should have 12(b)(6)ed that lawsuit as soon as it was filed]


(in other words, i started using and conjugating 12(b)(6) as a verb while working on my civ pro outline today. i'm a loser.)