you're not the first girl I've blurred into something beautiful...but you're the only one who keeps

i'm so excited!!! shooting blanks! and after the fight are playing at the mutiny tonight at 9. if you're in chicago, you (yes! you! reading this right now!) should come! there's no cover to get into the show, and it'll be a night full of crazy punk rock and beer. how can you go wrong?

and, in honour of the show tonight, i'll resurrect one of my favourite pictures i've ever taken...a picture i took at Shooting Blanks' last show, way back in november of 2007, of Hoffman and his awesome guitar:

stephen f. austin is okay.

stephen f. austin is about to tip off against syracuse. stephen f. austin should win, just because they have the coolest team name i've seen in a while:

the lumberjacks.

my spam folder has officially devolved into dada.

i was just clearing out my spam folder, and harvesting a few more phone numbers for advance fee fraudsters to prank call in what little spare time i have. i came across this rather short bit of junk mail:

subject: [SPAM:#] Sex Tips for People Who Don't Like Their Spouse
what is a pier.

if anyone can explain to me how a pier can help me screw someone i don't like, i'm all ears.

boring quiz?

seen in my google ads:

Am I Boring?
Maybe. Take The Quiz & See If You Are Boring Or Not. Free Online!

if you actually need to click on an ad like this to figure out whether or not you are boring, then i think you've already answered the question.