• Polaroid
• Timex Sinclair
• Sinclair cartridges (separate?)
• Hitler book
• 286 laptop? (will anyone want it?)
• Millennium Falcon :o(

1. it hates going into reverse.
2. when you finally convince it to go into reverse, it will pop out of gear if you go too fast or more than 3 feet.
3. the hood release lever is missing and is just a couple of wires hanging out which catch on your shoelaces and open the hood.
4. the hood release mechanism requires cleaning out every so often because it doesn't catch, meaning the hood comes unlatched while you're ...

• Shutter Island

• The Holly and the Ivy
• The Holly Bears a Berry
• Fairytale of NY
• O Come Emmanuel
• O Holy Night
• It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
• Silver Bells
• Gloucestershire Wassail
• Feliz Navidad
• Coventry Carol
• Christmas at Ground Zero (Weird Al)
• Christmas in Hollis

This comes from working retail and hearing X-mas music non-stop...

• Chipmunk's Christmas Song
• I'm Gettin' Nuttin' For Christmas
• I Saw mommy Kissing Santa Claus
• Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
• Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
• Frosty The Snowman
• Santa Claus is Coming To Town
• Here Comes Santa Claus
• Jingle Bell Rock
• Sleigh Ride
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
• Do You Hear What I Hear
• Holly Jolly Christmas
• It'...

Everyone seems to be making these lists; shouldn't we wait for 2010 to be over? Anyway...

• "Enemies Like This" - Radio 4
• "Life Processes" - ¡Forward Russia!
• "Thrills" - Ellen Allien
• "Multiply" - Jamie Lidell
• "An End Has A Start" - Editors
• "Yours Truly, Angry Mob" - Kaiser Chiefs
• "Turn On The Bright Lights" - Interpol
• "Beauty And The Beat" - Edan
• "Kala" - M.I.A.
• "Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes" - TV on ...

• those little corn-shaped corn holders for eating corn. Can I say "corn" a few more times?
• tissue box cozies - are your tissues really going to get cold? While we're at it-- toilet paper cozies and pretty much cozies in general... except tea cozies because they actually serve a purpose.

• a kitchen with a real stove
• a refrigerator that freezes ice cream and not eggs
• bathtub or at least a shower with a light in it
• windows that get light occasionally so plants don't die

Things that would be nice but aren't required:

• yard or stoop for BBQs
• space for band to practice

• patio & ratio
• plough, through & rough
• garage & cabbage

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1. the Wrestler (Vader-- it was really awesome and believable.)
2. Doubt (Vader - Meryl Streep is awesome at everything she does. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams were awesome too)
3. The Reader (Vader-- slightly disturbing but really interesting take on the Holocaust. Not your average Bad Nazis movie, but witho...

1. Brazil
2. Time Bandits
3. Shallow Grave
4. Trainspotting
5. 28 Days Later
6. Sunshine
7. The Acid House
8. 24 Hour Party People
9. Heavenly Creatures
10. Incubus
11. Santa Sangre (although this is a bootleg cuz it's not available on DVD)
12. Ever After
13. Enemy at the Gates
14. Children of Men
15. Idiocracy
16. Team America: World Police
17. The Hebrew Hammer
18. The Wind That Shakes the Barley
19. The Commitments
20. Excalibur
21. D.A.F.T.
22. Weird Al video collection
23. UHF
24. the Princess Bride
25. T...

• Chad
• Todd
• Brad (or any name containing Brad, like Bradley, Bradford etc.)
• Preston
• Arnold
• Peyton
• Jackson
• Tyler
• any US Presidential surname (Carter, Reagan, and the above Jackson and Tyler etc.)
• Glenn
• Darryl
• Wesley
• Weston
• Wilbur
• Marshall
• Merle
• Donald
• Ronald
• Mason
• Landon
• Wyatt
• Chase
• Hunter
• Colton, Colt
• Brandon
• Orville
• Ernest
• Harley
• Harlan
• Gary
• Larry
• Rodney
• Wade
• Wendell
• Austin
• Dakota
• Cody
• Corey
• Chase
• Brent
• Gage
• Skylar
• Trey
• Trent
• Randy
• Wayne
• Dwayn...

• Cheryl
• Brenda
• Carol
• Courtney
• Hayley
• Tatum
• Jackie
• Jacqueline (all I hear is "jackal")
• Layla
• Arlene/Harlene/Darlene (anything ending in -lene!)
• Verla
• Velma
• Wilma
• Wanda
• Shelby, Shelley
• Desirée
• Jenna
• Camryn
• Phyllis
• Wendy
• Candy, Sandy, Randi etc.
• Paige
• Megan
• Barbara
• Diane
• Crystal
• Amber
• Alexis
• Gladys
• Glynis
• Marsha
• Shirley
• Myrtle
• Laverne
• Melba
• Carly
• Kelsey
• Tammy
• Elvira
• Nadine
• Bernice
• Beryl, Opal, Garnet, Diamond or any other gem (except Pearl ...

• in tempore cave- beware of time
• Liberum arbitrium - Free will
• Homo homini lupus - Man is a wolf to man
• contra spem spero - against hope I hope
• Magnus frater spectat te - Big Brother is watching you
• Memento vivere - A reminder of life (literally remember that you have to live)
• Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur - The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived!
• Non est ad astra mollis e terris via ...

WEST: Wistah-ish region

• Russian Icon Museum - Clinton: http://www.museumofrussianicons.org/
• Willard Clock Museum -Grafton: http://www.willardhouse.org/
• Plastic Museum - Leominster: http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/
• Plumbing Museum - Worcester: http://www.clui.org/clui_4_1/lotl/lotlv1...
• Higgins Armory Museum- Wistah: http://www.higgins.org/

NAWTH SHAW:

• Quilting Museum - Lowell: http://www.nequiltmuseum.org/...

• lawyer -- I said this in 1st grade because every single girl in my class said she wanted to be a nurse, and every boy wanted to be a football player. I had to say something different... I'm not sure I even knew what a lawyer did!
• comedian -- I had two jokes, both on the same theme "When I grow up, I want to be a comedian. I think I'd be good at it because whenever I tell someone about it, they laug...

How is stuff different from when I was born in the Dark Ages? (1972) Note: I'm not saying any of this stuff is better as in "The Good Old Days..." I actually dig my computer and electric kettle. These are just random observations!

• households generally had one phone, and it was a rotary dial one
• there was only one telephone company and they owned all the phones.
• TV got 4 stations: NBC, ABC, CBS, and P...

• Just remember, when you think you're free/ the crack inside your fucking heart is me

(Marilyn Manson, "Speed of Pain")

• Grey would be the color, if I had a heart

(NIN, "Something I can Never Have")

• In the end, all you can hope for is the love you felt to equal the pain you've gone through

(Editors, "Bones")

• Last night I dreamt That somebody loved me/ No hope, but no harm Just another false alarm

(The Smit...

Here are the books I have in my possession that I still have to read:

1. 100 Years of Solitude
2. England's Dreaming
3. Breathers
4. Geek Love
5. Armageddon in Retrospect
6. Fast Food Nation
7. The Hobbit
8. A Long Way Down
9. the Koran
10. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
11. House of Sand and Fog
12. Little Dorrit - month 11: this book has 20 pages of filler for every 5 pages of awesome. I'm about to give up.
13. As I Lay Dying
14. Dude, Where's My Count...

I haven't worked in the record store for at least 3 months... here are some recommendations since I haven't heard any sucky albums lately, only the ones I've bought!

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• Jamie Lidell Jim: Vader. This album is awesome. It's even more poppy and R&B-like than the last one (you can't detect any traces of his past ...

• kitchenette
• anywho
• guesstimate
• happenstance
• credenza (anyone who knows what this is, let alone uses the word without irony, is a giant wanker)
• ironical (it just sounds wrong, even though it isn't)
• co-inkydink (you know, like cutese for 'coincidence')
• invite, as a noun as in "thanks for the invite." Is that even correct? Shouldn't it be "invitation?"

RELATED: words describing things that will automatically...

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• Cloverfield: Anakin. Why? I understand that having a reality-based documentary type movie filmed by whiny yuppies makes it more realistic, but do they really have to yell "OH SHIT!" all the time? Can't you make it less realistic? Note to self: buy whatever kind of camera they used; it can run on batteries...

• Gareth
• Marius
• Emlyn
• Emrys
• Jude
• Eamon
• Fintan
• Flannan
• Cian
• Cathal
• Ciarán/Kieran
• Cillian/Kilian
• Cormac
• Finian
• Dorian
• Amyntas
• Jarvis
• Jonas
• Rufus
• Rupert
• Amias
• Tristram
• Liam
• Florian
• Jasper
• Oscar
• Benedict
• Elias
• Tobias
• Malachy
• Rafael
• Ralph
• Alun
• Roman
• Ronan
• Rowan
• Linden
• Zev
• Rhys
• Elián
• Hilario/Iladio

Boring names I dig:

• Julian
• Ian
• Thomas
• Owen
• Evan
• Harry
• Brendan
• Dylan
• Timothy
• Richard
• Martin
• Lucas
• Damian

Names I'm on the fence about:

• Rhodri
• Lev
• Arkady
• Myrddin
• Guy
• Luk...

• Cecilia
• Dervla/Dearbhile
• Ada
• Agnieszka
• Ludmilla
• Jadwiga
• Eavan/Aoibheann
• Sorrel
• Vera
• Bryony
• Dulcie
• Ianthe
• Rhianydd
• Jemima
• Fiona
• Olive
• Fionnuala
• Lucy
• Ivy
• Josephine
• Líadan
• Carys/Cerys
• Linnet
• Sylvia
• Pauline, "Polly"
• Eveline
• Caoilfhionn/Keelin/Keelian/Caoleann
• Alice
• Violet
• Emeline
• Beatrix
• Adeline
• Adelaide
• Sîan
• Rosemary
• Rosaline (but I can't stand the nn Roz)
• Eleri
• Ethni
• Doris
• Pearl
• Helena, "Nell"
• Iris

Boring names I like a whole lot:

• Julie
• Dar...

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• Rolling Stones, "Shine a Light" sdtrk: (LUKE). Take all the RS songs you know, and then muzak-ify them while played live. Boring. You can get this as a flash-drive wrist band too! How avant garde!
• REM, "Accelerate": (GREEDO). Critics are shitting themselves because this album doesn't suck as much as...

• Control Group
• Petard
• Nebulous
• Test Subjects
• Merry Meat
• Spork
• Fang Shui
• Surreal Killer
• Tine
• Pink Freud
• Squid Disco
• Schwa
• 300 Roses (in honor of Krista!)
• Heartworm or Ringworm (I'm sure there are like 500 local bands with these names)
• Zooanthropy (I still love this, I don't care if it's taken by some teenagers in Arizona)

Addendum: Pixies-references that could make good band names ("could" being the operative word...

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• PJ Harvey , "White Chalk" (Anakin): WTF? Why does this sound like a 3rd rate Juliana Hatfield wannabe at an open mike night in Trumansburg?
• Siouxsie, "Mantaray" (Anakin): WTF? Why is this so happy? Why is this so corny? It's like cabaret-lite, and not in a good way.
• James Blunt, "All the Lost Souls" ...

Here's what I think of some of the shizzle that's come out lately. As always - the scale goes <br>

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• Ben Harper, "Lifeline" (Lando) - sounds like Ben Harper. It's nice; reminiscent of a slightly funkier Cat Stevens. If you like BH, you'll probably like this. If you like singer-songwriter types, you'll probab...

Wow, this isn't a very impressive resume.

• my dad knows Ben Burtt Sr., who is the dad of the guy who did the sound effects and made up the languages for the Star Wars movies.
• my dad allegedly served pizza to the Kingston trio and Tom Paxton and possibly Peter, Paul & Mary, depending the story.
• my stepdad played on a bunch of records by the Burns Sisters as well as Martin Simpson.
• I handed Uma Thurman a...

Note: anything between U2 at the Carrier Dome and the White Stripes at the Orpheum I pretty much guessed at the dates. I'm also not counting when I saw the Pointer Sisters when I was 3, because I don't remember it, Arlo Guthrie when I was 11 or anything else I went to with my parents (Willie Nelson, Anne Murray, uh... Joan Baez I think?).

1. Warren Zevon/X- Landmark Theater, Syracuse 10/6/1987
2. U2 Carri...

This is really hard to do! It's easy to pick out 50 albums that are my favorite, but individual songs? There are millions of those! Anyway, here goes (I gave up trying to put them in order):

1. "Baby Got Back" - Sir Mix-a-Lot
2. "I Believe" - REM
3. "Mongoloid" - Devo
4. "She's Lost Control" - Joy Division
5. "The Storm" - Big Country
6. "3 a.m. Eternal" - the KLF
7. "Senses Working Overtime" - XTC
8. "The Humpty Dance" - Digita...

There have been a bunch of new releases lately that we've listened to ad nauseum at work. here's a rundown, if you care:

Star Wars Scale JarJar -- Luke -- Anakin -- Jabba -- Han Solo -- Greedo -- Lando -- Yoda -- Vader -- Boba Fett

• VA- Instant Karma. This is a bunch of people covering John Lennon songs with the proceeds going to save Darfur. IT IS PAINFULLY HORRIFYING! Ack. Seriously, people. John L...

-*-and by everyone, I mean clones of myself (these are in no partricular order)

1. !!!, "Louden Up Now"
2. !!!, "Myth Takes"
3. Altan, "Harvest Storm"
4. Bauhaus, "In the Flat Field"
5. Beastie Boys, "Hello Nasty" (shut up, this album is awesome)
6. Beastie Boys, "Licence to Ill"
7. Beastie Boys, "Paul's Boutique"
8. Beck, "Midnite Vultures"
9. Beck, "Mutations"
10. Beck, "Odelay"
11. Beethoven, "Symphony #9" conducted by Leonard Bernstein at...

1. Army of Any ONE
2. 2 Many DJS, 2Pac
3. Three Dog Night
4. the Four Tops, 4 Skins, Four Tet
5. Ben Folds Five
6. Sixpence none the Richer, Sixtoo
7. Seven Seconds, 7 Year Bitch
8. 8 Ball
9. Nine Inch Nails, Tek 9
10. Ten Years After, 10cc
11. Finger Eleven, Amps II Eleven
13. Thirteenth Floor Elevators, 13 and God
16. 16 horsepower
17. Heaven 17
18. Eighteen Visions
20. Matchbox Twenty
22. Catch 22
23. 23 Skidoo
24. 30 Seconds to Mars

36 Crazyfists Sum 41 Level 42 +44 Black 47 50...

• a Weird Al tour shirt that glows in the dark
• the Doctor Who Role playing game (first edition!)
• an illustrated collection of Terry Jones (the Monty Python dude)'s stories
• complete scripts to all the Monty Python tv shows (although that one is currently on half.com)
• a car window sign that says, "My other transport is the Millennium Falcon" (thanks, former roommate!)
• a box of vaccuum tubes
• a signed photogr...

Here are some recent releases on the Star Wars Scale

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• Arcade Fire, "Neon Bible": Lando. It sounds like their last one, but that's not a bad thing
• Modest Mouse, "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank": Yoda. I like it.
• LCD Soundsystem, "Sound of Silver": Boba Fett all the way! All the good parts of the last a...

• biotech lab worker (5 years)
• after-school program teacher (1 year)
• substitute pre-school teacher (6 months?)
• bakery assistant (3 months)
• record store clerk (4 years)
• office bitch (6.5 years)
• donut & coffee engineer (2 months)
• survey researcher (2 months)
• Kosher Dining hall worker (4 months, part-time)
• house cleaner (one summer)
• babysitter (tons of non-consecutive time)
• reporter (6 months, part time)
• recorder ...

VERBS:

1. Exsanguinate
2. Defenestrate
3. Usurp
4. Cede

ADJECTIVES

1. Funereal
2. Tertiary
3. Penultimate
4. Cadaverous
5. Vapid
6. Nebulous
7. Circuitous
8. Vehicular
9. Paltry
10. Fiduciary
11. Persnickety
12. Cantankerous

NOUNS:

1. Claudication
2. Microscopy
3. Telephony
4. Escarpment
5. Trivet
6. Finial
7. Putrescence
8. Rhaphe
9. Tomfoolery

PHRASES:

1. to harbor malice

1. Trent Reznor ("He's the only guy I'd let do me up the butt")
2. Robert Smith ("I don't care if he's fat and old. I'd still suck his dick")
3. Eddie Vedder ("I'd take his dick in my mouth any day")
4. Marilyn Manson ("If I saw him on the street, I'd probably just drop down and start sucking his dick. I mean, he's MARILYN MANSON.")
5. Johnny Depp
6. Viggo Mortenson
7. Orlando Bloom
8. Brad Pitt
9. Gerard Way