Ladies love derangement, but they don't really know your heart

[vovat]

The new They Might Be Giants podcast is out. This one is pretty cool, and definitely better than the last one. "Miniature Sidewalk Whirlwind" is a weird and amusing song about getting a plastic bag stuck to your leg. I'm not sure how to describe it. It reminds me of something, but I can't put my finger on what. It just has to be heard, I suppose. There are also three songs about Mr. T by The Last Car [1]. The last one has kind of a Mono Puff vibe to it, and makes me think of Hello the Band's "Town To Town." The Deranged Millionaire interview is pretty amusing, too. And it ends with a recording of "Now Is Strange" that gets cut off before it ends. Does that happen for everybody, or was there something wrong with my download?


Here are five questions (one less than the Millionaire had to answer), courtesy of travspence:

1. Can you dance?

No, I can't say I can.

2. Who is your current crush?

Does bethje count?

3. Tell us about a dream you remember.

You've all heard about my childhood dream where Grimace (yeah, the purple McDonald's character) wanted to eat me, right? I think it was actually a recurring dream.

4. Do you live with anyone, or do you live by yourself?

I live with my mom and sister, as well as my brother, when he's home from college. And my sister has a cat.

5. When is the last time you bled from an injury?

I'm sure it involved shaving.



I usually avoid color-themed quizzes, which I find silly even for online quizzes (and that's saying a lot, right there). I did this one, though, and I thought some of the options made for good jumping-off points to complain about some LiveJournal-related things.

Your Blog Should Be Yellow

You're a cheerful, upbeat blogger who tends to make everyone laugh. You are a great storyteller, and the first to post the latest funny link. You're also friendly and welcoming to everyone who comments on your blog.

What Color Should Your Blog or Journal Be?

One of the choices for the question about what you do if someone posts an obnoxious comment is "delete it." I've never really understood that mentality. The only cases I can really think of where deleting a comment on my journal would make any sense would be:

1. Something that's accidentally posted twice
2. Inappropriate content. Some people DO read LJ from work or school, so I can see not wanting someone to post, say, hardcore porn in the comments.
3. Information that you don't want the public to see.
4. Outright spam.

In all the time I've had this journal, only the first has ever come up. Yet there are some people out there who will delete any comment that they just don't like. What's the point? Either reply to them or ignore them. Even though it's MY journal, I like to think of it as a more-or-less open forum. If you disagree with something I say, feel free to state your own point of view. In fact, I'd encourage it.

And I don't think any of those options in the last question is my biggest blog pet peeve. That would have to be blogs that are difficult to read, due to a design that's annoyingly busy, or a blatant disregard for the rules of spelling and grammar. That's not to say that I mind if people make mistakes occasionally, or even often. I'm talking about the ones where only one word in a hundred is spelled CORRECTLY, or there's no punctuation, or they use a lot of incomprehensible Netspeak with no trace of irony. I'm sure you've all seen journals like this.


I got a $5 Wawa gift card in the mail (courtesy of a Tastykake sweepstakes), as well as two March Laumer Oz books. I'm sure reviews will be forthcoming after I've read the books, but I don't know that I should expect anyone to actually read them. The reviews, I mean. I don't expect anyone to read the Laumer books either, but I guess if anyone does, they'll probably read the reviews as well.

And I have to get up early, so I should probably go to bed very soon. I think I'll check my friends page again first, though.

[1] I usually don't capitalize the word "the" when it appears in a band name, but "The Last Car" just looks wrong without it. Maybe because it looks like more of a title, or something.

Comments

[bethje.livejournal.com]

"Open forum" haha! Is it now?

Also, I feel that you should put the podcasts on the flash drive and bring them to me.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

"Open forum" haha! Is it now?

Excuse me, I did not say that. Don't trust me; trust the Bible. The Church Age is over.

Also, I feel that you should put the podcasts on the flash drive and bring them to me.

If I can figure out how, I will.

[bartkolounger.livejournal.com]

The podcast cuts off at the end because Flans was impatient and fucked up someones day or 2 days actually. Someone that had no clue how to post podcasts and had to teach herself. I think if anyone complains about it she will have a nervous breakdown.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Someone whose job it is to post the podcasts, you mean?

[bartkolounger.livejournal.com]

no someone whose job it isn't to post the podcast got told they had to post the podcast eventhough that someone works for okgo not tmbg and its supposed to be the internet people not the managment people posting podcasts.

its a long stupid story and not a very nice Flans thing to do.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Well, since Cecil had already signed off, I assume all that would have been in the completed version was the rest of "Now Is Strange," which I can hear anytime. So, while not the best plan, I don't think any real harm was done.