All the money in Tokyo couldn't make me stay

In my dream last night, I had bought a new car (or I was IN one, anyway; I'm not sure if I'd bought it) with a couple other people I didn't know. The person in the passenger seat decided to start the car, but apparently didn't know how to drive, so it just started rolling down the hill. It crashed into a gate, but then ended up breaking through. I managed to steer it back to the lot, and then applied the parking brake, which seemed to work pretty well. I think it might have still been rolling a little, though.

Today, bethje and I went out to eat (as I had mentioned in an earlier post that we might) at the Olive Garden. I always enjoy it there, and I had a gift card to cover part of the cost. I had the new shrimp scampi alfredo, and Beth had the chicken castellina.

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I've been listening to Get Lost, the Magnetic Fields album that I just got from Beth. The only song from it that I already knew was "You And Me And The Moon," and that might still be my favorite. There are actually two other songs on the album with "Moon" in the title. Stephin Merritt must have a thing for Earth's natural satellite. Anyway, I don't think any of the earlier Magnetic Fields albums that I've heard come anywhere close to the quality of 69 Love Songs. They're still good, but there isn't anywhere near as much variety. I mean, it's pretty much impossible to have as much variety with an album of thirteen or so songs as it is one with sixty-nine, but I think i does a reasonable job in this area. The songs on the earlier albums had more of a sameness to them, I think. Still, I want to have all of them, and I like them all more the more I listen to them.

Finally, here's a link to an Onion interview with Stephen Colbert (thanks to dave_noisy for the link).