how do those bubbles have mouths and be bubbles why don’t they deflate or whatever!
HAHA, EXCELLENT
watch this like once every two weeks
Damn son, look at him go! (Also, valerie2776 I don’t know what you would have done if you’d lived in Portland last week… Mountain Goats and They Might Be Giants were playing the same night, on opposite sides of town!)
I’d cry.
I saw the Mountain Goats. TMBG wasn’t playing Flood that night, so there was no reason to go. :)
Wordz!
It appears Ammon Shea, who will hereafter be referred to as “Ammon Shea,” is a bit of a word nerd. I can relate. I know we’re supposed to be all internet-age and loosey-goosey about usage and spelling and grammar these days, but I just can’t muster it up. I think this may be my gay trait; I can’t operate an iron, make a bed or develop an ab, but I will write the fuck out of a letter. (And you should see me when I read an email from a college graduate who confuses “your” with “you’re.”*)
So as I read this book, I’ll drop in a few dumb word facts for your enjoyment (of me). Like, did you know that “short-lived” derives from the noun “life” rather than the verb “to live?” (As in: my habit of wearing guayaberas like Chandler Bing in 1997 was short-lived.) “Short” is an adjective describing the noun “life,” therefore “lived” is pronounced with a long i? Did you also know that if you say this out loud in a place where people are, they will all think you’re pronouncing it wrong, and over time, instead of making your case, you’ll just start avoiding the word altogether? (As in: that period when I listened to nothing but Too Much Joy was…I didn’t do that for a very long time.) The American Heritage Dictionary backs me up, but adds “the pronunciation (-lĭvd) is by now so common that it cannot be considered an error,” one of the more discouraging sentence fragments you’ll read this year.
*Seriously, what’s that about? How do you advance from fourth to fifth grade with your yours and you’res mixed up? It’s like getting “four” mixed up with “twelve.”
If you haven’t been reading this blog, you are insane. But more importantly, this is probably the best post so far, and I am excited for all the other things he is going to learn. (I guess I’m a bit of a word-nerd too.)
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Be Your Own Pet - The Kelly Affair
This song is so fucking catchy it makes my eyes bleed.
