Volkditty

Yeah, you do seem great.

And that's why you always leave a note!

Mermaids aren't furry.

I sure hope that is the case, but I pessimisticly fear a weak response to the next Jan 6 attempt because taking steps to put down a violent insurrection is "too political."

Literally all the time, but OK...

Last Saturday night, bored, make an impulse decision to buy soccer tickets. Get some really nice seats, front row of the second level. Seats 1 and 2, on the aisle.

Get to the stadium moments before kick-off, head to our section, there's a guy and his wife sitting in the two seats on the aisle. I ask if they're sure they're in the right place and show him my tickets: seats 1 and 2, right on the aisle. He looks confused, apologizes, they leave. As my wife and I are sitting down, I see the little seat number I missed before. These are seats 20 and 19...the wrong end of the row from where we're supposed to be. I mistakenly assumed the seats were numbered left to right, but they're right to left for some reason.

Cringe, wonder if they'll notice or if they'll just take the open seats down on the far end of the row. Look over and I see the guy looking at seats 1 and 2 and scowling. The teams are lining up, the game has just started. I sigh and head into the concourse, catch up with the guy as he is coming back down from the right side of the section.

I apologize, say it was totally my mistake, offer to let them keep seats 1-2 since they're here already, guy insists on taking back seats 20-19 since that's what he paid for. Completely understand, sorry again for the misunderstanding.

While we're in the concourse straightening things out, the home team scores what will end up being their only goal of the game. We both miss it. We go on to lose 3-1.

A couple of my favorites, in no particular order...

Dessa - Mineshaft II Dessa writes some of the most evocative, lyrically dense songs I've ever heard.

The Gits - Guilt Within Your Head The Gits were a Seattle-based punk rock band that were poised to blow up big in the early 90s. Tragically, lead singer Mia Zapata was murdered just 4 days after they signed their first major contract.

Titus Andronicus - (I'm) Screwed A long-running and critically acclaimed hard rock band that's avoided finding mainstream success. One of the best live acts I've seen.

Whe're*

Ooo, my brother-in-law is in sales. What kind of commission do you make?

Shocked gasp!

A lot of lines have snuck into my regular vocabulary. Flibbertigibbet, I'm not arguing that with you, I'm soul sick and you're gonna see that, brain cloud, I have no response to that...

Joe vs the Volcano

It's the first movie I remember going to see (at a drive-in theater when I was 7). It was kind of a flop when it came out, but it's achieved a certain cult status for its surprisingly deep philosophy on fear, self-realization, and facing mortality.

In the last month, have gone to the theater for...

Twisters - exactly what you expect it to be.

Deadpool & Wolverine - aggressively boring, walked out in the final half hour. I don't fully blame the movie, I was in a bad mood to begin with...but it did nothing to charm me.

It Ends with Us - ridiculous movie with a strange take on domestic violence

Alien:Romulus - entertaining, if you can get past the "it's a dystopian corpo hellscape grinding these dirt poor miners into dust, but also they're all in their early 20s and sexy with perfect hair." I'm not a huge Alien lore purist, so I didn't have the same reaction that more hardcore fans probably had.

My wife wants to see Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice but has not seen original Beetlejuice, so we're planning to stream that tonight or tomorrow. I haven't seen it since it came out and barely remember it.