R.I.P. Seasame Street (Template)

The search for the Holy Grail of Blogger Templates continues....Let's be real the Seasame Street Template was a good time and we all enjoyed it. But it couldn't possibly last. Also, for some reason it wasn't allowing anyone to comment on my posts. That will not do. With my computer still on the DL until I can get it fixed I am left to choose from the stand-by templates Blogger provides until I can download a great, new one. Do any of you need to know this? Nope, not really.....Have you seen the infomercial for the Slap Chop? Gosh, that has got to be the greatest most useless item I have seen in a long time. Speaking of infomercials, I have seen way more Billy Mays-hosted infomercials in the past three weeks then I saw in the last year. I know that MJ's music made his family a lot of money after he died, but it just doesn't seem right to me.

Creepy Amazing Music Video #3

Back by popular demand, (by me) it's the Creepy Amazing Music Video! Today's installment is The Sound by Human Highway. It's a few months old, but it is all new to me. We discovered this band on Thursday as the opening act for Black Keys at the Twilight Concert Series. Being late, we only heard their last few songs, but what we heard was great. I didn't realize it at the time, but the two main guys in this band were/are part of the band Islands. Cool! As you watch this you are probably thinking to yourself: Cody, are you always on acid when you blog? The answer: No, not always. Alright, never. But I love good music and I am in to Pink Floyd too, so all this stuff just kind of works for me. Enjoy!

DEAD

About a week ago my "beloved" Mac kicked the bucket. I was happily eating my Life cereal while checking NBA rumors when my computer froze. No big deal right? So I restarted it. Dead. I tried again. Dead. Again. Dead. Again. Dead. Again. Dead. Yeah, I tried it a lot of times and it was always dead. So I gave it to my computer nerd and "Mac missionary" friend who alerted me that my hard drive was fried. Great. Ok. I understand. Computers die. But, hear me out a little bit, compadre. This now makes the third time my computer has died in the two years I have owned it. Two bad hard drives and one operating system meltdown. Also, my CD-ROM and four or five random keys said good-bye to me in February. I know Macs are great and beautiful and whatever, but mine is (was) a LE-MON! With my warranty expired, I am not sure where this leaves me. I am worried about fixing my computer because it will only be a matter of time before she dies again. I literally cannot buy a new one. I also don't want to rely on my work computer to blog, e-mail, look at funny sites, etc. Also, music. I don't think I need to say anything else.

Not My Thing

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Let me explain myself. I had to put that diagram up there to see what kind of rise I could get out of the four people who read my blog. (thanks guys) It is completely factual but comes with a slight disclaimer. I am not a fan of firework SHOWS. Not my kind of thing. To me, they are boring, repetitive, and boring. I feel like after a minute and a half I have already seen the same thing eight times. Being put through this for an hour leads me to distracting myself by watching ants or coming up with any story I can to annoy the person next to me. I haven't always been like this, it just happened. That being said, there are a few exceptions. (Yes, I can be impressed.) (a) I am befuddled at how in the world a firework even does it's own job and what sorcery is behind all of that. (b) doing fireworks in your own driveway, parking lot, etc. is an entirely different beast. Knowing that your freinds or family may spontaneously combust at any second makes more an interesting evening. (c) Evanston fireworks receive a pass. My family and I watched a show there where every citizen contributed by launching fireworks from their own homes. That, I must say, was awesome and finally (d) music factor. Most times I see firework shows I am well out of range of the musical accompaniment. This may/may not effect how I feel about a firework show.

Now, I understand that I am the only person in America and maybe the world that feels this way. But, like I said, they just aren't my thing. That's why I get to have a blog. So I can say crazy stuff like this.

Creepy Amazing Music Video #2

I heart Dirty Projectors and this music video is just fun. Anyone up for a llama hike?