in which I babble even more randomly than usual

That shriek you just heard? That was me, realizing that Chris Cornell and The Bravery would be sharing the stage with Linkin Park on this summer's Projekt Revolution.

Didn't Santi just come out in 2007? According to RS, TAI's going to release another album this summer? What? Quick work!

The Dresden Dolls will be in Austin on 1June. Unlike the night of the Houston date, there are no plans inked in our calendar... yet. :)

My copy of Supernatural: The Official Companion, Season 2 arrived tonight. Was that timed to pacify the angry masses when there wasn't a new episode? Anyway. Eye/brain candy. *turns up Manchester Orchestra* To go with ear candy.

I'm shallow and easy when it comes to cop movies, and I have to admit that I really want to see Street Kings. It has Hugh Laurie, Forest Whitaker, and John Corbett. Common! I just don't know when I'll have a chance to.

Cache? Not pronounced "kashay", aright?

I think of myself as being mostly right-handed, because although I can write with either hand, I mostly do it with my right hand. But I do most other chores with my left hand. Which, you know, is a bitch with a huge burn across the palm. Non-dominant hand, you totally suck.

In conclusion: JON OLIVER.

every call you make

This story is touching, really it is. But you know? I find it EXTREMELY disturbing that Verizon can retrieve a "deleted" voicemail message from three years ago from their archive.

Maybe it's just me. Maybe I'm just paranoid. But I don't want my voice mails and calls in an archive for years. I'd rather they were deleted when I pressed the # button and deleted them from my phone.

I especially don't want them in an archive for a carrier that might very well be the one with a Quantico circuit set up WITHOUT A SEARCH WARRANT to give the US government access to ALL of their customers' voice, text, and internet usage data.

That is a violation of privacy. It is a violation of the Constitution. Where's my right to not be unlawfully searched and seized?

I don't care how many Signing Statements the Shrub signs, I don't care if people think it's OK to give up privacy to catch "terrorists". How many have been caught, tried, and convicted, I ask?

It is WRONG, and I'm so tired of being made to feel like I'm being "unpatriotic" and "leftist liberal" and "Communist" (all things I've been called by friends and colleagues) when I object.

And if I hear "Well, if you're not doing anything wrong you shouldn't have anything to worry about or hide" ONE MORE TIME, I'll scream. That is not the point.

(no subject)

( For the gaggle of tweenies who were apparently at their first club show tonight... )

/psa

ETA: What is up with the early shows? Doors at 6pm, three opening acts, main act on at 9pm. Is everyone protesting DST or something?