American Idiot

I just finished listening to American Idiot again. I find it sort of sad how it was supposed to encapsulate all the feelings specific to 2004 yet feels remarkably current every time I hear the album.

At the center of the Earth
In the parking lot
Of the 7-11 where I was taught
The motto was just a lie
It says home is where your heart is
But what a shame
Cause everyone's heart
Doesn't beat the same
It's beating out of time

But then, maybe that's part of what makes it brilliant.

Today is Jack Davenport and Ron Weasley's birthday.

It is also a day to remember a martyr who died so that the world would be saved from a terrible evil. He did this despite being born a slave and being of diminutive size. I'm speaking, of course, of Dobby the House Elf. According to Facebook, today is Dobby Remembrance Day.

It's kind of pathetic but watching it makes me think of that very first time I ever read Deathly Hallows. It took me putting it in the freezer for a bit, being consoled by friends and watching an episode of Coupling before I was able to make it past The Prince's Tale.

Skype

I now have Skype working on my iPod, complete with Mic and Video:
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Catch a Tail by the Tiger

Very inspirational...

Gobo: "Let me explain something to ya,"

No one knows where we're going.
No one knows where we've been.
Strangers follow us, dangers fall on us.
Life play tricks and they're mean.

Only one thing can save us.
Only one thing will do.
Stand up nice and straight. Don't capitulate.
Courage lives and it's you.

Catch a tail by the tiger.
Take the horns by the bull.
A bird in need is a friend indeed,
So pull the eyes over the wool.

Wembley: "Uh, Gobo, I think you got it backwards. The saying is that you
gotta catch a tiger by the tail,"
Gobo: "Sure. If you want to do it the easy way. On the other hand,
if you really want bravery, then you gotta,"

Catch a tail by the tiger.
Take the horns by the bull.
A bird in need is a friend indeed,
So pull the eyes over the wool.

Steely gaze in the sunrise.
Lonesome walk in the dawn.
Sometimes lonely, but living only for truth,
When truth may be gone.

Danger lurks at the crossroads.
Shadows loom on the wall.
Sounds behind us and hounds will find us,
And death and taxes and all.

So, catch a tail by the tiger.
Take the horns by the bull.
A bird in need is a friend indeed,
So pull the eyes over the wool.

Catch a tail by the tiger.
Take the horns by the bull.
A bird in need is a friend indeed,
So pull the eyes over the wool.

Rapunzel Toddler Doll

This is basically one of the cutest dolls I've ever, ever, ever seen.



Sixteen inches from crown to tiny, adorable bare feet with seventeen inches of hair but I'm too scared to take it out of the box and have it immediately get messed up.