Well, I was skeptical, but I decided to go to the name site linked to by Meg on her post today...kinda spooky:

The name of Keith creates a very aggressive and independent nature, one with big ambitions, giving you original, progressive, large-scale ideas, salesmanship and promotional ability as well as the excellent business judgment which enables you to gain the financial accumulation to which you feel entitled. You have a versatile, restless nature, and could do any job well, although you would not like to do menial tasks. You are seldom satisfied and are always seeking something new. However, you do not know the meaning of relaxation, for when supposedly resting, your mind is forever active, planning out some new project or seeking new ways to improve your present enterprise. You could organize the work of others, though in your impatience to see the job done efficiently, you would likely step right in and do it yourself. Your intense, restless nature can bring on tension which affects the solar plexus and digestion, or the generative organs.

*** While I put no stock in these things, does this mean I get to publish my work only because of my salesmanship? How horrid...

Congrats to They Might Be Giants for winning the Grammy for best song written for a Motion Picture or Television show - a bright spot in an otherwise tired, banal list of winners (give me a break, "I'm Like A Bird" was the best female vocal performance in all of music this year?). Oh well.

A double-gold for the "Best First Song to Define an Album" award (see post below) - The Pixies' first song on "Trompe Le Monde" is right up there as well. Short, to the point, and deceptive - it's more than its parts. Overall feeling - rock enchanted. That pretty much sets the tone for the rest of the album.

Last of the fast, first of the others:
I just saw "The Don and Bill Show" at the Enzian tonight on a whim. I was going to go home and do Russian homework, but I decided an hour of twisted animation would suffice instead. I didn't like Bill Plympton's stuff that much - I've seen it before anyways. But Don Hertzfeldt's stuff blew me away. Great, great moments with such "simplistic" animation (he usually uses stick figures or simple, non-shaded figures). It's hard to pick a favorite from his work, but I think "Rejected" had the most laughs. If you've ever heard the line "My spoon is too big!", it's from that short film. "Billy's Balloon", where a balloon beats the shit out of a kid, is also quite dark and good. Damn, I'm going to have to buy some expensive indie-DVDs to ever see those films again...either that or tape the next year's worth of "Adult Swim" on Cartoon Network on the off chance they show it. I'm tempted to rush to the Enzian tomorrow night after class to see it again.

In other news:
- Elliott Smith - beatle-esque or high-pitched whiner? Either way, his depressing songs always cheer me up...for real! =) I do find it sad, however, that one of his posters made it into the decor for "The Princess Diaries".
- Sam Phillips - she still lights my (musical) fire. Hot damn. "Fan Dance" is amazing; hey, it inspired my short story about a guy stalking, well, a Sam Phillips-like rock gal. Also, "Martinis and Bikinis" wins the "Best First Song to Define the Rest of Album" prize in my book - like a hymn, except Providence provides free booze and skimpy clothing too all your closest friends. And if you think you've never heard her sing before, who do you think does the "Ba ba ba ba"s during scene changes in "Gilmore Girls"? And all this from a Christian music survivor (a very un-Amy Grant indeed). Double Hot Damn.

Heartwarming personal feature:
I'm at Borders, doing Russian homework after church, and I decide to leave. I walk by the magazine aisle and who do you think is crouched up against the Women's fashion magazines reading "Time"? Yes, my long lost friend Paul - last seen wandering the streets of NYC, protesting capitalistic evil. After not hearing from him for about a month, with unanswered emails stacking up, I've been tempted to call the activistism hotline set up by Indymedia to see if your friends were arrested during the World Economic Forum, but I think that might have been a little over the top on my part. It turns out he almost got arrested, but not quite. We caught up - I found out all the protesting he's done, he was riveted by all the schoolwork I've done, I'm sure.

As a side note, I've got to work on not hugging people when I see them after a long time. I caught myself and offered a handshake. Good save - gotta do the right thing in public, you know, so no one who's eaves-watching doesn't misread the situation that they're not in. I still remember my dad getting uncomfortable (and then both of us breaking up into fits of laughter) when we apologized to each other after a fight in a resteraunt and I put my hand over his to let him know I was sorry...it was like some sentimental gay hallmark card...

I can't end this post with that...hmmm...

My spoon is too big!!!

If you get bored, check out the following. Lowest common denomenator stuff, but it got me and Nicole laughing:

1) Even though I don't work in the computer services industry, I have quite a few friends who do. So, if you're a computer services person or can sympathize, check out the Tech Comedy website. Watch out, there's some very bitter humor here.

2) I hadn't checked out their site in ages, but for the truly juvenille and improbable, check out I Love Bacon...some really funny stuff mixed with other less funny, crass stuff. My tip would be to ignore any of the text entries and go for the ironic signs that they take pictures of. Also, if something is preceded by an "X", that means "naughty".

My new favorite exchange on "Gilmore Girls" -

Rory (looking under couch): I found Grandma's pen!
Lauralie: Just leave it there...
Rory: Why?
Lauralie: Umm...it makes life interesting.

I don't know, maybe it was "more fun" rather than "interesting"...either way, I laughed so hard. The last line is so close to something that I would say that it was scary.

My nose is running. Damn cats.

I have found that the only thing to disappear in the same manner as socks are reference manuals that show how to format bibilographies. I used to have three.

Gilmore Girls has definately captured the whole religious upbrining/homeschooled kid thing with Rory's Korean friend, Lane. The sight of Lane, banished to her room, begging Rory to buy the new "Belle and Sebastian" single while her mom calls out for her to have "Tea and Toast time" (no doubt, the same time each day) brings back so many memories of my own homeschooled existance that it isn't funny.

Actually, it is, very. =) Even my mom was cracking up.

The miracle of reading - I took a quick glance at my Avant Garde syllabus to verify the page requirement for my much bandied about 20 page paper.

12 to 15 pages.

I'm so dense.

I'm so close to finishing it, now.

Pretty good weekend, I'd say. Right now I'm at Braden's, waiting for a pizza with Nicole, who's waiting for AAA to tow her car. Later we will watch "Gilmore Girls"...anything to get my mind off of the 20 page report on Debussy I have to finish tomorrow.

Yesterday was great because I finished quite a lot of homework for the entire week. What a cool feeling! I should do that more often.

I'm excited about [ok, Braden's cat just wiped out on the desk in front of me...slipped on a piece of paper...I can't help but laugh] my next story in class. It's different from other things I've written, so I'm feeling better about the diversity of my creativity.

Oh well, that's it for now.

Would you survive a horror movie? Find out @ She's Crafty

I can't believe this test said I'd survive a horror movie!

Hah! Don't worry, Meg, I'll protect you seeing as the test declared you killer bait. =)