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I'm liking it so far. Not striking me quite as hard as their first record did initially, but it's too early for me to make any solid statements.

Okkervil River - Golden Opportunities Mixtape

Well, didn't you marry that one guy? Ahahahaha.

I'm am under the impression that nothing in Chicago will allow smoking after January 1st. Somebody else might know more about that. And be sure to include this tale of valor in your memoir.

You can borrow Galaxy from me anytime, yo.

I got 120 on Friday. Being unemployed has some benefits.

I think I have to go to this. All of this.

Your douchebaggery is nearly always on display.

I hate everything and you are all idiots. In other news, I'd like to hear this record.

Has anybody had one of these things? They are outrageous. Teeth rotting glory.

Wouldn't you think they could issue a downloadable patch to fix that soon?

Farewell to Arms - Hemingway

I didn't know what the American Idol guy was, so I went to listen on the myspace page. I think it might be worse than Nickelback.

Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane

Akron/Family - Akron/Family

Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage

I think I am ready to do this now: 1 - Panda Bear 2 - Of Montreal 3 - Okkervil River 4 - Spoon 5 - Josh Ritter 6 - Jens Lekman 7 - Jesse Malin 8 - Wilco 9 - Cloud Cult t10 - Poison Control Center / Andrew Bird / Beirut / Battles / Whatever I'm forgetting I can't remember anything else I listened to this year. It seems like a rather bland year, but I'm sure I just don't remember a bunch of things that came out earlier than, say, October.

Mike Huckabee is leading in Iowa. How important can it possibly be? That said, I do think it's going to go a long, long way to deciding some things on the democratic nominee side of things. I hope everybody writes in Al Gore and we go from there.

There are 120 stars, plus one bonus star that you can only get after getting 120. You only need 60 to unlock the last level, though. As for the question marks, those denote "secret stars, " so you just have to do a bit of hunting around the level for different paths to take or hungry lumas to feed or whatever. In other news, I'm a dork.

I'm almost done with it. 98 stars or so. It is the most fun I've had playing games since the Nintendo 64 days. A bit on the easy side so far, but pretty incredible all around.

I'm just getting into these dudes. This record is pretty good.

I'd dig the record with Jake Bellows, too. Neva Dinova is pretty alright.

I'm coming to this. And Lou, I'm holding you to that promise.

I saw Neil Young on Monday evenin'. He's pretty fucking sweet.

I am in this group now.