I truly don't understand sports fans not liking the World Cup. Can I understand sports fans not all loving soccer in general? Sure. But the World Cup is such a party, why not get into it every four years? The matches are only 90 minutes, there are no commercial breaks, the games look gorgeous in HD, the players…

I kinda overdid it on Mass Effect last summer, but as soon as I've put enough time between me and it for it to feel fresh again, I am going to woo the fuck out of Garrus.

I thought the Rainbow Roads seemed too short too, but then I realized it's just because Lakitu puts me back on the track so much sooner after a spill than in the older games, so I spend a lot less Rainbow Road time hurtling off into space.

Super Mario World was the first video game I ever beat. I'm not sure I've ever felt so accomplished in my life as I did immediately after beating it. (I'm… not a very accomplished person.)

This was Avenged Sevenfold fanfic and one several people hope to forget soon.

Duke Garwood and Mark Lanegan - "Manchester Special"
Sharon Van Etten - "I'm Wrong"
Beware of Safety - "Small Victories"
Eyvind Kang (with vocals by Mike Patton) - "Innocent Eye, Crystal See"
Faith No More - "This Guy's In Love With You"

I played as a paragon once, and then tried playing through as a renegade. The only problem was, I had gotten so attached to Commander Shepard that it was really hard to watch him be such a jerk! I'm too conflict averse to be a renegade.

Meh, not really. Thanks though. :D

Afterhours featuring Samuel Romano — "Voglio Una Pelle Splendida"
Japancakes — "And Begun"
Maggie Bjorklund — "Playground Stars"
Melvins — "Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown) (Part 1)
Afghan Whigs — "Brother Woodrow/Closing Prayer"

I've been rocking out to Dolly Parton's new album. Also, thanks to Beats Music pushing me curated "experimental" music, I finally got around to listening to some Brian Eno stuff. It wasn't at all what I was expecting, but I dug it.

The Chelsea Physick Garden in London

Grails — Bad Bhang Recipe
Farmers Market — Kinda the Blues
Ulaan Khol — Untitled 9
Grinderman — Palaces of Montezuma
Afghan Whigs — See and Don't See (How appropriate, as I'm seeing them live on Thursday! WOOOO!!!)

Afterhours — Hai Paura del Buio?
Afterhours — Hai Paura del Buio? Reloaded version
Sharon Van Etten — Tramp

Trevor Dunn — "Isabelle"
Grinderman — "Man In the Moon"
Soulsavers feat. Mark Lanegan — "Some Misunderstanding"
Russian Circles — "Batu"

LA Confidential

House Hunters is totally that band that got super big and then sucked. I watched it back in the day when it only featured $50,000 houses in LA and all the windows had bars on them. Seriously. This millions-of-dollars McMansion shit is shit! Bring back punk House Hunters!

John Zorn — "Lost Words"
Mark Lanegan — "Halo of Ashes (Live)"
Lyle Lovett — "The Girl In The Corner"
Mark Lanegan Band — "Gray Goes Black"
Peeping Tom — "Preschool"

Thanks anyway! I hope you got a good haul otherwise!

The trees were all really rangy so they needed a good pruning. I'm hoping it'll just mean I'll have better harvests in a few years, and far more attractive trees. It's just in the meantime… I want to fuckin' kill him, yes.

Awesome, thanks!