Santum, Datum, Erratum

Based on those word structures, the plural form of scrotum would be scrota. I only thought of that because I've been sitting in my chair at work smashing mine, unbeknownst to myself, for the last hour and didn't realize it until I got up.

This happens on long drives sometimes. It used to happen between Chico and the Bay Area a lot when I was in a long distance relationship. I would only realize it once I stepped out of the car because my body has not evolved to register the pain of sitting on a testicle for an hour and a half while driving. Someone who knows stuff should probably check out that phenomena, as well as collection of phenomenum. That word might be made up.

In unrelated news, I went to a homebuying workshop put on through work last night and it felt like sitting on the aforementioned for an hour and a half. Does that make it related news? Here is the skinny. I will need to find a second income to incorporate into my life if I ever even think about buying a condo in the area that I like living in. Some would call this a girlfriend or S/O. So, now on top of everything else, a companion needs to be smart, witty, laugh at the right things, stable, possibly English, shorter than me in heels, have good hair, be very quick and resourceful, possibly good at soccer, willing to live with a freak and sometimes wear heels with a bikini. Small things, but necessary.

Add heels and bikini to the phenomenum list.

A few things:
I finally put a copy of Sparta, Threes on my iPod and gave it a few listens. It's pretty good. It's funny how you hear all the At The Drive In stuff missing from The Mars Volta and vice versa. Some of it starts to sound like U2, it's a little weird. Also, I'm still behind and haven't listened to the new Mars Volta, which I heard is a trip.







Also, Silversun Pickups, I'm super late on this, but really dug the single and finally put the whole album on my iPod and listened to the whole thing. Sounds like SDRE in some spots, which isn't a bad thing. Really cool stuff.








Also, there is a director's cut of O Valencia! by The Decemberists on youtube, posted by Pitchfork that is pretty good. It's ten minutes long and I think Crispin Hellion Glover (his web site looks like CrispingLover.com see also TheRapist.com for therapist links) is playing Colin Meloy. Think the Smooth Criminal mini-movie if it was filmed in Portland, OR. Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!