It's Funny How These Things Work

I never really cared one way or the other about Eric Bana, and then I met David Benioff, and he looks a lot like Eric Bana, and he's really cool and down to earth and humble and his novel is great, and now I whenever I see Eric Bana in a movie I'm like, "Hey, good guy."

Bana

Benioff

If Felicia "Snoop" Pearson Made a Hip Hop Album

I'd buy that shit. Like at the store.

I wonder what they talked about

Informative

This morning, I got an email with the following subject line:

"My crotch area is too tight right now."

Good to know.

People Need to Work on Their Social Awareness

The other day I was walking back from the market with a baguette, and this woman looked at me like I was going to mug her. Lady, you're not going to get mugged by a guy carrying a baguette. This isn't Marseilles.

Other people in my neighborhood who probably won't mug you:

• The guy on the Metro wearing a "Screenwriting Expo 2008" t-shirt.
  
• The guy walking the bichon-frises.
• The guy humming "Stop Me If You Think That You've Heard This One Before" by The Smiths.
  
• Adrian Grenier.
  

Things I Love Right Now: An Incomplete List

The baritone saxophone solo in Lykke Li's "Dance Dance Dance." As a former baritone saxophonist (an award winning one, no less), I'm thrilled to see the bari coming back into vogue.

Dance, Dance, Dance - Lykke Li

Six Feet Under. I'm watching this series again from the beginning and really enjoying it. I still don't know whether or not I'm suppose to like Nate. I think that's probably the mark of a deep, well-written character. I always leaned toward thinking he was a dick (even though he looks a little like me), but at the close of season 2, I think differently.

Coffee. I don't know if you've tried this stuff yet, but it's the shit. I predict it will be very big in 2009. Yum.

Twitter. "I don't give a shit whether you had to wait too long at Starbucks or why you're so into Animal Collective." You don't get it (and if I might put on my work hat right now (a pointy hat kind of like a Kaiser helmet), it's quite useful. Information spreads on Twitter faster than anywhere else.

Tumblr. Fucked if I know how to use this, but it sure is fun.

Lala.com. Offering DRM-free music long before Apple decided to get wise to it. You can have a lot of fun checking out other people's profiles and playlists. Or you can listen to "PYT" a whole bunch of times for free.

Speaking of Lala, "Outta Hand" by Dinosaur Jr. What an incredible song.

Outta Hand [2007 Remastered LP...

My new Ralph Lauren blazer. It's very versatile, and can be dressed up or down. I like to wear it with a simple button down shirt and jeans and try to affect the look of a 1920s Parisian painter, because I'm a pretentious dick.

Dance music. I'm really into dancing right now. Not at a club or anything, but alone or with my wife in our apartment. It's fun.