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This is the first thing I could say in both Japanese and English…

The narrator at the end says to gesture like you mean it.

Spare me my life! I was robbed by two men!

Pants-peeing worthy.

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Our friend Lee, who is in the Navy Reserves and serving in Afghanistan right now wrote an article that is published in the Hook.

The LeaveMeAloneBox.

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Fridays After Five is a concert series during the summer in downtown Charlottesville, with concerts taking place every Friday (obviously) after work. For SFers, think Stern Grove, but much smaller/local acts and more mingling.

We decided we couldn’t wait for the season to start, so we put on our own rock concert. With Rock Band. At the Pavilion. “One Friday After Four-thirty.” The band is Panty Zamboni.

Prefuncing in the green room.

The roadies setting up.

Off to a rough start. The wind gave us some problems and the lyrics were illegible. Band manager: For our next gig we need sandbags and static lyrics mode on our rider.

Rocking out.

This would be Tea Bags’ final performance before his fatal heroin overdose.

Tea Bags. Almost passed out. Eating grass. If Bloc Party was on Rock Band, I could understand the confusion (”like eating glass” / “like eating grass”), but I’m not sure how this happened. …And then he passed out, like a true rock star.

Fans show up.

And we let them play. Cuz he can actually sing.

ROCK!!!!

When the Irish girl on American Idol was singing Without You, I thought it’s even harder for her to pull off because the video for the song was Mariah singing on a stage alone, just like this.

Then I remembered none of the kids watching Idol have ever seen that video. We’re old. Mariah Carey is even older. She’s a theme on American Idol, so she is officially done (if she wasn’t already). Sorry, Rebecca.

…alright fine, here:

Luke and Katie decided to get chickens. Pet chickens. Not for human consumption. So Luke, Strongo, Amie, Laura, and I converted an old shed in their back yard into a luxury chicken condo. I mostly watched. Luke’s classified description:

PRICE SLASHED $200! New chicken coop! Stunning new 1 bedroom, bathroom-everywhere contemporary coop set on a quiet lane within walking distance of a chicken wire fence and cat that wants to eat your face. This sensational home offers a luxury sun splashed interior with soaring cathedral ceilings, balconies, oversized windows and gleaming pine shaving floors. The gourmet country kitchen enjoys a feeder dangling from an old nail on the ceiling. The oversized owner’s suite has a walk in old cat carrier full of the same pine shavings. This residence also has a private mailbox, no heat and no A/C. The private back yard patio offers an ideal spot for family fun and summer cook-outs. $200

Beatrice and Latifa:

Kalihari, the cat that wants to eat their heads off:

Vicky asked me to take some pictures for a Virginia Discovery Museum event yesterday. Got a couple good pictures. I am so slow at downloading, organizing, and uploading pictures…I haven’t put any others up yet. And now I’m two weddings behind on pictures, after Nathan and Corenia’s on Saturday.

Japanese scientists recreated the wave effect of cars slowing down and creating traffic. Next time you’re slamming on the breaks for no apparent reason, it could be because some idiot 5 miles ahead of you cut someone off 15 minutes ago. Now instead of getting extra pissed that there’s no accident, you can say to yourself with satisfaction and appreciation, “ah, the Japanese donut ripple effect.”

Sweet Berry Wine!

Tracer foods.

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From TED Talks…

And I lost my balance and I’m propped up against the wall. And I look down at my arm and I realize that I can no longer define the boundaries of my body. I can’t define where I begin and where I end.

Then all of a sudden my left hemisphere comes back online and it says to me, “Hey! we got a problem, we got a problem, we gotta get some help.” So it’s like, OK, OK, I got a problem, but then I immediately drifted right back out into the consciousness, and I affectionately referred to this space as La La Land. But it was beautiful there. Imagine what it would be like to be totally disconnected from your brain chatter that connects you to the external world.

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