Freedom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With the season finally over, I found relief on the sunny shores of California. For three days it was quality time with the family, the ocean, and the boogie board. I was unfortunately joined by the sun, which did a number on my skin. I went to church today looking like a leper. I told people I was auditioning for a minor role in Jesus Christ Superstar. Unfortunately, with my moustache my ethnicity is mistaken more for one found south of the border than the Gaza strip, so the audition didn't turn out that well.

I know nothing of world event right now. I'll let it all soak in this next week. Until then, I have nothing to rant about. I do, however, have an exceptional review of the best album of the year. Who made such a thing? Why, Canada's finest, of course. The Barenaked Ladies have introduced Snacktime!, an album full of songs for all the kids. It is incredible, and I advise all to purchase not only the cd, but the storybook of lyrics (illustrated by keyboardist Kevin Hearn) as well. This link goes to the website where you can view the music video from the song "789" (it looks like it came straight from Sesame Street) and hear the song "Snacktime".

http://www.bnlmusic.com/snacktime/

This is a candidate for greatest album of the century. Search YouTube for their songs "Drawing" and "Pollywog in a Bog", which will come out soon, as well.

That Moustache Feeling

Yep, it's that time again. I'm fitting in more and more around the cherry shed as my upper lip gets fuzzier. Hyrum showed me a clip from when the Tick got a moustache, and this morning before work I watched the entire episode on youtube. Once the Tick has his moustache, he becomes so confident. His words:
"Rugged, self assured, adult- these are the words that describe a man with a moustache. It says to the world that I’m a man of action. Ah, but action tempered with maturity- like a fireman, or somebody’s dad. Most of the world’s leaders have moustaches."

But the moustache isn't always the best thing to have around. His superhero friend Taft told the Tick about some of the downs to having a moustache.
"Sometimes it catches on my sweater, or gets stuck in the zipper of my jacket."
Now, the Tick's moustache was actually a secret government operation from the 70's made to counter the Russian Beard. The moustache flew the coop, though, in search for it's love (which happened to be the Russian Moustache, in the end). Jim Rage began a search for in when it escaped, and it all comes down to the exciting ending I suggest that you watch. Tick's final monolouge puts it all together.

"So the moustache was in love. That’s cool. Love is cool. That moustache was cool. But it didn’t make me cool. Jim should have been cool. He had a cool eye patch, a cool RV, cool gadgets and traveled the world with three vivacious exciting talented beauticians. I may have lost my moustache, but I’ve gained, well...I’ve gained nothing."