SunTrust Seats
This past Sunday, my brother and I sat in the SunTrust seats at Turner Field and I wanted to upload some pictures I took at the game. The seats were incredible and I have the entire boring story on my sports section located at http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/djwright but be forewarned, it’s a tough read. For what it’s worth, that’s where my thoughts on the Braves and other sports stuff will be.
Old Entry Update
Looking over what I last wrote, I’m pleased to provide an update on ‘Once.’ It actually did come to Atlanta, and I completely loved the film. It won an Oscar for Best Song and the soundtrack is really good overall. The two stars of the movie, Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard are coming to Cobb County to perform at the Cobb Energy Centre.
This would be great news but I can’t go there because I don’t visit places that spell ‘center’ that way. As soon as they make the appropriate changes, they can look forward to having me stop by frequently. Or maybe I won’t show up at all. I don’t know.
I Discovered a New City
I just learned there’s a city in Georgia called Scottdale. Not Scottsdale but Scottdale. It’s like they took the DNA of a guy named Scott and another named Dale and mixed them into a test tube, creating a city where they combined the two names. Actually, that’s kinda stupid. I should delete it but I’m accessing the Internet via typewriter.
ABBA News
I just found out that ABBA’s drummer died in Spain about a month ago from a freak accident. News travels slow from Europe because it has to swim across the Atlantic first. I’ll be honest, I didn’t realize ABBA had a drummer.
I’m not really a fan of ABBA, especially after my Senior year in college. A guy in the quad played ABBA really loud in the living area for weeks on end. I would’ve told him to stop but his name was (no joke) Thor, and while I never saw him with one, I just assumed he had a hammer.
More Music News
Josh Joplin will be at Joe's Pub on May 2nd. He wanted me to know so he sent me an email and now I'm passing it on to you. Do with it what you will. After that, he'll start work on his new album, which will be great.
He’s also coming to Atlanta on May 30 and June 1 to play Eddie’s Attic. Last time he went there, I couldn’t go because I was in Boston and he ended up cancelling the concert…I think because he knew I wasn’t going to be there. So I better show up next month but I probably won’t. Or maybe I will. I don’t know.
Entertainment News
I saw a picture of Jodie Sweetin of Full House and she was pregnant and I felt very discombobulated. I don’t know why, partly because I don’t know what discombobulated means yet.
I was flipping through the Comcast channel guide and I saw a movie starring Louis Gossett, Jr. and Robert Ri’chard. That’s right, there was an apostrophe between the I and the C in his name. He was born Robert Richard but at some point in his life, he developed the need to stick random punctuation marks in the middle of his last name. I immediately stopped flipping through the guide and spent the next hour and a half confused and just staring at a coaster on the table. Other than being a complete waste of time, it was sort of productive.
Science News
Not exactly science news but I went to the mall to get my eyes checked so I could get new glasses. I hate doing this because I can’t read the eye chart worth shit and flunking the test sucks so I tried to make a joke about it. I told the doctor, “I have four eyes and none of them can see.” He didn’t laugh.
I saw where scientist created a human cow embryo. I don't see the big deal though, my aunt's been a human cow for years.
I found a story touting an elephant who created a self portrait. I was gonna make fun of it but actually, it's really good. I hope when I grow up and become an elephant, I can draw that well.
Important Fitness Update
The other day, I came very close to lifting a weight. Hold on, I have that backwards. Actually, I was waiting on a lift…but you know either way.
What’s Playing On My Mp3 Player Right Now
“I Believe She’s Lying” by Rhett Miller off “The Believer.” Miller is the lead singer for the Old 97s, who are scheduled to appear on 'The Tonight Show' on Thursday along with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Marilu Henner. You hafta hand it to Jay Leno for having eclectic lineups sometimes.
The song was written by Jon Brion, who did the score for a bunch of great movies like Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and I (Heart) Huckabees. Brion joined the band ‘Til Tuesday on their final album, dated lead singer Aimee Mann and produced a few of her early albums. Mann is currently married to Michael Penn (brother of Sean Penn), who co-scored the movie Hard Eight with Brion.
What I’m Eating Right Now
An oatmeal cream pie. At the grocery store last week, there was a sale on Little Debbie products. If I bought four boxes, I could save 14 cents per box. So I spent $5 and ‘saved’ 56 cents when all I really wanted was a box of Nutty Bars. I think that might’ve been a mistake but I didn’t tell the aforementioned oatmeal cream pie that. I wanted it to be eaten thinking it was wanted.
What I Watched Tonight
The Braves played the Washington Nationals and since it was a home game, it was in HD, which made me almost as happy as having a Coke in a glass bottle that’s been left in the freezer for about 20 minutes.
Random Thoughts
Recently, I watched every Jim Belushi movie I own (four movies). It wasn’t nearly as smart as it sounds.
Jack Handey is a real person. That’s not a made up name.
This week is National Karaoke Week. I’d like to do karaoke one day but I don’t wanna hafta sing.
I bet those people who see Jesus in a taco shell are really good at those hidden picture things in Highlights Magazine.
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