"What's your email -- lizzie@biggiantloser.com?"

So yeah, as mentioned in my comment, last year Five Iron Frenzy broke up.

The reason I said it was kind of their time to go is because of their fans. Five Iron was being idolized and that is entirely not what they wanted. On their third to last CD, the last track was a song called Eulogy. As the name may suggest, it was misinterpreted. A lot of people (including myself) thought maybe this would be their last CD, and they had decided to not announce it publicly, and let people decipher the lyrics themselves.

When the forums on their web site went crazy with a gazillion posts entitled "IS FIVE IRON BERAKING UP?!?!?!11", they decided to put all doubt aside and announce that no, they were not breaking up. The song was merely about the band meaning nothing in the big scheme of things. It was a reality check to Five Iron's fans, to tell them to take a look at the bigger picture -- all that matters is Jesus Christ. Only their explanation was a lot longer and made more sense.

To which, there were a gazillion posts written entitled "WOOHOO!! FIVE IRON ISN'T BRAKING UP!!!!!1"

A lot of the fans completely missed the point, even when it was elegantly explained by the band themselves, and that upset me.

Renee, Kitti, myself and some other people had attended a 5Fe show the summer before and admittedly, we had been the only ones crazy enough to bring our sleeping bags to the field and sleep there until the band showed up, but hey, we wanted to be in the front. Eventually, Five Iron had the largest, most crazy show in the entire week of concerts at this festival. And when I say "crazy", I mean craaazy (except for Beanbag, where someone broke their leg). There was a metal fence to keep people from getting too close to the stage and I was protecting Renee from everyone pushing forward. By the end of the concert, my hands were bleeding from holding on to that gate. We had a fun time, but you'd think at a Christian concert (as exciting as they normally are; stop laughing, they are really cool), people would have more common sense and self control.

So anyway, I do miss Five Iron, but the band lives on inside of other bands which are conveniently listed at the bottom of Five Iron's page. And Reese is still up to his antics.

I will never forget the memories of listening to 5Fe on the bus, singing Kitty Doggy every time I got hyper, translating Dandelions for French class (and subsequently being asked if I was gay -- no, it's a song about a kid who loves his mom, and then wanting to give everything to God, get over it), and many other happy memories.

Fresh and Clean

There's nothing like the feeling you get when you're clean-shaven, manicured, and pedicured.

...so I don't know why I always put it off so long.

I'm feeling artistic but I have no ideas. I tried to write a poem in the shower but it was a disaster. I'd like to repeat it but it's embarassing. Let's just say it ended with the words "Frodo the Hobbit" and leave it at that.

My Mousepad is Blue

Describe yourself using one band and song titles from that band
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Choose a band/artist and answer only in song TITLES by that band:	Five Iron Frenzy
Are you male or female:	You Can't Handle This
Describe yourself:	Me Oh My
How do some people feel about you:	Most Likely to Succeed
How do you feel about yourself:	These Are Not My Pants
Describe your ex girlfriend/boyfriend:	Pre-Ex-Girlfriend
Describe your current girlfriend/boyfriend:	I Feel Lucky
Describe where you want to be:	Oh, Canada
Describe what you want to be:	Sweet Talkin' Woman
Describe how you live:	Farsighted
Describe how you love:	Get Your Riot Gear
Share a few words of wisdom	Shut Up
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You Know What Else?

I really need to figure out this line break issue.

I'll fix the links/formatting of that last entry next time I have access
to a computer.

[Update: 01/21/2005 11:41 p.m.] The last entry has been fixed now, but I still haven't figured out why it's doing that.

You Know What I'm in the Mood For?

Short Circuit 2.

It's been a while since I've seen it and I miss it. I saw a [crappy] movie starring Ally Sheedy and it reminded me of Johnny 5. But Short Circuit 2 is better than the original.

"Los Locos kick your teeth! Los Locos kick your face! Los Locos kick your butt into outer space!"

Anyway, there are three movies that I have high hopes for right now: A Sound of Thunder, War of the Worlds, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

In my opinion, the only movie with a disappointing trailer is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but it's Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, so there's still hope.

A Sound of Thunder is my favorite short story, and it looks like they elaborated on the story -- which is really necessary to make a movie out of it. They had better make it good.

Or else.

Lastly, the trailer for War of the Worlds looks totally awesome, and it's directed by Spielberg. I think it'll be a hit with the right target audience.

Anyway, I need to go return The Hulk. Bleh.

Just Saw The Hulk

People... He is not made of Flubber.

Today...

...Renaissance had her first soda. We were sitting at the dinner table at Renee's aunt and uncle's house and Renaissance reached out and grabbed Renee's cup and gulped it down. Bad girl. It was Diet Sierra Mist. It's cool that she can already drink from a cup, though.

Last night on TV, Renee and I saw the most awesome burglary ever. It was on one of those "real TV" shows. This dude without a shirt on asked the cashier, an old man, to get something behind the counter.

When the cashier turned around, the shirtless guy tried to grab a three-tiered rack of cigarettes off the counter. It was attached to the counter with a cord, though, so all of the cigarettes went all over. The cashier grabbed the man and there was a small tussle, and all the while you're feeling sorry for the poor, old man.

Then, the shirtless man turned and tried to run out the door, but the old cashier pushed a button to lock the front door. He closed a window to the front counter so he was completely enclosed. Then, he called the cops.

The shirtless man kept throwing himself into the Plexi-Glass door, trying with all his might to break through. He threw merchandise, and eventually got to throwing soda cans at it. Meanwhile, you could hear the cashier on the phone with the cops, repeatedly calling the thief "a nut".

When "the nut" finally broke the door, he ran straight into the arms of an officer. As soon as that happened, the cashier opened up his window and sold the next customer a pack of cigarettes.

Me describing the situation doesn't do it justice, but really, it was hilarious. The poor old man kicked "the nut"'s butt, by simply staying calm and using his head. Truly awesome.

Flickr Sucks...

...so I've set up a Buzznet account. All of the pictures taken with the Sidekick that I deem worthy to share can be located there.

My communication style is "Sympathetic."

The first eight hours of my twelve-hour shift tonight are a communications class. Bleh, but it's better than working.

Yesterday was Renee's and my five and a half year anniversary. Tonight, we'll be going on a date for the first time in a long time (at least before Renaissance was born a year and two months ago). We're not quite sure what movie we'll be seeing, but we'll work that out later.

Not much else has happened lately, at least not anything noteworthy. Well, Renaissance growing fascinates me but it's really hard to describe. Maybe I'll write an entry on that later.

Hmm...

For some reason, my last post never went through when I wrote it. I'm wondering if it's because it had HTML in it.

Renee's at work right now. She was on call and ended up having to go in. Usually when she's on call, she doesn't have to work.

Winters are weird without snow, but for some reason I don't miss it. It's probably because time is going by so fast and it doesn't feel like it should be snowtime yet.

The people I graduated with will be graduating from college in a few months and that really weirds me out. But it doesn't weird me out that I have a kid... Or that she's practicing walking backwards right now. I don't have any regrets for the way my life is going, I just wish I'd had the time/money to go back to school sooner. Maybe that sounds like a regret, but it's not.

Now Renaissance is giving me invisible presents. I don't know where she gets her personality, but I'm glad she's a little weird. Everyone needs a little weirdness in themselves. Umm... even if it means walking around holding a clean diaper on your butt...

Navy blue and light blue look bluetiful together.

This weekend is my three-day weekend, but it's almost over.

I'm trying to learn how to post pictures from the Sidekick II into my Blogger, but not having much luck. I know how to do it if I'm at a computer...

If anyone's interested, any pictures I may feel like posting publicly to the Internet may be found here. I'm hoping that turns into a link. Learning is fun.

Anyway, it's about time to be getting to sleep. Night!

Sweet!

We got the Sidekick II and I'm posting from it right now. Just because
I can. =)

Four Days!

I'm at Renee's aunt and uncle's house again.

Renaissance's language skills are rapidly developing. A short list of everything she can say:

• Yeti
  
• Hi
  
• Hey
  
• Hello
  
• Kitty
  
• Bob (as in Spongebob Squarepants)
  
• Baby
  
• Dada (hopefully as in "Daddy", but usually, she means "Dora")
  
• Mama (hopefully as in "Mommy", but usually the sound she makes when she's blowing spit bubbles)
  
• Baba

And, of course, she can growl. That was the first thing she ever did to copy us.

Also, just to annoy us, she won't repeat most of these words. She likes saying "yeti", "bob", "dada", "mama", and "hey". Everything else, though, are things we think we thought we heard her say, but she won't repeat (that's an awkward sentence). We think she'll be rattling off perfect English when she feels like it. She's just keeping things a secret from us.

Five Days!

...until we get a Sidekick II.

I miss the Internet so much. And Circuit City is bugging me, even though it's not their fault. Renee's mom got us a printer, even though she knew we already had one. She bought it on November 12, so it was way past the 30-day return policy. She had put it on her debit card. All of this adds up to: we got a gift card and no real money. We don't want anything from Circuit City. We want money to put towards the Sidekick II. Real Cash Money.

Our visit with Brett's family went well. His daughter was sick with a temperature of 103 for most of the visit, but it was still very fun and they're talking about visiting again at some point, and we could take the Metro to Washington, D.C. to go to the Smithsonian. Which would be awesome.

But anyway, Renee thinks Renaissance might have a fever, so I need to go check on her.

January 7th! W00t!