Lawful Metal

The Hole was good. It's family horror; kinda like an extended Goosebumps episode. Got a scary toy clown scene that's pretty good, but other than that, not too scary for the kids..

I loved this. I liked the odd dialogue -- the way the whole movie went about it made me feel like what happened to them happened to me. And even though I felt like I had no idea what was going on for 90% of the movie, I thought the end pulled it all together, and I was happy.Wasn't a fan of Primer, so I didn't have wild expectations. I loved it.

WTF is that ball going? It's not going to Hernandez, I know that for sure. Was Tebow just that bad, even in college?

Dude that's awesome. Getting published is getting published! Hopefully it means you're getting paid, too. I don't care at all for NASCAR, but I'll read it to get you pageviews. This is Good News!

So, after my wife surprises me with Texans tickets, she goes ahead and surprises me with UFC tickets for Velasquez v. Dos Santos III. I love my wife.

Made my kids watch The Bay last night. Not scary, badly acted, shoddily produced (the attempts at making up web sites where they're getting some of the footage is laughable), but still engrossing (and gross). Seems plausible, which all good horror movies should aspire to.

Oh, and my wife got me tickets to the second Preseason game for the Texans. My wife is awesome.

I had a plan That was built on thinking too long Canadian winters At home with your sisters the romance was hard to ignore You were beautiful I was happy to fall So happy to fall I remember you searching I thought you were searching that's how I picked up the phone Happy to hear you remembered the view So glad to assume it was fate I thought at the time it was clear I thought at the time it was clear So I stood at the station With a plan and a pocket of poems Heroically tragic Bearded and blind with obsession I'm a car without hope Too close to the ditch to go far I showed you my field I said this is my field But you weren't impressed You said why are we here Your motives are clear In this room with a view and so much of you is so far from here it's so far from here it's so far from here it's so far from here Oh my heart It just fell apart And i wished I could show you The same view of you by the window and me feeling fine And me just feeling fine Yeah me just feeling fine http://youtu.be/fgdvf4Mzkg8

I got another case dismissed this week. First night of Jiu Jitsu class. I am now dead. But also, alive.

Texans sign Joe Mays, aka the guy that ripped off part of Matt Schaub's ear on an illegal helmet to helmet hit last year. Good for ILB depth, but probably because they hate Matt Schaub.

I got kinda into them after the song at the end of the movie 'Warrior' (I tend to stay away from bands that are really hyped up lately) and loved 'High Violet' but this one did nothing for me. I liked 'Demons' but the whole rest drifted by and I didn't remember any of it. My brother says it's awesome so I'm gonna give it another chance, though. "NOW I KNOW WHY WHITE PEOPLE KILL THEMSELVES AT ALARMING RATES B. CUZ THEY LISTEN TO SHIT LIKE THIS. THIS SHIT IS SO DEPRESSING IT COULD MAKE YOU KILL YOURSELF OVER SOME BULLSHIT." from the Vice review.

SUNBATHER by Deafheaven is my #1 Album and "Dream House" is my #1 song. So much awesomeness. Perfect mix of black metal, shoegaze, post rock all wrapped up in a nice bow. Hipster metal? Probably. Don't care. I really like the new Ocean, Pelagial. It's cool. The "it's all one song" aesthetic I think fails, what with all the fade outs in between songs, but I get the general concept, and musically, it's pretty cool. Ultraviolet, the new Kylesa, is good too, but not on the level of Spiral Shadow, which I thought was magnificent. "Low Tide" is a highlight. The World is a Beautiful Place and Now I'm Not Afraid To Die's Whenever, If Ever is indie pop genius. Really enjoying it right now. And, it shouldn't have taken this long, but MBV. Return to form that puts to shame years of shoegaze that came between Loveless and MBV. That first cascade of feedback feels like an old friend hugging for the first time in 20 years. There's probably tons more I'm forgetting right now, but none of them are Jimmy Eat World. Really?

Guillard's KO of Danzig was one of the most brutal I've ever seen, especially with Danzig waking up crying. I've never seen that, and it was the saddest thing. Also, I'm all for Women's MMA, but there was something unsettling about Carmouche just pounding on Andrade for a full minute or so in full mount. I also was unnerved when Meisha Tate was bloodied up in the Zingano fight. Come to think about, I never enjoyed any Cyborg fights, but I think that's because it just looks like a man brutalizing a woman. I didn't get freaked out for Rousey fights (even the gruesome Rousey-Tate armbar*) or any other of the Strikeforce / Elite XC fights that I remember. I guess I just don't like seeing women get visibly hurt. It's weird. * probably didn't freak out because it just didn't look real.

Rory McDonald is the dullest of the dull. The only thing duller than this fight would be Rory v. GSP.

Dredd was awesome. Signing it now.

I miss Lush. I haven't found many bands that satisfy that Lush itch; maybe Whirr, if I'm generous. This is probably Whirr's best song, and it doesn't even come close to anything Lush ever did, but what can you do?

The entirety of the gauntlet match was fantastic, even the parts with Swagger and Ryback. One thing that I overlooked the first time was how good a second Cesaro was for Swagger. The best part was toward the end of the Swagger match. Right before Bryan grabs the arm to hook the Yes! Lock, Cesaro starts arguing with a fan, and pulls Zeb over to argue with the fan -- and because they were distracted, they missed Swagger tapping out. Genius stuff to explain why they didn't try to run in and cheat. Too often in the WWE (primarily with diva seconds) they just watch their man get beat, and it's just kind of sad. Good on Cesaro and Bryan for that epic match.

I really do not like the new Nine Inch Nails song. Sounds like a lesser version of "The Hand That Feeds" which was a lesser NIN song anyway. Don't like the new Pixies either. Album I can't stop listening to lately? Weezer's blue album.

Dammit I'm in love! You wouldn't understand! I've suffered enough as an Astros fan! I'm due!

Astros might be the worst team in baseball, but Cosart and Villar look like real gems out there.

Re: DEP I just don't get it. Re: djent I really don't get it.

Dilemma time. The Summer Slaughter Tour is coming next week, and I can't decide if I want to go. The Ocean is one of my favorite bands (and PELAGIAL is one of my favorite albums of the half-year). However, I have never been a fan of the Dillinger Escape Plan (and I've tried). Further, the other bands on the tour range from outright hatred (Periphery, Norma Jean) to well, they're okay (Animals as Leaders, Cattle Decapitation, Revocation, Aeon) to who? (Rings of Saturn, Thy Art is Murder). In other words, I'd really only want to see the Ocean. But they tour North America very infrequently, and this is it. And, they've admitted in interviews they're only playing a 20 minute set. I think I talked my way out of it.

Got two cases dismissed this week.

Saw Deafheaven and Marriages not too long ago. Best show I'd seen in years. SUNBATHER is my album of the year so far, and "Dream House" is my song of the year. I'm just blown away. Marriages seemed out of place on a metal bill, but they fit in with Deafheaven just fine. Excellent post-rock stuff. Also got to see Intronaut, Scale the Summit and Mouth of the Architect. Everyone but MotA were incredibly boring and awful. Scale the Summit is my least favorite band in the world now. Intronaut was so boring. There's no weight to their new music. And no Australopithicus. Shame. My go-to Mouth of the Architect song. Love metal covers of pop songs.

Just beat The Last of Us this morning. Wow. She knew, didn't she?