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Evening to all,

I had a good weekend this week. I wasn't on call for any of the weekend for the first time in about a month. It felt good to not do anything. I did have to go through some bullshit though. Power went out to half of my house last week. None of the breakers switched, so I called the power company. They said nothing was wrong with the lines and that I should call an electrician. So, I did. I set up an appointment for 6pm on Friday. When 6:15 rolls around and nobody is here, I call the company. Turns out that nobody entered it in the system and that nobody was coming. So, I go ahead and schedule it for 8:30 the next morning. The guy comes out and sure as shit.....there was a breaker that flipped. The messed up thing is that it didn't move to off....it still looked like it was on. He gave it a little push and power came on to all three of the rooms that were out. So, I felt like a retard......especially since I checked the damn breaker twice. Not only that, I got a 75 dollar minimum visit fee. I felt like telling him to just kick me in the nuts and we'll call it a day. Anyway the cool thing was that we went to the Violent Femmes show. It was great. I wasn't expecting much of a show since they are all in their mid forties...but they sounded just as good as on their albums. They also rocked out.....very energenic and very funny. They played a solid 2 hour set. For a couple of the songs they brought out trumpet players, clarinet players, and the lead singer played fiddle. They did a couple of bluegrass numbers that were better than a lot of their songs. The only problem was that I didn't get to hear the two songs I was really looking forward to: To the Kill, and Promise. Promise is probably my favorite song of theirs, that or Day after Day. So, I will post the lyrics to Promise instead for all to see. If you like the Femmes and haven't heard this one, check it out.

The Violent Femmes: Promise

Y'know that I want your loving
but my logic tells me that it aint never gonna happen
and then my defense'd say I did't want it anyway
but you know sometimes I'm a liar
could you ever want me to love you
could you ever want me to care
disregard my nervousness
please ignore my vacant stares
cause just what I've been thru
is nothing like where I'm going to
give me some sign to persue
a promise
and your unhappy
this is only a guess
do you know what it's like to hate
when it's way down deep inside
oh god I hate what's been done to my life
I could rule the pain
I could rule the night
or would I ruin my salvation
ruin my mind rules your pains
rulers of the night
ruin your salvation
ruin yor mind

The song is sung with a lot of passion, that's why I like it. I also like the clever lyrics. So, also this weekend we saw Broken Flowers. It was okay, not the greatest movie. I probably wouldn't watch it over and over. It's basically Bill Murray reprising the same character he's done in his last couple of movies, with just a little difference. I did see a really funny movie this weeked. It's called The Green Butchers. It's a Danish film with subtitles about 2 friends that open a butcher shop and end up selling human meat. It's funny as hell, in a quirky Europen way. It reminds me a little of Shawn of the Dead in that it is kinda a parody and doesn't take itself to seriously. I highly recommend it. Very odd indeed. On another subject, I don't know when I'll be commenting on anyone's blog again. For some reason, it keeps saying incorrect password. I was only able to log on and make this post.