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me first and the gimme gimmees

I went to see my buddy Mike's (seriously one of the nicest people I've ever met) band, After The Fall at their NYC record release show yesterday with Thieves & Assassins, Sister Kisser, etc. Their second full length, Eradication, just came out on my buddy RJ's label, Mightier Than Sword. It's good stuff, go pick it up!

PS; if it wasn't for my wifey Sam, I would never get to eat home-cooked meals. So thankful for awesome friends :)

Let's talk about one of my favorite gems today, the pearl (doesn't this oyster look like a vagina?! Sorry, I can't help it!!). This was a really great article in WWD Beauty, about how amazing this "creature" is. The pearl "is created when something enters the shell of a mollusk, typically a parasite, worm, piece of food, or sand. The animal protects itself from the irritant by creating a lustrous nacre-rich casing around it. After about eight years, the layers of nacre create a solid pearl." If the pearl isn't a perfect metaphor for life, I don't know what is; taking the bad and turning it into this beautiful thing. I've always loved pearls, but now that I know the organics of it, I think I love it even more.

I went to see Bad Religion yesterday. The show was the first of their three nights here in NYC to celebrate their 30th anniversary. It was their "80's" night, which they played songs off How Could Hell Be Any Worse up to No Control. Needless to say, it was amazing.

Fun fact: Bad Religion was the first "real" show I ever went to, in 2000 when I was 13. Not bad, eh? haha.

At first, I was really deterred from picking up Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, just because of it's dumb title and artwork ("chick-lit" comes to mind), but this novel turned out to be a perfect example of "never judge a book by it's cover" - literally. I finished reading it on the train this morning and really loved it. Yes, it's a bit slow-paced, but that all just adds to the lucidity of the quiet, dreamlike horror. Emotions are subtle, yet you're aware of them the entire time. I don't want to give anything away, but it's an interesting perspective on sci-fi without being too nerdy. I want to go see the film now, mostly because Carey Mulligan (my #1 girlcrush) is in it, but also to see how this story gets interpreted. I kind of want to go see it alone, because it just feels like that's what you should do. I've never gone to the movies alone before, so we'll see what happens.