Wednesday Randomness

Why do you need someone (or something) to guard the gates of hell? Who wants to break in?

Why are villains cat people? Dr. No, Dr. Evil, even Gargamel and Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget. I'm sure one explanation is that the later villains are all based on Dr. No, but another, equally compelling argument is that cat people are inherently evil.

Last night, I had an anti-anxiety dream, which was nice because I have been overloaded on anxiety dreams lately, due to final projects, finals, graduation and the impending CFA exam. I had a nice, stress-free morning after my anti-anxiety dream, only to realize that my dream was wrong and my paper is still due next week. Shit. Why am I blogging then?

My wife wants to send me to Music Lovers Anonymous. I tried to convince her to go the the She & Him show last night, after I saw Tokyo Police Club on Monday and Tapes 'n Tapes on Friday. Plus we are seeing Kate Nash tomorrow night. I was thinking about the shows I have been to in the last year (very heavily concentrated in this spring and last spring. Here's my top 6:

1. Arcade Fire and the National at The United Palace (May 2007)
2. Paul Simon at BAM (April 2008)
3. Ghostland Observatory (March 2008)
4. LCD Soundsystem (September 2007; Arcade Fire also played but was nowhere as good as the United Palace Show)
5. Tokyo Police Club (April 2008)
6. The National (February 2008)

If you are dancing in a burlesque show in Brooklyn, do you tell your parents that you are dancing in a burlesque show in Brooklyn, or do you make something up?

Beer gardens = good. Construction = bad.

Has anyone else seen the Cadillac Escalade commercial where the guy says, "life is high school with money. What are the cool kids wearing, where are the cool kids living, what are the cool kids driving. It's all still going on. And if you were never really into all that, there's only one thing to do: graduate." Wait, what is the message of this commercial? That the Escalade isn't cool? Or that the cool kids now drive Escalades? Or that, for some reason, driving the Escalade makes you cool? I don't understand how this commercial is trying to increase the popularity of the Escalade, while at the same time bashing popular/cool/trendy items. Isn't the Escalade itself trendy?

Listening to: Cadillac commercials, Cold War Kids "Quiet, Please!", The Cloud Room "Hey Now Now", Ween "Your Party", and Metric "Monster Hospital"

Going to: ace an accounting quiz in nine minutes.