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I am a Los Angeles-based twentysomething. I have a profession, and I have a secret life in music, and this blog isn't about any of that. I like Blogger because I can't read what you're thinking.

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Monday, July 14   >>

6-PACK CASE OF THE MONDAYS

- Why is it that, when you're putting your date of birth during a website registration, the year query dropbox goes all the way down to 1900? Really, Internet? REALLY?

- Jason Mraz's new album, We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things, is a big departure from the dude's past record in fast songs, faster melodies, and (an often annoying) mouthful of bullshit lyrics. Mraz, who was once a product of the 2002 singer/songwriter breakout season, developed into a mature artist who now seems more focused on making songs that feel human, rather than songs that stroke his mental dictionary and jazz theory vocabulary. It's not quite back-to-basics, but it plays for good summer soundtrack material and bed music. Pros in minimalism, cons in making one want to quit their job and take a siesta until September. Proof: on a ballad duet with Colbie Caillat, you get the impression they're totally bonin'. Get it.

- The other night, The Girlfriend and I went to The Pooch's birthday dinner, the 7th of five hundred happening this July, and The Pooch asked how long we had been dating.

"Yeah, just over five years," The Girlfriend told The Pooch.

To which he replied, "Congratulations, Cory and Topanga."

Burned.

- Tomorrow is this blog's 6th birthday. Hey, uh, blog, I'm gonna go out for some cigarettes. Give this check for $15,000 to your mom. I'll ...be ...right back.