In the Spirit of Guinness...

Here's the facts behind two arguments I've had in the last week:

Youngest mother (at the Kelly's house over Chicken Pot Pie)? A 5-year-old Peruvian girl. Snopes says it's true, and I believe them. Ew.

Does cold water boil faster (with Cassie in our kitchen)? Nope, but they do take approximately the same time. An article on it (here).

Shooting at Triki-holla

My sophomore year I lived with Cassie, Julie, and her sister Jaime at 5383 Trikalla. This past Friday I was hanging out there and we heard some shots and we joked that they were gun shots. There were police cars down the street for the rest of the night. We just thought some lady got scared at the car backfiring and called the cops. Au contraire...

Man wounded in Trikalla gunfire - Columbia Tribune
A 36-year-old man suffered multiple gunshot wounds Friday night during a disturbance near the Lake of the Woods area...Atkins said the victim told deputies he returned gunfire at his assailants... The shooting occurred at about 7 p.m. outside of 5369 E. Trikalla Drive in the Godas subdivision, according to neighbors... Hudson said the victim has introduced himself to neighbors as "Cornbread" and "Big Daddy."

Regina for an Hour is Worth...

Claire, Twinkle-Toes, Cassie, and I drove up to St. Louis (eeee!) last night to see Regina Spektor at the Pageant. We had dinner at Blueberry Hill that went a little long, so we missed the opening band (Only Son?) but from what we heard they weren't all that great anyway.

So, Regina's a little bit of a diva (in a hipster anti-folk type of way, of course) and ONLY PLAYED FOR AN HOUR! Yes, that was one of the most awe-inspiring jaw-dropping musical hours I've ever had, but still. Come on, Regina.

She seemed a little high in a way that is appropriate for musicians, and Claire and I breathed a sigh of relief when she recognized what city she was in. "St. Louis is beautiful. You guys are beautiful."

Doors opened at 7, Only Son was done by 8:30 and Regina went on at 9:20 and the concert was over (including the weird encore ritual, why do they do it?) at 10:30. Lame.

By far the best part of the show was when Regina and this other guy (I forget his name) got up and did an a cappella/beat box version of 'Hotel Song' (here's a video of them doing it from another show). My jaw dropped. Her voice is AMAZING.

Sad, Sad Day

My (and Cassie and Claire's and Awesome's) favorite illegal movie and TV site was shut down rather dramatically recently. The site was http://www.tv-links.co.uk Thanks to Awesome for giving me the Guardian article about it. According to the article (here) the site closure was "accompanied by raids and an arrest" haha. It's really unfortunate, because I was looking forward to watching all of Twin Peaks. I feel like there is a Twin Peaks-shaped vacuum in my cultural education.

I still don't know my ethics on TV and movies on the internet. I feel like TV shows should be on another plane ethically because of the invention of TiVo and DVR. You can get TV shows on demand in that arena, why not on the internet? Yes, I realize you also pay for the service. I don't know.

I should probably just stick to the free shows that are on the channel websites (NBC, Discovery Channel, more). Suck town.