"I've got these arms and legs that flip flop flip flop..." (11/13/2026)

...had an interesting conversation regarding the correct usage and syntax of the word "undownloaded" today. Funny, I just wrote it out and Firefox didn't even recognize it as a word. It's got that squiggly red line underneath it. That usually never happens when I write these posts. Anyway, a friend asked if I, a supposed "grammar whiz", had heard anyone use that particular phrase. He asked because apparently another friend he was talking to was insistent on "undownloaded" being a normal, frequently used word. He even went to the Wikitionary page for it in order to prove his point. You know what I think? I think he meant to say "uninstalled" and attempted to cover his tracks in order to avoid admitting that he was wrong. 

...otherwise absolutely nothing of note happened. It was a very quiet day. You know that Ricky Gervais bit where Karl (the only good part of an otherwise insufferable show) mentioned having to keep a diary as a kid? How most of the entries were the same, and only slightly different on weekends? Yeah, that's what I'm worried this blog will turn into.

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...now listening: "Dub Housing" by Pere Ubu. This was my first Pere Ubu album, and boy, did it kick my ass the first time I listened to it a couple of years ago. It wastes no time getting into "what the fuck am I listening to" territory (see "Thriller!" and "Blow Daddy-O" for prime examples). The vocals, courtesy of the late David Thomas, were initially strange and off-putting, but I quickly began to appreciate them. There aren't that many traces of their previous effort and debut, The Modern Dance, here (only "I, Will Wait" and "Navvy" share any similarities to previous material). Instead it's ten tracks of a band doing what they did best, back in their early days before they went "commercial" to an extent: tread off the beaten path and haul ass into something beautifully absurd.