Musical Interlude

Though I'm not entirely sure why, I've been in a country music mood for the past few weeks. I don't know if it is an end of summer thing or what, but last night while I was doing the dishes I had Froggy 98 on in the background. It was odd enough when a song by Darius Rucker, former frontman for Hootie and the Blowfish, came on. The song after that? "Who Says You Can't Go Home," by Bon Jovi. Bon-Freakin'-Jovi. On Froggy 98. This is not the Froggy I grew up with. Froggy is dead to me. Dead.

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We stopped by Blockbuster on Sunday night to pick up Star Wars, Episode I. You see, Pete has an opportunity I never did growing up, namely to watch all 6 Star Wars movies in order. Amanda already spilled the beans (for shame!) that Anakin will become Darth Vader, but hopefully he'll be able to experience the rest of the story as it unfolds before him.

While we were trying to find the movie, I passed by the Guitar Hero III demo they had set up in the store. I had never *experienced* the Guitar Hero phenomenon, so I picked up the guitar, scrolled to Weezer's "My Name is Jonas," and began to jam. The first time through didn't go so well, and I got booed off the stage less than half way through. Not one to be easily discouraged, I started the song over again and began to find my groove. Before the lead singer could sing about the choo choo train leaving right on time, I had the digi-fans out of their seats, hooting and hollering as I wailed away on my recently acquired axe. When it was all said and done, I hit 89% of the notes but was convince that if I played it just one more time I could probably get into the high nineties. I can see how people get addicted to that game.

By the way, Pete really liked the movie and has since been frequently stabbing me with his collapsible light saber and "aiming" his palm at me, attempting to throw me across the room using the Force. Does anyone know where I can pick up a kit to test Pete's midi-chlorian levels?