we got a word for that kind of odd in english...it's called suspicioius

Looks like I haven't updated this in about a month and now seems to be a good time since I'm locked in my room all weekend. My brother flew down from Seattle with his two kids and for some reason my niece cries and hides in the corner whenever she sees me. I would blame it on my general ugliness, but my other niece loves me and asks for me to come back whenever I leave the room, so I'm not sure exactly what's going on. Anyway, my banishment from the rest of the house gives me an excuse to hang out in my room and relax and do things such as the following:

1. Continue messing with my new computer. A few weeks ago, I was trying to catch up on Lost before the finale (which was awesome) and my laptop started dying. It kept getting slower and slower until I couldn't even open the calculator without a long pause. So I went out and bought a new HP laptop and I'm pretty happy with it so far. Also, since it has a built-in webcam, I'm now a part of the world of Skype. Unfortunately, my only friend is my parents...whose computer is downstairs...making Skype kinda pointless.

2. Continue messing with my old computer. The downside to my new purchase is that my Mbox (recording contraption) is not compatible with Windows 7. My best bet is to get my old laptop running well enough to last through an hour or so at a time of recording, but it's still struggling with that.

3. Watch movies.
a) Last night, I finally watched Inglourious Basterds and I was pleasantly surprised. I'd been wanting to see it since long before it came out, but I felt like I'd be let down since I'm not a big Tarantino fan. However, I think he restrained himself to some extent so I really liked it, even though I could have still used a little less gore and a little shorter runtime.

b) A couple nights ago, I bought and watched Fantastic Mr. Fox. I couldn't get anyone to see this with me in theaters because everyone thought it was just a kids movie, but it turns out it wasn't much of a kids movie at all. It was basically like any other Wes Anderson movie, but animated. I ended up liking it a lot, and as with other Wes Anderson movies, I'll probably like it more over time.

c) I also have Sherlock Holmes and Traitor in my desk, but haven't gotten around to watching those yet.

And in non-things-I-do-in-my-room related news, Potential Difference now has two shows coming up at Orange County Fair. From what I've heard, the first is July 23rd at 10:30pm and the second is August 12th at 5:40pm, both in the new Hangar facility. But in the meantime, we're working hard (or at least as hard as we usually work) on making a real album to be out early next year. We'll soon be entering the design phase for album art, which is fun, but involves a lot of decisions. Feel free to give us input on what you look for in an album.

Update: I played catch with my niece for a little bit and I think we're cool now. And on a side-note, when my nephew was crying, I cheered him up by putting Duffy in a big cardboard box and telling him it was a present, but Duffy jumped out and ran away as soon as the top was opened. I was going to sing "It's my dog in a box...", but I didn't think that was the right audience for Justin Timberlake/Andy Samberg references.