MUSE

So on the 9th, John & I went to see Muse. Now, for the record, I don't really like Muse. Not that I don't think they're talented. I do. I think they are incredible musicians with an incredible gift for putting together intricately designed music.
However, I don't really like loud British emo-political-music all that much.
HOWEVER, I don't voice this opinion around John very often because, well, he thinks they are basically the best thing to happen to music basically since Tupac.
And if you ask, he will tell you all about progressive rock and the different genres it blends and how brilliant the people who perform such music are.
Actually, he will tell you this even if you don't ask.
And especially if you say you don't like it.
And then he will tell you that smart people listen to Muse and you are smart so YOU should listen to MUSE, too. Except for those people who only like it because it was in the movie Twilight. Those people absolutely do not count.
And if you are a good friend (like me, of course), you and John will buy each other MUSE tickets for Christmas and go their concert together so you can better appreciate their music.
So that is what I did on the 9th. I went to a MUSE concert and I loved it. No really, I loved it. Not that they haven't won like 10 awards for being the best live performers ever (wikipedia even has a whole page devoted to their awards). I actually did go expecting to enjoy myself. And it was beyond incredible.
I took a few videos, but, of course, somebody in the audience was taping it much better than I did (someone seems to be yelling in all of mine :-) ). So here's the youtube version of my concert, courtesy of someone sitting on the other side of the court. (The sound gets about 1000 times better at about 2:20 and yes I think you should watch the whole thing. And then "Starlight" and then "Knights of Cydonia" and maybe "Uprising." That should be good. If you search for "muse, live, & phoenix," it will almost be like we're all there together. That would be cool...)
So, anyways, I'm not exactly blasting their CDs these days, but you can bet I'll make it to their concerts. And maybe I'll even enjoy a song now and then....

I want to hold soft things....

So growing up with sisters, you learn a lot about girls. You figure out just how, when, and why they might be feeling emotional, and you learn to deal with it. When you live with your sister who is becoming a women's health NP, you learn more about the female body than you ever cared to know, but you know you're going to get the stories anyway. And so, you get to the point where girl stuff really doesn't get to you to much anymore.
And if you're Brad, it means you can even appreciate the irony of the best tampon commercial ever made. Which we laughed at hysterically the other day:

And then 2 days ago I came home to this sitting on my counter:

He's going to make someone a great husband someday.