This one is pretty good. The next one will be much better.

-The Bulls drafted a guy name JamesOn Curry. For weeks, I thought it was a typo. I had to read the name in about 20 different places before I realized it was not a typo. There is a random capital letter in the middle of his name. I'm not sure if it's pronounced "Jameson," or "James On." This bothers me.

-I'm against capital punishment, but I think we should make an exception for people who don't know how to merge in traffic.

-Last night, I saw a license plate that said, "HENTAI." Hentai is Japanese for "sexually perverted," and is the common name for Anime porn. What is this license plate accomplishing?

-I did Soho in DC last night. Paul Schorsch, the show's host, said that he saw me from behind out of the corner of his eye and thought, "That girl has a really nice ass." Then I turned around. Not sure why he told me this.

-Herbie Gill had the best joke I've seen in a long time. If you're at a show and he's performing, watch his set.

-Below is one of the worst songs and videos in history, Lil Mama's "Lip Gloss." Watch some of the video to see how bad it is. Then think about the fact that the performers name implies that she's a mother. Idiocracy.

-Live Earth Notes:

Kanye West said, "Wave your hands in the air. Wave 'em like you just don't care." That will never get old. Never. That was in the theme song for The Mickey Mouse Club. I thought rappers would have dropped it after that. Wrong. Goofy's gangsta.

Bon Jovi said, "Please rise for the singing of our national anthem." I thought, "What a patriotic move..." Then they started playing "Dead or Alive." That was one of the corniest, and arrogant things, I've ever seen.

-I've recently realized that I don't hate New Jersey at all. I only hate Jersey City and Secaucus. Here are the reasons:

*I was walking through Target in Jersey City and multiple people were singing out loud. That's always annoying. It's even more annoying if music isn't playing in the store and people picked random songs to sing.

*The woman in front of me was using a 10% discount card. The cashier called over another cashier for help. Cashier 2 showed her how to use the card. Cashier 1 said, "Do I keeps da card?"

"No, she keep it."

"But they an exmirnation date on it."

The cashier was name Aiesha. I know that because she had four earings, a necklace and a four-knuckle ring, all featuring her name.

*There was a dirty sock in the parking lot of Target. How does someone lose a sock in a parking lot?

*An employee had her bright orange hair gelled hard to her head. I listened to her talk for about 30 seconds. It sounded like gibberish, except that she'd end every sentence by saying, "Now." Just when it seemed like the situation couldn't get funnier, she turned around and yelled, "Hey Pooh Bear." From aisles away, her call was returned with, "Hey Honeybunch."

*People in Jersey City will buy a candy bar with a $100 bill just to let you know they have $100. You don't have anything smaller? "No." What about when you broke your last $100? "I throw them small shits in the trash."

*I saw Transformers in Jersey City. There was a baby behind us, who cried whenever she saw a robot. "Mommy, what's the robot doing?" she cried hundreds of times. Her mother went to the snack bar several times during the movie and refused to giver her daughter any food. Finally, my friend Matt Mayer, turned and said, "Ma'am, it's very rude to keep your daughter in here if she's crying." The woman returned, "Well guess WHAT? I PAID for MY ticket!" The rest of the theatre won a raffle. She had a point.

*I saw 1408 in Jersey City too. This movie sucked hard. Actually, it may be good, but not my kind of movie. Not sure.

This movie was full of children as well.

During the movie, a door appeared in a room. A guy yelled out, "I wouldn't do that."

His girlfriend replied, "Where that door come from?"

"Uh-uh."

The door opened.

"Aww, hell no."

This next sentence is a spoiler.

The guy imagined his dead daughter and she died again. The same woman yelled, "Oh, tha's some bullshit."

An adult jumped out of her seat and screamed.

How is the word not out in Jersey City that talking in theatres is annoying. If it was a new trend, I could understand some people not knowing it's annoying yet. It seems like the word would be out by now though.

*A guy at the theatre was wearing a shirt that said, "Fuck the World." Below that was a picture of 50 Cent, back to the camera and holding middle fingers up. Below the picture was the title of his album, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'."

*Another guy was wearing a shirt that said, "I WILL BUST YOUR ASS!" That's direct.

-I have been obsessed with The Smashing Pumpkins since 1994. Observers might consider it unhealthy. For five years, every single day, I listened to the same Pumpkins' song every morning when I woke up. I've read every word that's been written about them as well as every interview Billy Corgan has given. I know every note and word of all 777 songs they've put out (including Zwan and Billy Corgan solo). I spent $1,000 (Tickets were $35, but scalpers are asses. Some people were paying over $4,000.) and almost missed an exam to go to their farewell concert in 2000. That is the background info.

On June 29, I made the 1,500 mile round-trip to Asheville, NC to see them perform in a tiny venue. I was about 5-6 feet from the stage, dead-center. They have a song called Starla, which is a fan favorite. It concludes with a 5 minute guitar solo that is amazing. They played it in the middle of their three hour set, and the entire guitar solo was playing directly into my face. At that moment, I realized that my life had peaked. There's nowhere to go but down from here.

If you're skeptical about the new album only featuring Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlain of the original line-up, don't be. James and D'arcy not only didn't have creative input in the band (aside from the three songs that James co-wrote and few that he wrote on his own), but also didn't record many songs. Billy and Jimmy recorded everything on their own, except Adore, and James did the bass parts on Machina. So, this is a Pumpkins' record.