Sailin' Takes Me Away

Sorry for the lack of updates this month. I've been workin' on my abs. And this type of stuff:



But seriously, I've had an extreme case of the bloggage, which is to say, I can think of nothing worth blogging about. So yeah, if any of you have a topic that you think, "Dang dude, I wish Dylan would finally just blog about _______," now's yr time to speak up. Seriously, please give me some ideas. I want to blog, really, but I have no good ideas.

In the meantime, I'll be sailin' my mamma-jammin yacht with my homie. Like a piiimp.

The State of the Dylan Address

The full text of Dylan Todd's State of the Dylan Address, as transcribed by the Basement of the House He's Living In:

Good evening, Madame Internet, eavesdropping security organizations, Google web-crawling robots and distinguished blog followers. We are gathered together tonight to discuss the state of the Dylan, as our Constitution - which I just wrote here on this napkin and, I gotta be honest, it pretty good stuff - states we must do from time to time. See, in a week, I will be having another birthday. I'll be turning 33. Treinta y tres, mi amigos.

Which, I mean, think about that. That's almost starting to get old. I mean, I'm old enough that bands I loved in high school (The Pixies! Pavement!) are having reunion tours. I'm old enough that I remember when Dennis Miller was incisive and relevant. I remember when Weezer wasn't a cuss word. I'm old enough to look at the prices of things and tell whatever kid happens to be walking by that when I was a kid, comics cost 75 cents. It's enough to make a fella take stock of what he's accomplished, what he's got going on and what he's working toward.

Okay, sounds fair. Let's do this.

First off, the elephant in the room: I have no job. I have no job during the worst economic environment since the Great Depression. I'm living with (pronounced: "leeching off of") family, in a basement, while I look for work after moving my family, quite suddenly, cross-country. Yaaaay! That said, we're in surprisingly good spirits and I'm supremely confident I'll find something and soon. I mean, not to be all conceited, but I'm good at what I do and I know I'll find a job that will be creatively satisfying and also help me support my family. If not, there's always my first love, the forgotten trade of competitive scrimshawing.

And I have a lot of things to be thankful for/proud of. I've graduated from college with pretty good grades, played in a band, hunted the mighty Yeti, married a great woman who is awesome and, man, I have a beautiful family. Seriously, I'm not sure how I lucked out with the pretty girls I'm surrounded by every day, but I'm glad I did. The other day I caught myself singing, unironically and loudly, the theme song to Growing Pains. Okay, maybe it was a little ironic and maybe it was "incredibly loud," as opposed to just "loudly," but still.

There's a lot to look forward to for Dylan. For example - and you'll find this either pathetic or endearing - Lost is back on TV for its last season and it's just as mind-blowingly rad as it is inscrutable. And there's also the Star Wars roleplaying group we're starting up again which I gotta admit, I'm pretty excited about. And I might start a band. We'll see. We're getting a new computer soon, so that's exciting. Oh! And dudes! I have an Xbox 360! And in May, Candace and I will celebrate 10 years - A DECADE, MAN - of marriage. I'm like the king of the World, A.K.A., this dude.

So that's where Dylan is right now. As you can see, I am pleased to report that the state of the Dylan is strong. Strong like ox. Thank you. And good night.

Wished I Was A Giant

So our computer's still dead, which explains the lack of posting. At least that's my excuse. And I should probably be up front with you and let you know that, sadly, February's mix will be delayed until we get our new computer up and running. I promise you you'll get one though. Word is bond.

And just to set the record straight, as some of you expressed worry in my Rock & Roll Community College post, the monthly mixes are still a "go." I'm fully committed to them for the forseeable future.

Anyway, I'm alive. In the meantime, enjoy this video of Guided By Voices doing "Wished I Was A Giant" at a soundcheck.

Rockrockrockrock Rock & Roll, uh, Community College

Dang man. So our computer's totally taking a dump. It might be dying, in fact. This sucks for reals though. Especially since I was working on some pretty epic stuff to start hitting here. Stuff that, had it been able to be posted, most likely would have blown your mind to pieces, so maybe it's for the best, as I would hate for you to explode your head all over your computer screen, thereby causing your computer to die as well. So yeah.

Okay, not really, but still.

But anyway, I guess I'll spoil my surprise and let you in on one of the things I was working on for the blog. See, you guys know I love me some music. I mean, it's on my mind a lot. It takes up a large part of my thoughts and time and, well, hard-drive space. I read books about it, I watch movies about it, I even read comics about it. (Which, by the way, you should totally read Gipi's Garage Band. It looks like being in a band feels.) I make a mixtape every month and if you give me a chance, I will talk your ear off about rock and roll in all it's variant strains.

And now I'm basically going to do just that, only, uh, electronically.

So the plan is this: once a week I'm going to talk about an album you should listen to. Not because I'm cooler than you or anything, but I mean, I got all this knowledge and I feel like I should share it with all y'all cuz that's the kind of guy I am. If you read something that sounds like something you'd be into, track it down. If not, at least I'm posting something here, right.

I was starting to compile my list of albums when our computer started to shuffle off to the digital afterlife, but it will encompass stuff you've probably already heard of - like the Beatles' Revolver or the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds - and some stuff you've probably never heard of - like Papas Fritas' Helioself or Caetano Veloso's self-titled 1969 album - and all points in-between. Think of it like a community college Rock & Roll History class taught by someone who is woefully unqualified to teach, and despite his obvious (and borderline creepy) enthusiasm you can't help but shake the feeling that he's making all of this up as he goes along and you heard a rumor that he's living out of his 1974 Honda Civic hatchback and he's wanted for smuggling exotic animals out of Turkmenistan or something equally weird.

Or basically, a community college Rock & Roll History class.

Or, to make even less sense, think of it like Oprah's Book Club only with records instead of books and a tall, pasty, red-headed dude instead of Oprah. Opie's Record Club, maybe?

So yeah, that's the plan. The start date is entirely dependent on our computer situation, but that's where we're headed here on Big Red Robot. I mean, there's other stuff that'll be going down, but this is a new thing that I'm feeling pretty psyched about. Let me know in the comments what you think. And if there's anything else you want or need more of here at BRR, let me know that, too. I'm always on the lookout for stuff to blog about.

Quick Update

Hey, I wasn't totally in love with the previous cover, so I updated the cover art for The Year We Make Contact. Please replace the old cover with this sexier version:


That is all.

Diggin' the New

It's twenty-ten, people. It's the friggin' future. There is a science fiction movie with this year AS ITS TITLE. THE FUTURE!!! I'm ready. Are you?

I'm not sure I have any any real resolutions beyond getting a job, continuing to make cool stuff/be a good dad/husband/person and losing all this layoff weight. (For reals, I'm getting waaay too chubby. That's what happens when you're sort of depressed and live in close proximity to an In N' Out Burger.)

Sure, there's other stuff I'd like to do this year – stuff like starting a band or blogging more or going to Comic-con – but as far as tangible goals, I think I'll just focus on those three things. Oh, and fighting evil and injustice. Can't forget that. So I'll just focus on those four things. Keep it simple, you know?

Oh, but then there's my life-long goal of taming a narwhal. And I can't forget about exploring the essence within. And liberating Pajamastan. And break-dancing on the moon. Or writing the Great American Dyslexic Werewolf Novel. (That's right, Wolf-Were, the Dyslexic Werewolf I'm going to finally write you!) Or developing my latent psychic abilities. Or running for political office despite the fact that I'm 1/64th rhinoceros and have an untreated Doc Savage paperback addiction and am a documented Tron-unist. And learning to play the banjo should probably go on the list, too. Along with: growing a Yosemite Sam mustache, setting the land speed record in an Albertson's shopping cart while all hopped up on Pixie Stix and sarsaparilla and finally, throat-punching Dick Cheney.

Oh, and getting my turntable fixed. May as well add that to the list.

So yeah, I guess I have some work to do this year. How about you? what are you working on in 2010?

The 2009 Rundown

So a little while back, I Tweeted about how 2009 has pretty much sucked and how I was looking forward to a (hopefully better) 2010. Over on Facebook, my negative attitude sorta got called out, and for good reason. I was being a bit of a baby. 2009 wasn't so bad, right? I mean, besides some rather unfortunate events for our family, there have been some pretty awesome things this year.

For example:

In music, we got the Dirty Projectors' dizzying Bitte Orca, the stoner wail of Ganglians' Monster Head Room, the trippy and bouncy Merriweather Post Pavilion from Animal Collective and the pure pop perfection of Phoenix's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. You can download my 2009 Favorites mix by clicking here.

In movies, we got the joybomb of the Bad Robot crew's Star Trek reboot, the touching and adventurous Up, the cool comedic caper flick Sparrow and the visceral and (yeah) mind-blowing Avatar. Whatever Works was Woody Allen's funniest in years, The Brothers Bloom was an indie globe-trotting con film with charm to spare and Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers' Where the Wild Things Are moved the heck out of me. But out of all that emerge my two favorite films: the gloriously grisly and giddy Inglorious Basterds and the immaculate messiness that is Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox. Both films reminded me why I love movies (and their respective directors) and left me smiling in the dark like a friggin' kid.

On the comics front, I made my way through Kirby's sprawling Fourth World opus and Grant Morrison's love letter to it, Final Crisis. I read the first three issues of Brandon Graham's King City and can't say enough good about it, hacked through Naoki Uraswawa's thrilling manga series Monster and explored the high seas with Kevin Cannon's Far Arden. David Mazzuchelli's Asterios Polyp will get some ink spilled over it's amazingness, and rightfully so. It's pretty much perfect in every way. I also read (and laughed a lot at) James Kolchaka's American Elf diaries and enjoyed the heck out of Jonathan Lethem and Farel Dalrymple's Omega the Unknown. And let's not forget that this year brought us Grant Morison and Cameron Stewart's Seaguy: Slaves Of Mickey Eye and the latest installment of Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim saga: Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe Oh, and Let's Be Friends Again published their first volume of strips, Under Pressure, which can be purchased here. Buy three.

Meanwhile on the internet, Ian Cognito's Zamboni Soundtracks continues to be the go-to place for amazing music. Seriously. And then there was the cosmic slop that is HOBODARKSEID, who, it turns out, was (is?) actually Matt Fraction in disguise. I also should give a shout-out to the great If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats, which is pretty much the epitome of cool.

I also read some great books: Haruki Murakami's Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World was pretty much awesome, John Hodgman's Areas of My Expertise and More Information Than You Require are hilarious and filled with facts you need to know. Richard Bushman's Rough Stone Rolling took me for-ev-errr to finish, but was definitely worth it and Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers dispels the myth of the "self-made man." I also managed to get my nerdy little paws on some Doc Savage paperbacks.

On the tube, we had the mind-blowing penultimate season of Lost, Parks & Recreation found it's legs and Glee hooked me despite the constant feeling that I really shouldn't be liking it. Community started kicking straight out the gate while 30 Rock continued to make me almost pee myself. Okay, so I peed a little. Okay, so I peed a lot. Anyway, this year also saw our family get all reTARDISed for Doctor Who, Star Wars: the Clone Wars, Marvel's Superhero Squad and The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack.

Creatively, 2009 saw the production of 12 Big Red Robot Montly Mixtapes plus some bonus ones (all of which are available via the Master List) as well as their covers. I did the album art for Numbers Like Pi and Time & Space's releases, the cover for the aforementioned Let's Be Friends Again collection, and had the honor of spearheading the image campaign for the 33rd Cleveland International Film Festival, all of which can be viewed at my revamped website or in my Flickr stream. I also opened my Etsy shop, Tuff Industries and we saw lots of success with Sparkle Power.

Personally, yeah, poop happened, but when you add it all up, I really don't have all that much to complain about. I have a beautiful wife, lovely girls, family and friends who love and support me my family and a half dozen Doc Savage paperbacks. I'm healthy, handsome and talented. I'm good enough, smart enough and doggonnit, people (hopefully) like me.

So yeah, I'm hoping for a better 2010, but 2009, you weren't so bad after all. You had some awesome stuff inside of you. So come on, let's hug. There we go. That's the stuff.

Back In the Saddle

Hey. Sorry I've been gone for so long. I missed you. I'm going to try and post more regularly; starting today. Are you stoked? Cuz I am. So keep yr eyes peeled for more posts on all kinds of stuff.

And Now, An Important Announcement From BRRHQ

Hi. My life has been busy lately. It sucks, but it's better than the alternative I guess. Something had to give, and the regular posting of things of substance on this blog was what gave. It's been a source of guilt and shame; the amount of neglect I've heaped on this site.

Because of all this, for the last month or two, I've considered killing off this blog, or at least letting it go dormant until I can find something to inspire me to post regularly. This idea makes me sad. I've been blogging here for five years and in that time have created almost 1000 posts, three of which have been worth your time. I have met and reconnected with a lot of wonderful people and been able to share my life and thoughts and fart jokes with all y'all. It would be a hard thing to just walk away from this little shanty shack I've built for myself near this offramp rest stop on the Information Superhighway, where I sell my bags of oranges and slightly used turquoise jewelry on an old Navajo rug while listening to Grand Funk Railroad's greatest hits on a cheap AM radio.

So, what do I do?

Here's my plan: for the foreseeable future, my posts will most likely be lists of things I've thought of during the day. Just five to ten things that have crossed my mind as I blunder my way through my life like a more developmentally challenged Forrest Gump or a less developmentally challenged Jimmy Fallon. I will still post the interviews I've conducted and the monthly mixtapes and and will hopefully start this Woody Allen project I've been cooking up with my homie Ryan for a while, but by and large the contents of this blog will be lists. Lists lists lists. Hopefully this truncated format will mean I can update daily, but I know myself better than to promise that. We'll try. How's that?

Anyway, so there's where we are. Thanks for your readership and comments. Keep it rizzle, my internizzles.

The Missing Link

The mixx posted yesterday was missing a track. Track 6; R.E.M.'s "These Days." I updated the link all over the place, so if you want to re-download, you should be able to hear it in all it's glory.

You get what you pay for, folks.

Hello, Tomorrow

I'm not sure whether this year is the one where we all get shiny metal spacesuits and start plowing the skies in flying cars and vacationing on Alpha Centauri or if it's the one where the robots gain sentience, violently revolt and enslave us and our children, destroying everything humanity has worked toward for billions of years, but either way, 2009 should prove interesting.

Let's do everything we can to make it a great year. Peace.

BRR Mixxes 2009

BRR MIXXES 2009:


01.09 - Electric Freak Out / Psychedelic debris •
02.09 - 20/32 / 20 hits from a lifetime (thus far) •
03.09 - Zoom / Toe-tapping tracks •
04.09 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Movie-themed tunes •
05.09 - American Music / Mutant Americana •
06.09 - In the Sky / Rock for UFO-spotting •
07.09 - Warm Soundz / Summer songs •
08.09 - Flyin' Lion / Head in the clouds, feet in the grass •
09.09 - 10000 Year Increments / Head keeps on ringing like a bell •
10.09 - They Try To Tear Me Down / Music is my girlfriend •
11.09 - Purple Fates / Red plus blue makes… •
12.09 - BRR Favorites 2009 / It's that time of year •

BRR Mixxes 2008

BRR MIXXES 2008:


01.08 - Bed Is For Sleeping / When you don't wanna get outta bed •
02.08 - It's All Fuss / Old, new, borrowed, blue •
03.08 - Like a Love Affair / Walls of sound •
04.08 - No Cars Go / Roll the windows down and sing loud •
05.08 - Folk Star / Troubadours and troublemakers •
06.08 - Needles In the Camel's Eye / Eclectica •
07.08 - High Five! / Up high, down low, too slow •
08.08 - A Knife Through the Night / Driving in the dark •
09.08 - Hot Dog / Nobody knows what's in them, we just know they taste good •
10.08 - Under the Leaves / Autumnal tumble •
11.08 - I Was A Teenage Headcase / Teenage wasteland •
12.08 - Alphabitz / An ABCmix, by song title •

BRR Monthly Mixtape Brigade Mixxes

BRR MONTHLY MIXTAPE BRIGADE MIXXES:

Dave
03.09 - Rainy Days •
04.09 - Solar Power!! •

Nick
04.09 - MeatBrain •
05.09 - Struttin' •
06.09 - When the Crazies Come Out •
07.09 - As Above, So Below •
08.09 - Bas@$$ Boss Battles •
09.09 - These Guys •
10.09 - Sauntering About •
11.09 - Sufficient For Our Needs •
12.09 - Nukes & Good News •
01.10 - Muck •
02.10 - The Air In Meager Valley •
03.10 - Oh, My My My •
04.10 - Slightly Embellished For Dramatic Effect •
05.10 - Drudgery •
06.10 - Under the Entry Roar •
07.10 - Phaseplane DIfferential •
08.10 - Grandpa Makes Noises •
09.10 - All the Happy Accidents •

Philippe
03.09 - Spruce Goose •
05.09 - Instrumenting Around •

Scott
04.09 - Whoooa-man •

Tyson
09.08 - September Blogmail Mix •
10.08 - October Blogmail Mix •
10.08 - Halloween Blogmail Mix •
11.08 - Novembeard Blogmail Mix •
12.08 - Decemburr Blogmail Mix •
01.09 - January Blogmail Mix •
02.09 - February Blogmail Mix •
03.09 - March Blogmail Mix •
04.09 - April Blogmail Mix •
05.09 - May Blogmail Mix •
06.09 - June Blogmail Mix •
07.09 - July Blogmail Mix •
08.09 - August Blogmail Mix •
09.09 - September Blogmail Mix •
10.09 - Halloween Blogmail Mix •
10.09 - October Blogmail Mix •
11.09 - November Blogmail Mix •
12.09 - December Blogmail Mix •
01.10 - January Blogmail Mix •
02.10 - February Blogmail Mix •
03.10 - March Blogmail Mix •
04.10 - April Blogmail Mix •
05.10 - May Blogmail Mix •
06.10 - June Blogmail Mix •
07.10 - July Blogmail Mix •
08.10 - August Blogmail Mix •

BRR Bonus Mixes

BRR BONUS MIXXES:

BRR Favorites 2008 •
BRR Honorable Mentions 2008 •

Alphabet Town A / Rockin' from A to Z, by song title •
Alphabet Town B / A to Z again, this time by artist •
Cozy Up (Candace's Mix) / Like a nice warm blanket •
Dance, White People, Dance! / Shake what your momma gave you •
Halloweenie / Skeleton's skankin' •
It Came From ... THE GARAGE!!! / Soundtrack to a knife fight •
Mixtape / The first BRR mix •
N E O N / New wave dancefloor sweat •
Photos of Freckles / Mix for an fellow albino •
Radio On / Classics for the new golden age •
Ripp Offf / Technicolor machismo •
Songs For A Golden Summer - Summer Days / Warmth of the sun •
Songs For A Golden Summer - Summer Nights! / Breezes and sweat •
Spooky Scary / Halloween mix for the boys and ghouls •
We've Been Had / Don't believe the hype •
(We Can't Stand Your) Modern Music / For hip cavemen •

Ping-Pong Mixes With Chris Haley

PING-PONG MIXXES WITH CHRIS HALEY:

Ping 1: Ping Of Pong / Back & forth •
Ping 2: Return Of the Ping / Dueling rock nerds •
Ping 3: The Man Who Would Be Ping / You again? Back for more? •
Ping 4: & Away We Go / Flying away •
Ping 5: Fourth World Blues / The antidote to Anti-Life •
Ping 6: Dance Fighter 2: Electric Punch-A-Yoo! / The breaks. •
Ping 7: All Your Song Are Belong To Us / Covering the covers. •
Ping 8: Hard Rockers Juice Panel / V.O.A. •

Ping-O-Ween / Razor blades in candied apples. •
Bride of Ping-O-Ween / I remember Halloween •
Ghost of Ping-O-Ween / I need your skull •

Ping-Pong Mixes With Chris Haley

PING-PONG MIXXES WITH CHRIS HALEY:


Ping 1: Ping Of Pong / Back & forth •
Ping 2: Return Of the Ping / Dueling rock nerds •
Ping 3: The Man Who Would Be Ping / You again? Back for more? •
Ping 4: & Away We Go / Flying away •
Ping 5: Fourth World Blues / The antidote to Anti-Life •
Ping-O-Ween / Razor blades in candied apples. •

BRR Mixxes Master List

Below is a master list of all BRR Mixxes. Download them by clicking the little dots. Share them. Enjoy them.

BRR MIXXES 2011:

01.11 - Year's Not Long / So this is the new year? •
02.11 - Fight or Flight / Grimy psychedelia •
03.11 - Challengers of the Unknown / Moonlight miles •
04.11 - Alright / Sunshine in the solar plexus •
05.11 - Now That Bigfoot Has Been Captured / Child stars with their sex & drugs & rock & roll •
06.11 - Handclaps & Lint Traps / On the roof of your car •
07.11 - Perfectly Ordinary People / Faintly faint-making •
08.11 - Revenge of the Nerds / So, like, join us, okay? •
09.11 - What Goes On / I think that am falling down •
10.11 - Mister October / We've got an eye for what's romance •
11.11 - I Was Born In A Laundromat / We're the kings of the trash •
12.11 - TRUESTORIES / Martian disco on fire •

BRR MIXXES 2010

BRR MIXXES 2009

BRR MIXXES 2008

BRR MONTHLY MIXTAPE BRIGADE MIXXES

BRR BONUS MIXXES

BRR CHRISTMAS MIXXES

PING-PONG MIXXES WITH CHRIS HALEY

MAX & DYLAN MIXES
01. Maximum Excitebike / I want to ride my bicycle. •

Busy Doin' Nothing

So I've been off of work since Christmas Eve Eve and it has been fantastic. We stayed here in the Cleve for Christmas and had a great holiday here with our little family. Candace already blogged about it here, so I'll just say that it was great. Candace got me a cavernous new external hard drive, so look out, Internet. I am coming for you.

It's been great being home. We've been relaxing, hanging out with friends, eating disgusting amounts of ham and watching lots and lots of Star Wars. (Big thanks to my parents who bought us the Original Trilogy set on DVD, which - for all you Star Wars nerds out there - includes the original, non-Special Edition versions on the bonus disc. Which is awesome. No wussy screaming for Luke as he throws himself down the air chute in Empire! Yay! Also, big thanks to Philippe for a VHS set of the OT. Nice find, my friend. And another shout out to Aunt Lilia who rocked the house for our girls. She made this Princess Leia dress and bun set for Sadie's Barbie dolls that is just amazing. I will post pictures soon. Unless I forget. Which is very likely.)

We've also been keeping remarkably busy. We did some pretty unbelievable cleaning/organizing, most especially in the "middle room" (our craft/computer room) which has been the shame of my existence for a while now. We whipped that room into shape like a mamma jamma. It looks freaking amazing now.

So today was "Do Some Arty Projects, Dylan" Day, apparently. I did not have it marked on my calendar, so it sort of snuck up on me. But it was loads of fun. Once I got started, I was thinking to myself, "Dang! I should do this type of stuff for a living!" And then I remembered that I do, so yeah, I've got that going for me.

It kicked off this morning when I finished this poster I'd started a few weeks ago. It's available in the shop if you're interested. We'll be listing a few other color options for it as well over the next few days. Here's pictures:





Then I whipped up a "Don't Eat Pete!" board for a little family game night. Candace has rules posted here, and you can download your own board here and play. Just grab some kids from somewhere (please make sure to ask permission first if they're not yours/if you don't have custody of them) and get playing. M&M's not included.



After that, I started working on a couple of upcoming BRR Mixxes that need artwork for them. The first one was another Ping Pong mix I had made with the Bryan Hitch of webcomics, the Chris Haley. It's titled & Away We Go! Here's the inked artwork I sent to Chris to work his color mojo on:



That's me with the balloons and Chris with the cape. If you haven't done so already, go check out his & Curt's webcomic Let's Be Friends Again. It's funny stuff.

Finally, I finished off a huge stonerish collage for January's mix, Electric Freak Out, made from a buttload of late-70's National Geographic magazines and a warped, overactive imagination. And tape. It's 100% analog, ballerz. No digitalism involved. Well, except for the scanning part. Click for biggification:



So anyway, I'm going to bed. Just thought I'd hip you cats to what I've been up to. Happy New Year if I don't post again before then. 2009's gonna rule.

Duh

Sorry. Had some technical difficulties with the links for the mixxes. Because I'm sort of a moron. But I'm much better now, thanks. How are you?

Anyway, here's the proper links. They're fixed in the post now, too:

BRR Favorites 2008 •
BRR Honorable Mentions 2008 •
(Pssssst! Click the little dot things!)

Enjoy.