I’ve been married for one year to the day. Hard to reflect back on much as it’s gone incredibly quickly. Having lived together for two years before being married, and having gone through a lot of the crap that other couples go through even before that, I’d say that Year 1 was pretty damn smooth. To reward ourselves for being awesome we’ll be picking up the Canon Digital Rebel XSi just in time for our early-November trip out to LA, Santa Barbara, and Paso Robles. Anniversaries rule!

Tracks 1 and 2 off of A Place to Bury Strangers’ Exploding Head are pretty bad ass. I’ve had the rest of it on in the background this morning and haven’t been as impressed, but it’s great to hear folks making this kind of music still. They’re a bit too influences-on-sleeve to be truly great, and they wouldn’t be the first ones to do that in 2009, but it’s still enjoyable.