the hands kept spinning around the face, but the earth stopped cold at dawn....

i was one of the first people inside best buy this morning. this is not uncommon for me, as i have spent the past three days-after-thanksgiving standing in line outside best buy at three in the morning waiting for the ridiculous sale to start at six. there was no sale today, but the anticipation was still there. for today, you see, was the release of hootie and the blowfish's fifth album of new, original material. this is not meant as a joke. nor is this another self-deprecating post. i'm not ashamed to say it--i still love me some hootie. the first two albums were incredible...both are still in heavy rotation on my ipod. the third album also was quite good, but a few tracks did not make the mp3 cut. next came an album of covers, and several of those songs made the cut. earlier this year came the greatest hits cd, otherwise known as cracked rear view 2. (wait, you say there was an album between those two? i don't believe it. i must have blocked it out or something. maybe my brother remembers....) i'm still listening to the new album, and it sounds pretty good so far. i'll let you know....

all this talk of hootie-loving segues right into a discussion i was having with a friend earlier today about this question--how much do you like yourself? i figure there are two different ways to measure this. you could either a) calculate the percentage of time you like yourself, or b) determine the amount of your personality you like. this really boils down to an actions versus thoughts debate i suppose. now, based on previous entries in this blog, one might think i would rate myself fairly low on either scale. i, however, am completely arrogant and would estimate 82% and 89%, respectively. i think and do some really dumb and embarrassing things, but my intentions are generally good. i don't know if these numbers are relatively high or low, so i'd love to know what my readers think. that's right, an interactive exercise! so, for my four readers, get out your ti-85s and let me kow what you think....