I just added another widget: books I am currently reading. I saw Kyle's library widget on his blog, and wanted just to add what I am reading right now. So I set up a LibraryThing account to do just that.

I haven't taken time to check out all I can do on my blog, but yesterday I dug into the admin portion and found some cool stuff. I changed skins so as to allow for a sidebar, into which I discovered I can insert widgets. I didn't even know what a widget was, but I managed to figure out that I could insert stuff from my last.fm account, such as recently played songs or most popular artists of the week. I also put a compilation (which I blogged about a few weeks ago) together on last.fm, and inserted it into my sidebar also. I feel pretty awesome. Now I want to find other sites where I can get more widgets to insert here, just because I know I can.

I keep hoping to start blogging regularly, but by the time I get a chance to login here, I forget whatever I was thinking of blogging about.

I've just recently discovered the TV show Shaun the Sheep. I love just about anything from Aardman Animation, and this show is a spin-off of Wallace and Gromit, featuring the little sheep from A Close Shave, so I knew I would probably like it.

I'm happy to say it's even better than I hoped.

The show is about the adventures of a flock of sheep on a quaint little English farm. Each episode is only 7 minutes long, and there is absolutely no spoken dialogue--even the farmer communicates in gestures, grunts, and mumbles--and what the show's creators manage to do using only visual jokes is excellent.

I decided to show it to Daniel to see what he thinks of it, and he also became obsessed with it immediately. He always asks to watch more, and after watching "Timmy in a Tizzy," he kept pointing to the TV and saying, "sad," meaning he wanted to see the sad baby sheep again. We watched that episode three times before I insisted we quit. Here it is:

Unfortunately, this show has not been released in the US on DVD (watch out for Region 2 DVDs that don't work in American players), but resourceful Internet users should know how to find it online.

Man or Astroman | Test Driver | Not even a song, more like a speaker test for A/V equipment
Billy Childish and Holly Go-Lightly | Let Me Know You | Great garage tune from Headcoats/Headcoatees genuises
Teengenerate | Mess Me Up | Awesome Japanese band singing in unintelligible English
Today Is the Day | Timeless | Another non-song. It's too bad this track popped up instead of an actual song, because I have been obsessed with this album lately
Mudhoney | Real Low Vibe | The title describes the way the song sounds pretty well
Gorilla Biscuits | Big Mouth | I didn't start listening to the Gorilla Biscuits until about 2 years ago, but these would have been great anthems for my high school years
Pixies | Gouge Away | Another album I discovered too late in life
The Infections | C'mon | X-Rip Offs on Rip Off Records
Offspring | Beheaded | This coincidentally played yesterday on my iPod also
Gaunt | Don't Tell | I really need to get more Gaunt stuff. I'm trying to sell my LPs, and replace them with CDs, like I Can See Your Mom From Here, Kryptonite, Whitey the Man, etc

It seems to me like people are being a little over critical of the movie. You really have to take it for what it is, which is a freaking Indiana Jones movie. They've always been on the cheesy side. They've always had scenes that defied the laws of nature. I really loved this movie, primarily because it made me feel like I was 9 years old again. It was fun to watch. The cast and crew did a great job of making it look and feel like an Indy movie. Yes, there are a couple of scenes that are a little out there even for an Indy flick, but they're still fun thanks to Harrison Ford. The guy is definitely still on. I also liked all the references to previous films and little in-jokes. The chemistry between Shia Lebouf and Harrison Ford was something I was worried about and it ended up being one of the best things about the movie. They were really great together.

People keep saying "It's no Iron Man." No kidding. It's not trying to be. If you love movies, Indiana Jones, and are looking for an enjoyable summer movie experience then I highly recommend this film. It's definitely a must see on the big screen kind of experience.