Do you think he intended for this to be funny?

We survived our matrimonial adventure in Costa Rica.

Some photos from the trip (just the PG ones of course) are up on Flickr. Thanks to everyone for posting their photos from the ceremony and reception on Facebook, et al. We’ll post the official shots to Flickr once we have them (in a week or two).

Garbage.

A few photos from our trip to Plymouth, MA for the 4th of July. We went down to visit Erin and her new kittens and took a harbor cruise to view some fireworks.

So, a couple nights ago I was awoken in the middle of the night by a baby screaming in a neighboring building. An hour later, I was awoken again by Amanda’s arrival home from a business trip.

The following night, I was awoken to a cat throwing up on my leg.

Last night, I was up late dealing with wedding related issues.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’m wiped. Between organizing a move (out of state) and getting ready for our wedding there hasn’t been much time for this here blog.

So, dear readers, I provide you with the cliche warning of impending blog neglect. I’m not saying that there won’t be any updates but entries between now and, say, August 25th might be a bit sparse.

My apologies to anyone who will now have to work that extra 5 minutes per week that they would ordinarily kill here.

My hopeless musical obsession for the month comes to you in the form of the Fleet Foxes. It’s a little bit My Morning Jacket, a little bit Neko Case (though this could just be a “fox” association), a little bit M. Ward, maybe a little bit Jayhawks.

They describe themselves as baroque pop, and that’s certainly found in the almost orchestral movements of their music, but I find them leaning closer to the folk end of the spectrum (and let’s be real, there’s only room for the Decemberists in the baroque pop genre).

Amanda’s one-word description for it was: craftsmanship.

I’ll let the music speak for itself though (courtesy of the meems!):