Whassup: Sunny on the Inside

It's been rainier than Seattle on St. Paddy's Day and gloomier than an Irish grunge band lately. To top it off, my favorite neighborhood coffee shop has been playing a lot of The Smiths. Thanks! Do you guys have extra razors or should I supply my own? Eggh...escape thoughts of sweet release via tail pipe with today's sunny on the inside Whassup!

* Through Memorial Day: Fee-Free Adoption at Sean Casey Animal Rescue: You know what makes a rainy day and loneliness more bearable? A cat! Until the 30th, adopt one of these strange, befuzzed creatures (over six months old) from Sean Casey without adoption fees. Sean Casey reports that a large number of their four-legged fang heads currently purr and shed in the Slope.

* Thursday, May 19: Brooklyn Brewery's CANibalization: The Brewery celebrates the springtime bloom of its Summer Ale can with a shindig at Good Company. Summer down on $3 cans of the ale, FREE hot dogs and some artistic narcicism via the Self-Portrait Project. Events also happening in DUMBO and someplace called "Manhattan." 6-10pm, FREE.

* Friday, May 20: Heart of Darkness, Union Hall: This comedy series begins a 5-month residence at Union Hall today. Laugh and expand your horizons with host Greg Barris and guest comedians, filmakers, bands, and brainy presentations on transhumanism and ethnomusicology. Live band, The Forgiveness Choir, sets each comedian's work to music, sort of like your iPod does for your life, but with less Arcade Fire. 10pm doors, $10 DOS.

* Sunday, May 22: Food Truck Orgy, Prospect Park: Ok, technically, they use the word "rally." Look, it's a bunch of food trucks getting together to enjoy one another's company. Draw your own conclusions. Also, they plan to serve you delicious treats. Get on some Dumpling Truck, Stumptown, and Red Hook Lobster Pound action, among many others. 11am-5pm at Grand Army Plaza entrance.

* Monday, May 23: Andy Friedman, Union Hall: Words like "Americana" and "Alt Country" are designed to get all us transplant Brooklyners all emotional inside our hipster flannel. They also describe this heralded singer-songwriter. Get tooken home, country roads, without leaving the city streets that have the subway stops and falafel stands on which we are now dependent. 7:30 doors, $15 DOS.

COMING UP:

* Saturday, May 28: Q-Tip at Fort Greene Festival Kick Off: Building up to the Fort Greene Festival, the guest list at this party includes Q-Tip, Rosie Perez and more. At Sanders Studio (525 Waverly Ave.). 9pm, $15 DOS.