Arrrrr

07.31.06

Song of the Day: Sylver - Lay All Your Love on Me

Yesterday, I bought a camoflauge-print bikini that has a sparkly, pink skull and crossbones on one triangle. I decided today, while wearing it, that it made my boob a pirate.

While wearing this bikini, I was observing Shannon's boyfriend's friends and being reminded that buff guys who have major pecs and biceps are just plain gross.

I was also observing the fact that it really sucks when you miss someone so much that it feels like you can never get quite enough air with each breath, while also realizing that they probably never even think of you at all and are making it through the day quite fine and without any dramatic asthmatic symptoms. This sudden, stunning burst of the melancholy I thought I had been repressing was probably brought on by the fact that Shannon's boyfriend and his far-too-muscular friends share the same occupation of said missed person.

Which begs the question, why can't I ever fall for and then have my heart broken by someone who I only connect with unpleasant things, such as brussels sprouts and bad sci-fi movies? It would be very easy to remove those associations from my life and then never be rudely reminded of the loss. The answer probably lies within the question, but damn would that be convenient.

01:54 AM [link]

Classical XM

07.24.06

Song of the Day: Daughter Darling - Broken Bridge

During my current visit to Ohio, I discovered that my dad had moved an XM radio from a car he just sold to the car that I borrow whenever I'm in town. I also discovered, with pleasant surprise, that XM has an entire channel devoted to classical music. Listening to Hummel and Mozart while driving around sure beat changing channels each time an offensive song came on (what is the logic behind a channel that goes from INXS to Avril Lavigne?). My only gripe is that all classical music is thrown together as if it's all the same genre - when there are hundreds of channels available, why not have channels that are devoted to each of the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods? It's sort of the same thing with the 'decades' channels - thousands upon thousands of songs are released each decade, and yet there's simply the 80s channel, as if one who likes one genre from the 80s likes them all. I guess I shouldn't complain too much, given that you'd never find classical music on the normal local radio stations.

11:06 PM [link]

Bad Girls

07.16.06

Song of the Day: Faithless - The Garden

This article opened my eyes a bit. I always knew that women like the "bad boys" (which, if you ask me, are totally ridiculous and unsatisfying *yawn*), but I had no idea that men were, in turn, attracted to "bad girls." This seems to explain why men are generally not interested in me. The following is a list of things it seems I must do in order to make myself more attractive:



Then again, maybe it's just better to be single, especially since I generally laugh at men who think that a woman who does any of the above is an acceptable mate. I can't even think of what an "unreasonable demand" would be (go buy me a 5-foot tall chocolate easter bunny? make me a gourmet dinner using exotic truffles that grow only in Albania?). And as far as being upset when a hypothetical boyfriend wants to hang out with his friends...am I really supposed to be arsed about that? Would I really rather date a loser who doesn't have any friends?

Women. Sometimes, if it weren't for the sparkly eyeshadow and pretty clothes we get to wear, I think I'd hate being one.

04:57 PM [link]

Green bathwater

07.15.06

Faithless - Evergreen (Dusted remix)

This + this = the prettiest smelling bath ever and deep emerald green bathwater. I realize it is highly unusual to desire colored bathwater, but there's something about it that's far more relaxing than the clear stuff.

Jeff gave me "mad props" today by linking to my site from his new blog, which in turn let me enjoy all the articles he's written for the BG News. I'm very glad to see I'm not the only one who finds Facebook really creepy. Reading his blog made me realize I haven't seen him since I graduated from college, and I'm hoping I will get to when I head back to Ohio for a few weeks once I'm finished with my final exam, now that he's moved in with my (and his) girl Amy.

My aforementioned dislike of Facebook also extends to MySpace...aside from having issues with the design standpoint (which I've ranted about before), I often wonder, what exactly is the point of it? I've never met a single person on there that I didn't already know, have absolutely no desire to meet any of the total freaks on there who think posting skanky boob shots or macho bare-chested shots is actually cool, and is it really important for strangers to know my favorite music or books? Anyone whose profiles I might leave comments on are all people who I talk to often enough that I would normally just call/text/IM/email anyways. It bores me.

05:15 PM [link]

How did I get this far?

07.11.06

Song of the Day: Billie Ray Martin - Your Loving Arms

Things that it took me far too long to learn:

1) You can edit more than one track at a time in iTunes.
2) You can click past the opening credits on TV show DVDs by using the chapter skip button.
3) My music collection uses a combination of ID3v2.3 and ID3v2.4 tags

Time wasted not realizing all this before: don't even want to think about it.

11:24 PM [link]

Whoops

07.10.06

Song of the Day: Fischerspooner - Emerge

It's definitely time to turn off the Gamecube when I find myself angrily yelling at the television, "Fuck you Mario, you're never going to amount to anything in life if you can't jump when I tell you to!"

I can also tell I've been watching too many DVDs when I try to pause live television when the phone rings.

10:59 PM [link]

Picky eater

07.06.06

Song of the Day: SheDaisy - Mine All Mine

The only thing that sucks about those awesome Quaker Oatmeal chewy granola bar assortments is the fact that those damn Quakers insist on putting oatmeal raisin bars in every box. I'm not quite sure what to do with them except save them up and build an oatmeal rasiny tower.

Yes, it's true. I'll eat raw fish, squid, eel, and all sorts of questionable soy products, but I won't touch shriveled up grapes.

01:54 AM [link]

The Emo Chef

07.01.06

Song of the Day: Olive - You're Not Alone

I decided yesterday that if I had my own cooking show, it would be called The Emo Chef because I never fail to cut myself in several different places while chopping ingredients.

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