Two new ones I like:
"Perfect Gentleman" - Wyclef Jean
"Bad Girl" - Dave Spoon ft. Lisa Mafia
Dunno why I even like that last one, I used to hate techno with a passion, I'm not sure what changed, but it's got a great beat and alright lyrics, so go figure. I like it.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007
Cartoons?
Whatever happened to Saturday morning cartoons? It used to be all you could watch on most networks from like 7am-3pm every Saturday, but now you're lucky if they show any at all. What the hell happened to the idea of entertaining kids with cartoons on the first day of the weekend? I remember when I used to get so excited for all the shows on that day, the way I get excited for a Sunday of NFL nowadays. It's sad I think, and a lot of kids today are missing out on what was really a staple for anyone in my generation.
Whaat?!
Forgot to put this one the other day or anytime before this, but I was thinking about it at work.
Blender magazine (that Maxim/music mix one, which is actually a pretty decent publication, considering it comes from the same guys who bring you scantily-clad women and beer and barbecue tips every month) had a list of the "Top 100 Hottest Things Right Now", and I thought the list was pretty decent...until I got to number 1, and found out it was...Andy Samberg? Like what the fuck? I was literally shocked to see him there. Hot Rod looks stupid, and even though I enjoyed "Dick In A Box" on SNL, I really doubt it's been his year. Sure he got the cover...
Anyways, I got to thinking today, and it really shoulda just stopped at number 2, Lil' Wayne. To pre-face this, I'm not exactly one for gangster rap, and I used to just despise Weezy's voice and lyrics until I started hearing more and more of him, and he began using his raspiness and wit in a better manner. Now he's everywhere, seems to have a new song out every week, and it's actually quality and quantity. Plus I've read articles in everything from The New Yorker to Scratch to GQ about him and how he's on top of the hip-hop game right now. There's one guy whose year it's been.
The other thing I found rather amusing was that going through the UK edition of Esquire, they had the cover line of "The best comedy on TV you've never seen" so that kinda intrigued me. I get around to it, and guess what? It's Saturday Night Live. Like go figure, one of the staples of American television, and most Brits have never seen it I guess. I would've thought anyone who'd seen any SNL alums acting would've found out about the show, you know, after like 30 years, but I guess not.
Blender magazine (that Maxim/music mix one, which is actually a pretty decent publication, considering it comes from the same guys who bring you scantily-clad women and beer and barbecue tips every month) had a list of the "Top 100 Hottest Things Right Now", and I thought the list was pretty decent...until I got to number 1, and found out it was...Andy Samberg? Like what the fuck? I was literally shocked to see him there. Hot Rod looks stupid, and even though I enjoyed "Dick In A Box" on SNL, I really doubt it's been his year. Sure he got the cover...
Anyways, I got to thinking today, and it really shoulda just stopped at number 2, Lil' Wayne. To pre-face this, I'm not exactly one for gangster rap, and I used to just despise Weezy's voice and lyrics until I started hearing more and more of him, and he began using his raspiness and wit in a better manner. Now he's everywhere, seems to have a new song out every week, and it's actually quality and quantity. Plus I've read articles in everything from The New Yorker to Scratch to GQ about him and how he's on top of the hip-hop game right now. There's one guy whose year it's been.
The other thing I found rather amusing was that going through the UK edition of Esquire, they had the cover line of "The best comedy on TV you've never seen" so that kinda intrigued me. I get around to it, and guess what? It's Saturday Night Live. Like go figure, one of the staples of American television, and most Brits have never seen it I guess. I would've thought anyone who'd seen any SNL alums acting would've found out about the show, you know, after like 30 years, but I guess not.
Last Day of Work
So I finally finished work today after more than 4 months I think. Made a lot of new friends, who I might not ever see again, which kinda sucks. I learned old women can be cool (Trish) some can be annoying (Judy), and nothing beats being one of the only guys at a female-dominated workplace. I mean, I think I spent as much time flirting as counting cash at the end of the night (by the way, counting cash is basically free money...you sit there and just frigging count money...on company time).
I also learned that working 5am shifts suck. Yeah, you get out earlier, like 2:30pm, but waking up at 4am and being tired all day are some pretty bad trade-offs for that. Finally, I learned what it's like to have a semi-steady job. For one thing, I could never imagine doing that job day in and day out for years like some people have. Just working the cash, keeping the store tidy, all that stuff? Even for the brief summer that I worked there there were times when I felt I was gonna go crazy.
Alas though, I actually had quite a shitty day. I broke up with my girlfriend last week, and since I was the one who did it, I actually took it pretty well considering. Then I sent her an email last night apologizing for something that came to my mind, and she blasted me with the most bitter email I've ever got this morning. All day long I finally realized how she must've felt this whole time, and that took it's toll on me, cause up until today, I'd pretty much come out unscathed from the whole episode. Anyways, I guess you learn from everything, and that's all I have to take away from that.
I also learned that working 5am shifts suck. Yeah, you get out earlier, like 2:30pm, but waking up at 4am and being tired all day are some pretty bad trade-offs for that. Finally, I learned what it's like to have a semi-steady job. For one thing, I could never imagine doing that job day in and day out for years like some people have. Just working the cash, keeping the store tidy, all that stuff? Even for the brief summer that I worked there there were times when I felt I was gonna go crazy.
Alas though, I actually had quite a shitty day. I broke up with my girlfriend last week, and since I was the one who did it, I actually took it pretty well considering. Then I sent her an email last night apologizing for something that came to my mind, and she blasted me with the most bitter email I've ever got this morning. All day long I finally realized how she must've felt this whole time, and that took it's toll on me, cause up until today, I'd pretty much come out unscathed from the whole episode. Anyways, I guess you learn from everything, and that's all I have to take away from that.
Songs
Oh yeah, from time to time I'll post songs I'm listening to a lot of or that I really like right now.
"Rockstar" - Nickelback
"Sober" - Kelly Clarkson
"The Best Of You" - Foo Fighters
"The Take Over, The Break's Over" - Fall Out Boy
"Over You" - Daughtry
"Apologize Remix" - One Republic ft. Lil' Wayne & Bun B.
"Love Is Gone" - David Guetta
"Because Of You Remix" - Ne-Yo ft. Kanye West
"Sweetest Girl" - Wyclef Jean ft. Akon, Lil' Wayne and Nia
"Tongue Tied" - Faber Drive
"Teenagers" - My Chemical Romance
"Do It" - Nelly Furtado
"Rockstar" - Nickelback
"Sober" - Kelly Clarkson
"The Best Of You" - Foo Fighters
"The Take Over, The Break's Over" - Fall Out Boy
"Over You" - Daughtry
"Apologize Remix" - One Republic ft. Lil' Wayne & Bun B.
"Love Is Gone" - David Guetta
"Because Of You Remix" - Ne-Yo ft. Kanye West
"Sweetest Girl" - Wyclef Jean ft. Akon, Lil' Wayne and Nia
"Tongue Tied" - Faber Drive
"Teenagers" - My Chemical Romance
"Do It" - Nelly Furtado
Thursday, August 23, 2007
3:48am
Wow, it's way too late to be up. Getting some songs to put on my new laptop. For one thing, this is pretty much gonna be dominated by my thoughts about songs among other things. Right now "Guitar" by Prince is playing, and all the reviews said it was a good, ripping, guitar-crazy song, but it actually sounds pretty muted, and Prince's voice is too far away in my opinion. Nothing will top his performance of "Best Of You" at the Super Bowl this year anyways, he killed what was already a great song.
"Last Night" is playing now, and that song'll probably never get old for me. Come on, how has nobody else used that beat as well as Diddy has? Bom, cha-cha, bom, cha/bom, cha-cha, bom, cha...like it's ridiculous, same way "We Will Rock You" seems so obviously good...obviously not as classic, but you know what I mean.
Last day of work tomorrow...by the way, never work at an airport like I did. For one thing...you never get regulars, so everyone you meet is only once, unless you're somehow scheduled for the time the people fly out and then amazingly for the time they come back too...it's happened though. The other thing...don't work in a toy store...with shitty toys you can't play with. You'd think that'd be a dream job, right? Everybody grows up loving toys, and then you end up working in a store full of them...and it blows. Maybe it's just a guy thing, all the girls seem to love working there.
I'd be surprised if anyone ever does read this regularily, but it's a good way to put down thoughts, and all I ever read is "blog-this, blog-that" in every single magazine. Elton John even thinks bloggers and the Internet are ruining creativity...but then again the man wears pink sunglasses and marries other men. But then again he did "Rocket Man" and "Candle In The Wind" so I guess everything balances out.
I wish this blog coulda been about all the random shit I read in the magazines at work, but that'll be over by tomorrow. You wouldn't believe the kinda stuff that's in magazines. Some article in the New Yorker about people with a condition where you eat off your own fingers cause you're deathly afraid of them, and where you swear and hit the people you like the most uncontrollably.
And then the trash magazines, all those celebrity ones...ugh. They happen to find the most appropriate pic for their outrageous headline, like "Angie crying out for help, reaches 28 lbs" or something stupid like that, where it's one of her head down, face scrunched up and not wearing any make-up, or using a pic from Britney Spears shooting a video where she's on a strip pole in like chaps along with a headline of like "Brit dances at club, gets drunk, gropes college student, all in front of her sons". Frankly, I think she got that kid to drive the first time just so none of her friends have to be the DD whenever all the girls go out.
Anyways, that's number one of probably a lot, and I guess I'm gonna be wasting hours of my life on this thing from now on. And you'd better read it.
"Last Night" is playing now, and that song'll probably never get old for me. Come on, how has nobody else used that beat as well as Diddy has? Bom, cha-cha, bom, cha/bom, cha-cha, bom, cha...like it's ridiculous, same way "We Will Rock You" seems so obviously good...obviously not as classic, but you know what I mean.
Last day of work tomorrow...by the way, never work at an airport like I did. For one thing...you never get regulars, so everyone you meet is only once, unless you're somehow scheduled for the time the people fly out and then amazingly for the time they come back too...it's happened though. The other thing...don't work in a toy store...with shitty toys you can't play with. You'd think that'd be a dream job, right? Everybody grows up loving toys, and then you end up working in a store full of them...and it blows. Maybe it's just a guy thing, all the girls seem to love working there.
I'd be surprised if anyone ever does read this regularily, but it's a good way to put down thoughts, and all I ever read is "blog-this, blog-that" in every single magazine. Elton John even thinks bloggers and the Internet are ruining creativity...but then again the man wears pink sunglasses and marries other men. But then again he did "Rocket Man" and "Candle In The Wind" so I guess everything balances out.
I wish this blog coulda been about all the random shit I read in the magazines at work, but that'll be over by tomorrow. You wouldn't believe the kinda stuff that's in magazines. Some article in the New Yorker about people with a condition where you eat off your own fingers cause you're deathly afraid of them, and where you swear and hit the people you like the most uncontrollably.
And then the trash magazines, all those celebrity ones...ugh. They happen to find the most appropriate pic for their outrageous headline, like "Angie crying out for help, reaches 28 lbs" or something stupid like that, where it's one of her head down, face scrunched up and not wearing any make-up, or using a pic from Britney Spears shooting a video where she's on a strip pole in like chaps along with a headline of like "Brit dances at club, gets drunk, gropes college student, all in front of her sons". Frankly, I think she got that kid to drive the first time just so none of her friends have to be the DD whenever all the girls go out.
Anyways, that's number one of probably a lot, and I guess I'm gonna be wasting hours of my life on this thing from now on. And you'd better read it.
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