Juanita has been spending her free time watching episodes of Felicity on Netflix lately. When she tells me she got to watch X number of episodes before class, I always ask if they've added Dawson's Creek yet. I don't know why except that I had a HUGE crush on Dawson and Pacey in high school/college. Sure, Ben and Noel from Felicity were cool but the Creekers were my people. I just couldn't relate to NYC. Anyway, this is the theme song from DC. My morning dance looks a lot like the singer's dance in this video. Own it.
Last night Juanita and I had dinner and did a little shopping. Our night wrapped with a serious discussion about the merits of country music (Dierks, in particular) and drinks from Sonic. I love unexpected fun times with my closest friends.
I love trying to find songs that remind me of living in the AGD house. This song is from 1993 but I swear I sang it while running around this place in 2001. Back to the regular apartment tonight. I always dread these weekends where I sub in for Mom Retha but I think it's really good. The girls need to see alumnae advisors (and alumane in general) and I need a reminder occasionally of why I volunteer. Win win!
I'm the substitute house mom for the next three days. So, you know, living out the glory days. Plus, someone's cooking my food for me (which I suppose isn't all that abnormal given how often I eat out).
Still too tired to blog something witty. You just get a song today. It should not be taken as endorsement of Steven Tyler or his remarks to that girl. Gross.
This evening I'm giving a speech to some friends and alumni of my graduate program. I'm the "student perspective." Pretty sure I'll end the speech with a verse from this song to explain that no, really, we need jobs. Call us. Anytime, any place, anywhere, any day.
I walked through the Mez (an eatery on campus) to grab a donut and diet coke yesterday and the had set up a stereo that was playing John Mellencamp very loudly. It's kind of a place to study and eat on the run so I was a little taken aback but I loved it. It was old school rock and not some current top 40 hit. It made me smile so I thought I'd share it with you. ENJOY!
"Dancing meant everything. We were young and we were improvin'."
And a great movie...with JGL and Heath Ledger! I owned this on VHS but when I fully switched to DVD three years ago and donated all my VHS tapes to Goodwill, I lost the movie. Someday, when I have disposable income again, I'm going to reinvest.
Other movies on the reinvestment list:
Sixteen Candles
Pretty In Pink
The Breakfast Club (it's part of a Molly Ringwald phase, nbd)
The Princess Diaries
She's All That
Grease and Grease 2
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Pearl Harbor
Notting Hill
Pretty Woman
Classics, all.
Also, I never owned Joe Versus the Volcano but in order to complete my Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan collection, I need it.
One collection I will never need completed is a Richard Gere/Julia Roberts collection. There is Pretty Woman. That. Is. All. (Don't ever speak to me about Runaway Bride).
I was looking for a country song for today and found this one. I love it and I hate that Garth doesn't put his songs on iTunes. Lame. But what really got me was this video. It's of a normal party, probably a college one, and then that kid starts pretending to play the guitar. Toward the end of the video, if you look closely though, you can tell he's holding the guitar backwards. I just laughed out loud watching it and thinking how they could easily be most of my friends. This song just brings people together, man.
One of the best parts of this blog is finding songs each day. iTunes is my best resource for this. Sometimes I scour the Top 100 list looking for a song to explain how I'm feeling or for a song that will wake me up. Other times I use their song-matching features like Ping to find songs similar to what I own or what I've looked up recently. This is when I find a lot of songs that remind me of my childhood. It's not the words. It's the classic rock feel of the song that reminds me of those car rides I blogged about in September. My dad had a lot of these band's albums and they were a staple on our car rides. I remember them annoying me at the time but now I just listen to them fondly and I'm realizing they're far better than a lot of today's music.
That's a true sign of growing up, right? When you decide "today's music" is lacking? I suppose that's appropriate as the first third of my life wraps up (hey, I'm optimistic!). Kids these days, they have zero taste in music. ;)
Yesterday was a long day. I got nine hours of sleep the night before (in an effort to un-mix my days and nights) and I needed all of them. I need a productive weekend to do school work (already) so I'll probably spend some time at the library. Wah wah. :)
I watched the Golden Globes the other night with Jon (who is in town for work again!) with a one hour interruption for Downton Abbey. The best part of the night was when they were announcing the nominees for Best Female in a TV Comedy. They ended the list with Amy Poehler (who you all know is basically my idol). Amy is clearly besties with Tina Fey (another nominee) and while the camera was on Amy, Tina "photobombed" the shot by and Kelly Oxford has already made a repeating GIF of the shot. I JUST LOVE IT.
#np - Me Against the Music by Britney Spears and Madonna
Last night I was surfing Jezebel and they posted a video Britney Spears posted of her son dancing along with their XBox Kinect (below). He's around six years old.
A lot of the trolls that comment on the internet said things like "He doesn't have good moves" or "Who cares." What I like about the video is the complete ordinariness of the video. Any of my friends who are moms would've posted this video. And while Britney has surely made mistakes in her life (haven't we all), I'm a little protective of her. I got through high school with her music.
After the trolls were shamed for badmouthing her son, they started in on how they thought she wasn't a good dancer. Someone used the above video to Me Against the Music (arguably one of her best songs) to refute their claims. I love it.
How about, instead of shaming people into being closed off people who can't celebrate life with a little boogie, we tell them to let loose and dance? Come on! Work that body, and let it go!
#np - Beauty and the Beast by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson
Last night, I watched Beauty and the Beast (among other movies). It was such a throw back to childhood and it's by far my favorite Disney movie. A Disney princess that loves to read who can turn a beast into a man? I'll take it!
Dancing to this song involved a lot of swaying and twirls around my apartment. nbd
First, I started watching Downton Abbey last night on Netflix. It's a British TV show that plays on PBS here in America. It's wonderful. I love all things British and this is no exception. So I needed a British artist for today.
Second, I've been missing something in my life very recently. This missing thing has made me forget that things will work out. That things work out because I'm a hard worker and won't give up. It may not be perfect but it will be good. I've talked about the amount of stress I've been under between school and finding a job. As my last semester of school starts today, that stress only increases. I will graduate with an incredible amount of student loan debt and a set timetable for repayment. I will also graduate with a desire to settle down and start a career. One that I can be proud of. One that I've worked hard to be able to do. And with the economy like it is and talking heads predicting much of the same over the next months, it's easy to get discouraged.
So I needed a song that would remind me to have a little faith.
And thus ends likely the longest "no strings attached" break of work or school I'll have again. Of course this statement depends on me finding a job pretty quickly after graduation. That may be hard considering I'm completely conflicted about where to go after May 6th.
Or maybe I'm not conflicted and I do know but I'm scared of what that means. It's all too much for me to consider. Can't I just go back to the easy life for a little longer?
I got to talk to one of my favorite people in the world last night, J2. She has moved to a county in southern Kentucky far enough away that visits are few and far between. Fortunately, we were about to use the facebook skype function and video chat last night. Our conversation included cameos from Alex (her wonderful boyfriend) and Willie T. (their new wildcat stuffed animal named after UK's main library - yes, we're all nerds) as well.
I've been struggling lately with post-graduation plans. Specifically, job prospects and where I want to live. J2 understands my need for planning and I love that I can voice my worries or changes in feelings without fear of rejection or judgement. She's just awesome like that. Sometimes it's hard to find people who really take care to get to know the real you. J2 is someone who sees past bullshit and I love her for that.
I found this from Karyn's blog and she got it from Read. Write. Love. Fight. As an ISFJ (although my middle two indicators, S&F, are not far from their counterparts so they're not dominant), I think it's imperative to bust these myths about introverts.
I'm an introvert. I don't try to pose as an extrovert. I don't try to fix myself. I own it. Because anything less than owning everything about myself is doing myself a disservice and I don't have enough time on Earth to do myself disservices.
#np - Don't Stop (Color on the Walls) by Foster the People
First day of jury duty...woohoo for civil service!
UPDATE: I'm already done. They didn't need us after all. So I woke up at 7am, drove downtown and went to the wrong court house all for $12.50. Oh well. :)
