2: Music-1

Alright, so it's time to talk about a topic that is very near and dear to my heart; music. Anyone who knows me to any significant degree knows how in to music I am. It's like a second religion. By and large, I like to believe that I have fairly good taste in music and a fair ability to pick out what people will generally like. However, my taste in music is extremely wide and fairly random, so many people may not 100% agree with my taste or what I have to say. Having said that, my plan here is to let you know what is going on in my head at a given moment as it pertains to music. That means that it won't always be a positive outlook on something. Sometimes it will be very cynical, but I'll try to give you both sides of the coin...

What I've been listening to lately

So, the other day I was shuffling around on my itunes and this song came up. It's a cover of house of the rising sun by one of my all time favorite bands, Muse. Once I had actually figured out what was going on, I was pretty thrilled with what I was hearing. The song is a little bit harder than I prefer, but still I dig the intensity and it's a very interesting take on the song. Not necessarily a better song than the original. The original Animals version is and always will be amazing, but it's cool to hear new takes on classics on occasion. Also, I couldn't figure out how to get this one to show up on here for some reason, so here's a link... Sorry about the lame pictures.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtsmMCIfZzI

Something I think deserves to be made fun of

So something that I think deserves to be made fun of this week is James Blunt's "You're Beautiful". We're all familiar with this song, so you don't need me telling you about it, but for the sake of taking up time and space, I will. The song has a very chick flick, completely directed at girls feel to it that seems to be very prevalent these days. The sad thing is that I will openly admit to enjoying this song (... Sorry, Matt), it's one of my guilty pleasures. The plot of the song is that James sees a really hot girl on the subway with another dude. He gets really depressed about not being able to be with her but then says that "[he] won't loose no sleep on that 'cus [he's] got a plan" and then he just kinda says how beautiful she is for a while. The only thing is that we never really figure out what his plan is, but get the vibe that he kinda creeps her out by staring at her. As far as we can tell by the music video, his only real plan was to go out on a snowy cliff, get half nude and leap off the cliff... That'll do it... James is missing a few glaringly obvious holes in his logic though. First of all, the creepiness of jumping off a cliff to get a girl's attention aside, killing yourself won't help you get her, and secondly, if she IS an angel like you seem to believe that she is, you're not going to get to see her much by committing suicide because that's a sin and will send you to hell...

1: "That Guy"

Alright, so this is my first time blogging. I, like many others in this day and age have decided that I have something to say to the world as a whole. This has forced me to say a phrase that I have found myself saying saying a little too often lately, namely "I've become 'that guy'". Now, I kind of hate saying this phrase mostly because it's almost an admission of defeat to the fact that I'm changing into something that I don't necessarily want to become, which isn't the case 100% of the time. Here are a few examples of "those guys" that I've been becoming:
1. The "way too into Lost guy": Ok, so I haven't totally turned into "that guy" yet. I just find it a little troubling that the other day, I had an hour long conversation about the final season of this show and what we believe is going to happen and what Jacob means in every single one of his cryptic one-liners.
2. The "brings his guitar everywhere guy": My little sister has given me a lot of trash about this one. I would say that about 70% of the time that I'm driving around, I have a guitar in the back seat. The really interesting thing is that I hardly EVER play the thing. I realized that I had a problem a few weeks ago when I was around someone else's guitar and, upon receiving permission to play it, retrieved a guitar pick from my wallet. I then realized that at any given moment, I have 3-5 guitar picks on my person just in case.
3. The "way too into his dog guy": Alright, so this one I will openly admit that I am a little ashamed of. I find myself feeling bad that my dog has been in his kennel for a bit too long, constantly searching for new and more exciting toys that he will more than likely destroy within the first 24 hours of purchasing it, allowing my dog to sit on my lap as I drive my car and occasionally I will talk to my dog... Yeah, I've become "that guy". I can take a measure of solace in the fact that he isn't talking back yet. Perhaps with a few less friends and a couple of crushing failures... Who knows?!