Jackie: A Tale of Perversity and Woe

So, I was listening to samples of Robert Downey Jr's album The Futurist on Amazon to see if I liked it at all before I seriously considered buying it, and -- oh, RDJ, RDJ. Just. No. It was a nice try, really. You just... tried too hard.

Like, you can tell he has a nice enough voice and everything, but it kept cracking on most of the samples I listened to, and he was clearly straining for certain notes, and it was just so strange and awkward and stilted that I couldn't help simultaneously nervously laughing and cringing for him. Plus the weird LOLRASPY thing he was going for just sounded so strange and, again, like he was Trying Too Hard. But not hard enough, at the same time. I don't even know. And I guess it's not entirely fair for me to criticize since, a) I know virtually nothing about music, and b) I didn't even listen to the whole thing, but man oh man. Thank God I listened to the samples before impulsively buying it, that's all I can say.

Anyway, to try to forget about what I just listened to I started playing Ani Difranco's Not A Pretty Girl, and oh my God that album is so amazing and it is my new favorite CD of the moment. It's surpassed Dilate as my favorite Ani album (although Dilate is an EXTREMELY close second). I might upload it tomorrow for you guys, it's that good. And I'll throw Dilate in there too, just for the lulz.

In conclusion, RDJ, don't quit your dayjob, and Ani, keep being awesome.

This was supposed to be the mix for the party in Lit class today, but there was no party because no one brought food and I overslept and didn't have time to bring donuts. So, here you guys go.

Par-Tay?

1. Should I Stay Or Should I Go? - The Clash
2. Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
3. Music Is The Victim - Scissor Sisters
4. Icky Thump - White Stripes
5. 9 to 5 - Lady Sovereign
6. On It - Mindless Self Indulgence
7. Heterosexual Man - Odds
8. Suffragette City - David Bowie
9. Short Skirt/Long Jacket - Cake
10. Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin
11. I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones
12. Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
13. Me & Mr. Jones - Amy Winehouse
14. (Night Time) Is The Right Time - Ray Charles
15. All Day and All of the Night - The Kinks
16. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
17. I Hate Myself For Loving You - Joan Jett
18. Paper Planes - M.I.A.
19. Hello, I Love You - The Doors
20. I'm On A Boat - The Lonely Island

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Individual Songs: 1-10 | 11-20

Anna has bought the tickets, so I am officially going to the Keane concert at Radio City in May! :DDD I AM EXCITED. It's Orchestra level seating too. I will obviously post any pictures that I take.

Also, Watchmen opens tomorrow! Alas, I won't get to see it until Sunday, but I'm pumped anyway.

Lots of exciting shit going on. Yes.

I'm back at school now, but I've been troubleshooting problems with my Internet connection for the past two hours. My computer wasn't connecting via my Ethernet cable, and even when I went downstairs to use the Wi-Fi it still wasn't working. The wireless connection is working now; I hope the ethernet connection works again too once I go back upstairs.

I swear to God I hate this computer.

Anyway, so yeah, back at school now, with my new TV and DVD player, and it's awesome. Yesterday I went to the mall with Bonner and Beth and got an awesome Watchmen shirt and the new Bloc Party CD, so that was fun. Bonner also bought me Breakfast on Pluto, so yay for that. I don't really like the new Bloc Party album, though; I find the songs to be too busy and not very... well, good. But I was only half-listening, so maybe I need to listen again. And I needed some time for the Keane album to grow on me, and now "Spiralling" is one of my favorite songs at the moment, so I could change my mind.

*deep breath* The connection in my room better work now, I swear to God...

This was a writer's block thing from a little while ago, I believe, but skypipe posted it on her journal so I thought I'd do it as well.

Some people spend their whole lives preparing the answer to this question: What albums are on your personal all-time Top 10 list?

I'm gonna try not to be too obvious with these. Like, putting albums EVERYONE puts.

( In no particular order... )

The answers to yesterday's music meme:

1. Rootless Tree - Damien Rice
3. 53rd & 3rd - The Ramones
6. Ocean Breathes Salty - Modest Mouse
9. Have A Drink On Me - AC/DC
10. Highway to Hell - AC/DC
11. Is It Any Wonder? - Keane
12. Dark and Lonely Man - Jump, Little Children
14. Carry That Weight - The Beatles
17. Hero/Heroine - Boys Like Girls
19. Until the End of the World - U2
23. Put It Behind You - Keane
24. Wicked Ways - Garbage
25. I Can Change - Sadaam Hussein (from South Park soundtrack)

Of course, right after I take a shower and when I'm waiting for my hair to dry, it's sunny and not raining anymore. Why couldn't it have been like this earlier??

I have a headache. Woe. :( I hate how coffee can sometimes give me a headache. Maybe I shouldn't have had one at 6 at night.

Anyway, not much has been going on. In about twenty minutes I'm gonna head downstairs and check into my new dorm. Today shall be my last night watching Heroes here. :( I hope someone in my new dorm has a TV, otherwise I will either have to a) buy one myself, or b) have to wait until someone uploads it to Teh Interwebs later that night. Which would be annoying, but I guess I could live with it.

I'm also going to apply for a job at Target -- in New Jersey, and weekends only. They'll probably hire me... my mom, who used to work at a Target, says they always need weekend people, and I'm awesome and stuff, so "they'd hire [me] in a second". Yay? :D I have to actually go in the store and apply though, apparently, according to the website, so it'll have to wait until next weekend.

Also also! I'm making a playlist of potential new bands for my mom, because she is tired of listening to the same bands all of the time. Her taste runs towards heavy metal/hard rock, but not screamo or anything like that... stuff like Guns N' Roses, Creed, Puddle of Mudd, Led Zeppelin, Queensryche (which is her fav, and if any of you know who the hell they are you get a prize!), AC/DC, Queen, that sort of thing. Anyone got any suggestions? :D

First, a meme:

Top Five Music Edition!
this is basically the same as the regular top five meme, but this one focuses solely on music. you can pick anywhere from top five albums, top five favorite songs at the moment or something more complicated and ask me. i'll make a post with everything once I get all requests. either way you get free music so everyone wins.

Second, I want to rant about politics. I realize I'm probably mostly preaching to the choir, but I have to get it off my chest.

I seriously do not understand the reasoning behind voting for a presidential candidate because they remind you of yourself, your friends, your family, that nice guy you knew once, etc. The president is not your friend. The president is not supposed to be as intelligent as someone who didn't graduate fifth grade. He/she's supposed to be a smart person, because you know what? THEY ARE RUNNING THE COUNTRY, NOT YOU. I don't want someone with my level of intelligence running the country! I have no fucking IDEA how to fix the problems this country has! I want someone smarter than me in office! It's so weird, the way some people project themselves onto candidates. Who cares if you could have an awesome night on the town with So-and-So candidate; what matters is if they know their shit. Just -- argh! The thought process behind some people, seriously.

Third, I have decided to move into the other dorm. Yay! I'm checking in on Monday. I am just so sick of living here. The place is always a mess, I hate having my computer out in the open like this, I hate the way people just move my shit around for no reason (I found my towels in the OTHER BATHROOM today, for fuck's sake!), I hate how half the people here drink themselves stupid and leave their bottles lying around, I hate the way I have no personal space, I hate how weirdly antagonistic the attitude toward me is, I hate the way the floor in my room is so sticky and there's crap EVERYWHERE and I can't do anything in there and rnvpndwnv.

Yeah. I'm ready to move out.

Phew! Okay, I'm done.

So, I had vowed not to spend any money this week after I bought Psych season 2 on Friday (used at a discount, so it was only $28).

But what did I go and do today?

I bought:

Iron and Wine CD off of Amazon
Spider-Man book o'comics
Pocky and popcorn for the Movie Education Day tomorrow with Tiffany
That weird soap from Lush

*facepalm* I mean, that doesn't sound like a lot to a normal person, but for me it's like going on a shopping spree. I'M SO CHEAP YOU GUYS.