Question of the Day

Why is it not weird to keep dead butterflys or other bugs, when it is weird to keep any other dead thing that was once living?

There's this dead lady bug on my windowsill, and i like sort of want to keep it there... plus it seems like wrong to just throw it away, and not like bury it. but no one buries lady bugs. that's weird. but also i feel weird because it's like, who would just keep a dead lady bug?

See, it seems like this should not be a dilemma, but for some reason it totally is.

Push Me, and Then Just Touch Me

I was looking to get pumped up this sunday night. I failed to go out last night, so when the opportunity to celebrate my saturday on sunday presented itself, i was stoked, but i was still in the sunday malaise.
because no stores in germany are open on sunday, one must really take the day to relax, walk around, and stay indoors, and be generally lazy.
SO, i decided to drink a deer, chug some coffee, and find a song that would really get me going. this is what i do when I don't have red bull at easy access.
anwyay, to cut the long story short, you MUST go listen to:

who made who - satisfaction (benny benassi remix)

as much as i loved the droning of the real one, this cover infusses the song with that hard rocking guitar that proves the lick isn't best when it's a synth. also love the crazy girl vocals. how weird. i love it.

satisfied.
and ready to go out.

All the Girls Waiting in the Line for the Bathroom

melody, trance, voices, haunting, ambient, female, beat, bass, dreams, sound effects, rock, sap, pop... turn it up!

Crystal Castles - Untrust Us
Crystal Castles - Vanished
Fever Ray - If I Had a Heart (Fuck Buttons remix)
Fever Ray - When I Grow Up (Lissvik)
Fever Ray - Now's the Only Time I Know
Royksopp (ft. KarinDreijer/Fever Ray) - This Must Be It
The Knife - We Share Our Mother's Health (Ratatat remix) !
Honey is Cool - Something about the Mountains (more indie than electro, i know)
Lily Allen - Not Fair (Doctor Rosen Rosen remix) poppy, i know, but listen to the words.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sealings
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Dragon Queen
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Hysteric
Metric - Help, I'm Alive (Immuzikation B-ting like a Hammer remix)
Metric - Gold Guns Girls

That's enough estrogen for right now. hope you enjoyed the bitchfest!

More More More

ok, after spending too much time looking for music on the internet, i've found a couple other songs i'd like to mention right now:

Burning Codes - Cloak & Dagger, [on the self-titled album, i believe]

Tenaka - Someday [EPonymoustly Titled]

Tenaka - Ain't Nobody [EPonymousy Titled]

Kill Krinkle Club - Lake [From the Bloody Murder of Krinkle]

Kill Krinkle Club - White Trees [From the Bloody Murder of Krinkle]

everything mentioned above is pretty much chill electronic-influenced music. enjoy.
NOT gonna pump you up, but might help you go peacefully to sleep...
the bands are mostly foreign, I believe Burning Codes is from Great Britain, Tenaka is from Ireland, and KKC is a Swedish/Irish duo.

This nordic influence happened on accident. Hopefully next time I can post about German music.

Yeah, You.

You, You're Awesome.

This Cincinnati duo has it going on, and i think they probably decided on the name after people kept trying to get their attention and then compliment them after a great set.

Anyway, their name is on:

Radiohead - Reckoner (You, You're Awesome Remix)

Two Muffins - You, You're Awesome.

Both tracks were great. Radiohead is always great, but remixes are not, so it was a win. The 'original' track, which is on a self released debut called "You're a Fun Drunk", is just, one of the best things that's made me smile out loud in a while.

It's rare a song deserves it's own post. but here it is!

Kids

This is not a post about MGMT.

This is actually a post about kids. When my next door neighbor found out I was going to be in town another two weeks, she called me, in a flurry, and said "Brandon (her husband) and I are going to Honduras for 10 days... Brandon's mom (Betty) will watch the kids for most of the week, but can you do the weekend?"
And, of course, I said, "sure" because the kids are cute, and since I already put in my two weeks notice at the mall, I had nothing better to do, and a lack of income.

There are 3 kids. Two boys, in like 5th and 3rd grades, and a little girl in Kindergarten.

Things I learned, rather, questions I asked myself later:

Did I beep over bad words in songs when I was a kid? And I do mean, ME making the beeping noise. (one of the kids did this.)

Why do we feel it necessary to cover our eyes or make beep or humming noises when we don't want to see something? Are we all living in states of denial or disinterest? Where did we learn to do this? Is it from parents?

Also, what does wanting an apple cut up for you indicate? That you never want to even be aware of the core? the bad, inedible part? That it won't even be part of your existence? Isn't there something wrong with that? With not wanting to take a bite out of something yourself first?
OR is it just pure laziness?

Also, why can't everyone still find SO much pleasure in bubble wrap?

Looking at kids and their actions is very interesting. It's like, where did they learn to do this stuff? What stuff, that maybe is natural, have they yet to unlearn?

And, most of all, why can't we stay more like kids?

She's Just Not That Into You

I saw the movie "He's Just Not That Into You" tonight, and it got me thinking about relationships.

What do I look for in a guy?

Was the question I thought of, and I decided that the answer was that I like a guy who is into me. I don't have any physical characteristics I HAVE to have, although strong eyebrows are nice. I don't really care if he is super smart or super dumb, exactly, although if we are not mentally compatible it's usually not an issue because he wouldn't be into be if we weren't, probably. I don't like ALL guys that are into me, that's for sure, but it IS the determining qualification for whether or not I'd like to spend time with that person again.

The girls in the movie were pretty much all selfish or clueless. This was a problem for me. There were so many times when I was just like "oh, girl!! stop!!!!" or just "come on!! just f-ing do it!" or whatever, and it made me realize that all these girls are awful role models. They all end up happy in the end despite being assholes the whole movie. Maybe that's what the world wants, because it makes them entitled and allowed to be clueless and selfish and asshole-like, but really? Is this okay?

I can understand if you get frustrated because it's hard to meet people, but I really have absolutely no sympathy. Figure out the new technology (myspace, texting, etc), or just go out to a hot bar and mingle. Or get friends to hook you up. The ways to meet people are endless.
And if that doesn't work, if you don't meet ANYONE who is into you, then maybe you just have to look at yourself and realize maybe it's time for a change.
It's probably not even that HE's not into you, it's probably also that YOU are not into you.
Because if YOU are not into yourself, NO ONE else will be either.
(the other extreme also hold true, though, if you are TOO into yourself, no one else has room even to be into you.)

I really hope sometime in the future there can be a movie called "She's just not that into you" because that is really the piece of advice that I need the friends of people who think they are prospectives to give to their friends.

Obviously, since I was raised in the South, as a southern lady, even, I do not call boys, ever, after a first meeting or date. I may text or facebook, but probably not. It is definitely your call. BUT, if I do not answer, or find a time to see you, or make a future date, really, it is clear, that you need not call again, even if I gave you my number or friended you on a site. really.

OK, well, this was my relationship advice for the evening. Not as cute as carrie bradshaw, but it probably would be if I had her shoe collection. Thank you for your time.