Lazy Sunday

Because I'm too lazy to write a lengthy post, I'm going to link over to Womanist Musings, where she does a really great article about "Whose Children Count".
I think it's really interesting. Considering this morning I was just talking about Angelina and Brad's children, and how it's probably easy to raise 6 children when you make that much money. While I'm not against the fact that they have given several children a much better life, or that they choose to bring children into the world, you really have to put it into perspective. Most women who have six children are looked down upon, or at the very least struggle to keep their children happy and healthy.

Thursday Top Ten

Well, I was going to do a Tuesday top ten, but I procrastinate.

Here are some songs that have been in my rotation fairly frequently lately. You may see a trend here (My Morning Jacket just released a new album, so a couple of those are definitely on the list)

In no particular order

1) The Grateful Dead - Scarlet Begonias ("Once in a while you are shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right")
2) My Morning Jacket - I'm Amazed (I'm amazed...by their entire new album)
3) The Flaming Lips - Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell (ahh...one of my favorites)
4) My Morning Jacket - Touch Me I'm Going to Scream pt. 2 ("Oh, this feeling is wonderful...don't you ever turn it off")
5) Chromeo - You're So Gangster (watch the video. for real.)
6) The Grateful Dead - Ripple (one of the few songs that will put me in a good mood no. matter. what.)
7) The Grateful Dead - Estimated Prophet (I'm reading their history. Can you tell? Haha)
8) MGMT - Electric Feel (OOH GIRL. Shock me like an electric eel!)
9) The Raconteurs - Old Enough (saw them at Bonnaroo...they blew me completely away)
10) MGMT - Time To Pretend ("Yeah it's overwhelming, but what else can we do? Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute?"

PROJECT RUNWAY!

Eep! My one television vice finally graced the airwaves again! Season 5 of Project Runway premiered tonight! Boy, was it an interesting one. I must say, one of my favorite aspects of Project Runway (aside from the amazing designs, of course) are the personalities. I admit, I couldn't get enough of Santino, of Christian's "fierce", of "WHERE THE HELL IS MY CHIFFON?!?!", of "If you're gonna cry, you're gonna cry and cut." So...I definitely am pleased with most of the people.

SO let's do the negative first, of course, and end on a positive note.
1) I didn't like that there were so many "established" designers. One designer already owned his own company, several designers owned their own stores, some dressed movie stars and rock stars already. I don't think these people need to be on Project Runway. I think the people who need to be on Project Runway are the ones working to pay their bills and trying to rub two pennies together. In my opinion, if you own your own store or company, or you dress stars, you don't need Project Runway.
2) CATCHPHRASES GALORE. Good lord, I felt like everybody was trying to get on the fierce train. You're not going to be the next reality TV star from one episode, kiddies.
3) There were some pretty horrendous looks. I'm not just talking about the bottom 3 here -- I mean we all new American Psycho raincoat guy was going home -- but there were several in the "safe" zone that I thought were bad too. Also, talk about overconfidence! Several designers said, "I KNOW my look looks good." They must've been blind, because some of those looks were pretty atrocious. Don't get too comfortable!

However, I really do feel like there are a lot of talented designers. I LOVED LOVED LOVED the cup dress, and the dress that won. Both of those designers definitely have potential! Plus, I'm looking forward to this season -- anytime Tim Gunn has to say "holla at cha boy" or "it looks like a pterodactyl from gay Jurassic Park"...I know it's going to be good.

McWhat?! v 1.0

So. I have decided that I'm going to update every time I find an new reason that you (yes, you, and the majority of the American public) should not vote for John McCain. Maybe someone will read this and see the light.

Without further adieu,
Reason #8923578892753 You Shouldn't Vote For John Mccain.

Apparently, one of McCain's top economic advisers , Phil Gramm, doesn't believe that we're really in a recession. He says that the economy's problems are a "mental recession" and that we are "a nation of whiners".

Seriously. I have to choose between gas and groceries some days. I have a feeling McCain (or any of his top advisers, for that matter) have never had to choose between gas and groceries. Or gas and paying bills. Or which bills to pay that month.

Considering McCain owns several homes and thinks the solution to the housing crisis is for people to get a second job, I'm not surprised.

Heavy Lifting

So the boss and I moved a filing cabinet today, alone. I feel like a true feminist -- grr, we don't need men to help us move furniture! haha. I hope moving from my apartment works out as well as this did.

On another note, My Morning Jacket's new album is mindblowingly awesome. Pick it up.

Blogaroo should be coming this weekend, I swear! I just have to get sorted through all these pictures and videos.

What? Seriously?

Reason #89437849275928 why Fox News makes my brain explode

Apparently, Fox News is now reporting that Barack and Michelle Obama's "fist bump" after Obama secured the nomination is some sort of "terrorist fist jab". They even bring in a 'body language' expert to over-analyze why, exactly, they had to do such a FOREIGN AND CRAAAZY hand gesture!

Just another way of portraying Obama as A) a terrorist and B) an outsider and foreign. I just wonder if they pronounced it "terrist" or not.

In other news, I leave for Bonnaroo in t-minus 19 hours. The excitement is all-consuming!

Ba-ba-ba-ba-Bonnaroo

Holy cow. As I write this, I'm sitting in the computer lab at school, and I have nothing but Bonnaroo on the brain.

Seriously, Bonnaroo is 3 days away. It's all I can do to keep from bursting at the seams. I have cleaned, shopped, organized, stressed, watched youtube videos, and otherwise tried to contain my excitement about it for about a week now.

Bonnaroo is probably one of the best music experiences you'll ever have in your lifetime. Not because of what everybody usually assumes about the festival (drugs, hippies and dust oh my!) but because of the amazing community atmosphere, where (almost) everyone is friendly, fun, loving, and totally as passionate about music as you are. Oh yeah, and there are some once-in-a-lifetime music performances there, too. Most performers try to put on a great performance at Roo, and I have never seen one that was short of phenomenal. So, yeah, I can't effin' wait.

Things I'm looking forward to:
1) Dancing my booty off to MSTRKRFT and Tiesto
2) The Raconteurs
3) Robert Plant and Allison Krauss
4) $1 grilled cheeses
5) AREPAS
6) Seeing some amazing comedy in the cinema tent
7) Making new friends
8) Dancing in the silent disco
9) Riding the ferris wheel
10) Generally having the time of my life.

I can't wait, kids. Expect lengthy blogs about the whole experience!

First Things First...

So, after much obsession over my current RSS feeds, and thinking, "Gee, I could do that," I finally went for it. So, this would be my very own corner of webspace. I've done it before, back in the days of livejournal, but this time maybe I have something of substance to write about. At least, I'll try.

At the very least, you'll get some insight into my daily musings.

Some suggested listening:

"Dear Prudence" - the Beatles
"Blue Sky" - The Allman Brothers Band
"Sky Blue Sky" - Wilco
"Sugar Magnolia" - The Grateful Dead
"Big Sky" - whatever techno act is remixing it these days
"Let Go" - Frou Frou

This will give you some insight...