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Thursday, 12 November 2009

  • Currently
    The Script
    By The Script
    Before the Worst
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    Motion City Soundtrack is BACK.

    A few weeks ago Motion City Soundtrack, which is one of my top 5 favorite bands, (Fall Out Boy, Led Zeppelin, Panic! At The Disco, and The Beatles are the other four) released their new single on their website for ravenous fans like myself to snatch it up for free. When I saw them last September, "Even If It Kills Me" was a year old...so bottom line, they're a bit overdue for new material and an accompanying tour (And both times I've seen these gentlemen they've put on one HELL of a show, so I will definitely be hitting their next Connecticut show no matter what) so when this new single came out, I was very excited. The full CD is apparently out in January, sometime around my birthday, which is the 29th.

    The new song, "Disappear" seems to be in the vain of their older stuff. It's less poppy than the stuff on "Even if it Kills Me" and "Commit This to Memory", and more along the lines of the sound of their debut "I Am the Movie", but slightly more polished sounding...if that makes any sense.

    Here, I will even provide a comparison :P
    This is the new song: Disappear

    This is "Red Dress", off their first CD

    The "revert" back to their old sound might alienate some of the newer bandwagon-y fans who were all "Zomgz MCSSSS" when their music was featured on Gossip Girl, but I don't think that it will hurt them in the long run.

    Just for good measure here's two other songs of theirs from "Commit this to Memory" and "Even if it Kills Me" respectively. Justin Pierre's voice is amazing. No lie.

    When "You're" Around is the acoustic version, the studio version is here.
  • Currently
    Face Value
    By Phil Collins
    In The Air Tonight
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    I'm lax. I know.

    I know I've been really neglectful of this thing as of late. I've adjusted to the new job and all, but after dealing with road-rage inducing morons for about an hour each way everyday, I come home pretty much exhausted. It would probably help if I could post to this thing on my Blackberry considering it's pretty much always glued to my hand...but that doesn't seem to be happening. I tried downloading the mobile app they're hawking on the front page, but whenever I enter my number to get the text the text claims there's a link, which to my phone appears to be non-existant.

    Twitter is fast becoming my social networking drug of choice. It's quick, it's easy, and, to borrow a line from Apple's insidious iPhone ads: There's an app for that.

    I've kind of taken a hiatus of sorts from playing WoW...Justin got me sucked into another MMORPG in the same vain called Aion. I haven't been playing Aion as voraciously, he's actually disappointed that I'm only level 12 =P He also doesn't seem to understand the concept that I stare at a computer screen for eight hours a day, I like to have a few computer-free hours when I get home.

    On that note, things with him are still going swimmingly after a year and four and a half months. Yesterday he had an over the phone interview for a job way the hell down in Shelton at a cable company. Last I knew (when he pursued this last year and then gave up on it) was that it had something to do with tech support. All I know is it will be paying him twice what he's making now at Walgreens, and it would be using what he went to school for. I had to wake his ass up at the crack of 8 am (which for Mr. I'm-so-not-a-morning-person is an ungodly hour) so when they called him at 9 he wouldn't still either a, be asleep, or b, sound like he just woke up. He says it went well...hopefully these people are kind to him and don't partake in chain yanking like I experienced so damn many times over the summer on my job hunt.

    Anyhoo, I should probably get going...I have a lovely appointment with the lady doctor. Apparently something came back abnormal on my pap smear and he wants another look now that I actually have insurance. I refuse to worry about it until I have to, but yeah...I'm nervous.

    I'll be back later, I have an idea for a few posts =P

Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Monday, 12 October 2009

  • Currently
    Ocean Eyes
    By Owl City
    Fireflies
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    Awww. Fawnage.

    For lack of anything more productive and intelligent to post today [It's one of those days...It was freakin freezing this morning, and my tire pressure monitoring BS in my car decided to go batty and claim my tire was underinflated, when in all reality it was fine...But I blew each of them up to 35psi on my way home so I don't have to deal with that shit again when the temps drop again...but other than that...the car is splendid] I have decided to repost a cheesy note from Facebook about the boy and I =D

    Of course, here I have the luxury of linking to pertinent posts :)

    1.) Where did you meet?
    This here time suck of a website.

    2.) Who introduced you?
    He messaged me. And I was laying on my mom & dad's couch in South Carolina like "Wtfffffff? Who is this????" It was the night before I came home.

    3.) What was the first thought that went through your head when you met?
    Hmmm...he looks different than his facebook picture. [It was the lack of facial hair...haha]

    4.) Do you remember what he/she was wearing?
    A button down, khakis, and flip flops...and I remember thinking "FML...he's dressed better than I am."

    5.) Where was the first place you kissed this person?
    In his car in front of Jess' house when he brought me back from the fireworks :)

    6.) How long did you know this person before you became a couple?
    We talked back and forth on Facebook for two weeks...during which time I kept kinda blowing him off...Wow, don't I feel like a dumbass now...and then we went on our first date =P

    7.) How did he/she ask you out?
    It pretty much went like this on our Facebook message back and forths: "So, you working tomorrow?" "No, Thursday's the only other day I'm working this week." "Cool...come to Bohemian Pizza...we can talk, have a good time, watch my friend play guitar..." Or something to that effect.

    8.) Do you have kids with this person?
    No

    9.) Have you ever broken the law with this person?
    Yeah.

    10.) When was the first time you realized that you really liked this person?
    Five minutes after I met him...although apparently because I am a "mute" he thought I hated him ;P

    11.) Do you get along with his/her family?
    Love them :)

    12.) Do you trust this person?
    With my life and then some.

    13.) Do you see her/him as your partner in the future?
    Of course.

    14.) What is the best gift she/he gave you?
    Hmmm, the birthday surprises, earrings, standing in line with a buncha screaming morons so I could meet Fall Out Boy...the list goes on <3

    15.) How long have you been with this person?
    1 year, 3 months, and 10 days =D

    16.) How well do you know your man or woman?
    I'd like to think very well, but he's always got a few tricks up his sleeves =D

    17.) What attracted you to her/him first?
    Hahaha pretty much everything about him :)

    18.) Hair color?
    Brown

    19.) Does he/she let you wear their pants?
    I don't. But he prolly would :P

    20.) Do you have a shirt of hers/his that you sleep in?
    Hehe I kidnapped one of his white shirts once...K I lied, he left it here...but I wore it for two days haha...but then I washed it and gave it back.

    21.) Does she/he make you happy?
    Boy makes my world go round :)

    22.) Does she/he have any piercings?
    Negatifffeeeeee

    23.) Does she/he have any scars that you know of?
    Yes.
    I just noticed a couple of dents in his forehead the other day that are from a cat scratch I guess :P

    24.) Is she/he Outgoing or Shy?
    Outgoing...aka THE COMPLETE FREAKIN OPPOSITE OF ME

    25.) Does she/he sing?
    I like it when he sings...it's cute =D

    26.) Do you like her/his friends?
    They're cool

    27.) Does she/he have any tattoos?
    Indeedy.

    28.) Does she/he look like their mom?
    Like his Dad.

    29.) Do you like her/his sisters/brothers?
    Pshhhhh he's an only child...and you can so tell ;P

    30.) What is the most romantic date he/she has ever taken you on?
    Going to the White Memorial boardwalk after we went to dinner one night.

    32.) Do you live with this person?
    No...
    Not yet anyway.

    33.) Do you have any pets together?
    I love the Hooligans. That is all that needs to be said.

    34.) Where is this person?
    At his computer.

    35.) What is your anniversary date?
    070208<3

    36.) When will you guys do something next?
    Friday at the very least.

Sunday, 11 October 2009

  • Currently
    The Beatles (The White Album)
    By The Beatles
    While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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    The most detailed post I've written in a while.

    A good weekend, well spent I'd say.

    I'm still getting used to the concept of not being required to work on the weekends.

    Friday, when I got out of work I felt like complete crap with a raging headache, and it was compounded by bumper to bumper traffic on I-84. Usually it's a bit slow at this point anyway because the highway merges from four lanes, to three, then two, but Friday night was obnoxious. It was backed up way further than normal, and I moved the span of an exit [a mile and a half tops] in twenty minutes. And the irritating part? There was no visible explanation for the obnoxiousness either. No accident, nobody broken down, NOTHING.
     
    This shit sucks. Happy Friday.

    Once I got through that utter clusterfuck, it was off to the vineyard to watch Andrew play. When I got there I was all confused, because nobody I knew was there. Apparently Andrew was running late, and the boy was working til 6. He hadn't shared that tidbit of information with me, and via a cryptic text earlier in the day he says "Phones dead call the store if you need me"...Of course it would have helped if he had shared Walgreens' phone number with me...because sitting at work 40 miles away, its not like I have access to a phone book that would have the listing...*sigh* After he showed up, all was well...and then I intended to go home and crash because my head was still pounding. Instead I was promoted to being the boy's personal chauffeur because he decided to go to his friend Matt's [well one of them] house and become incapacitated. I cursed driving his backwards ass freakin car the entire way back to his house. Every function, such as highbeams, are the exact opposite of the way they are in MY car. The idiots at Mitsubishi decided that it would be more logical to pull the headlight stick BACK to keep your highbeams on, whereas in my car, and the other two I've owned, you flip it FORWARD. So we like to go back and forth cursing the "backwards Japanese" [Me about his car] and the "backwards Koreans" [Him about my Hyundai]. Needless to say we took MY car to my house =P

    Because the boy is not a morning person, it took nothing short of me practically shoving him out of bed to get him up and in the shower in time for work when the alarm on my Blackberry went off. When his mom called a few minutes later she seemed quite pleased that I had him up and his ass in the shower :) By the time he straggled out of the shower...he takes for-freakin-ever...it was too late for me to bring him home to get his car, so I brought him to work. We stopped at Dunkin Donuts. I got a Watermelon Coolata for my trouble...and those things are like happiness in a cup.

    Shh. Yes, I am driving. It was a straight shot and nobody was coming. Don't worry about it.

    After that I watched some old school MTV "Reality" [Laguna Beach] and took a nap, because by god, it was my day off, and I'll be damned if I'm getting up at 7am and staying up :) At about 11:30, my friend Liz texted me and we went out for lunch at 99, and I had the Chicken Sausage Al Forno, which was beastly...I had 3/4 of it wrapped up. Liz and I were upset that our favorite waiter Jared wasn't there. He usually knows what we're gonna get before we order it. If it weren't for the fact that he is quite obviously gay, he would be eye candy =P

    After that, Liz required my assistance to change her bellybutton ring for the first time...I think we freaked out a couple of old ladies in the bathroom at the restaurant because she insisted upon doing it there before she had to go back to work. After that, I lolled around town because I thought it was pointless to drive home and then turn around an hour later to go get the boy from work.

    After that, we hung around until it was time to go to Matt's house for a party that was billed as a "rager".  It really wasn't. The boy passed out by 10:00, and me not long after. I was sleeping with an eye half open because apparently it was amusing that we were both asleep and people wanted pictures. They kept getting pissed when I caught them =P

    Today we just kind of chilled out too until he had to go to work...then I went home to await the results of me and Justin's matchmaking efforts: We set Liz and Andrew up. As of 20 minutes ago, the verdict is in, and it went well, so our best friends being together is a distinct possibility.

    Hopefully this week flies, depending on how the money situation looks when I get paid Friday [this getting paid biweekly shit is hard to get used to] I will go see Avenue Q in Waterbury [I've always wanted to see it on Broadway, and this is cheaper haha] and then my friend John wants to go to Salem, Massachusetts next weekend.

Thursday, 08 October 2009

  • Currently
    Eve 6
    By Eve 6
    Inside Out
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    Ho hum

    I've been busy with work. You wouldn't think sitting at a desk in front of a computer all day would be all that exhausting, but it is. I'm past the whole "getting up at the crack of dawn is murder" thing and have finally settled into a routine.

    Today I was officially assigned a nursing home whose medical records I am pretty much solely responsible for...I am officially not really "the new girl" anymore...I have the same crap to do as everyone else now...of course on a less grand scale, because I'm still being eased into it. [Well that, and another girl started two weeks after me] I can't complain though. I enjoy mindlessly data entering and being off in my own little world with my iPod. It beats getting verbally and sometimes physically abused by deranged old people. I don't have to deal with bodily fluids, and I don't have to work weekends :)

    Other than that, life has been pretty boring: Work, Seeing Justin, seeing friends...that's about all I have time to do...haha

    I've been sucked further into the world of Twitter...mostly because there are a myriad of apps for the Crackberry for it :P

    *hinthint* xanga needs a mobile app that actually works for my damn Blackberry!

    So, if you twitter, follow me...my name is WrongImpression, after the Natalie Imbruglia song, because RunningWithScalpels is too long apparently =/

Thursday, 01 October 2009

  • Currently
    Physical Graffiti
    By Led Zeppelin
    Kashmir
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    And then we wonder why people get road rage...

    With my new job, my daily commute has pretty much quadrupled each way from what it was before. Thus, I am obviously spending more time on the road, and subsequently experiencing more of people's idiocy...especially on the death trap that is Interstate 84 (and sadly I go the span of about four exits, which is not far at all). I have written before about motorists in Connecticut and the state of the stretch of highway I now travel on a daily basis before. [In spite of the fact that I swore up and down that I categorically refused to use it]. I pretty much have to take my life into my own hands during my commute in the morning and afternoon [I've yet to decide which one is worse.] and I am convinced that some corrupt DMV employee [and in this state, they sure as hell aren't too hard to find] is putting licenses in gumball machines and selling them for 50 cents. Otherwise, I don't see how half the people on the road could even have a license, because if they exhibited such stupidity during license testing they sure as shit would have failed.

    ANYWAY...

    Here is a brief refresher course for people who have forgotten common courtesy and common sense rules of the road:
    1. On-Ramps: On ramps are designed for you to try to get up to highway speed. I understand that you can't instantly accelerate from 30 miles an hour to 65 or 70, but that's what the ramp is for. It is not there for you to mosey on up at 35 miles an hour with a stream of cars behind you all pissed off because you won't step on the damn gas. Of course people insist upon doing this when there's a heavy flow of cars already pouring down the highway, thus making it a pain in MY ass to merge because I'm not up to the correct speed to match the flow of traffic because Little Miss Featherfoot in front of me can't be bothered to use the on ramp properly. People are notorious for this on my way home in the afternoon coming off of 84 west on to Route 8 north, where you've got traffic from 84 east and and Route 8 north to worry about, and because of the state of Connecticut's "brilliant" design of the mixmaster, the traffic you are merging into is coming at you from both sides.
    2. The purpose of the left hand lane on ANY highway: In most circles this is known as the fast lane or the passing lane. As such, it is beyond me why people insist on traveling in that lane when they are doing 5 under the speed limit. That's what the right lane is for dumbass.
    3. Weaving Lanes in a traffic jam: Why even waste your time? Eventually you will get to whatever is causing the traffic issue [in my case, three lanes diverging into two], and have to sit there, thus negating whatever time you think you have saved. Plus people who do this tend not to use their signal lights which brings me to my next point...
    4. Signal lights: Unlike DVD navigation, THESE ARE NOT AN OPTIONAL FEATURE ON YOUR CAR. USE THEM! I do not pride myself on my psychic skills. I am not a mind reader, and I would appreciate a little forewarning if you plan on weasling your ginormous SUV into a space the size of my little Hyundai. This does not mean you put it on for a half a blink either, because that's just as useless as completely ignoring the fact that you need to be using it. I swear the horn on my car has gotten more use in the last three weeks than it has in the nearly 7 months I've had it.
    5. Lane Changes: Has nobody heard of a safety cushion? When you decide that your lane is going too slow and you decide to cut me off, for the love of God, do it with more than 6 inches to spare between your back bumper and my front bumper...because I swear to god...if you make me fuck up my pretty little Hyundai, I will get out of my car and push you into oncoming traffic...after you give me your insurance information of course. Also, if you're going to merge behind me, leave more than 6 inches between me and you, because you know damn well people are stupid and eventually I'm going to have to abruptly step on my brakes...likely because some asshole decided to merge into the fast lane 6 inches in front of me when they're going slower than I am. Tailgaters suck, hardcore. If I didn't have a brand new car pretty much, I would be more than willing to brake check these assholes.

    Most people need a remedial driving course. Bottom line.

    In closing, though, truckers, you are not god of the highway, so stop acting like it. I know you have blind spots the size of Russia, but that does not give you permission to drive like an asshole...because you could pretty much obliterate me AND my car.

Saturday, 26 September 2009

  • Currently
    Departure
    By Journey
    Any Way You Want It
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    A budding TV career? Ha, I think not.

    So, I made my television debut this evening. Mind you it was on local access TV, but it was still exciting.

    Apparently my input was wanted for the Not So Late Show's video game episode...since I am pretty much perpetually glued to WoW, but it wasn't really discussed, sadly. Pat, one of the guys on the show, is an avid WoW player and he wanted to talk about Cataclysm...the new expansion coming out at some point next year, and he said maybe next week. I wouldn't mind going back, it was not something one gets to experience everyday, and despite the fact it was on a small scale, it was still really fun. Plus we all know I love WoW, so extolling its virtues and whatnot wouldn't be difficult, whereas today I just kinda sat there nodding in agreement since they were discussing upcoming console releases, and since the most advanced console I have is PS2, I had absolutely jack to contribute.

    Mucho props to John for inviting me, and then driving me home to get my spare keys because I am a spastic retard and locked my keys in my car. All in all it was a fun night, and while the boy rudely neglected to invite me to the barn rendezvous or whatever, I still found a way to have fun.

Monday, 21 September 2009

  • Currently
    Lonely Road
    By The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
    Represent
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    Songs to abuse. Or something.

    Since my previous post was so musically scathing, why don't I write a post about songs I'm actually digging at the moment?

    Long Shot - Kelly Clarkson - Honestly Kelly, Carrie Underwood, and Chris Daughtry are the only former contestants of that show that have done worth a shit commercially in music, and I don't even think Chris Daughtry won his season, which goes to show that America should not be trusted with choosing the next big thing...but I digress. This song is pure pop in the same style as "Since U Been Gone", a musical formula that worked well for her.
    Get Back - The Beatles - I love Paul McCartney's voice. Plain and simple.
    Fairytale - Sara Bareilles - This song for some strange reason comforted me through the whole Philadelphia debacle. Plus it's just really catchy.
    C+F - Sam Prekop - A Pandora-suggested song that's got a chill vibe to it. Definitely helps that it's been coming over the iPod in the morning right about when I hit retarded amounts of traffic.
    Break - Three Days Grace - They are my favorite band to blast when I get pissy.
    True Affection - The Blow - The girl has a voice that has the same sort of vocal quality as Lily Allen and Inara George of the Bird and the Bee, both of whom I adore.
    Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna - Another song that got me through the Philadelphia debacle. Though obviously my situation was not entirely the same...and listening to the song probably made me a bit paranoid about it. *Sigh* but that's over, so whatever.
    Be OK - Ingrid Michaelson - My mantra during unemployment.
    Second Chance - Shinedown - "Tell my mother, tell my father that I've done the best I can, to make them realize this is my life, I hope they understand..." Hello parent issues wrapped up in a single lyric
  • Currently
    You Really Got Me
    By The Kinks
    You Really Got Me
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    Ripping some popular music to shreds.

    In the spirit of Twitter...here's a post about music. And it's Monday, music Monday. What now?

    Since my commute to work has pretty much quadrupled, I'm obviously spending much more time in the car than  I used to. Since my iPod is my best friend at work [Lord only knows nobody else there is my age...LIKE FREAKIN USUAL] I like to conserve the battery until I get there in the morning. My choices are random burned CDs, which I get bored of after four plays, Station surfing the regular radio, and station surfing XM.

    As such, I've been aurally abused by the following terrible songs on a regular basis:
    The pop remix of "You Belong With Me" by Taylor Swift--and less frequently the pop remix of "Love Story" - I love Taylor Swift, I really do. But seriously...there is no reason to remix every damn single she puts out with a pop version. If the shallow teeny-bopper set [at whom these pop remixes are aimed] can't appreciate the awesomeness of Taylor's original music, which is obviously country, they should fuck off. Go real or go home! Personally, I think Kanye West was pissed off that someone who performs some semblance of a non-mainstream genre [Yes, I know Country is popular...ect, but my point is that it's not MTV material by any stretch] beat Beyonce and her substandard pop. I'm sorry, but Single Ladies was probably one of the most obnoxious songs of 2008.
    She Wolf - Shakira - This song is like pseudo-80s pop. In a bad way. I cringe every time I hear it.
    One Time - Justin Bieber - The kid is a white Usher wannabe [as clearly evidenced by the video] and it sounds like his nuts haven't even dropped. Pass.
    Hotel Room Service - Pitbull
    - This man needs to fall off the face of the earth. It is beyond me why anyone would go to a hotel room with him...he is ugly as shit.
    Obsessed - Mariah Carey - Ughhhh she is so washed up. As the 90's came to a close, so did her relevance.
    I Got a Feeling - Black Eyed Peas - Admittedly this is better than Boom Boom Pow, but it's just bland and boring.

    I honestly can't see how these songs are pretty much all top 10 songs. Well, Taylor Swift I can, because the girl can make a CD go multiplatinum in an era where CD sales are in the shitter. Plus, the songs aren't bad, it's just the fact that they insist on playing the remixes that annoys me

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