For those who follow me closely, you should know that on Monday of last week [August 23], I watched the video that PETA has on their site called Meet Your Meat. After sitting through that, I made the choice to give veganism a try. Here I am, one week later, and I have never felt better. I have more energy, I am discovering new foods [who the hell knew hummus tasted so freaking amazing on sammiches!] and just feel better about myself overall. It actually shocks me that I am doing so well with this, because previous attempts to cut out meat have led to me crawling back to it four or five days later. Maybe I just have more will power now, or maybe something in that video really hit me. I don’t know, but I do know that I am happy with my choice.

Now I just have to live with omnivores. Fuun.

5:34 pm  •  30 August 2010  •  View comments

I really hate these moods I get in sometimes, where I hate every single person around me who has a job when I seem like a complete invalid because no matter how many applications I fill out, I cannot seem to get one call for an interview, and with my eternally depressed outlook, it just sinks my mood lower. I sit here and am stuck in the damn house because I guess as it stands at this second, I am not special enough to have my own house key, not that I could go anywhere. Sure, I have a car, but I never have money to put gas into the car, thus making it useless. I can’t even take Leah to and from work every single day because the drive takes up so much gas thanks to fucking California drivers who have no idea how to drive.

2:46 pm  •  18 August 2010  •  View comments

Now, I need to start off by saying that I haven’t actually been able to purchase this CD yet, but they have it streaming online so I took that opportunity to listen. Bare with me, since I have never really reviewed anything and I always seem to either run out of words to say or just start repeating myself in different ways. Since I know that no one I know really has the same tastes in music as me, you probably are reading this and thing “Who the fuck are The Dollyrots?!”

I only discovered them a few months back when I was on iTunes buying music and I accidentally clicked on their song Dumb. I have a weakness for awesome bands that are fronted by chicks. What can I say, I’m easy! Anyways, I am gonna break the CD down, track by track, and maybe you will find yourself compelled to buy a copy of the CD.. or even buy my broke ass a copy!

TRACK 01. Rock Control.

The first image this song brings to my head is that of a crowded nightclub, bodies packed in and people screaming along, trying to learn the words while hearing the song for the first time. It makes me think of early The Runaways, or any late 70’s rock song, for that matter. It has energy, a catchy hook and easy to learn lyrics.

TRACK 02. Some Girls.

This song definitely makes me think of the girls out there who aren’t afraid to say what they are thinking, and are more interested in honest and honorable more than players.

TRACK 03. California Beach Boy.

I already have plans of blasting this the next time I am driving down to the beach. It has the perfect SoCal vibe. Blast it while relaxing on the beach and let all the boys on the beach think you are playing it about them.

TRACK 04. Rollercoaster.

This song is considerably slower paced than the previous songs listed, but it still works. It describes many relationships I have seen and been a part of.

TRACK 05. My Heart Explodes.

This song goes back to the punk-pop of the majority of the songs I have heard so far. Not often do I find songs that actually make me think of my current relationship, but this one definitely wins. Being so much in love with someone that you want them to love you until the end of time, or until your heart explodes.. whatever comes first!

TRACK 06. A Little Messed Up.

Firstly, the guitar in this song is one of the catchiest riffs I have heard in a while. And I listen to a lot of music, so that is saying something. It is another one of those songs about being in a relationship. No matter how weird/dysfunctional/individual the other person is, you love them for everything everyone else hates about them.

TRACK 07. Pour Tous Jours.

This seems like a song that would be played at a typical prom scene on a television show or movie, showing all of the happy couples slow dancing the night away. It’s a really good love ‘ballad’.

TRACK 08. Big Mouth.

Hyper, upbeat, catchy. Those are the three words that come to mind in the first ten seconds of this song. It makes me think high school backstabbers.

TRACK 09. California.

I feel like if I had a knack for writing songs, I would have written this upon my move to California. It truly describes everything I have seen of it so far.

TRACK 10. Coming After You.

Why do so many of these songs seem so stereotypical high school to me? And why do I love them so much?

TRACK 11. Let’s Be In Love.

The beginning of this song makes me think of something I have heard before, but I cannot place it. I think everyone has had an experience similar to this many times in their lives, even though I have no idea how to describe it.

TRACK 12. Just Like Chocolate.

..is this song basically Dumb with different lyrics? Because it works.

TRACK 13. Om Nom Nom.

I cannot even try to talk about this song because I think any kind of description would completely ruin it. This is WIN. Pure. Fucking. WIN.
 

11:48 pm  •  17 August 2010  •  View comments

The other night, Leah and I went on a “date” to see Charlie St. Cloud. Since the showtime was 9:55, and in a mall, when the movie got out at a little after midnight, of course my mind is going to go insane as we have to walk through a closed up and abandoned mall. The first words I utter after “Go figure the damn escalator isn’t working!” [Sound familiar, mom?!] happen to be “I feel like I am in Dawn Of The Dead.. but without the zombies. It’s like Dawn Of The Fail.”

Then I proceed to point out all of the reasons it would suck to be stuck in a mall with zombies running around everywhere.

• If you have to smash open a store window, that leaves you insanely vulnerable.
• Zombies may not be able to climb stairs, but if somehow the escalator is working [if my mom or I am there, fat chance all you lazy people] then it becomes a lost cause. Because in a three story mall, the zombies can wander the middle floor, where the main entrance is. Since they aren’t the smartest, they can fall down the damn stairs. If the escalators ARE working, they can fall and just be taking up to the upper floor.
• With those damn gates they put over places, you can’t break into the food spots, thus you will starve to death.

Yeah.

7:16 pm  •  17 August 2010  •  View comments