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I hate to admit this, but I've been watching a lot of Kids Incorporated videos on youtube. It's even more embarassing because I never watched them when they originally aired. I didn't have cable, and I was a baby or not born for about half the show. But anyway, I can't even claim it's nostalgia. I've just gotten to really like the cast of the first three seasons. At first I was just watching those because Mario Lopez is ridiculously cute on the drums. And yes, I've also developed a crush on Mario Lopez, better known as the actor who portrayed A.C. Slater on Saved by the Bell. This is all so embarassing. XD But since watching them, I've absolutely fallen in love with Renee, she's adorable!! I love her, find her totally charming. And I even enjoy--to an extent--the upbeat 80s-ness of them. Although I'm still not a fan of the overly electronic sound, or the sort of perpetual high-pitchedness of the young singers. But they do have lovely voices, which I really enjoy. Oh dear. XD Katie's been giving me a hard time because the whole thing is SO 80s.
Speaking of the 80s, I really love the movie White Nights. This is beause I am in love with Mikhail Baryshnikov. I could just watch him walk around all day. And to watch him dance--it's. . . really amazing. He has got such a body!! And Isabella Rossellini is really beautiful and fantastic in it. It's great. I like it because until the tense ending, it's just so much gooey eye candy. Not that it isn't also, like, a good movie with an actual plot. I find it quite interesting to see a portrayal of the Soviet Union just before glasnost began, and not that long before it was dissolved completely (that is, 1985). It's also interesting to think of in terms of Baryshnikov's own relationship with his home country. But mostly I just like it because it's something that I can watch by myself and thoroughly enjoy.
Also, I'm 20 now. Have been for a week. It was actually a rough week. But I had a lovely birthday party on Saturday (my actual birthday was on Monday, the 17th, if anyone's keeping track). I got good swag! A new video ipod, which I was unsure about because I don't need it, but it's really awesome!! And Katie got me two awesome shirts--one of the Clash, yaaaay! I've wanted a clash shirt for a long time now! And one with a picture of Iceman on it that says, "Iceman says be cool, stay in school." AWESOME!! Katie and I are always talking about how you should be cool and stay in school. But we've also decided that I'm too cool for school. And so is Elvis Costello. I mean, really. If he's too cool for Roy Orbison, he is too cool for school. Bruce Springsteen is not too cool for Roy Orbison. He is, in fact, hot for Roy Orbison. It's a thing. Mike got me a Silver Surfer shirt, which is quite awesome looking. . . except I don't read Silver Surfer! But of course, I haven't told him that. If he's secretly reading this, I'm going to feel bad. And I got a book of puns that I'll have to read, and generous amounts of money from family members.
I'm having some issues with my financial relationship with my parents. Basically, as it is now, they pay for essentials and I pay for frivolities. That's what the money I earn from working goes to. It's a very generous arrangement and I'm extremely happy with it, and I never ask them for money. And I spoke to my mom, and she says she's happy with it, and would just like for us to gradually take more responsibility for the smaller essentials in our lives (like toiletries, school supplies, etc), which I do when at school, but she says we should start doing this while at home, too. But that's cool, you know.
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And then today I slept til 2 PM.
Work has been pretty good, though. I really feel like I'm doing good work and really making a difference and helping the code out. I feel like my absence will be noticed. And the people I've been working for have been giving me a lot of compliments. I just feel highly compentent. It's nice. :)
By the way, I just chose this Band icon. And it made me think, the Band could possibly be my favorite music group, period. Their music really is almost unbelievably good. It amazes me, how good it is. It's got such great, like, tunes, but it's also totally rocking and you can totally get into it. Such a great sound. And with their three vocalists, the vocals always suit the song (I am INCREDIBLY in love with Richard's voice). Aaaand they're all such incredible musicians! Like, musically they're just all so talented. And they sound so good. Which I said before. But my god. And I love them as a band--I love the whole idea behind it, of a band where there is no lead singer. And I love them as people, except for Robbie. Garth is so incredible and awesome and such an amazing musician, and he's so fascinating there behind the organ, going crazy! And Levon is soooo handsome and Southern and charming, and also genuine and, like. . . warm, and I adore his book. That is a great book, I recommend it highly. And Rick is so sweet and cute and fun-loving, with his floppy dancing and his puppy-dog eyes, and he's so solid, and he broke his goddamn neck and recovered. And Richard. . . sniffle. Richard is so sweet and his voice is so beautiful and amazing, and I just wish his life had been happier.
Faults of the Band: musically, none. Main fault, in general--I love the name, and someone said, I think, that if anyone deserved to be known as simply The Band, it's them, and it's so true, and it just. . . they are so deserving of it, and it suits them, and it's so basic and simple but hard core. But! It makes them hard to search for. So that's a problem. Also, Robbie's personality, as seen in the Last Waltz and various documentaries, and as described in Levon's book. . . sort of sucks. And I wish Levon had been more pleased with the way things ended. And I wish Rich didn't have a drinking problem and didn't kill himself.
But apart from that, they're just so fantastic in every way.
Speaking of the 80s, I really love the movie White Nights. This is beause I am in love with Mikhail Baryshnikov. I could just watch him walk around all day. And to watch him dance--it's. . . really amazing. He has got such a body!! And Isabella Rossellini is really beautiful and fantastic in it. It's great. I like it because until the tense ending, it's just so much gooey eye candy. Not that it isn't also, like, a good movie with an actual plot. I find it quite interesting to see a portrayal of the Soviet Union just before glasnost began, and not that long before it was dissolved completely (that is, 1985). It's also interesting to think of in terms of Baryshnikov's own relationship with his home country. But mostly I just like it because it's something that I can watch by myself and thoroughly enjoy.
Also, I'm 20 now. Have been for a week. It was actually a rough week. But I had a lovely birthday party on Saturday (my actual birthday was on Monday, the 17th, if anyone's keeping track). I got good swag! A new video ipod, which I was unsure about because I don't need it, but it's really awesome!! And Katie got me two awesome shirts--one of the Clash, yaaaay! I've wanted a clash shirt for a long time now! And one with a picture of Iceman on it that says, "Iceman says be cool, stay in school." AWESOME!! Katie and I are always talking about how you should be cool and stay in school. But we've also decided that I'm too cool for school. And so is Elvis Costello. I mean, really. If he's too cool for Roy Orbison, he is too cool for school. Bruce Springsteen is not too cool for Roy Orbison. He is, in fact, hot for Roy Orbison. It's a thing. Mike got me a Silver Surfer shirt, which is quite awesome looking. . . except I don't read Silver Surfer! But of course, I haven't told him that. If he's secretly reading this, I'm going to feel bad. And I got a book of puns that I'll have to read, and generous amounts of money from family members.
I'm having some issues with my financial relationship with my parents. Basically, as it is now, they pay for essentials and I pay for frivolities. That's what the money I earn from working goes to. It's a very generous arrangement and I'm extremely happy with it, and I never ask them for money. And I spoke to my mom, and she says she's happy with it, and would just like for us to gradually take more responsibility for the smaller essentials in our lives (like toiletries, school supplies, etc), which I do when at school, but she says we should start doing this while at home, too. But that's cool, you know.
And then today I slept til 2 PM.
Work has been pretty good, though. I really feel like I'm doing good work and really making a difference and helping the code out. I feel like my absence will be noticed. And the people I've been working for have been giving me a lot of compliments. I just feel highly compentent. It's nice. :)
By the way, I just chose this Band icon. And it made me think, the Band could possibly be my favorite music group, period. Their music really is almost unbelievably good. It amazes me, how good it is. It's got such great, like, tunes, but it's also totally rocking and you can totally get into it. Such a great sound. And with their three vocalists, the vocals always suit the song (I am INCREDIBLY in love with Richard's voice). Aaaand they're all such incredible musicians! Like, musically they're just all so talented. And they sound so good. Which I said before. But my god. And I love them as a band--I love the whole idea behind it, of a band where there is no lead singer. And I love them as people, except for Robbie. Garth is so incredible and awesome and such an amazing musician, and he's so fascinating there behind the organ, going crazy! And Levon is soooo handsome and Southern and charming, and also genuine and, like. . . warm, and I adore his book. That is a great book, I recommend it highly. And Rick is so sweet and cute and fun-loving, with his floppy dancing and his puppy-dog eyes, and he's so solid, and he broke his goddamn neck and recovered. And Richard. . . sniffle. Richard is so sweet and his voice is so beautiful and amazing, and I just wish his life had been happier.
Faults of the Band: musically, none. Main fault, in general--I love the name, and someone said, I think, that if anyone deserved to be known as simply The Band, it's them, and it's so true, and it just. . . they are so deserving of it, and it suits them, and it's so basic and simple but hard core. But! It makes them hard to search for. So that's a problem. Also, Robbie's personality, as seen in the Last Waltz and various documentaries, and as described in Levon's book. . . sort of sucks. And I wish Levon had been more pleased with the way things ended. And I wish Rich didn't have a drinking problem and didn't kill himself.
But apart from that, they're just so fantastic in every way.
