SG, you're killin' me, smalls!

The wait for my second set to go up is unbearable. It kills me every day to see that it still hasn't been put up. Sigh.

Anyhow, I'm tapped in to someone's wi-fi! I thank the internet gods every time I turn Airport on and see that I'm still solid with a signal, and that the people to whom it belongs haven't kicked me off and enabled security and/or don't know how. So that's fucking awesome.

My slackin' ass finally got my hair done. It had been a month and a half grown out, and the red was fading. It was an embarrassment. I didn't even like looking in the mirror. When you've got a bright color on your bangs and an asymmetrical cut, you have to keep it up. You can't let yourself slack off or it looks crappy. Which mine did.

And I have an appointment next Tuesday to touch up my knuckles. Now, if I can just stay on this shit-together track, I'll be good. Ha, ha..

Work has been soooo slow. Almost unbearably slow. Tax time really fucks with people. I don't get it. I mean, unless you make an effort to stay as off The Man's radar as possible, you're gonna have to deal with paying or being refunded tax money. It's a part of our capitalist, American life. What good does bitching about it do? Try voting. Try making an effort to inspire change. Otherwise, what purpose does your pissing and moaning serve? Sorry, it's just an aggravating season at the moment.

Some songs I've really been into lately, however late my discovery of them may be:

Stop & Stare- OneRepublic
My Curse & End of A Heartache- Killswitch Engage
Life is Beautiful- Sixx A.M.
Love Like This- Natasha Bedingfield & Sean Kingston (considering how much I LOATHE "unwritten," I'm surprised that I dig this song)
Straight to the Bank- 50 Cent
Scream- Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson
anything by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes--if you haven't checked them out, DO. It is the fucking greatest, most amusing shit. Punk rock covers of classic and contemporary songs. Two words: Goodbye Earl. Once you've heard their cover of it, you really appreciate the song.

Yes, it's all over the map. I like a wide variety of music. Depending on my mood (which, though placid on the surface, really changes with the breeze), I go from Chopin to Black Flag. Yup. There's a shortage of really quality music out right now, so if I find something I feel has good lyrics and/or good musical composition, I get right into it. There's a lot of fine-to-listen-to stuff out at the moment (ie: the Love Like This song), but very few broadly talented artists. I'm really feelin' Killswitch. Homeboy has some fucking range. And the instrumental aspect of their stuff, it's reminiscent of-don't slaughter me, you rabid Dimebag fans-Pantera. I mean this in the sense of heavy yet not redundant guitar, varied and broadly pitched vocals (Phil Anselmo I salute thee), and steady drum talent providing that necessary heartbeat to each song, working with rather than overshadowing the other instruments.

Anyway. Now that my Killswitch-stroking has come to a close...

Oh, and what the FUCK? NKOTB reuniting? Did I miss the bulletin that their career was cut unjustly short?




For the final thought on my music diatribe--

Justin Timberlake. Justin and Madonna. Does anyone else see something off about this partnership? Mega-empires aside, I'm a little wary. I just don't trust him. Anyone who goes from The Mickey Mouse Club to superstardom working with people like Timbaland and Madonna without a single rehab stint? Yep, something's not right there.

Much love, kiddies!

XOXO
Astatine