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[05 May 2005|03:28pm] |
if a person is going to take an exam in a place where people have specific problems with distractibility, and they are taking a test on a laptop, one would THINK the person would have the decency to NOT wear extremely loud/obnoxious/long fake fingernails which make a sound similar to a pen clicking every time they press a key. oh well, i'm just happy that i'm done with my exam finally because it's a nice day out here in western new york. i'm also off to get my new glasses. the ones i'm wearing now are too 'fashionable' for me, though i have updated from the normal style i wear. i also now have to wear perscription sunglasses.
tommorow macca tickets go onsale and i've got to be up at 9am to be here the on highest speed internet, to get them for my mom's friend. i would have got presale tickets, but I didn't sign up for mccartney's official list because of the stupied landmine/peta stuff. i'm only on the unofficial list which i thought was more informative. argh! on another note, i also need brian wilson tickets. too bad they're not performing together, it would save me money and would be splendid (even though brian forgets the words to "god only knows"), that's okay.
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[26 Apr 2005|09:56am] |
well, until a few months ago i hadn't heard an album that was up there with Pet Sounds for me in terms of quality and emotional value. However, I've been listening to Ram by Paul McCartney for the past few months and I have to say it's gotten to be right up there with Pet Sounds for me. Of course, no album will ever be as good as pet sounds (and SMiLE goes in another category), but Ram is just amazing. I intend on having Ram be an album which is my album that is meaningful to me alone (whereas pet sounds always meant something to me in relation to others). So, this isn't going to be one that I push on people or discuss with other people I guess. It's not that I allow music to be ruined, but i think i'd just like to have music where I have memories of just litening to it rather than thinking about other things when listening to it. It should be general, not specific (this probably makes no sense, ack).
Anyway, the whole album flows beautifully and the songs build up like a story. McCartney gets criticized as a lyricist, but he's written some pretty good lyrics (which is demonstrated on this album). He makes nice use of link tracks and i suppose he was inspired by brian wilson through the album, but he certainly put his own spin on things. I liked "McCartney" and the analog sound he had on it, but Ram was like a punk album in a way. He did what he wanted to do on it, recorded it in only a few weeks because he knew where he was going with it. "Dear Boy" is just brilliant, as is "Uncle Albert" despite how it may get knocked, it's an amazing orchestral piece and it fits perfectly on the album. Of course "Too many people" is great, because it was about hypocrites (it was a stab at lennon) and of course, lennon did that postcard of himself holding a pig as a retort. Then of course "Heart of the Country" and "Eat at Home"/"Long haired lady" are great (the latter remind me of something from van dyke parks). Then there's last track "Back seat of my car" is like a (to quote george martin) "Orchestral climax". I'd mention each track on the album but they're all wonderful. The "rockin'" songs on it just rock as well. It's an album where each time I listen to it i hear something new and that's the way an album should be. You can listen to it in the dark and the fact that it's played through analog actually doesn't take away from it, because it's that good. I can't talk about any of the Beatles albums like this beacuse there are tracks that just don't belong on them and so they don't make for complete albums. Eg- Sgt. Pepper has "Lucy in the Sky w/ Diamonds" and "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" and another track which I like them all, but they just don't belong on it if it's going to be an album. Same goes for Revolver, Abbey Road (Octopus's Garden, Something, She's so Heavy *that didn't need to be that long*). So yes, I guess i'm a "Macca snob" just like I'm a Brian wilson snob. I may go on and say that I can listen to macca because he has musical depth where as the rest of the beatles music sounds like beatles music and so it bored me. Alot of people don't take mccartney seriously, but george martin took him seriously and his opinion has always been held in high regard by me. On the other hand, Ringo criticized Ram.. his opinion has never really mattered much (period).
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[05 Mar 2005|12:35pm] |
Yesterday, at a record store I found the follow items on Vinyl in perfect condition (original releases)
Paul McCartney and Wings: Band on the Run x 4 copies $2.99 ea.
Paul McCartney and Wings: Venus and Mars $2.99
Paul McCartney and Wings: Wings at the Speed of Sound $2.99
Paul McCartney and Wings: Wings Over America x 2 $4.99 (too steep for my taste) ea.
Paul McCartney and Wings: Ram $1.99
Paul McCartney and Wings: Pipes of Peace $2.99
The Beach Boys: 15 Big Ones $1.99
The Monkees: Headquarters $1.99
naturally I am getting 2 copies of BAND ON THE RUN. I didn't have money at the time, due to the fact that I had to spend it on anti-biotics due to the fact that I have conjunctivitis... something I have not had since I was 15 years old. I don't know where I got it. Freud fixed my goggles for me the other day but I don't recall wearing them since then. And infact, I don't recall being around chemicals since then either. Well, i don't know.. I will have to be more careful.
Last night was excellent. Although we didn't go to see a beatles cover band, we did some very amusing things. Tonight might be paul mccartney night ........woooooooh. *Hi barb, look at this signed copy of band on the run.*
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[04 Mar 2005|01:20pm] |
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WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP STARING AT ME????? What's going on!?!?! ARGH! My hair rules, it can't be my hair.. though it's rather bright. I allowed rosanne and her neice to influence me and change it because the brown was "ugly". Also, why do creepy people talk to me and suggest ELO b/c of my lunch box? 1. they think i must be friendly, 2. they asked me if yellow submarine was a "good song" from Magical Mystery tour. THEN, they CAME OVER TO SUGGEST ELO and say "Sorry to intrude.... BUT i'm going to be creepy..". anyway... Beatles cover band tonight, wooooh. Also, I just got back my algebra test and I got a 100, it's the second one in a row which I got a 100 on.. and only the second I've taken.. so I therefore am an all around genius. And furthermore, I must change my voicemail b/c I'm certain that dr. reichert's nurse must think I'm even more crazy due to the fact that the greeting is still "ob la di ob la da". as i have said in the past, mccartney is a wonderful lyricist. 'na na na na na', 'beep beep beep beep beep yeah' , obla di obla da', 'say say say', ' go go go', 'good bye, hello'. Actually, "Blackbird" the collection of his poems / songs is wonderful at points and "here today" that he wrote for lennon is beautiful.
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[03 Mar 2005|11:51am] |
12:48 am: *BEEP*.."You have one new voicemail."
*Thinks... someone must have died* So I go out to the freezing cold to hear.. *creepy whisper* "Trotsky, Lenin... I guess you can give me a call tommorow..."
That's no way to win the revolution, little trotsky needs sleep! That phone call came out of no where and at a really late/early time, WTF!? I haven't talked to her in a week, geesh.. i thought it was an emergency (*emergency on planet earth... saving elephants named Rhanee*).
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| you say goodbye, i say *click* |
[25 Feb 2005|04:22pm] |
Thompson shot self while talking to wife"
WHAT A FUCKING FRUIT CAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (the wife)
"He wanted to leave on top of his game. I wish I could have been more supportive of his decision," she said. "It was a problem for us."
SUPPORTIVE? "Problem?" I'll say it would be a problem!!!!! I should think rather than being supportive you'd get the fucking guy to a shrink!
My interpretation: She was so concerned with exercising and whatever, he realized he married a MORON and couldn't believe it, so he killed himself. I mean, the guy was a hero to all of us and then he winds up with someone that was . ... come on, look at what she said. He should have divorced her, not killed himself. I really hope he didn't leave ANYTHING to her. Well no, I hope he left her like $200, so that she can't contest the will. Oh, and frankly, I hope "supportive" meant joining him.
*Bye Hunter* ...
*Bye.. I'm gonna kill myself*
*Sorry I can't be there to support you, gotta tone my saggy ass.*
*CLICK BANG*
*Oh.. dad? Did you drop a book? Whatever..?*
WHATTHEFUCKISWRONGWITHTHEWORLD?
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The Beatles
Magical Mystery Tour
by Unknown -- Obviously Paul wrote it because it RULES!
....We got everything you need.
Roll up for the Mystery Tour.
Roll up.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Roll up for the Mystery Tour.
The Magical Mystery Tour
Is hoping to take you away.
Hoping to take you away.
(Mystery Tour..)
Ah.. The Magical Mystery Tour.
Roll up.
Roll up for the Mystery Tour.
Roll up.
And that's an invitation.
Roll up for the Mystery Tour.
Roll up.
To make a reservation.
Roll up for the Mystery Tour.
The Magical Mystery Tour
Is coming to take you away.
Coming to take you away.
The Magical Mystery Tour
Is dying to take you away.
Dying to take you away.
Take you today.
( The magical mystery and band on the run tour. . )
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| CS the DJ and The Future of An Illusion by *Freud* |
[02 Feb 2005|10:16am] |
So I was walking through the Student Union the other day, and these kjids stop me and ask me to fill out an application to be a DJ at some radio station.. and I figured I had nothing better to do and naturally they wouldn't want me. Soooo, they for some reason were really impressed by my experiences / musical knoweledge / personality?? (no way!!) and then I get this:
"Training is a 4 step process(each step is appx. 30 min) and
upon completion you will recieve your very own 2 hour music slot to rock the
airwaves. If you are still interested please e-mail me back letting me know
what times are best for you to meet and complete step 1. My hours are
Monday and Friday 4pm-6pm and Tuesday 6pm-7pm."
So they even know what kind of music I like and want me to do it , haha. It was hilarious b/c the hip-hop coordinator was talking to me about the avalanches and we both love "frontieer psychiatrist".. then naturally I have to go into the production of the album and why it took so long to make, and that's why they only have one album thus far, etc. The girl that was with him was really impressed by my Elvis Costello badge.. and they weren't turned off by the fact that I like belle and sebastian. And *bonus* the hip-hop kid read something I wrote about seeing SMiLE , and said "Oh SMiLE is a great album, wow Brian Wilson's great." So maybe these people are not bad. But I guess I am pretty knoweledgable when it comes to music and have had some interesting concert experiences, haha. Well, I would make a shitty DJ anyway... we'll see. I know that 'Freud' would be thrilled if I did it.
Oh speaking of, in other hilarious news.. I went to see my doctors yesterday and Dr. Hua: "We are very happy to see you gained 1lb". BAHAHA, 1 lb. WOW! But the really funny thing was that she came in and said "Stephen spoke to me and told me you are a very smart girl... you have a very high IQ. He really enjoys seeing you, he came to tell me about how bright you are and him and I want to get you off these medications eventually." For some reason she thought I was a grad student, and I had to explain to her I was only 20, which she ought to have known, as she had my medical chart, haha. So, she wasn't my doctor before and she has a lot of patients and is hard to get in to see, and she asked me to have her as my doctor. She said she wants me to switch to her as my primary care if I wouldnt mind, even though Dr. Freud told me to have the other doctor, who the hell knew I was so popular? It went well though, she was very pleased, all my results from last time were excellent and i'm very healthy. She said I'm on the right track and that "stephen" told her in the past month i've gotten a lot better, so she was very pleased. She asked me how often I see him and I was like "every week" and she was like "ohh, every week?.. well you see stephen every week and then you come see me once every three months. do you see anyone else?". Me: "Yes, I also see dr. Reichert, he's my psychiatrist." her: "oh yes, that's right, he's very good too." I had to remind her I had only been on the medications for 6 months, so then she realized "stephen" (freud) was talking about going on them in the long term.. in other words, when i'm out of school. It's so nice to have a psychologist that goes over and looks to make sure I'm okay.. and tells my doctor to take care of me because I'm a genius and he likes me a lot (which is ridiculous because .. . come on, I'm capable of being a total moron). But in any event, I had just came from seeing freud before this and he and I spoke about how I was to go about selecting a lab partner for chem (in the event that they weren't assigned, which they were... so it was a hypothetical situation). Anyway, he was clearly talking about other things, not just chemistry in the lab *wink wink*. He has turned me into someone that isn't afraid to go up to anyone and talk with them.. what generally happens is that I find people to use for practice, in the event that I ever find someone that I actually want to chat up, haha. It's quite fun though. We worked on my posture, corrected neurotic tendencies and now the tone of my voice is going to be altered. Oh.. and I am working no having more of a "presence" bahaha. Just like the turkies in his back yark. It's so amazing though, because I am not embarassed to do anything, I can be fun and I even managed to remain self-assured during the 'magical makeover tour'. So anyway, despite the fact that I'm beginning to sound like Oprah here, in the past month I've really been getting in touch with my self and the things that make me happy (BAHAHAHA). In addition to this, freud and I are even closer now that he and I have nothing to come between us. Now it may be sad, but I was talking to my psych professor and he asked me if i had a supportive family, and I explained to him that even though I do not excatly (rather they can be the polar opposite), My psychologist and psychiatrist have trained me to deal with things myself, not to mention there are no two people in the world that I could hope to rely on more (and they honestly don't do it simply because it's their jobs, obviously to an extent, but there are somethings hich go far beyond what they are expected to do which demonstrate their sincereity). If anyone has ever read The Future of an Illusion by Freud (the real Freud), to put it breifly, people turn to god to fulfill something that they are lacking, a need which they cannot meet on their own...
( So it turns out, this is really not breif at all. I suppose this is an essay on The Future of an Illusion by Freud. )
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