September 2012
Hip Hop #48 Nas - Daughters
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spent all day yesterday at @cenquist's place (and @benquist's, too) shooting vid for the Pint of Justice mini-film he's putting together
laughs were had
beer was drank
pizza was eaten
and I got to hit on @adriantrimble on film
which was pretty awesome.
except that was yesterday
and today's Hip Hop Sunday.
so enjoy it!
I'm not funny like Harrison Ford
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I try to be, but honestly I can't tell a joke to save my life. most of my wit comes from off the cuff rebuttals and sarcastic remarks, which is okay but there's a fine art in telling a good joke I think.
I just get too wound up over stuff. like last night I was playing super mario galaxy and was trying to do this stupid race with a stupid boo and it just wasn't working. I kept rushing. jumping the gun. not delivering the punchline.
so I got tyrone to beat it for me so I could just save the level and go play zelda because effed if I was wasting my time getting annoyed with a stupid ghost wearing a helmet in space.
I have bigger fish to fry.
we're watching Star Trek: The Journey Home
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why? because we just watched Star Trek: The Search for Spock of course and it only makes sense that we watch the follow-up film immediately because it's an even number and apparently the even-numbered Star Trek movies are the better ones in the series.
also because of this conversation:
what's weird is that despite the fact that Kirk keeps blowing shit up and killing people, they keep reprimanding him and giving him guff even though he always saves the world and sometimes more than one world. you'd think Starfleet would just know to let him do his thing by now, but no. they never learn.
what's also weird is that shatner's acting doesn't get any better with the successive movies. you'd think with all this practice he wouldn't sound so stiff and unnatural but, nope, he's still pretty rough.
I guess that doesn't matter when you kick ass though.
I used to watch Star Trek when I was a kid but was never that into it. probably because my mum watched Start Trek Voyager which from what I understand is one of the least awesome Star Treks, or so The Internet and my boyfriend at the time told me.
nevertheless I used to hang with her in the evenings as she watched it on the Space Channel, remember that? is it still on? I don't have cable, you tell me.
I don't really get people who choose to keep regular cable these days, actually. between Netflix and Hulu and downloading stuff (which I totally don't do) and streaming tv through web browsers it seems like an expensive way to kill time by flipping between channels.
maybe it means I'm getting old.
maybe I'm not cool anymore?
naah.
twentysomethings who watch old Star Trek on weeknights are totally cool.
I'm a sucker for covers
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like today we were listening to this amazing playlist on songza called space age bachelor pad and this song came on that we got up and started dancing to (yeah I know) and then I couldn't find it again
what was it? oh you know, just this cover random of a song from my fair lady by bobby darin
and damn was it a catchy cover
which led to this ridiculous 20+ min search for somewhere I could listen to it again and post here which it turns out is basically impossible. maybe it's to do with the rights on the song or something but it's nowhere to be found, and I had to buy it on itunes the old-fashioned way and have no way to share it with y'alls.
oh well, you get this wicked cake cover instead.
remember cake? how could you forget?
well I did, for a while actually and was only reminded that they existed a few years back when tyrone came over just after we'd started seeing each other. you know that phase where you make sure to gargle mouthwash and sweep yr place and make sure you didn't leave a bunch of hair in the bathroom? yeah, then.
we were having an origami date which involved sitting on the floor in my tiny living room drinking red wine on a weeknight (which I rarely do) and eating grapes and cheese and make elegant paper cranes which I was awful at and of course tyrone excelled at doing. of course.
and I don't remember why but he put on short skirt long jacket and I was blown away by the cleverness of the lyrics that honestly I'd just never really paid attention to as a stupid kid when it came out.
I think I fell in love with him a little more because he reintroduced me to cake. but don't tell him that.
afterwards he sang along to their cover of strangers in the night while we sat on the couch and it's one of my favourite songs ever and that was basically it. I was done for, totally head-over-heels.
that's all it took.
dooby-doooby-doo...
I can't freaking blog today
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I'm stuckI'm frustrated
everything's coming out wrong
and it's almost midnight
and I wanna say something to you
but effed if I know what
so here's a cool video to tide you over while I figure it out
see you kids tomorrow <3
wait for it
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it's worth it, I promise.
can't hang long today guys
I've got a whole shit-ton of schoolreads to do
because I got my ass handed to me in a quiz today
on the second day back, no less!
bloody university
bloody 3000-level courses
bloody the odyssey
(okay maybe not that last one, it's a good read)
but damn
I've gotta pull my socks up
I can't be caught not-remembering the particulars of Nausicaa and Odysseus meeting
or Ong's thoughts on what's wrong with 'oral literature' are
eugh
feck off, studying.
Hip Hop Sunday #47 Puff Daddy ft Faith Evans - I'll Be Missing You
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had this stuck in my head lately for no reason in particular
last night we had jason and kat over and I drank a lot of vodka
I don't usually drink vodka but for some reason we decided that's what would be done and I was up till like 3am hanging out and only woke up just now
I'm tired, and sore
but that's because I exercised like a mofo this week so I could Drink Vodka on Saturday Night
how was your weekend?
(and happy hip hop sunday)
bonded with a stranger today
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not like that omg get yr mind out of the gutter.I was at starbucks in polo park waiting for my tall skinny vanilla latte in the teeny-tiny waiting space they give you after you've ordred which is in-between the rope they use to corral you into the line, and a door so people can exit and enter the starbucks
which is bad enough as it is
but after I got my tall skinny vanilla latte that said 'Tyrone' on it (because he ordered it for me, the sweet thing) I turned to put some milk in it and grab a lid and one of those nice sleeves you put on yr cup so you don't spill tall skinny vanilla latte all over yr fingers
and there was this chick at the milk/sugar/lids bar
standing there
taking her sweet-assed time
this chick was skinny as fawk so it wasn't a matter of physical bulk taking up space, she was just taking up all of it
you guys know what I mean
I sighed real loud and the dude next to me who was also waiting with his coffee in hand
looked over at me and we both pressed our lips into thin lines of disgust and widened our eyes at each other as if to say
wtf is going on here
and chicky is picking through all the various milks
and picking oh, just the absolute perfect cup lid for her precious whatever-the-fuck she was drinking
and her equally douchey boyfriend, with his hat and its stupid gold sticker
just grinned stupidly
and this went on
and on
and on
for a good couple of minutes
which doesn't seem like long but is an eternity in the world of starbucks drink condiment lines
and finally she leaves and dude and I both sign
and he offers to let me use the milk/sugar/lids bar first because some people have manners and he can see my cup doesn't have one of those cardboard anti-heat things
but I said
no
we can share, there's enough room for both of us
and as we put the final touches on our overpriced drinks
we rolled our eyes at each other
and smiled
and he said
"she must not be from around here"
and I laughed.
Aloe Blacc is making my day
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was under-dressed today by accident.
wore a dress & suit-jacket to school thinking I looked posh but what I actually looked like was cold.
it was raining and I didn't have an umbrella but I didn't care because I was just going to class to sit and learn, anyway.
I was the only person smiling at the crosswalk
everyone else was frowning under their umbrellas or hoods and wearing jeans and sneakers and I was getting drenched in my dress and grinning like a maniac
because why the eff not?
life is good, damn the rain.
a boy looked at me like I was crazy but I just grinned at him and he smiled, too
and asked if I wanted to share his umbrella
I said no, thanks, but you're a peach for offering
and splashed in a puddle on my way across the street.
first day back at school and I almost didn't blog omg
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to be honest I was a bit stressed that all my books wouldn't come in on time
especially the odyssey which omg I have to read six sections of by next monday and a bunch of chapters from the book about
orality and literacy
both of which I am quite good at
omg
jk
(not kidding)
neways
I know everyone loves what they're taking in school or at least likes it to some extent
because why else would they take it
but I seriously love being a rhetoric student because language and communication is so, so
important
and fascinating and weird and I come out of my classes all jazzed up about it
which I guess makes me into one of those over-zealous students I used to make fun of
(and still kinda do)
keeners
omg
I'm a keener
I've gotta start making better binder covers
