Saturday morning -

[kyburg]

And Jim has left for work. Estimated time of retrieval, 6:00 PM.

*twiddles thumbs*

I have a music project for our_project to do, a kitchen full of dirty dishes (*sigh* I wasn't home sick all day yesterday, and I brought dinner home, soooo...yeah. Not mine.) that will have to be done before anything else, because, well, ew - and I have a small list of things to get outside the house that I'll save for when the heat of the day is on and I need some A/C to cool off.

I hit a new record yesterday coming home - I've broken the $30 mark for a tank of gas. Go me.

I'd go driving around the garage sales this morning looking for a bike, except...I just spent $30 on a tank of gas. If I pass one running errands today, I'll let you know.

24. 'My Immortal' -- Evanescence (2002) A whimpering post-breakup tune in which lead singer Amy Lee pitifully mourns the end of a relationship over a piano accompaniment that sounds like Pachelbel after the Prozac wore off. 'My Immortal' closely follows the "quantum tragedy paradigm": the shorter the time two people spent together as a couple, the more overwrought the song is that describes their break-up. Judging by the lorry-load of anguish Lee spews out, she split from someone she dated for about an hour (if her lyrics are to be believed, the guy was a real freak, too).

What do Pink Floyd, Bette Midler and Metallica have in common? They've all written horribly depressing tunes, according to Tom Reynolds, author of I Hate Myself and Want to Die. He offers his top 25 miserable tracks - and it's hysterical.

Me, I'm going to go have some pineapple coffee cake I got with dinner at the Local Place last night - and watch some anime again.

Such excitement.

Comments

[caitlin.livejournal.com]

*nod* I've been at work since 5:45am... tried to get here earlier, but my body... uh... refused. *wry*

Good luck with the housework.

Me, I'm going to the chalk festival in Pasadena to help a friend.... then I'll go home and fall over, I think.

WOrk tomorrow too. I asked for it, so I can't complain much.

I'm only in it for the OT at this point.

Meh.

C.

[sweetmegumi.livejournal.com]

That was quite hilarious about 'My Immortal'. I'll try to forget the time I walked around S.F. all by myself playing this damn song over and over for 4 hours. (Don't ask).

I found this one amusing too!


20. 'All By Myself' -- Celine Dion (1996) The Canadian superstar's bombastic cover of Eric Carmen's 1970s hit about loneliness is the audio equivalent of the fire-bombing of Dresden. Celine's vocal histrionics surpass the blood-soaked psychic fury which slaughters the prom-goers in the movie Carrie. Had Ms Dion been around during D-Day, the Allies could have dropped her off at Omaha Beach with a PA system and have her sing 'All By Myself' until the German infantry bayoneted themselves.

Tee hee.

[caitlin.livejournal.com]

*wry* not one of my favourite tracks by her... actually, her stuff tends to fall into 4 categories for me:

1 - love it!
2 - hate it/WHY did you record this?!
3 - have to be in the mood
4 - makes me cry every time

*wry* "All By Myself" falls in #2.

C.

[reannon.livejournal.com]

I have to disagree with him on "My Immortal," though not about its depression factor. It is definitely slit-your-wrists music. But in it she says she held his hand "through the years," so I have no idea where he got the short-term relationship thing from. Factual errors degrade snark!

(Rest of the list is hilarious. Tell Laura I Love Her! I forgot that one. I'm surprised he didn't mention "Leader of the Pack" too.)

[makeitepic.livejournal.com]

I need to read that.

[moropus.livejournal.com]

Great list. The kind of stuff people really need to go with the bottle of Mad Dog next time they get dumped.