I think this is long overdue. Because of privacy issues I have moved over to my LiveJournal.
Thanks to Cocoa for hosting me with Movable Type for so long.
October 2007 Archives
Does anybody know what the conventional interpretation of "Somebody Told Me" by The Killers is? D: I've had several discussions with various roommates and friends in the car every time the song comes on the radio, and the conclusion I have always jumped to (and some people seem to agree with me) is that the narrator/singer realizes that he might be potentially gay, because he's still got the hots for his ex-girlfriend who has, since they've broken up, gotten a sex change:
...Never thought I'd let a rumor ruin my moonlight
Well somebody told me
You had a boyfriend
Who looked like a girlfriend
That I had in February of last year
It's not confidential
I've got potential
What's also curious is that the gender of the second person (you) is never fully described in the lyrics of the song. So 'you' could either be a man or a woman. Interestingly enough, I always assumed that the 'you' was a female, though upon reading the lyrics in text without music, my default assumption could be erroneous. I wonder if the assumption of the gender of the second person has anything to do with the gender of the listener (me and my friends who are hearing it on the radio).
Anyways, I'm curious what everybody else who reads this blog thinks about the lyrics of the song and what they mean.
DISCUSS.
Not sure if anyone in the Boston or Chicago areas read my blog anymore, but for those of you in Boston who are looking for something to do on Sunday October 21st, one of my favorite Los Angeles bands, The Deadly Syndrome is playing at the Middle East Upstairs. Check them out! They're a great live band with a great new, folk/punk sort of sound. :3
They're also going to be playing at the Empty Bottle in Chicago, IL on October 25th. You guys in the midwest who say 'pop' should go see them too.
They're coming back to LA to play at Spaceland on Halloween, which I won't be able to attend, unfortunately. ._. But they're definitely one of those bands I'd see every time they're playing in town. GO SEE THEM and listen to some of their stuff!
There is something very satisfying about taking a fine point red Sharpie to the first test of the class you're TA-ing. The most rewarding though, is not having to mark someone's test at all.
Seeing "The Neverending Story" as the midnight movie at the Nuart Theatre made me realize three things:
1) The Empress looks like she's suffering from leukemia, and it's kind of creepy. I used to think she was quite attractive as a kid, but thankfully now that I'm older I'm not into loli. Phew.
2) Magic Knight Rayearth is totally a retelling of The Neverending Story with less books and more girls, GIANT ROBOTS, and tragedy. I'm still not sure which one of the two is better.
3) The movie wins for having the creepiest attic ever.
Other highlights of the weekend include finishing my Hogwarts costume (now I have to wait two weeks for Halloween before I can break it out of the closet D:) and spontaneous trips to Guelaguetza for delicious Oaxaccan cuisine. I love my roommies. X3 ~<3
Anybody in the LA area interested in seeing "The Neverending Story" as a midnight movie tonight at the Nuart Theatre?
YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!
Who just got King Lear tickets?
ERIN AND I JUST GOT KING LEAR TICKETS!
Royal Shakespeare Company + Sir Ian McKellen, baby! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I just bought it cause I wanted the juicer.
There was some debate over the weekend in my apartment, wherein my roommate was being annoyed at Facebook for being there and being Facebook, and a bit at his girlfriend (and the rest of the world) for indirectly forcing him to use Facebook.
His girlfriend and I sort of tried to defend Facebook as a tool of the modern internet generation, wherein we can find out what some old friends of ours are currently up to without having to go through the tedious, tiresome process of actually having to talk to them and make polite conversation while pretending to actually care. See, Facebook is a great tool of the anti-social internet generation where textual information takes the place of face-to-face or voice-to-voice interaction.
I have also recently, on Facebook, managed to ping an old house alum of particular reknown, one Ryan Lackey, of whom many, many epic house legends are told. Including one of my favorites, wherein one of the gay housemates decided to lie in wait for him on his bed, naked, with a rose in his teeth. That one's a classic.
See? I'd never get these wonderful details from their original source were it not for Facebook.
NIH TRAINING GRANT GET!
I hope it doesn't mean that I've suffered a pay cut, because the rate that the training grant pays is lower than what the program requires that I be paid. ;______; *sniffles* That would totally suck if I got paid less!
Either way...
GRANT GET! *glee*
Oh, Initial D World internet radio, what would I do in my surgery suite without you?
I think this can be classified in the "I learned this in seminar today" category. D:
Note to self.
Went with a group of friends to go see Avenue Q on Saturday evening. Tickets were almost $80, but it was worth every penny I paid for it. The references were awesome and the songs were really cute (and mostly true).
If Avenue Q is playing near you anytime soon, go see it. It is full of hilarity.
(incidentally, is anyone in my area up for seeing Wicked or the Sweeny Todd revival when it comes this spring?)
