(Matisse, I'm copying you sort of. Sorry.)
Here's the thing. I am always looking for new songs that I can play on the guitar. But a huge problem with finding cover songs to sing, is that although the original band might sound cool singing the lyrics, I would just sound crazy/stupid/lame/etc.. (This excludes the song "Summer Girls". I'm pretty sure NO ONE on the planet would sound cool singing this song. But that's just my personal opinion...)
Example 1: Regina Spektor "Hotel Song"
I have dreams of orca whales and owls
But I wake up in fear
You will never be my
You will never be my fool
Will never be my fool
Example 2: Ingrid Michaelson "Lady in Spain"
I am a Lady in Spain
I'll sing a haunting refrain
I am a lady from Mars
And i can unscrew the stars
Example 3: LFO "Summer Girls"
New Kids On The Block, had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick.
And I think it's fly when the girls stop by for the summer, for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch,
I'd take her if I had one wish,
But she's been gone since that summer...
Since that summer.
(If you read all the lyrics, they just get better... or worse depending on how you look at it.)
So whenever I listen to a song I like, I always think, "Will I sound like a fool if I sing this? Do the lyrics even makes sense, or did they just google words that rhyme with 'hits' ? (see above)
When I read Matisse's post about "Hamburg Song" by Keane, I looked up the lyrics expecting them to be somewhat lame. But, on the contrary, they actually make sense! And I like them.
I believe I shall learn to play this song when I return from taking MY LAST FINAL!
I will also take requests, if any of you think of good songs for me to learn. :)
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
"This is our decision to live fast and die young."
Recent developments concerning the Wonderful Adventure of the Century! (I can't remember exactly what I called it last time I wrote about it, but I think that's it).
So the motto of our trip is: We're going to Europe! Don't invite yourself.
This motto came about because a little while ago, one of my friends from high school invited themselves to our trip. But not to worry - it worked out and everything is fine and he is not coming (deep breath). So after that, we decided to keep our trip somewhat on the D.L. (you may ask yourself, "If it's on the D.L., why is she writing about it on her blog?!" First, you must ask yourself how many people read my blog. It's about 5. And they already know about it. So we're safe)
But we recently had another event that threatened the very awesomeness of our adventure. That's right. Another person invited themselves to our trip. And who should it be?
MY MOTHER.
That's right. My mom invited herself to come with us for at least a week. Sheesh! Now let me tell you about this. First of all, although my parents are not coming on this trip, they play a huge part in being the benefactor. So although my first reaction was "NO WAY!" I said, "Well, we'll think about it..." Then I tried to convince her that she didn't even want to come, and said,"You know we are going to be living as cheaply as we can, so I don't think you will even want to go with us." But she countered it with offering to pay for us to live better for that week. Because a trip that includes 10 days with my mother is better than no trip at all, I just said that I would talk to Lex about it.
Directly after I got off the phone with my mom, I called Lex and told her about the threat. When she got home, we talked about it some more and I proceded to call my mother and ask how long she wanted to come for, because she just said she wanted to come for a while before. She said about a week or 10 days. I gave a sigh. Was it worth it? How serious is she?
I decided I had to try the waters a little. I said, in a half jokingly voice, "You're ruining our trip!!".
...a good little test, right? ;)
She said, "I thought that if I offered to pay for better food and housing, you would let me come."
Right then, I knew we were in the safe zone. We continued our conversation about how Lex and I must go on our own, and how it would be much more fun for EVERYONE INVOLVED if she went with my dad.
So the awesomeness factor is still intact... for now. Hopefully we pull this off, even though my parents are being difficult.
Wish us luck.
So the motto of our trip is: We're going to Europe! Don't invite yourself.
This motto came about because a little while ago, one of my friends from high school invited themselves to our trip. But not to worry - it worked out and everything is fine and he is not coming (deep breath). So after that, we decided to keep our trip somewhat on the D.L. (you may ask yourself, "If it's on the D.L., why is she writing about it on her blog?!" First, you must ask yourself how many people read my blog. It's about 5. And they already know about it. So we're safe)
But we recently had another event that threatened the very awesomeness of our adventure. That's right. Another person invited themselves to our trip. And who should it be?
MY MOTHER.
That's right. My mom invited herself to come with us for at least a week. Sheesh! Now let me tell you about this. First of all, although my parents are not coming on this trip, they play a huge part in being the benefactor. So although my first reaction was "NO WAY!" I said, "Well, we'll think about it..." Then I tried to convince her that she didn't even want to come, and said,"You know we are going to be living as cheaply as we can, so I don't think you will even want to go with us." But she countered it with offering to pay for us to live better for that week. Because a trip that includes 10 days with my mother is better than no trip at all, I just said that I would talk to Lex about it.
Directly after I got off the phone with my mom, I called Lex and told her about the threat. When she got home, we talked about it some more and I proceded to call my mother and ask how long she wanted to come for, because she just said she wanted to come for a while before. She said about a week or 10 days. I gave a sigh. Was it worth it? How serious is she?
I decided I had to try the waters a little. I said, in a half jokingly voice, "You're ruining our trip!!".
...a good little test, right? ;)
She said, "I thought that if I offered to pay for better food and housing, you would let me come."
Right then, I knew we were in the safe zone. We continued our conversation about how Lex and I must go on our own, and how it would be much more fun for EVERYONE INVOLVED if she went with my dad.
So the awesomeness factor is still intact... for now. Hopefully we pull this off, even though my parents are being difficult.
Wish us luck.
Friday, April 10, 2009
cakewrecks.blogspot.com
So Alexis and I have been making awesome cakes lately, and we have found this website that is the best website ever. It is so funny. It' all about professional cakes that go wrong. These are people that are actually paying money for these cakes and they are just terrible. It's great. There's this video on the website and I had to share it with you, so I'm posting it. (I also want to watch it whenever I want because it just makes me laugh every time!) So here it is:
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
The People Have Spoken
So tonight (Wednesday 8 April 2009) was environmental science club elections. Now here's the thing - I love environmental science club (eSci) but it is a lot of work to keep it going and to plan all of the activities and stuff, so I wasn't really that excited to run for a position in the presidency.
About a week or so ago, Josh LeMonte, 08-09 eSci club president, chatted with me online and said that I should definitely run for something because he thought I would be really good. I was totally flattered, but as I thought about it I decided that I would not be able to give the time that is needed to plan all of the activities and do a good job being the leader and stuff. Also, I'm not sure that I am super qualified anyways. I love environmental science, but I am somewhat behind in my classes for my major... So I decided I was not going to run for anything.
Anyways... I got a call today from Josh. He says that he, Dr. Terry, and Dr. Hopkins are going through the applicants for the presidency positions and they noticed I was not among the resumes. I told him of my hesitancy that is noted above. He said it was okay; that I would be really good and I could run for a position that requires less time and my experience doesn't matter, etc. So he convinced me to run and I emailed Dr. Terry and said that I wanted to run.
So at the elections I ran for secretary against some transfer from BYU-I and some weirdo kid that sang a song about spiders.
Verdict:
transfer student from BYU-I
So that was a let-down. I mean - I've been highly involved in the club for two years and I have been to fundraisers and I've been to activities and trips. But the public had spoken...
The next election was for recruitment officer. It's pretty self-explanatory. So Dr. Terry carried me over to the next one, even though I said I would like to withdraw. It was just me and the weird spider song kid (who I think may be a freshman. He seemed like it, anyway).
Verdict:
Spider song kid
So I guess I was a little bummed that I didn't win, but 90% of the people there had never been to any club activities, so they were, as Alexis said, "uninformed voters".
So it looks like I will have little to no responsibility next year in the eSci club. Which I am not heart-broken about.
It means more fun.
About a week or so ago, Josh LeMonte, 08-09 eSci club president, chatted with me online and said that I should definitely run for something because he thought I would be really good. I was totally flattered, but as I thought about it I decided that I would not be able to give the time that is needed to plan all of the activities and do a good job being the leader and stuff. Also, I'm not sure that I am super qualified anyways. I love environmental science, but I am somewhat behind in my classes for my major... So I decided I was not going to run for anything.
Anyways... I got a call today from Josh. He says that he, Dr. Terry, and Dr. Hopkins are going through the applicants for the presidency positions and they noticed I was not among the resumes. I told him of my hesitancy that is noted above. He said it was okay; that I would be really good and I could run for a position that requires less time and my experience doesn't matter, etc. So he convinced me to run and I emailed Dr. Terry and said that I wanted to run.
So at the elections I ran for secretary against some transfer from BYU-I and some weirdo kid that sang a song about spiders.
Verdict:
transfer student from BYU-I
So that was a let-down. I mean - I've been highly involved in the club for two years and I have been to fundraisers and I've been to activities and trips. But the public had spoken...
The next election was for recruitment officer. It's pretty self-explanatory. So Dr. Terry carried me over to the next one, even though I said I would like to withdraw. It was just me and the weird spider song kid (who I think may be a freshman. He seemed like it, anyway).
Verdict:
Spider song kid
So I guess I was a little bummed that I didn't win, but 90% of the people there had never been to any club activities, so they were, as Alexis said, "uninformed voters".
So it looks like I will have little to no responsibility next year in the eSci club. Which I am not heart-broken about.
It means more fun.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
New and Improved!
I noticed that pretty much everyone I know is changing their blogs now, so I decided to change mine too. ("pretty much everyone I know" consists of Mike Morris and Alexis Hales.) So this is it... I hope you like it. I give you permission to post a comment, too.
I've got asthma and I can't breath....
As some of you may know, I have asthma. It has been an annoyance my entire life and I need to go to the doctor and get an inhaler, but that is something that continually gets pushed back. Anyways... Alexis showed me this video and it describes my life quite nicely. (except the dying at the end...)
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
Monday, April 6, 2009
A funny Video
Since Billy, Mike, and Lex are pretty much the only people I am aware of that read my blog, I thought I would post this video for them. It's funny... although I think Lex will disagree with the ending. (she doesn't really like comic sans)
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
The Cake of Disappointment
Ok. First of all, I apologize for not writing since the terrible toe incident... I have been sort of busy. Second of all, I apologize for this outrageously long post, but it has to be this way. Anyways... here is a story:
Alexis and I are in a class together and it is called 'The History of Creativity'. This class has the potential of being interesting, but in reality, it really, really is just terrible. At the end of the semester, there is a big project that we have to do. The guidelines are basically to do something creative and turn it in. That's pretty much it.
Lex and I decide to make a cake. So we got permission to do our project together and we started working on it Tuesday, March 31 (because it is due Thursday). So we baked all the cakes Tuesday and decided we would do everything else on Wednesday.
Wednesday comes and we are super excited for this cake. We decide to make a cake in neo-classical style. We found a picture of some building in Russia for our inspiration. We skipped our film class and Lexi skipped work so we could go out and buy all the things that we needed. Which included going to the Wal-mart in Springville, where we got lost for at least 1.5 hours. It was terrible. But we finally got everything we needed and we went back to our apartment, where immediately we realized we did not, in fact, get everything we needed. So Lex went and bought everything we forgot, while I started making the cake.
Alexis and I worked on that cake from 1:00 pm Wednesday afternoon, until 7:00 am Thursday morning. Non stop. (Lex had to go to class for an hour, but other than that, non stop) We FINALLY get done and we are both super tired. I decide I am going to go to sleep for an hour and then get ready to go at 8:00 (because our project is due at 9:00), but Lex says she will just be more sleepy if she sleeps, so she is going to stay awake. I go to bed, while Lexi gets in the shower and as I am in bed, I realize that I left both my phone and my watch upstairs(these are my only alarm clocks). So I decide that since Lex is staying awake, surely she will wake me up at 8:00. So I go to sleep.
Some time later, I wake up and look over towards Lexi's bed, out of habit, I guess. And she is asleep in her bed!! So I run upstairs and look at the clock and it's 10:00 am!! So I race back downstairs, wake Lex and tell her that we have to leave NOW. So we hurry and change our clothes and stuff and get the cake in the car. We go to the Crabtree building, which conveniently has parking right by it but inconveniently, it is all for faculty and staff.
After what seems like an ETERNITY trying to find somewhere to park, I tell Lex to just stay in the car while I carry the massive thing into the building. As I am carrying it towards the building, I realize that the usual tables are not set up and there are no other projects. Before I even get to the building, I turn around and go back to the car. Lex and I decide that it must be somewhere else this year... maybe the Wilkinson Building..? Finally one of the 15 min. parking spots opens up and we go inside to see if there is anything that we can see that would hint to maybe a large creativity fair taking place - nothing.
We go downstairs to the computer lab and look online at the syllabus where there is no information that would be remotely helpful. So we find the calendar of assignments and we are looking for "creativity day".
Suddenly, I hear, " Oh no. No. No way."
"what is it?!"
Alexis points to the screen
I look at where her finger is touching the text of the calendar.
It says:
"Creativity day...... April 9"
In the middle of the dead silent computer lab, Alexis and I moan in our disappointment, disgust, sadness, and stupidity. How could this happen?!
So we sulk back to our apartment. Alexis has to go to work and I go to my bed trying to forget the entire incident.
And that's the story of...
"The Cake Of Disappointment"
Alexis and I are in a class together and it is called 'The History of Creativity'. This class has the potential of being interesting, but in reality, it really, really is just terrible. At the end of the semester, there is a big project that we have to do. The guidelines are basically to do something creative and turn it in. That's pretty much it.
Lex and I decide to make a cake. So we got permission to do our project together and we started working on it Tuesday, March 31 (because it is due Thursday). So we baked all the cakes Tuesday and decided we would do everything else on Wednesday.
Wednesday comes and we are super excited for this cake. We decide to make a cake in neo-classical style. We found a picture of some building in Russia for our inspiration. We skipped our film class and Lexi skipped work so we could go out and buy all the things that we needed. Which included going to the Wal-mart in Springville, where we got lost for at least 1.5 hours. It was terrible. But we finally got everything we needed and we went back to our apartment, where immediately we realized we did not, in fact, get everything we needed. So Lex went and bought everything we forgot, while I started making the cake.
Alexis and I worked on that cake from 1:00 pm Wednesday afternoon, until 7:00 am Thursday morning. Non stop. (Lex had to go to class for an hour, but other than that, non stop) We FINALLY get done and we are both super tired. I decide I am going to go to sleep for an hour and then get ready to go at 8:00 (because our project is due at 9:00), but Lex says she will just be more sleepy if she sleeps, so she is going to stay awake. I go to bed, while Lexi gets in the shower and as I am in bed, I realize that I left both my phone and my watch upstairs(these are my only alarm clocks). So I decide that since Lex is staying awake, surely she will wake me up at 8:00. So I go to sleep.
Some time later, I wake up and look over towards Lexi's bed, out of habit, I guess. And she is asleep in her bed!! So I run upstairs and look at the clock and it's 10:00 am!! So I race back downstairs, wake Lex and tell her that we have to leave NOW. So we hurry and change our clothes and stuff and get the cake in the car. We go to the Crabtree building, which conveniently has parking right by it but inconveniently, it is all for faculty and staff.
After what seems like an ETERNITY trying to find somewhere to park, I tell Lex to just stay in the car while I carry the massive thing into the building. As I am carrying it towards the building, I realize that the usual tables are not set up and there are no other projects. Before I even get to the building, I turn around and go back to the car. Lex and I decide that it must be somewhere else this year... maybe the Wilkinson Building..? Finally one of the 15 min. parking spots opens up and we go inside to see if there is anything that we can see that would hint to maybe a large creativity fair taking place - nothing.
We go downstairs to the computer lab and look online at the syllabus where there is no information that would be remotely helpful. So we find the calendar of assignments and we are looking for "creativity day".
Suddenly, I hear, " Oh no. No. No way."
"what is it?!"
Alexis points to the screen
I look at where her finger is touching the text of the calendar.
It says:
"Creativity day...... April 9"
In the middle of the dead silent computer lab, Alexis and I moan in our disappointment, disgust, sadness, and stupidity. How could this happen?!
So we sulk back to our apartment. Alexis has to go to work and I go to my bed trying to forget the entire incident.
And that's the story of...
"The Cake Of Disappointment"
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