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Apr. 29th, 2008 03:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brokenrecordOMG IS THAT BUSTER BLUTH (Tony Hale) IN FALL OUT BOY'S NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR THEIR COVER OF "BEAT IT"? PLEASE TELL ME I'M NOT IMAGINING THINGS AND THAT'S TOTALLY HIM BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE BEST THING EVER.
Anyways, The Cab's Whisper War is out today! I totally forgot about that until... last night, pretty much. I actually wasn't expecting to like it very much just because... they're kind of too pop-y for my tastes. I know that FOB and related bands can be rather pop-y at times, but... The Cab reminds me of NSYNC way more often and more... blatantly, I guess. And I enjoy listening to old NSYNC every once and awhile, but a lot of that is the nostalgia factor and not so much that it's actually good. But I liked this! It is still pretty pop-y, but it sounds less boy-bandish overall. And I was disappointed looking at the track list before hearing the songs that Singing Myself to Sleep isn't on there because the acoustic version from that radio show that has circled around is my favorite The Cab song, but then it turned out it was, it just had a different name and sounded different. And I like the acoustic more, but I'm happy it was included. Ah new music makes me happy. ...ugh but now I'm considering seeing them at the House of Blues Anaheim in May. Are there still tickets to that? I kind of hope there aren't just because I really can't spend any more money before I know I'll definitely have a job for the summer (even though HOB Anaheim tickets are cheap; I think I saw they were selling for $10? Of course that doesn't include the millions of dollars Ticketmaster charges for convenience fees and all).
Random stuff on last week's Ugly Betty that I meant to mention at some point and forgot about:
I... ship Betty/Gio now, maybe? How the hell did that happen?
Actually, I can tell you how it happened: Betty/Henry has been awfully executed and made me really dislike both Henry and Betty. There's just way too much angst in their relationship, and I feel like there's no point in getting invested in him and them as a couple when I know that he's going to have to leave so soon. And he's been such an idiot in regards to Charlie and to how she's manipulating him; I mean, OBVIOUSLY CHARLIE ISN'T REALLY SICK. YOU KNOW SHE'S NOT SICK. UGH. I just... I'm so frustrated with their relationship. They aren't interesting at all anymore. At this point, I look forward to when Henry has to be shipped off to Arizona when Charlie gives birth (I'm unspoiled, I'm just assuming and hoping this is what's going to happen).
That's actually not all, though, because I could dislike both ships at the same time. But all of a sudden in the last episode, I really started liking the idea of them. I think I just like guys pining from afar. It was more blatant in the last episode than previous ones. But at the same time, it seemed like he was giving Betty the carriage ride and all that because he actually cares about her and wants her to be happy, and not just because he was like "Hey! Henry screwed up! I can totally make Betty fall in love with me if I act all romantic!" So yeah, I see potential in them. And really, at this point, anything would be better than Betty/Henry.
Also, Marc's still dating Cliff, right? Can he maybe be mentioned every once and awhile? Or, you know, actually be shown on-screen? I really hope he's coming back this season (next season too, but particularly this season), or I'll be really sad. They're one of the few things that kept me watching earlier this season.
Anyways, I got no work done yesterday! Shocking! Totally not fitting to my personality and everything you've seen of how good I am at totally not procrastinating and not writing an 8-page paper the night before it's due! sigh. But I was talking to other people in the class before class started today, and like... no one has actually started writing it. Like, one person has a few pages done, but that's it. There are people who haven't even seen the film we're supposed to analyze yet. So, that makes me feel slightly better about where I am in relation to it being done. In any case, it'll be over with very soon.
Speaking of papers, remember how at the beginning of the semester I was so happy about not having any research papers because it takes me so long to research and I wouldn't have to do that in English and for the Film paper. ...yeah, not so happy about it anymore. It's true that I don't have to spend a day in the library researching, but instead I have to read through an entire book again to find relevant bits of evidence for my English papers or watch a 15-minute movie 10 times and make screencaps of frames and it ends up just taking as long. So, as it turns out, I'd much prefer a research paper. It requires less thinking, and I actually enjoy the research part. Oh well. Not like I can fix that now.
Anyways, The Cab's Whisper War is out today! I totally forgot about that until... last night, pretty much. I actually wasn't expecting to like it very much just because... they're kind of too pop-y for my tastes. I know that FOB and related bands can be rather pop-y at times, but... The Cab reminds me of NSYNC way more often and more... blatantly, I guess. And I enjoy listening to old NSYNC every once and awhile, but a lot of that is the nostalgia factor and not so much that it's actually good. But I liked this! It is still pretty pop-y, but it sounds less boy-bandish overall. And I was disappointed looking at the track list before hearing the songs that Singing Myself to Sleep isn't on there because the acoustic version from that radio show that has circled around is my favorite The Cab song, but then it turned out it was, it just had a different name and sounded different. And I like the acoustic more, but I'm happy it was included. Ah new music makes me happy. ...ugh but now I'm considering seeing them at the House of Blues Anaheim in May. Are there still tickets to that? I kind of hope there aren't just because I really can't spend any more money before I know I'll definitely have a job for the summer (even though HOB Anaheim tickets are cheap; I think I saw they were selling for $10? Of course that doesn't include the millions of dollars Ticketmaster charges for convenience fees and all).
Random stuff on last week's Ugly Betty that I meant to mention at some point and forgot about:
I... ship Betty/Gio now, maybe? How the hell did that happen?
Actually, I can tell you how it happened: Betty/Henry has been awfully executed and made me really dislike both Henry and Betty. There's just way too much angst in their relationship, and I feel like there's no point in getting invested in him and them as a couple when I know that he's going to have to leave so soon. And he's been such an idiot in regards to Charlie and to how she's manipulating him; I mean, OBVIOUSLY CHARLIE ISN'T REALLY SICK. YOU KNOW SHE'S NOT SICK. UGH. I just... I'm so frustrated with their relationship. They aren't interesting at all anymore. At this point, I look forward to when Henry has to be shipped off to Arizona when Charlie gives birth (I'm unspoiled, I'm just assuming and hoping this is what's going to happen).
That's actually not all, though, because I could dislike both ships at the same time. But all of a sudden in the last episode, I really started liking the idea of them. I think I just like guys pining from afar. It was more blatant in the last episode than previous ones. But at the same time, it seemed like he was giving Betty the carriage ride and all that because he actually cares about her and wants her to be happy, and not just because he was like "Hey! Henry screwed up! I can totally make Betty fall in love with me if I act all romantic!" So yeah, I see potential in them. And really, at this point, anything would be better than Betty/Henry.
Also, Marc's still dating Cliff, right? Can he maybe be mentioned every once and awhile? Or, you know, actually be shown on-screen? I really hope he's coming back this season (next season too, but particularly this season), or I'll be really sad. They're one of the few things that kept me watching earlier this season.
Anyways, I got no work done yesterday! Shocking! Totally not fitting to my personality and everything you've seen of how good I am at totally not procrastinating and not writing an 8-page paper the night before it's due! sigh. But I was talking to other people in the class before class started today, and like... no one has actually started writing it. Like, one person has a few pages done, but that's it. There are people who haven't even seen the film we're supposed to analyze yet. So, that makes me feel slightly better about where I am in relation to it being done. In any case, it'll be over with very soon.
Speaking of papers, remember how at the beginning of the semester I was so happy about not having any research papers because it takes me so long to research and I wouldn't have to do that in English and for the Film paper. ...yeah, not so happy about it anymore. It's true that I don't have to spend a day in the library researching, but instead I have to read through an entire book again to find relevant bits of evidence for my English papers or watch a 15-minute movie 10 times and make screencaps of frames and it ends up just taking as long. So, as it turns out, I'd much prefer a research paper. It requires less thinking, and I actually enjoy the research part. Oh well. Not like I can fix that now.
