What is the #1 reason I love my major (#1 meaning the first...but maybe not the greatest reason)...
I get to write a paper on this:
My guilty pleasure is about to become a 12 page paper on they symbolism of reality dating shows. To put it differently...the hours I have wasted with roommates watching a pretty horrific show is going to give me an "A."
I feel bad for all of those suckers with majors making them take tests with numbers and equations and stuff.
I don't know about you guys...but sometimes I wish the 30 second previews on itunes were a bit longer. Why?
I sometimes will encounter an artist that I think I enjoy...meaning I have heard 3 or more of their songs and they seem pretty good. Usually I will do some research online about the artist (meaning I will try to find their other songs online to listen to before I commit to buying it for realsies...not pirating...I am trying to find music videos etc). Anyway, for a lot of these artists I can only find a couple of songs (usually the ones that I have already heard/have the song already) and then I turn to the itunes 30 second preview. Now due to the fact that I like the other songs I have heard, I have sometimes listened to the 30 second preview and thought, "oh I think that this will be a delight to listen to" and I cough up the money to buy the song. It is at this point that I realize that the only "good" portion of the song was the 30 seconds itunes chose, and I further discover that the only "good" songs the artist has recorded are the ones that I had already heard.
Now it might only be me...but I feel an extreme amount of sadness when this happens...which is only remedied by the opposite. Hearing an amazing song and realizing that all of the artists songs are equally amazing. That is what happened with this guy:
Trent Dabbs has officially won me over (oh gosh...I didn't even mean that to be a pun). Every song that I have heard/purchased is gut wrenchingly fantastic. I am hoping against hope that he goes on tour again (I missed his last stop in Utah) sometime soon.
What can I say? It was one of the best films I have seen this year. It seamlessly mixes elements of extreme realism with whimsical fantasy. The soundtrack moves you, the lighting design is pure genius, and is Audrey Tautou ever not amazing in a film? I will say that it is slightly hard to follow if you aren't paying attention (this is probably due to the fact that I watched it at 1 in the morning) but the beauty of the film makes up for any confusion felt.
This movie is definitely worth a spot on your Netflix queue or a trip to the video store (if you want to watch it, be warned it is rated "R" although it is easy to tell when "stuff" is coming up so you can skip parts if you want to).
I would bet that if you have listened to any pop/rock/alternative radio station in the past 3 months you have heard the following song. I won't lie...I do in fact enjoy the song. Today I saw the music video...
I can't be the only one on the planet to find it incredibly awkward to watch...and by awkward I mean I cringed, blushed, and laughed out of awkwardness (and then started coughing uncontrollably...stupid cold).
My guilty pleasure is about to become a 12 page paper on they symbolism of reality dating shows. To put it differently...the hours I have wasted with roommates watching a pretty horrific show is going to give me an "A."
