I was nearly murdered yesterday.

It was dinnertime. The food sucked, as usual. Fried catfish (ew?), chili cheese fries (or rather, yellow goo and brown water over black sticks) and this fried rice that had a slight jasmine flavor to it which I ate one bite of and pushed away because, frankly and at the risk of sounding judgmental and maybe even racist, I have no intention of smelling like I'm Nepalis.

So I had my usual "no lettuce" salad (broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, beets, cheese, ranch and sunflower seeds) and a glass of water. I was very contently nibbling my vegetables and laughing at some joke Levi had made.

Enter Matt, followed by a boy I had seen around but had never spoken to.They sat down and we continued to eat. I'm open to company, so I was smiling and chatting along with him about the bad quality of food. The conversation went downhill, however, when Chris Farley was introduced into the mix.

Now, it wasn't Chris Farley who induced this near violence, it was mention of his brother and his new movie "American Carol"

For those of you who don't know what American Carol is, its a ridiculously conservative, fox news spawn, comedy about the controversial Michael Moore getting three Dickensesque visits from various big conservative names (Trace Adkins, anyone?) in order to make him more "american".

The premise, right off the bat, offends me. Someone who (no matter how liberal and slightly eccentric he may be) has the balls to challenge the faults in America and its institutions should be branded as "unpatriotic" and "unamerican". But, this is Levi and Matt's friend and I don't want to be rude, so all I said was a simple "I like Michael Moore's films. I think he's gutsy. He made some really good points in Bowling for Columbine and Fareinheight 9/11."

He responded with a resounding "Well, I'm from Colorado and everyone there HATED him for what he said in Bowling for Columbine" This disheartened me a bit, because I was still making the mistake as regarding this person as rational and sane. Had something Moore had said had been really offending and I just didn't catch it? Now I know that when he referred to "everyone" he probably referred to gun toting neo-conservatives like himself.

He then said, "What I love best about American Carol is that its a blantantly conservative movie amongst all these blatantly liberal piece of shit movies. Like 'W' for instance! What a load of liberal bullshit that movie was. I didn't even see it."

This stuck me as unfair. I have seen "W" and it does not have any tendancy towards swaying politically, conservative or liberal. Its a biopic. It draws its plot from events that actually happened in Bush's life, events that were talked about in biographies and autobigraphies about Bush Sr., Laura Bush and George W himself. Its top priority was to be honest. It was.

I said as much to him, to which he replied with "They made him look like some backwoods redneck Texan!!!!!" I was almost speechless after that. The guy looked completely serious, but I still couldn't comprehend why he would look so offended, so I looked at Matt to see if I could get some indication. Maybe I was the butt of a joke? No such luck as it turned out. However, Matt was laughing pretty hysterically so I felt it was safe to reply.

"Again,they were trying to be as realistic as possible."

He seemed to recoil into a ball and then blasted all his energy with a loud "I have met that man! He is smart as a whip, honorable and a GREAT leader."

I snorted slightly, for this conversation was beginning to sound perposterous to me, and so I retorted "Well, he didn't exactly show that with how he led this country, now did he?"

This was apparently the worst thing I could have said. All fell quiet, even Matt's laughs, which had been constant in the background, stopped. I looked at Matt; he looked shocked and his mouth hung open. He was looking at our guest. I looked at Levi; he lookd positively horrifyed, like he was watching someone being torn apart. He was looking at me.

Then I looked at our guest. His mouth was clamped shut in a tight line and his eyes positively bulged. His brows were narrowed into a V and he was gripping the table so hard that his knuckles were white.

I was bewildered. Is it possible that ANYBODY could get THIS offended over somebody that 95% of America and even the world dislikes.

In any case, I was afraid. Honestly afraid that he would hurt me. The boys looked like they were about to intervene in my behalf if he got violent.

He wanted to argue politics and I refused. I knew he didn't care so why should I try? I let him rant and dismissed him. I was offended by his treatment of me.

Then he left and said he had to go to work at Walmart. When he left, I said "Have fun working there for the rest of your life!"

So yeah, I got him back. Kind of.

<3

I really should have been this age in the 60s.

Like woah.

I think I was meant to wear flowers in my hair, lay on grassy lawns, smoke a lot of weed and love everyone I meet.

I mean, I could STILL do that (if anyone would go with me to Coachella! lol) but it was more socially acceptable.

Anyway, and then I would get to live through the 80's and 90's! Those are my other two favorite decades, by the way.

Oh well. For now I'll just put fake flowers in my hair, wear hemp jewelry and listen to the Fleet Foxes and Band of Horses.


<3

Best of 2008

This list is based on the most popular songs, not my favorites. Though, it has to be said, the last 10 or so songs were my favorite.

1. Viva la Vida- Coldplay
2. I Kissed a Girl- Katy Perry
3. Bleeding Love- Leona Lewis
4. Low- Flo Rida
5. Disturbia- Rihanna
6. Love Song- Sara Bareilles
7. Lollipop- Lil Wayne
8. With You- Chris Brown
9. Love in This Club- Usher
10. Live Your Life- T.I.
11. No Air- Jordin Sparks
12. 4 Minutes- Madonna
13. No One- Alicia Keys
14. Sexy Can I- Ray J
15. Apologize- One Republic
16. It's Not My Time- 3 Doors Down
17. Our Song- Taylor Swift
18. Sorry- Buckcherry
19. Pocketful of Sunshine- Natasha Bedingfield
20. Long Road to Ruin- Foo Fighters
21. Paper Planes- M.I.A
22. Love Lockdown- Kanye West
23. Stop and Stare- OneRepublic
24. Forever- Chris Brown
25. Burnin' Up- Jonas Brothers
26. Bubbly- Colbie Caillet
27. Sensual Seduction- Snoop Dogg
28. Take a Bow- Rihanna
29. Light On- David Cook
30. Closer- Ne-Yo
31. Touch My Body- Mariah Carey
32. American Boy- Estelle
33. Bodysnatchers- Radiohead
34. Human- the Killers
35. Leavin'- Jesse McCartney
36. Shadow of the Day- Linkin Park
37. Going On- Gnarls Barkley
38. Can't Believe It- T-Pain
39. Dangerous-Kardinal Offishal
40. When I Grow Up- the Pussycat Dolls
41. Mercy- Duffy
42. Superstar- Lupe Fiasco
43. Gamma Ray- Beck
44. I Will Possess Your Heart- Death Cab for Cutie
45. Electric Feel- MGMT
46. Say- John Mayer
47. Shut Up and Let Me Go- the Ting Tings
48. New Soul- Yael Naim
49. So What- Pink
50. Womanizer- Britney Spears
51. Whatever You Like- T.I.
52. Clumsy- Fergie
53. I Don't Care- Fall Out Boy
54. Don't Stop the Music- Rihanna
55. Please Read the Letter- Robert Plant & Allison Krauss
56. A-Punk- Vampire Weekend
57. Sweetest Girl- Wyclef Jean
58. Love Story- Taylor Swift
59. In Love With a Girl- Gavin Degraw
60. I'm Yours- Jason Mraz
61. Chasing Pavements- Adele
62. Take You There- Sean Kingston
63. Salute Your Solution- the Raconteurs
64. I'm Amazed- My Morning Jacket
65. the Underdog- Spoon
66. Sex on Fire- Kings of Leon
67. Independant- Webbie
68. L.E.S. Artistes- Santogold
69. Pork and Beans- Weezer
70. White Winter Hymnal- Fleet Foxes
71. Shake It- Metro Station
72. Addicted- Saving Abel

Sigh, another monday.

I thought college was supposed to enhance your life? Make you smarter? Make you an adult?

Not happening to me. I've become more lazy and I seem to be getting dumber everyday.

Today I sat in the tutoring center by myself for half an hour because I got the date I was supposed to do on site training for my Tutoring class wrong. I don't have to go till tomorrow. Woop? Half an hour lost.

A couple of weeks ago, a friend told me that a star in the sky was actually a lamp post and I believed him! He said we could see it from Fargo (a city quite a few hours away) and I BELIEVED HIM. Sure, I was skeptical but I still accepted it.

Does that make dumb or a sheep? I don't know.

I also mistook a WALL for a DOOR at a restaurant the other day.

I swear I'm not drinking or smoking weed or anything. My brain cells are commiting suicide on their own, apparently.

I spent all weekend cleaning my room and it already looks disgusting. Le sigh.

On the bright side? My made up vocabulary seems to be spreading. Yesterday I heard the theatre director answer a question with "Negatory" and the Technical Director say "Failsky."

Quite empowering.

Sing Along Songs

1. Shake It- Metro Station
2. Hey Jude- the Beatles
3. Grace Kelly- Mika
4. Paper Planes- M.I.A.
5. Stacey's Mom- Fountains of Wayne
6. Anthem- Good Charlotte
7. I Kissed A Girl- Katy Perry
8. MMBop- Hanson
9. I Want It That Way- Backstreet Boys
10. Girlfriend- Avril Lavigne
11. Piece of Me- Britney Spears
12. Go Your Own Way- Fleetwood Mac
13. Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen
14. Changes- David Bowie
15. Beating Hearts Baby- Heat Automatica
16. Are You Gonna Be My Girl- Jet
17. I Believe in a Thing Called Love- the Darkness
18. Disturbia- Rihanna

Songs about SEX! =D

1. Dancing With Myself- Billy Idol
2. SexyBack- Justin Timberlake
3. So Hott- Kid Rock
4. Lets Get it On- Marvin Gaye
5. Lover I Don't Have To Love- Bright Eyes
6. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger- Daft Punk
7. Work It!- Missy Elliot
8. Why Don't We Do it In the Road?- the Beatles
9. My Neck, My Back- Khia
10. You Shook Me All Night Long- ACDC
11. Fersure Maybe- the Medic Droid
12. I Feel Like Making Love- Kid Rock
13. Can You Feel The Love Tonight- Elton John
14. Crazy Bitch- Buckcherry
15. Let's Get N-A-S-T-Y- Lil Rob
16. I Touch Myself- Blondie
17. Oops Oh My- Tweet
18. Baby Got Back- Sir Mixalot
19. Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too- Say Anything
20. Shake It- Metro Station
21. the Bad Touch- Bloodhound Gang
22. Caress Me Down- Sublime
23. Pour Some Sugar On Me- Def Leppard
24. Cherry Pie- Warrant

Friends =]

1. Brat Pack- Rocket Summer
2. You're My Best Friend- Queen
3. You've Gotta Friend in Me- Randy Newman
4. We Are Going to Be Friends- the White Stripes
5. Lean on Me- Bill Withers
6. Ain't No Mountain High Enough- Marvin Gaye
7. Stand By Me- Ben E. King
8. Never Had a Friend Like Me- Aladdin
9. With a Little Help From My Friends- the Beatles
10. Buddy Holly- Weezer
11. My Friends Over You- New Found Glory
12. In Bloom- Nirvana
13. Wannabe- Spice Girls
14. In My Life- John Lennon and Paul McCartney
15. I'll Be There For You- The Rembrants
16. Rubber Duckie- Ernie
17. Thank you for Being a Friend- Andrew Gold
18. Ben- Michael Jackson