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Music Monday: Double Dose

I was super busy and absentminded last week, which resulted in me forgetting to post a song last Monday.  I will atone for this peccadillo by posting two songs today.

Drake, "Doing it Wrong"  Love this song.  I've always thought Drake was quite talented.  There are several other R&B artists who have better voices than him (and there are certainly better rappers than him), but I (usually) find his arrangements to be better than the average Joe.  I'm all about beats and melodies and nuance.  It's very rare that I care about lyrics.  When I first hear songs I don't even listen to the words; only what's going on in the background.

The Radio Dept., "Keen on Boys."  First heard this song years ago on the movie Marie Antoinette.  If you can get through watching Kirsten Dunst for two whole hours long enough to get through the film, you'll find that the soundtrack is pretty good.  This song is pretty weird but I love it.
Sidenote:  I've wanted to punch Kirsten Dunst for almost two decades now, and I have no good reason why. Do you have anyone, celebrity or otherwise, who you just can't stand?  My person is Kirsten Dunst. Never met the girl, she's never done anything to me, she's never said anything on interviews that was offensive to me.  I just can't stand her.

Finally!

I got hit on by a lesbian yesterday while dining at my local Big Boy restaurant.  While I am heterosexual and not open to experimentation, it's flattering that she found me attractive.  I had been wondering why no chicks had ever seriously hit on me before (drunken "let's make out!" jokes in college by straight undergrads don't count) and have nursed some hurt feelings that resulted from rejection by the gay female community.  My ego was boosted, at least for that day.

Music Monday

Pat Metheny, "So May It Secretly Begin"

How a bad day turned into a great day

• Woke up late 
• Body was very sore from yesterday's fencing lesson
• Still felt sick
• Felt more alone today than I have in a while/felt like I had no one to talk to
• Had a bad hair day
• Had a zit on my face
• Tutored my ESL student in reading today and he got so frustrated with his assignment that he just gave up and went home
• Got picked up 45 minutes late from the tutoring center
• Couldn't find the math book online that I need to order for my other student
• Got mad at The Fiance about something petty
• Got mad at my mother about something petty
• CHECKED MY E-MAIL AND DISCOVERED THAT I WAS ADMITTED TO GRADUATE SCHOOL.

I got on my knees and thanked God over and over again.  I cried tears of joy, and I never do that.  Don't get me wrong; I'm definitely a crier.  But I cry when I'm miserable, which is most of the time not when I'm euphoric.  This has been a wonderful day.  Graduate school, here I come!

Music Monday

"Go With the Flow" by Queens of the Stone Age

Normally I just post stuff from youtube because of the song and not because of the actual video, but in this case, I think it's a win visually as well, though I thought it was kind of creepy the first time I saw it (when you see their eyes, you'll understand).