Weather is getting warmer! Whoo hoo! I felt like winter would never end! 1. Last Friday, I went bowling with my friend Lola, Dave, and Dave's cousin, Chris. It was a really good time!
2. Saturday night I went to tea (I think that's how you say it? lol) with a couple friends. I've only been a part of a tea event three times now, but each time I love it more and more. And just remember, when it doubt pinkie out!
3. Tuesday night, Dave and I finally saw Frozen. All I can say is that I finally get it. That movie is awesome. I want to watch it over and over. Coincidentally, Lola saw Frozen on the same night, so we spent all day Wednesday singing "Do you want to build a snowman" to each other.
4. Wednesday, my mom and I went to pick up my cap and gown for graduation which is a little over a month away.
5. I love it when these two cuddle. It makes my heart melt...like a snowman (see what I did there???)
Have you ever listened to a song and either completely gotten the lyrics wrong or missed the whole point of the song itself? I do it all the time, and I figured I would give you the top songs that I've totally missed the mark on. Starting off easy....Blinded by the Light from Manfred Mann (sidebar: what kind of name is that?!?)
No matter how many times I hear this song I swear to God he's saying "Blinded by the light, woke up like a douche on a summer night". I'm pretty sure that's a common misconception, but if not you're welcome.
Seriously though, why didn't anyone step back during the recording of this song and say hey Manfred Mann, something doesn't sound right here...besides your name.
It's "wrapped up like a noose, another rumor in the night" by the way.
Next up, Loser by Beck
For years, YEARS, I swore Beck was singing "Sore from head to toe, I'm a loser baby...". It didn't make much sense but hey, in the time of chimpanzee's he was a monkey so I figured he was sore. I have to thank VH1 for clearing up this mistake for me. I think it was 100 songs of the 90s or something like that, they explained he's really saying "Soy un perdedor" which is "I'm a loser" in Spanish. Word's still out on whether or not he was sore from his head to toes. Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind
This is one of those songs that I NEVER listened to the lyrics, it was just a catchy song. Then a friend of mine pointed out it was all about doing coke and crystal meth. It was like one of those moments where you realized something in your childhood wasn't what it seemed. And my favorite of them all Hook by Blues Traveler
Have you ever listened to the lyrics of this song? Probably
not. For the longest time I thought he sang “because the heart brings you back”.
Then one day I decided to look up the lyrics because I could never understand
the part where he goes “Rin-tin-tin, rambling”, and then I realized that “Hook”
was mocking itself and other pop songs. It’s hilarious and ironic, John Popper
starts the song off with “it doesn’t matter what I say, as long as I sing with
inflection” and then spends the rest of the song doing just that. Right under
all of our noses, with most of us being none the wiser.
It made me love this song even more. Seriously go look up
the lyrics and then listen to the song, and tell me the hook didn't bring you back. Too far? Sorry...had to. What are some songs that you didn't quite catch the words or meaning to?
Thirteen years ago I wrote down four goals that I wanted to accomplish at some point in my life. I don't know why I wrote these goals down, but my mom hung on to them.
1. Go to NYU
I wrote this during a time when I was obsessed with Sex and the City and New York City. I also wrote this goal when I had no clue how much it cost to go to college. I'm going to give myself half a point for this one, because even though I didn't go to NYU, I did graduate from college in December which is something I didn't think I'd ever accomplish. Plus, I wouldn't have lasted five minutes in NYC....city life isn't for me and even if it was, I couldn't afford it.
2. Learn to play guitar
I took guitar lessons a few years ago, but stopped when I couldn't afford to go every week. I'm going to give myself another half credit for this. I can't play guitar well enough to go on stage, but I can play something.
3. Write a book
I wanted to write a book because I always enjoyed writing, and thought it would be a great creative outlet...which is also why I started this blog. I don't think I could write a story long enough for a book, but after writing the short story I posted a little bit ago, I think it'd be cool to write a collection of short stories. When my mom found this list not only had I totally forgotten about it, but I didn't even remember this was part of the list. It's funny how some things never change.
4. Go to SNL and see a real show
Again, I wrote this during a very specific time, a time when Jimmy Fallon and Chris Kattan were on SNL. I'm not a huge fan of the show now, so I'm changing this goal up to "Go to a Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" taping, and now that it's out here for you all to see, it's something I'll have to work towards accomplishing.
Do you remember any goals you created when you were younger? Did you accomplish them?
1. Saturday night Dave and I hung out with my aunt and uncle for dinner. This is Chase, one of my aunt's dogs and a total cuddlebug.
2. I finally signed up for Twitter! Does this make me an official blogger? Haha! Follow me here. I'm still getting used to it, but I'll do my best to follow you back!
3. This video had me laughing uncontrollably for much longer than I'll freely admit...
4. I honestly can't think of a fourth thing...it's been a slow week. Instead, please enjoy this gif of JGL as much as I do...
You know that salad set that I've been coveting since November? You know the one I put on my Christmas wish list, then again on my kitchen essentials? This:
Yeah...I bought it last week from Target online. I waited the better part of a week for it to arrive and I was so excited when the postman knocked on my door with the box. Then I opened it up and found this:
November you guys. I've been wishing for this salad set since November. And it showed up to my house broken. So I called Target's customer service. I'm not going to lie, Amazon's stellar customer service spoiled me. It left me with high expectations for what I should expect if a product were to show up on my door defective, because sometimes that happens. Needless to say, Target was not on point at all. The guy made me repeat myself three times and asked me questions to things that I had already said to him, THREE times. Then he puts me on hold for ten minutes. Ten minutes for a product that showed up on my doorstep broken. Why? He comes back and says you have two choices, you can either return it and get your money back or return it and call back and we'll give you 10% off. So I ask about shipping, because the price of the item right now puts it right below the free shipping threshold. The man tells me that's not an option and that I can take one of his options or leave them. Really? I told the guy in my most parental voice possible that I was disappointed in Target and then hung up, because I was so shocked I couldn't even fathom going banshee on him. I could have called back, asked for a manager, raised hell. But what good would it have caused? I would have wasted more time on a bowl than what it was worth. Quite frankly, if it broke before I even got to use it, what would happen the first time I used it, or the fifth? I would constantly worry about it breaking. So instead of crying over spilled milk, or in this instance, broken bowls, I just returned the bowl to Target, left a bad review (which ironically enough as of the time of this posting STILL has not been added to the reviews (it's been DAYS guys!), coincidence? Also, when I tried uploading the picture above to my review, it kept giving me an error message. How convenient Target.), and decided to find another bowl. So far these two from Kohl's have caught my eye:
