June 23, 2010
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Interlude!
Well, a lot has happened since I last updated, in the October of last year. I don’t plan to talk about any of it. If I had any desire to do that I’d have been doing it already. Naah, this whole blogging thing kinda lost its appeal long ago. But I have it and, since I have it, I may as well use it. To get me back into the swing of things I got this off the only person I know who actually uses Xanga anymore (myself included,) Chris: The 30 Day Challenge. The premise is to write something about a different subject every day for 30 days. So here goes nothing (that statement may, quite possibly, be literal.)
Day 1 – Your Favourite Song
Easy one for me, this. It’s no secret what my favourite song is and I’ve posted the video before now. Too bad that after spending the last half hour searching my archives for the post it was attached to I’ve only gone and found the video was removed for copyright bullshit or some such and is no longer present. I could probably find a new one but the video entry is another subject for another day so the audio link will do. I present my favouritest song in the world, consistently for the past 4 years:
Cute Without The ‘E’ (Cut From The Team) by Taking Back Sunday
http://moss-icon.xanga.com/audio/b6022488000/
Oh, and here’s the acoustic version:
http://moss-icon.xanga.com/audio/ec37d2182838/
Why? Why do any of us like what we like? Why do some of us get excited over peanut butter and jelly (jam) sandwiches and others gag at the idea? I guess it’s my favourite song cos it does everything I want music to do to me. It simultaneously makes me feel elated, excited, sad, hurt, hopeful, joyful, nostalgic… It’s visceral, yet melodic. It takes me to the very edge of heart-break and dangles me over the edge so I can feel the winds raging around me, threatening to tear me from the cliff-top and break my body against the rocks below but never quite doing so. It makes my pulse race and my eyes tear up. It’s an emo-junkie’s most immaculate fix. It encapsulates, for me, the most profound moments of my life; the extremes of emotion that seem to define living for me. This song was my musical epiphany, basically. So I guess that’s why.
In other news, I’m watching the Clone Wars animated series. I’d hadn’t bothered with it since Sarv and I saw the pilot movie and it was a bit weak but… the series isn’t half bad. It’s still not quite what Star Wars should be. It’s still a bit too Saturday-morning-kiddified in places and I’m not a fan of the 3-D animation style. But it has surprised me by being not bad. Not great, but not bad.
Comments (1)
omg. it’s been so long since you’ve posted anything that i hardly think to check it anymore, and here i’ve missed two posts! haha. actually i was checking to see if you’ve posted chapter eight yet and thought i’d look at this one again too. crazy.
always a good song. =)
and i never saw the series, just the movie. i actually didn’t mind the movie, but i’m into far too many series at this point to worry about starting another. i’m a few episodes in on buffy season seven, btw. seems like i’ve been watching this show for forever. love it. =)