Avril Lavigne, among other things...
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rena_librarianWhy is there no "mood" icon for the mood where you feel like lecturing? ^_^
Okay. I'm putting this as a new entry instead of a reply to a comment because I want everyone to read it.
Kade, I'm not trying to yell at you, this is just my defense. Don't complain about my liking Avril Lavigne. Yes, you've taught me plenty. You've taught me that hating something that's trendy JUST because it's trendy is just as bad as LIKING it just because it's trendy. So I like Avril Lavigne, it has nothing to do with where she is on the charts (I don't know or care where that is, actually), it's because I like her lyrical content and her melodies/beats/whatever you want to call it since I'm not really musically gifted. And may I point out that the first time I HEARD of her was when YOU quoted "Sk8er Boi" to me? And if it helps any, I finally heard Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" (part one, I think, but I'm not sure) and I love that song, too. (As a matter of fact they're on the same CD.)
Oh, and BTW, HI KAT!!! At least I'm assuming that's you, lol.
Yesh. My family is stupid. The ONLY people on Dad's side of the family that I like are my immediate family. (We're the smart branch, at least he passed the smarts he stole from his sisters on to us, lol.) Our branch is the black sheep branch, and me and Jennifer are even more particularly black, lol. (Maybe I should say we're the gray branch and me and Jennifer are actually black? Lol.)
One of my acting classmates, Greg, said that his part of the family are the WHITE sheep of their family, lol. That cracked me up. (Especially seeing as he's kind of weird himself. Cool, though, and a Ringer!)
I bought this week's TV Guide because it was about Lost, and I bought the Charlie cover, of course. Go me! I also found some shirts that were $5 on clearance and I got three. Yay! Two sweaters and a funny shirt, though I'm not saying what it says right now, because I want to hear Shelly laugh insanely when I tell her. I'll post it later.
And while I'm thinking of Shelly, I had to get a new notebook today, so I got one with smiley faces on the cover. (Anyone who's closely followed D2D should pick up on why smiley faces ALWAYS make us giggle...)
In acting class today we had free time and were told to work on our monologues, so a few of us sat and read them to each other. That was great. Got to see Tim read through his. ^_^ Gah. Why can I not just drop some kind of freaking HINT to the boy?
They're doing this thing at school called Candygrams, basically you order one, then the recipient is asked to go pick it up. You leave a note on it for them. (I assume it's chocolate. They're doing it for Valentine's Day.) I'm thinking of sending one to Tim and signing it "Secret Admirer." So here's my question...if he gets all worked up about a Secret Admirer, and then finds out it's me, will he be disappointed? Gah. And the friend-of-mine-who-turned-out-to-be-his-cousin hasn't been around since I found out!!! So she's not much help at the moment. Gaaaaah.
Okay. I'm putting this as a new entry instead of a reply to a comment because I want everyone to read it.
Kade, I'm not trying to yell at you, this is just my defense. Don't complain about my liking Avril Lavigne. Yes, you've taught me plenty. You've taught me that hating something that's trendy JUST because it's trendy is just as bad as LIKING it just because it's trendy. So I like Avril Lavigne, it has nothing to do with where she is on the charts (I don't know or care where that is, actually), it's because I like her lyrical content and her melodies/beats/whatever you want to call it since I'm not really musically gifted. And may I point out that the first time I HEARD of her was when YOU quoted "Sk8er Boi" to me? And if it helps any, I finally heard Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" (part one, I think, but I'm not sure) and I love that song, too. (As a matter of fact they're on the same CD.)
Oh, and BTW, HI KAT!!! At least I'm assuming that's you, lol.
Yesh. My family is stupid. The ONLY people on Dad's side of the family that I like are my immediate family. (We're the smart branch, at least he passed the smarts he stole from his sisters on to us, lol.) Our branch is the black sheep branch, and me and Jennifer are even more particularly black, lol. (Maybe I should say we're the gray branch and me and Jennifer are actually black? Lol.)
One of my acting classmates, Greg, said that his part of the family are the WHITE sheep of their family, lol. That cracked me up. (Especially seeing as he's kind of weird himself. Cool, though, and a Ringer!)
I bought this week's TV Guide because it was about Lost, and I bought the Charlie cover, of course. Go me! I also found some shirts that were $5 on clearance and I got three. Yay! Two sweaters and a funny shirt, though I'm not saying what it says right now, because I want to hear Shelly laugh insanely when I tell her. I'll post it later.
And while I'm thinking of Shelly, I had to get a new notebook today, so I got one with smiley faces on the cover. (Anyone who's closely followed D2D should pick up on why smiley faces ALWAYS make us giggle...)
In acting class today we had free time and were told to work on our monologues, so a few of us sat and read them to each other. That was great. Got to see Tim read through his. ^_^ Gah. Why can I not just drop some kind of freaking HINT to the boy?
They're doing this thing at school called Candygrams, basically you order one, then the recipient is asked to go pick it up. You leave a note on it for them. (I assume it's chocolate. They're doing it for Valentine's Day.) I'm thinking of sending one to Tim and signing it "Secret Admirer." So here's my question...if he gets all worked up about a Secret Admirer, and then finds out it's me, will he be disappointed? Gah. And the friend-of-mine-who-turned-out-to-be-his-cousin hasn't been around since I found out!!! So she's not much help at the moment. Gaaaaah.
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Just looks at her
Date: 2005-02-02 01:43 am (UTC)for the loves of Goddess
Date: 2005-02-02 01:45 am (UTC)Re: for the loves of Goddess
Date: 2005-02-02 02:49 pm (UTC)And his name's Tim. Hehe. TIMMY'S! Lol...
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Date: 2005-02-03 02:26 am (UTC)A) I don't dislike her because she's "trendy" i think you put it. I dislike her for severe lack of talent and genuin-ness.
2) Yes, it is just as irrational to dislike something based soley on it's popularity as it would be vise-versa. But there's other factors to be taken into account. To avoid argument and avoid avril lavigne in my example, i use another band i dislike: Korn. I do NOT dislike them because they're popular. It's the marketing they chose to use, the insincerity and again the falseness of it. It's when they take an obvious turn away from the love of music, to the love of fame and money. (not to mention a horrible cover of Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall parts 1, 2, AND 3)
3) If i'm not mistaken, i had downloaded that song for someone else and it was therefor on my list, and you requested it. When she first came out, she did have a few okay songs. "Complicated" bordered on good (the message was good, the words used to put it across could have been better, can't remember the music at the moment...) and I could stand Skater Boy, but that's about it. It's when she hit mainstream that she took a turn for the worst...
4) You can like whoever you want, that *was* just a joke. Nor do you have to like anything i listen to. I experiment with music, i like things here and there, but i'm not going to pretend to like or not like something based on someone else's oppinion. And you usually do the same...sorta... and that's the best thing you can learn to do.
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Date: 2005-02-03 03:20 pm (UTC)Yes, trendy, and that was for lack of a better word.
Korn covered "Another Brick In the Wall"? Gaaah, going by "Freak On a Leash" I can imagine how awful that's gotta sound...no...ow...STOP THE MUSIC! *runs off to open up Strawberry Fields again*
I like a lot of what you listen to. You know that. ^_- And I knew it was a joke, but I wasn't in the greatest of moods at the moment then, either. And like you said, I'm not going to act like I like or dislike something just because of what someone else thinks of it. (Pandemoniumfromamerica is a great example, lol, so far I only know like six people--counting myself--that get it and like it.)
What do you mean, "Sorta"? (In that last sentence.) Lol... Yes, I do have a habit of liking songs sometimes just because of where I heard them/who I was with/who they remind me of. But I don't think that's wrong.
Anyway. I like Avril. But not JUST Avril. (I'm listening to the Beatles again right now, as a matter of fact! Squee!)