There's Just the Right Amount of Awkward

How I got around to some Lily Allen:

I was walking around in my school's bookstore sometime last fall semester when a song started playing over the speakers that piqued my interest a bit. I found out it was "Merry Happy" by Kate Nash. It's rather peppy and maybe just slightly...girly...but who cares, I like it. I was listening to her on Spotify and in that "Similar Artists" section or whatever it named Lily Allen. Why not, I thought, and I followed a link to some of her music next.

Maybe I'm coming back around into this British-female vocalist phase, because I quite fancy this music at the moment. Two songs I want to mention:

The first is "Fuck You"



I kinda love this song now. The ironic contrast of a happy-go-lucky melody with a big ol' "Fuck your ignorant hatred" makes me grin. I'll think of it/sing it in my head if someone ever says something completely distasteful, rude, and just plain mean.


The other is "Who'd Have Known"



When it first started playing, I was extremely caught off guard because I thought it was the T-Pain song playing (5 o'clock in the morning...or whatever it is). I could care less for that song...much less for T-Pain as well, but I had no idea the hook he uses in his track is from Lily Allen. As a result, I spent a good 5 seconds trying to figure out when the hell did I queue T-Pain's song. Surprise, surprise. Hah.

So I gave this song a listen...and now I love it, specifically the story it tells. Yes, it's a love song, but I like how it seems to aptly describe the feelings of someone in those not-quite-early-but-still-early-in-the-scheme-of-things stages of romance, with all the interactions, the witheld questions and curiosity about where this person is in terms of relationship. So freaking adorable.




In other news, I spent 8 hours in the dance building today (Saturday) getting ready for Ballroom Magic. Which equals me coming home and falling asleep around 8:30PM only to wake up about two hours later and suddenly not feeling that tired anymore even though I have another 8 hour tech rehearsal tomorrow (or today, Sunday, whatever). Awesome. But I'm really excited though. It's gonna be a great show!

Oh...

My.

Spoken word. So good. [Here.]

This is how I'm feeling at the present

Also added to the list of songs to learn but will never finish learning completely. Hah...

And other times...

You're told things in life that leave you speechless. Literally. What do you say to those kinds of things?

Answer: you don't say anything. You go home and unwind your nerves with a nice drink.  Mm, mm, mmm...

iktsuarkpok

iktsuarkpok --

"Inuit word for the feeling of anticipation you get when you're waiting for someone to show up at your door, and you keep going outside to see if they're there yet." 

Sometimes...

It's just one of those gimbap-and-gin-n'-tonic nights. Although it is one hell of a combination. In a bad way. Oh well!

Earlier today, I chopped firewood.

AND I FELT SO MANLY. AAAAARRRH.

That aside, I stumbledupon this page that was titled How To Wear Men's Shirts. Well, "Now that's a bit misleading," I thought. "Is there an accepted way of wearing a shirt other than putting your arms through the sleeves and buttoning it up?" But then I saw the images are of a girl wearing a guy's dress shirt. Boyfriend shirt in a creative style? Okay. Nice. Cool. Yeahhhh.

But then you scroll down. AND IT'S HILARIOUS. And now I'm really tempted to try this...

For the lulz, obviously.