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Happy (belated) Turkey Day!

I know, I took some time off for the holiday, wasn’t planning on it, but then the weekend just got away from me. I wanted to tie up a few odds and ends before writing a new blog on, well, music (cuz I totally said that’s what I’d be writing about in the first place).

So just to get it out of my system, I have a new lesbian crush. Her name is Cleolinda, and all I know about her is that she cracks up my inner 16 year old. She compares Twilight to porn without plot, staring emo-Bella, SPARKLEPIRES (that would be vampires who sparkle…get it….vamPIREs…who SPARKLE…I guess it’s funnier if you read her recaps), and Native American boys (and girl) who FURSPLODE! She writes about 15 different livejournal blogs in which she mostly just parodies things I love so that I love them even more: Harry Potter, Lost, Twilight, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, all of it. Basically, I really wish (a) I had her awesome sense of humor and (b) I could invent words like Sparklepire and use phrases like “omgsomeen.” She also invented (well, maybe not invented, but brought to my attention) the game “Horrify the Twilight Noob,” in which a Twihard (or slightly less obsessed fan) will talk about the awesomeness of the books to someone who’s never read them, and they will get so confused their head will explode. Her example:
“OH HOLY SHIT ARE WE GONNA PLAY HORRIFY THE TWILIGHT NOOB AGAIN? I LOVE THIS GAME!Yeah, he thinks Bella's killed herself (it's a loooong damn story), so he goes to the capital vampire city in Italy (look, don't ask me) and he's going to fling off his shirt and sparkle in public at high noon, because he knows the ruling vampire whoevers will tackle him first and kill him--you know that expression "suicide by cop"? Kind of like that. So of course Bella finds out, and she has to run across the city in a race against time to stop him. In my head, it happens in slo-mo, and there's a Big No ("NOOOOOOOOO") involved.”
http://cleoland.pbwiki.com/Twilight#HorrifytheTwilightNoob
Feel free to check out all things “in 15 minutes,” because I do occasionally quote them (“I think I saw a porno like this once…”)
http://community.livejournal.com/m15m


Second of all, I *finally* got caught up on my Preston and Steve podcasts, thus I’m on to catching up on AP podcasts. And you know what one of the first things they talked about on the most recent podcast was? LEAD SINGER SYNDROM. Yes, I have my finger on the pulse of America. Well, at least on the pulse of AP. For serious, when interviewing Anberlin, they talked about how RYAN KEY (and I’m gonna say it now because they said it first; for those who didn’t already know, yes, I was talking about Ryan Key, the asshole who began my hatred of all things LSS) was the most infamous example, and how he even admitted burning bridges by his asshole-ness. Boo ya grandma. Just sayin.


Finally, AP just put out their list of albums they’re looking forward to hearing in 2009. On the list? Green Day (which I almost shit myself when I saw, because you know any new Green Day album is gonna be amazing), All Time Low (which I have low expectations for, after hearing Alex’s song dissing…um… “the record industry,” plus I’ve heard the demos SUCK), and a whole crapton of people I don’t really care about. You wanna know why the music industry is failing? Because no one cares about the new album. It’s all about the new tour. Don’t believe me? I went to a concert (a *sold-out* concert) Saturday night, where half the crowd was just chillin outside for a large portion of the show. And almost everyone left with merch. So just put out your album online, and tour a crapton, cuz apparently shows are the new hangout (I’m not gonna lie, I kinda miss the days of just chillin at the mall, but every generation needs its own “Mallrats”).


Later this week I will for real write something music (and not Twilight) related. PSBTW, if you want me to listen to/comment about a band you like, comment with myspace link and I shall listen.