The Plight of Music in my Car

As I was driving to work today, I was lamenting that my XM radio was not yet hooked up (which is my own fault because I’ve been too lazy to buy the new hookup I need) and went through the CD’s I have in my six CD changer in my car. They are as follows:

1) Chicago’s Greatest Hits 1982-1989
2) Mix CD I made - highlights include Crazy Bitch by Buckcherry, Promiscuous by Nelly Furtado, Leave the Pieces by the Wreckers, I Love You by Cheri Dennis, Conceited by Remy Martin and other such songs (if that makes sense)
3) Mix CD - highlights include Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus, I Walk Alone by Oleander and other such alternative songs I can’t think of right now
4) Counting Crows - Live from the New Amsterdam
5) Soundtrack to the Broadway Musical “Avenue Q”
6) George Michael’s Greatest Hits - the fast songs

Sometimes I’m pretty sure there’s a gay man trapped in my body, which explains my love of men (preferably bald) and the Bravo network, but makes no sense of my baseball fascination. Anyway, I really do not have terrible taste in music. Honest, I don’t. I just caught myself at a bad time. Then again, I really don’t feel the need to explain myself because if you have never seen Avenue Q (Rob - you know who you are) then you can’t fully appreciate songs such as “The Internet is for Porn” and “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist.” The pure wrongness of these songs just makes your day brighter, I promise. Counting Crows is a staple no matter what, and I had to get my mid-80’s Chicago fix. Other than that, I think it’s a nice eclectic mix. Sometimes I like really hard guitars with girl hating rock, and other times, sentimental country. I’m equal opportunity when it comes to my music. That’s all I’m trying to say.

Two more dancers were kicked off So You Think You Can Dance last night; Alison and Ryan. Ryan was deserved. I thought he should have gotten kicked off weeks ago, but Alison is a really phenomenal dancer. Then again, they all are at this point although I think Donyelle was the weak link and I would have kicked her and Ryan to the curb. My boy Travis is most certainly playing for the other team after watching his reactions to everyone getting kicked off and to him being the bottom 2. He did have a rough week and everyone else had great weeks (except for Ryan) so it made sense. I’m not knocking it. However, I did find out that Heidi and Benji are cousins which explained the toothy smiles, but made it insanely creepy for me to watch them dance ballroom together. I don’t know. To me, ballroom dancing is (and should be) like watching two people have sex. It should be sensual and make you wonder if they’re getting it on when they’re not dancing. They’re both incredible dancers, but I really wish they wouldn’t dance together ever again. I think it’s going to get really hard from this point on. Honestly, I think even this decision was really hard. I mean, they’re all great and apparently are going on tour. I have to say I would probably go see that. I find myself sometimes watching the backup dancers at certain concerts more than the performers and I’m curious to see how they would pull it off. It’s basically going to be an American Idol format where the top 10 perform and they’ll do some of their more popular dances from the show. Could be interesting.

World Series of Pop Culture put one team into the finals and they are The Boeghy Bunch, all decked out in blue polos and khakis. I like them cause they beat the team I hated most, the Velvet Rope Revolution. This one guy on the team was so cocky and it was great when he was booted cause he didn’t know all the stars from Dancing with the Stars in the tiebreak. However, that game lasted longer than normal so we still don’t know who the other team is going to be. Now I have to tune in for that and the Finals next week. The one team in contention (who I hope wins) is Almost Perfect Strangers, people who qualified at VHI.com with a pop culture quiz and just met each other the night before the show taped. I think it would be so cool if they won! I mean, to not know your teammates strengths and weaknesses and still be able to bring the pain is amazing to me! I have to laugh because I did go online this past week and take their pop culture quiz and sucked but I’ve kicked some major ass on the TV questions. Maybe next year I’ll be blogging from there! lol.. A girl can dream, can’t she?

Anyway, I’ll get into a little O’s chat. O’s won 6-4 last night and won the Series which is great. Rodrigo Lopez put in a performance. Not stellar, but hey… we got a win, am I right? And may I ask, what the hell is up with Fernando Tatis? He was on the ESPN ticker the other night and I think I looked at my Dad and said “who the fuck is that guy?” Apparently he got his first major league hit the same day that Roger Clemens broke a few records (like we care) and subsequently “fell off the face of the earth” in the words of Kevin Millar. I guess he’s back and since we’re giving our bench guys time to play (why the fuck not?) he’s doing his best to woo the organization. Way to go Fernando. I’ll take any port in a storm at this point. The majority of our remaining games are against teams in contention for the playoffs so let’s fuck with their heads a little bit and play some good baseball!

Anyway, if the rain holds off I’ve got a ball game tonight (our ONLY Friday night game) and a room reserved at Chez Kenny (my cousin’s boyfriend’s house). Tomorrow should consist of a day perusing Home Depot, Target and other such stores to get the house situated because we should be able to start bringing stuff over this week. Dad has polyurethaned most of the floors and it really looks like a place you can live in. Now if we can get the bats out of the chimney and the lone woodchuck out from under the garage I MIGHT not be afraid to stay there alone when Tre goes camping in the near future. Yeah, I don’t camp. I’ve gone camping twice and both times it poured and once I got all my shit stolen. I think I’m a bad camping omen so I figure it’s best for me to not do it. That’s probably when you’ll know I’m in love cause I don’t go camping for any reason. I’m really not sure if even true love can do it. Well, unless it’s Brian Roberts. I’d camp for him.

THIS IS FOR THE LADIES: Ever since my mom “retired” she’s been a bit of an online shopper. I’ve gotten some really cute skirts and cheap moisturizer out of the deal, so I don’t complain. However, she might have hit the jackpot this time. I know all of you have seen the infomercials for makeup made of minerals, of which there seem to be two brands: Bare Escentuals and the other one that’s endorsed by Leeza Gibbons and Melissa Gilbert. Well, my mom decided to buy Bare Escentuals and I would get to try it too. It came yesterday and we watched the instructional video (which was a waste and a little irritating) but figured we’d wait until today to try it. I tend to be red in the face (damn sensitive skin) so I was curious and pretty sure it wasn’t going to work. Well, I did it this morning and I admit that I was pleasantly surprised with the results. I don’t look like I’m wearing a mask, yet I feel like I’m covered. It’s not cheap, but then again, neither is the department store stuff when you really think about it, Plus, you don’t look like a drag queen when you wear it, which is something (straight) men seem to like! Anyway, I’ll keep you posted as to progress on the house (and my face) and I hope everyone has a very happy weekend!!!