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I woke up alarmed.
I know this is kind of old news, but I was just reminded of it. A stroll through my lesser played itunes has led me to ask What the fuck happened to Liz Phair?!?. She used to be so cool, and now she's playing crappy pop I've even heard on Smallville. I know she married some kind of big wheel producer guy, and I guess he turned her into a purveyor of derrivative shit. Too bad, really. As Hamlet said to Ophelia I did love you, once.
Thanks to everyone who made supportive comments after my last frustrated post. I've resolved to concentrate on things I have power over and look past those I don't. They keep telling me to do that at that place I go. With that in mind, I'm cranking out an extra chapter this week, I had an extra therapy appointment, and I actually showed up for EMDR. I also didn't let my recent depression throw me into a fit of weed and junk food lasting for days at a time (well, staying in town this weekend helps with that too). Plus, a few people decided to offhandedly remind me of my value by asking me to do things for them. I've been asked to write things, to record some vocal stuff, and my buddy asked me to smudge and bless his new house (which I was totally going to do anyway). So I got to do a few things I'm actually good at. Because if people don't remind me of my own value, I tend to forget. I hope I don't forget to breathe or maintain a heartbeat next...
The Friday Five is a good one this week, so here it is:
1. What book or books were special to you in your childhood?
James & the Giant Peach, All of Charles Shultz, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, The Giving Tree--all of Shel Silverstein really.
2. What was particularly special or memorable about those books?
They either had situations that mirrored things in my own life, or successfully allowed me to fully emerse myself in the story for long enough to forget my own life.
3. Have you re-read any of them as an adult?
All but The Cat At My Gymsuit, which I have not come across as an adult.
4. If so, were the books as good as you remembered them?
Overall, they were better. I understood the underlying themes more closely and learned things about myself as a child.
5. What do you think about movies being made out of children's classics (like the Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of The Rings, etc.)?
In general, I like them fine. I wouldn't really call LotR a "children's classic" even though many of us read them as kids. I read Stephen King as a kid, but I was not his intended audience. I must say though, that the books and movies coming out for kids now is vastly supoerior in many ways than the stuff we had. Our stuff dealt with important themes and was memorable and funny--but the level of fantasy and you know...wonder has increased exponentially. What I'm saying is, I wish Harry Potter and Lemony Snicket were around when I was a kid and not, say, 30.
Is that a real show? That would be hilarious. Someone, please tape it for me. ;-]
H bought me this badass Marine Aquarium screensaver because nobody makes free ones for macs. It's the 2.6 version that has a 3D background and fish. Like I explained to him, $20 is a lot for a screensaver, but it's really cheap for a saltwater aquarium full of fish that never die. I can even have 8 lionfish if I want--that's like, a thousand dollars worth of fish who could never sting us like a real lionfish, plus a starfish. So yeah, it's pretty cool. They also have shark screensavers and freshwater fish ones. I daresay though, that they are surprisingly lame.
And did you guys know that people still smoke "blunts"?
I had no idea, I thought that went out years ago.
Thanks to everyone who made supportive comments after my last frustrated post. I've resolved to concentrate on things I have power over and look past those I don't. They keep telling me to do that at that place I go. With that in mind, I'm cranking out an extra chapter this week, I had an extra therapy appointment, and I actually showed up for EMDR. I also didn't let my recent depression throw me into a fit of weed and junk food lasting for days at a time (well, staying in town this weekend helps with that too). Plus, a few people decided to offhandedly remind me of my value by asking me to do things for them. I've been asked to write things, to record some vocal stuff, and my buddy asked me to smudge and bless his new house (which I was totally going to do anyway). So I got to do a few things I'm actually good at. Because if people don't remind me of my own value, I tend to forget. I hope I don't forget to breathe or maintain a heartbeat next...
The Friday Five is a good one this week, so here it is:
1. What book or books were special to you in your childhood?
James & the Giant Peach, All of Charles Shultz, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, The Giving Tree--all of Shel Silverstein really.
2. What was particularly special or memorable about those books?
They either had situations that mirrored things in my own life, or successfully allowed me to fully emerse myself in the story for long enough to forget my own life.
3. Have you re-read any of them as an adult?
All but The Cat At My Gymsuit, which I have not come across as an adult.
4. If so, were the books as good as you remembered them?
Overall, they were better. I understood the underlying themes more closely and learned things about myself as a child.
5. What do you think about movies being made out of children's classics (like the Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of The Rings, etc.)?
In general, I like them fine. I wouldn't really call LotR a "children's classic" even though many of us read them as kids. I read Stephen King as a kid, but I was not his intended audience. I must say though, that the books and movies coming out for kids now is vastly supoerior in many ways than the stuff we had. Our stuff dealt with important themes and was memorable and funny--but the level of fantasy and you know...wonder has increased exponentially. What I'm saying is, I wish Harry Potter and Lemony Snicket were around when I was a kid and not, say, 30.
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Is that a real show? That would be hilarious. Someone, please tape it for me. ;-]
H bought me this badass Marine Aquarium screensaver because nobody makes free ones for macs. It's the 2.6 version that has a 3D background and fish. Like I explained to him, $20 is a lot for a screensaver, but it's really cheap for a saltwater aquarium full of fish that never die. I can even have 8 lionfish if I want--that's like, a thousand dollars worth of fish who could never sting us like a real lionfish, plus a starfish. So yeah, it's pretty cool. They also have shark screensavers and freshwater fish ones. I daresay though, that they are surprisingly lame.
And did you guys know that people still smoke "blunts"?
I had no idea, I thought that went out years ago.
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Liz Phair. Man, was I ever into her. She had me at her cover of "Turning Japanese". And then, she had one of the greatest albums of all-time, "Exiles in Guyville".
I have a theory about liking/disliking her music.
If you listen to the great, early Liz Phair --- that would be pre-breeding Liz Phair, when she was single and childless.
The later LizP (I can't say 'poppier', because I've always felt she was popish w/ Supernova et. al.), and by later I mean 'after husband/after spawning' she totally lost her edge.
TOTALLY.
TOTALLY.
(I feel like PJ Soles in Halloween...and you'll totally get that reference!)
The more important issue is how to deal with it. Her later stuff has cracked Top 40, which means dollars for Liz. And who doesn't want to see someone they've adored make the bucks?
I think the problem is the name: she was Liz Phair then and is still Liz Phair now --- so the expectation is that she'll still be Liz Phair. Silly, I know --- but valid.
Maybe she should record now under a different name, like Phairly Good. At least we wouldn't be reminded of past greatness then and maybe could accept her today for what she has become: a lesser musician/performer/songwriter of little note.
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Don't forget that Michael Myers was totally wearing the eyeglasses of PJ Soles' boyfriend that he just totally killed!
Totally!
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Phairly Good--you're goddamn killing me over here!
That's true, if she'd taken a different name, as chicks sometimes do when they get married, we'd have known she was gonna do different (though perhaps not suckier music). But no...she used her name recognition to trick me into getting free downloads of her music--which turned out to suck.
Tell me, where's the poetic justice in THAT!
LOL--you said "PJ Soles!"
I also love her in Carrie. What a beeyotch!
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i remember this girl i hung out with about six years ago. I can't believe it's been that long. but, yeah, she was a big time blunt smoker.
I haven't seen any since I stopped hanging out with her. Then again, i haven't seen much weed since then either. What I have seen has been in a bowl or in a vaporizer.
As for other shit, I feel kind of bad that it's taking this long, but you could try and find a positive to it. it's all part of the journey or something.
you'll have to forgive me, i've been hitting the tequila tonight.
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*note to self, get new vaporizer*
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It just bums me out that her first 2 albums were so poignant and relevant (to my life, anyway) and the next one seemed so poppy and drained of everything that makes her great.
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Eyeglasses make EVERYTHING funnier!
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Re: Phairly Good--you're goddamn killing me over here!
I'm sorry.
I promise to be off-topic again in future posts.
;-)
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Re: Phairly Good--you're goddamn killing me over here!
Re: my reality tv show
That must be on cable or something. ;-]
Only a freak would be able to go that long w/out TV though...
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I think whitechocolatespaceegg is awesome too, it's actually the Liz CD I listen to most often, but I don't have her newer albums. I have only downloaded a few tracks off them. Enjoyed the interviews a lot though. Heh.