"DO IT FOR THE JOURNAL!" 

friday, september 10



















so i wasn't going to go to the They Might Be Giants concert tomorrow night. i had plenty of reasons why... i only know 3 TMBG songs, i have a cold, i'm as always low on cash... and then there's two double cd's released on september 21 that i must get... i wasn't gunna go, no no no.

and then now i am.

i dunno. i mean, obviously i'm not doing it against my will. in fact, i've gazed longingly at the tmbg posters announcing the show almost daily. it's just... i only know threee sooongs (and not very well, i might add.) and i don't know.

however, i could not argue with the following points laid out by jesse and jessica (er, online)... the ticket is only $13. that's 2-3 meals eating out. they're fun on stage and like to incorporate their audience. and the last argument from jessica couldn't be denied: 'you'll get something to write about in the journal! DO IT FOR THE JOURNAL!'


so there. i'm doing it for you. heh heh heh heh.











 


















oh i know, this colour scheme is hideous! but i feel pink today, and i'm too lazy to change the green links. you'll live. pink power, you know?










 


















so i watched the mtv video music awards and.. i have a few comments to make...:


  •  what was up madonna's butt?? the sour look and insulting slow hand clapping when fatboy slim won was just plain weird. the man in the audience standing up and cheering for her when she tried to speak was so annoying.. stalker, perhaps? hmm. he seemed too old to be that weird. maybe that was why.
    

  •  the choir first singing orff's 'o fortuna' and then latching into a choir version of the kid rock song 'bawitdaba" was just too cool! and kid rock's perfomance later on rocked too. i know i'm a sucker. it's not something i would buy. but... i can't help it. i love seeing kid rock performing live on tv. he has a great energy level, and sometimes you just want to growl, you know?
    

  •  the dance group performing to fatboy slim's performance was too funny! was that bike reflexes on their suits?
    

  •  a *kiss* for beastie boys for their speech about the horridness that took place at the latest woodstock, and for addressing everyone to take action against assaults against women. it may not have been the smoothest speech, but the message came across and i'm so glad they did that. i knew there was another reason i loved them apart from rocking all over.
    

  •  pamela anderson lee and tommy lee need to just go away. enough. GO AWAY.
    

  •  li'l kim's boob was FREE! out there! with only a pastie! and DIANA ROSS BOUNCED IT WITH HER HAND!! i can't get over it.
    

  •  lauryn hill got 4 awards! wooooo! and that perfomance kicked more ass than ever - she had an odd pam grier/angela davis look going on, and i drooled. hah. 
    

  •  chris rock... ouch... ouch.. ouch.
    

  •  backstreet/n'sync/britney spears/tlc's perfomances... ouch. midrif shirt on a boy? bad lipsyncing? blah. disappointing. and i grew convinced that nick carter was higher than a kite.
    

  •  -trent-
    
that wasn't all but i'll leave it at that.


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i'm a trentoholic. it all started earlier this week... hearing the promo's on mtv about trent's first tv interview in like 5 years... well, first time i heard it i thought "cool." second time i thought "heh, cool!" and then yesterday i was in a frenzy chanting "trent on tv!!!!" all day.
    
i don't know how that happened. you see, i have never been into nine inch nails. i thought trent reznor was kind of cute, and i really love his soft backup vocals on the tori song "past the mission" but i just never felt like a nine inch nails person. kind people sent me tapes and i listened to them and it never really stuck. and then. now.
    

i'm a fullout trentoholic.  no, i mean really. i dug out the tapes with nine inch nail stuff on them and have been playing it on my walkman all day. i nearly fainted taping the trenterview on mtv last night, and the nine inch nail performance. he was just so gorgeous, and i really loved the live performance. also i got gene to bring the latest nin single, and we played it a few times. i was so tempted to ignore the people at my apartement and just thrash around wildly and scream along with "starfuckers inc." gah.
    
is it because he cut his hair? i don't know. i really don't. whatever it is, it had me doodling 'trentoholic' along my arm in half inch thick black magic marker letters, and scribble snippets of lyrics all over the back of my hand and fingers. i am so lame. ah well. judge for yourself:


    		

    

    
    		

    

     


    

    

    

    


    

    

    



    
small short hair trent gallery

    

    

    

    

    



    
trent
    

    
 "i wonder if i can get that slice of pizza to move this way if i just concentrate enough..."

    
    		

    

    



    
trent

    
"need..sugar..now.."

    
    
    		

    

    



    
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"everyone, you put your left foot in, you put your..."

    
    
    		

    



    
trent
    
"fuuuck, i knew we shouldn't have gone with mexican food"

    
    
    		

    

    


    
    		

    

    
    		

    

     


    

    

    

    


    

    

    


the fragile
    

                she shines
    
                in a world of ugliness
    
                she matters
    
                when everything is meaningless
    

                she doesn't see her beauty
    
                she tries to get away
    
                sometimes
    
                it's just that nothing seems worth saving
    

                i wont let you fall apart
    

                she reads the minds of all the people as they pass her by
    
                hoping someone can see
    
                if i could fix myself i'd -
    
                but it's too late for me
    

                i wont let you fall apart
    

                we'll find the perfect place to go where we can run and hide
    
                i'll build a wall and we can keep them on the other side
    
                ...but they keep waiting
    
                ...and picking...
    

                it's something i have to do
    
                i was there, too
    
                before everything else
    

                i was like you
    


    		

    

    
    		

    

     


    

    

    

    


    

    

    




    
*swoon*



    		

    

    
    		

    

     

    

    


    
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