it's been some time since i've had the opportunity to blog. one may think that i would have a lot of catching up to do. in my life, that's just not true. i worked my first week at my new job. i had my first full day performing my duties. the camaraderie has begun with my snarky-ass co-workers. and i got my mug (which is the only thing i'm allowed to drink out of, ever), which my training group has been pumped for since monday.

other than work, this week has been chock full of nothing. it's been nearly two weeks since jason & i finished our red project, and the green one is nearly complete, but there will be significant back-tracking, seeing as i basically became some kind of totalitarian regime and overtook the entire green project. i'm publicly apologizing for this, jason staab, and we'll both re-do this. unless i hate your ideas. then it's all me, baby.

last night, the main attraction was "the mothman prophecies." when sarah and marissa announced this was the feature presentation, i was not exactly thrilled. the only reason i was excited about it at all was because i remembered that low has a song on the soundtrack, and i was hoping to hear it in the movie. a third of the way through, i was completely lost. "what the fuck is going on?" i said, breaking the silence (because the first half of the movie barely has any dialogue, which can be cool, but in this case was pretty damn confusing). shrugs and "i don't know"s echoed my befuddled sentiments. we made it through the whole movie (with one necessary but badly-timed 15-minute break) and i still can't tell you what it was about. i can roughly outline the plot, tell you that richard gere gets angry a lot, and mention that the cinemetography was pretty sweet, but beyond that, i don't have a fucking clue what happened in that movie.

so here it is. i'm pissed at you guys, i'm not going to lie. i uploaded some great songs for you last weekend and told you to do the same for me. i provided you a link to the free hosting service and i think i even said please. did anyone do it? no. i didn't know if i should even do it this week, you greedy bastards.

while i was considering not doing it, i thought, wwjd? jesus would continue to upload his songs for his friends, despite their lack of reciprocity. so here's your fucking sunday 5, which has morphed from "my top five songs of the week" into "songs you fucken need." and do the right thing.

the sunday 5
1. imogen heap: hide and seek.
this song is epic. acapella, one woman, multiple vocal layers, distorted to perfection. used on the season finale of "the o.c." during caleb's funeral and created the parallel for the scene where marissa shot trey. uh.... sorry if you haven't seen that yet and i just wrecked it for you..... uh... anyway, it's perfect for melancholy days or drunken depressed nights.

2. prince: my name is prince.
prince is just the best artist on the planet. you can't argue against this. go ahead and try it, but you won't win. you can't do it. prince is the best. this song is kind of like him introducing himself, saying that although he's the greatest guy ever and that god created him personally, he's no better than us, but really, he is. plus, you gotta be prince before you're king, anyway.

3. electric six: gay bar.
i love this guy's voice. i love their sense of humor. i love their driving guitars and stupid, senseless lyrics.
actually, the only real reason i'm putting this one up here this week is for the beautiful and talented kristen pederson, in hopes she'll run across this blog from her texan residence and remember laying in the grass with me & renee in the most awkward spot on campus. it's also a personal reminder of the look on wil's face when he first heard it.
and it's a good tune.

4. the police: so lonely.
best song by the police. it is. and the bass line is so badass.
so, funny story. my brother and i were listening to this song and discussing how cool the bass line is, especially during the key-changing bridge part. i got so caught up in the song that i exclaimed, "GOD, i love that!! who plays the bass for this group? they're brilliant!!" my brother looked at me and just shook his head.
and then i remembered that it's sting and felt shame and embarrassment.
anyway. great song. i can listen to this one pelowski-style (which means a million times in a row every day for three weeks).

5. blues traveler: hook.
you all remember loving this song. nobody didn't like this song. i remember hearing this for the first time and thinking how hardcore this guy was about the blues. nobody rocked it blues-style like blues traveler in the mid-90s. plus, i just realized that this song has the same chord progression as pachelbel's canon, which makes it even more sweet. when he really gets going with that harmonica at about 3:05.... and then when he kicks the shit out of the vocals at about 3:30... are they still around? does anybody know? i need more blues traveler. they are so underrated. i love these guys. god.

i apologize for the unnecessary amount of curse words in this post, but i am apparently becoming more vulgar by the day.

also, i keep dreaming about eggs. is that weird?