Andrew Canceled

I was going to see Andrew McMahon for the third time on January 3, 2010. I was really looking forward to it and I was about to buy tickets for it, but I learned that the concert was canceled. He was going to be playing with Weezer, but they canceled. So, this was just a quicky post. I'm thinking of making a longer post for tomorrow, but I'm not too sure.

Battenberg

I tried Battenberg because it looked like another version of Twinkie! Plus on the wrapper it said, "Exceedingly Good..." Battenberg is vanilla and strawberry cake wrapped with almond paste and has apricot jam inbetween the cake. I found it was way too sweet and artificial. It wasn't that good actually. I don't think I would ever eat it again....

On Your Side (A Rocket to the Moon) ♥

WARNING! SUPER LONG POST! I BET SOPHIE WILL BE THE ONLY PERSON TO FINISH READING THIS POST. SOPHIE ALWAYS READS THROUGH ALL MY POSTS! :)

I just got the new A Rocket to the Moon album, On Your Side. I have been listening to them for about two years now. This album overall had less of an electric feel than the rest of their songs. It focused on more of a realistic feel, than computer tuning. It's a very happy, sweet album that has a summery feeling that I find hard to explain. Here's a breakdown of the album:

Annabelle: It's a very catchy song about a girl who's pretty, but he's pretty sure he's over her. She's stuck up and he can't deal with it anymore, so he's leaving her. She goes around saying he ruined his life and he doesn't care what she says because he knows she's just trying to save her image.

Mr. Right: I was shocked at how much the guitar popped through. Usually their music has been messed with so much, that you can't really here everything. (I personally like that kind of style of music. I find it to be very nice sounding. I know nice is such a BLURG type of description, but you know.) This is my favorite song on the whole album. The music video is very sweet and cute. Basically the song is about a girl who's dating a really rich guy and isn't happy. Meanwhile, her best friend is dating someone poor and is incredibly happy. So A Rocket To The Moon is basically saying you don't need to be rich to be happy and so on.

She's Killing Me: It's a very funny song. He does everything to piss this girl off and talks about how annoying she is,  but he loves her anyways. I really like the chorus, it's very catchy.

On a Lonely Night: The beginning of this song reminds me a lot of Mr. Right. It has this summery feeling that I can't really explain. This song has a certain Taylor Swift feeling to it. This song has a female backing voice that highlights Nick's, the lead singer's, voice.

Dakota: This song really reminds me of someone, but I can't quite remember who it is. It's killing me not to know. It's a great song that shows all the feelings you have at the beginning of a relationship. I felt that this song should've had a guitar solo for some reason.

Life of the Party: I feel like this song is good, but it has a So What (P!nk) kind of flair. It does sound different from the other songs though. The guitar sounds more rustic in this song than it usually does. It's a good song to listen to if someone breaks up with you. Hahaha.

Like We Used To: This song is an acoustic song that reminds me a lot of Dear Juliet (Chase Coy) in the beginning. Then it goes back to the A Rocket to the Moon sweet, sappy lyrics that make me smile. You can tell that it's about his ex-girlfriend who he can't quite get over. I actually really like this song. Definitely on my top 3 for this album.

Where Did You Go?: Yay! This song goes back to A Rocket to the Moon's original electric style! It isn't as electric as the older songs like Baby, We're Invincible, I'll be Your Sunset, or Away Away. It's a mixture of their older electric style and their newer acoustic/indie kind of feel.

Sometimes: This song sounds kind of mainstream. Not super mainstream, but it has some very mainstream material. It reminds me of Fall Out Boy for some reason. Maybe that's where the mainstream flair comes from.

Baby Blue Eyes: This song seems like it belongs to a male version of Taylor Swift. The reference to blue eyes, the talk about dances, and the country feel, all scream Taylor Swift! I find the song to be very sweet and the girl who this song is about should feel extremely lucky. (I don't get what's so attractive about blue eyes. I personally find grey and green eyes to be the nicest....)

Give a Damn: Sum 41, Queen, and Blink 182 all must have been inspiration for the beginning of this song. Some people get to talk to the people they're in love with, some don't. In this case, he doesn't get to talk to her. Hahaha. The part where it's like "But she doesn't know who I am" reminds me of the "They call her love" part in She is Love by Parachute.

On Your Side: Mr. Right sounds a lot like this one. The guitar solo reminds me of a song. I just can't remember it for some reason. When I remember it, I'll edit this post.

Overall I find this album to be light and somthing easy to listen to. Not too hardcore, like screamo. I don't think this album will be their breakout album that will make them mainstream and I'm kind of thankful for that. Mainstream-ness kills artist's original thoughts and ideas. The songs on this album feel like they're close to the artist's heart and haven't been edited so much that they have no real feeling. This album is really different from the rest of A Rocket to the Moon's songs and I think they're old work is better. I'm still a fan though. Without all the computer tuning, the music sounds more professional, so maybe it's a good thing that they changed.

Avatar

Today I went to see Avatar with my brother. It was very dissapointing. For something that was supposed to be the most expensive film ever made, it wasn't that great. Visually stunning, story not so stunning. I felt that it was just a more high tech Pocohontas. So pretty much, Pocahontas meets Jurassic Park. All the creatures looked cool and realistic, but the story was pretty much the typical thing that happened to Native Americans when the Europeans came to the "New World." The Navi, the blue people, have a very expensive metal that the humans want. The humans create avatars to communicate with the Navi. One Navi interacts with an avatar belonging to Jay Sully. She ends up falling in love with him and he falls in love with her. Of course before this, she taught him everything about his culture. The humans then destroy the Navi's living area and the girl Navi yells at Jay, talking about how he betrayed her and so on. Then Jay feels guilty and tries to make it up to her by betraying his kind, the humans. In the end, he becomes part of the Navi and the humans go back to Earth. Avatar really had no point and was quite boring. It felt more like a chance for someone to show off their computer skills, than a story.

It's Supposed to Be Cold, But It Isn't

For the last two weeks, it has been extremely cold. As in, three layers and a scarf weather. Yeah, it's that cold. But then, Mother Nature decides that since it is Winter Break, she's going to make it hot! I mean 78-80 degree weather! Meanwhile, on the East Coast there is a snow storm. FOR REAL! Anyways, I just thought it was kind of funny how when it's supposed to be cold, it's hot...Maybe if it gets hot enough, my friends and I can go swimming.

Costco Sells Hi Chew?

They sell Hi Chew at Costco. Where else would you go to get 10 packs of Hi Chew for a terrific price? DURR. COSTCO! Well, here are pics to prove that Costco sell Hi Chew. Sorry that my posts haven't been all that long, but right now I have a poetry booklet to work on.

Just for Sophie

Sophie just loves Monty Python.

SOMETHING CORPORATE IS BACK!

BEST DAY EVER! SOMETHING CORPORATE IS BACK! ONLY WILLIAM ISN'T COMING BACK I THINK! THEY'LL BE TOURING WITH BAMBOOZLE LEFT AND I NEED TICKETS! I AM SUPER EXCITED! All the retarded crap I've had to deal with for the past two weeks has finally paid off. I hope that SoCo will come out with a new album because SoCo is better than Jack's Mannequin, just because I feel like SoCo has more personality and they're just a group of really good friends. Look up "Somthing in 2010?" on youtube! You can see how different they all look now. It's been 10 years since SoCo was formed and 4 years since they've played with each other. All I want is for this reunion to work out.

Rotating Sushi Bar!

Today was one of the few days that all four members of my family were together. Usually my brother is out with friends. So my friend Tina can eat 20 plates of sushi at a rotating sushi bar and I just wanted to see how many plates my family could eat. My family ate (insert drum roll here) 28 plates! Almost 30!!!! That means on average each person in my family ate 7 plates. So what I'm wondering is how in the world does Tina eat 20 plates all by herself? I mean seriously. It's not like she's fat or anything. She's super duper skinny and it just shocks me how much she can eat. I'm 98.99% sure she is not lying. So what do you think?