Some thoughts for the next week

I'm going to be EFY-ing this next week so let me leave you with some random stuff:

1. The movie Fearless starring Jeff Bridges and the surprisingly moving Rosie Perez is great. I can't get the last scene out of my head. It's psychological, moving, and the best way I can describe it is a mix between the pilot episode of Lost and "Noel" of The West Wing.

2. Indiana Jones is absolutely preposterous. Yeah, all of them are, but this was ridiculous. I guess I won't ruin it yet, but take someone with you to predict everything in it. It's pretty amusing.

3. I plan on going through Twin Peaks and 30 Rock this summer once I'm done with EFY. I'm excited.

4. And lastly, a great moment in television history:



Have a good week all!

Confession: I kind of wish I was from the South

I realize the Pacific Northwest has provided the world with coffee, Nirvana, and Jimi Hendrix, but I wish I came from more of a tradition. For instance, the South. I'm basing this mostly on movies like Big Fish, but the South seems magical while the NW seems dark and full of Bigfoots and rain*.

One thing I like about the South is its musical tradition. I really enjoy bluegrass music. I started a new Pandora radio station from the Peasall Sisters (aka George Clooney's little girls in O Brother, Where Art Thou?) and it's wonderful. It's some of the only music that I prefer female vocals on**.

It represents the mystical, Gothic, childhood summer South. Crazy stories, adventures in the woods, swimming holes--it just appeals to me. I just wish I could do cooler things with my time than work custodial, smelling like chemicals when I come home and watch TV. I guess I could just run around barefoot if I wanted to, but concrete and asphalt are no replacement for grass and pine needles.

I'm still stuck in Utah


*Not to mention vampires.
**Sorry my entire sex.

Grad School

So I still have until February to actual apply to grad schools, but I'm exploring where I want to go. So far I think I want to apply to University of Washington and Western Washington since Washington is awesome and I can claim residency there. I'll probably apply to BYU since it will be cheap, but I also don't want to be in Provo longer than I have to. Other options that look cool:
-University of Tennessee in Knoxville only because I think Tennessee seems like a pretty cool state with some neat stuff in it. Also, Dollywood.
-University of Colorado in Boulder. Colorado seems pretty chill and it seems like there's civilization there.

Anyway, there are programs for Speech-Language Pathology all over, so I just need to narrow down where I want to go. Any suggestions? Cool states I should check out?

You know that song "Time in a Bottle"?

I do now, Zyrtec, and what a horrible marketing campaign. At work today the radio was on KOZY, which you can only imagine plays the most gentle "rock" possible, and this song came on. And then I realized this was the song Zyrtec keeps referring to in their latest commercial. According to Wikipedia, "'Time in a Bottle' was a posthumous No. 1 hit for singer-songwriter Jim Croce, reaching the top of the charts in December 1973, three months after his death in a plane crash." Apparently it was written for his son, which is nice and all, but Zyrtec, really? It seems like an inappropriate choice 1. because it's about a relationship, not drugs, and 2. because you're a freaking allergy medication. This is just proving how much TV I've watching in the last few days, but seriously, this commercial is on all the time. And it bugs.

But I also got to hear "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" by Bryan Adams. I have a secret love of Bryan Adams. I realize his music is corny and perfect for really awkward slow dances, but I've loved this song since I was a child...which is kind of weird. Whatever. Apparently it was written for a Johnny Depp movie: Don Juan DeMarco which looks crazy. Which is a redundant description when talking about a Johnny Depp movie. But the song was co-written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, great producer and husband of Shania Twain...so that means the song is actually really awesome. To prove it:



Like I said. Awesome.

TLC owns my soul

I will watch pretty much anything on TLC, much like VH1 in its glory days (the mid to late 90s). Recently, I've discovered a new show to watch: Jon and Kate Plus 8. It's about a family of 10: the Gosselin parents, a set of twins, and a set of sextuplets. Besides being a cautionary tale against fertility drugs, it's about a pretty normal couple with a ton of kids. Lots of them.

So many adorable part-Asian kids!

I started watching out of fascination, but the family is just so likable I kept watching (thank you TLC for all the marathons). I spent many of my pre-16-years-old-and-able-to-get-a-real-job years baby-sitting and a couple summers ago I worked at a daycare, so on some level I understand the chaos and fun of kids. But I always got to leave the kids, go home, and regain my sanity. Jon and Kate don't, and for that I salute them.

Some things I love about the show:

1. Kate's Ellen DeGeneres voice.
2. Jon's monotone commentary during their "confessionals".
3. The kids are freaking adorable.
4. We get to see triumphs and failures in getting the kids to do stuff. (Like their ski trip to Utah: 2 extra adults traveling with the family as well as flight delays = way to go guys).
5. Despite having a buttload of kids, the family is totally relatable and seems normal. They're just trying to function and do their best.
6. The camera crew and producers are like family to the Gosselins. The kids are always talking to the camera/sound men. Sometimes we see them interact and it's great.
7. Mostly, it's a warm-fuzzy sort of reality show that holds my interest more than anything on VH1 these days.

So thanks TLC. Thanks for addicting me to yet another of your awesome shows.

Love,
Kelsy

Yet another reason I hate my apartment complex

A Haiku

Why am I awake?
Jackhammers. Somebody kill me.
Work is going to suck.