South Park

Jason won't fucking stop quoting this!!

He'll do the face and everything!  Even if I'm mega-grumpy!

He says that this is the best thing he's ever seen on South Park, I guess he needs to watch Prehistoric Ice Man again, hey!?

"But you love your Simpsons course!"

That gender/Simpsons project I've been half thinking of/working on for awhile died!

Well, I thought it was due on the 23, but I was fucking wrong! 
It was supposed to be due today... BUT, last night I e-mailed my proff, Darren saying this:

Hey Darren,


I thought I was presenting on the 23rd, which is of course, not true!

So I've been working all week trying to get this presentation done, but

the two readings (which are not a part of the course) I've found

impossible to relate. I'm still going to keep working so I'll

technically have something to present tomorrow, but I won't be

confident in it AT ALL!

I was hoping maybe to save myself the embarrassment of presenting

something I think is total garbage and do Social Class or Identity

(that looked like it was still open).

I was using Chris Turner's book Planet Simpson - the chapter titled

Lisa Lionheart and Lana F. Rakow's essay "Feminist Approaches to

Popular Culture: Giving Patriarchy Its Due." Her essay seemed like a

good source after scouring the internet looking for something I thought

was valid, but the more I try to relate the two the more I feel like a

total idiot...

So could I please switch topics? I'm sorry I am bringing this up so

late

-Alicia.

I felt like a total knob, I don't usually do this with school.  After sending this and re-reading the course outline, I realized I had really done this project COMPLETLY WRONG!!!  I was supposed to use one COURSE reading and one other theorist and compare, or whatever.  I used two of my own choosing, and then found I couldn't even fucking relate the two together! 
SO, after trying to make it work, trying to make it work, refreshing and refreshing and refreshing myUFV e-mail, I started crying, pathetically! 

Jason walked into the room as I was looking for a course to take Jul/Aug so I could just withdraw if Darren said "no."

He didn't though! Cause he's super cool, and probably was like "whoooooa, she did this so wrong"
After spilling my heart's contents and admitting I felt like an idiot he said

Hi Alicia,
July 7th, Identity. It's yours.

darren

Awesome!

B.J.M.

So,
The Brian Jonestown Massacre concert I've been looking forward to for MONTHS may be cancelled!

BUT, we're not entirely sure yet? 
Ticketmaster and the Commodore have no clue what's up,
IN FACT, ticketmaster said "according to them the concert was still on so they're going to continue selling tickets." 
And the Commodore said they've heard rumours but don't know anything for sure....

I had e-mailed Anton Newcombe's myspace (assuming, of course, it was actually him and not an imposter) asking for an interview for my radio show, Mood Swings, and he said:

"unfortunately the concert is cancelled.


i'm sorry,

a"
 
it also says the show was cancelled on their official myspace!  :(!
 
I really hope this show runs, if it doesn't there is a good chance I will die!
 
 
 

Joel Gion!

People are super dope sometimes!

I just watched the movie Dig! and now I am obsessed with the above!

Is it terrible that I go from one unhealthy celebrity obsession to the next?

Probably

I'll tell you about the movie later, right now I'm supposed to be doing homework!

UNTIL THEN:

HBO BROS

Jason and my own self just finished watching all of HBO's Spartacus!  There were only like 12 or 13 eps. but they were so good!

The first few episodes are sweet, but then after like 4 or something some of the characters get FUCKED, like, in the head, you know!? 
It's a little 300-y, and the blood is super-duper fake, and sometimes it isn't historically accurate (according to reviewers on IMDB) but its a great show, especially if you're into stuff like that! 

I don't wanna summarize the whole show, so guess who will (for the most part) for me, Wikipedia!  The only thing you don't get from there is the ba-zillions of times you get to see Lucy Lawless' boobies!  You get to see other womens too, and some full-frontal male N, but nothing beats Xena, riiiight!?

Unfortunetly, I get to be super disapointed BECAUSE the Spartacus dude got like blood-cancer or something shitty, and can't go on to do the second season (yet?).  BUT, I guess until then we have to make due with the Spartacus pre-quel HBO is making in the meantime, whenever that airs!

Whatever though, this show is totally dope so you should stop watching United States of Tara and get caught up with your ole' pal Spartacus!

Beth-st Friends!

My Grandpa and I went and saw my Grandma in the hospital today.

We were talking about how my little cousins apparently tease my grandparents dog, Beth

My Grandma said that they get it from my Grandpa

 who will stomp to scare the dog and do other teasing type things

To this my Grandpa responded

"That dog just wants to fight all the time."

....Beth is the dog in the picture, a toy poodle

WE'RE THE WORST!

Jason and my bad self kind-of-recently discovered we have this song stuck in our heads super-often :(




Isn't that super terrible?  Just the chorus though, does that make it better?

Monday, June 7th, 2010

I did my radio show, Mood Swings, today!
This is how it works: the first hour or the show has a set theme or 'spotlight' on one particular artist, the second half of the show has conditions though.

If the first half of the show is a spotlight of an American (or from another country other than Canada) artist then the second half of the show will be a mix of various Canadian artists. 
If the first half of the show is all Canadian or a Canadian artist then the second half is a mix of artists from any country.
And any other variation of the above, you know?!

So whatever, right?  Today I did a theme, which was Native Indians.
For that I played:
Thee Headcoats - Poccahontas Was Her Name
Thee Headcoats - Cowboys Are Square
Indian Wars - Comanche Killer
Thee Headcoats - Louie Riel
Keith Secola - NDN Kars
The Wax Museums - Cowboys and Indians
Atom and His Package - If You Own the Washington Redskins, You're a Cock
Thee Headcoats - Comanche
Beat Happening - Indian Summer
Black Lips - Navajo
Pradada - Wasted Indians

That was about 1/4 of the show.  I couldn't really find any Native titled/related songs in the Garage/Punk kind of genre

So, then I started with the mix!:
Bertha Cool - Rat King
The b-52's - 52 Girls
The Dead Milkmen - Dean's Dream
Clues - You Have My Eyes Now
The Bitters - Nurtured Disease
The Dead Milkmen - Take Me Apart
Meth Teeth - I Was Wrong
Cheater Slicks - It's OK, What You Weigh
Brazilian Money - Give and Take, It's OK

And theeeen, my iPod was almost dead, because I'm a total idiot!
So I played songs from the CIVL Station computer these were:
Fun 100 - Roger and Me
Caribou - Found Out
The Weakerthans - Civil Twilight
Wolf Parade - Shine a Light

These songs gave my iPod enough time to charge to finish my show, so I continued with:

The Gruesomes - Why Me?
Makeout Videotape - Basketball Kids
The Embarrassment - Careen
Young Governor - You're So Sad
The Marvelous Darlings - Careerist
The Creeping Nobodies - Cowbell
Sneaky Pinks - Life Stupid, I Stupid
The Fleshtones - Play With Fire
Nu Sensae - Brain Aid
Grown-Ups - Waste Your Life
Fun 100 - Kimmy Gibbler is My Girlfriend
Dayglo Abortions - Bedtime Story
Shearing Pinx - Tropical Dementia

I may have gotten the order confused, but I don't really care, if you wanna you can see for yourself and then send me vicious hate mail - you know I would love it!

ALSO, I've missed a number of shows (today was my first Monday show), so if you click a link and it's not what you're looking for (if you know what I mean) then I was probably gone on business that day, sorry!

TV and the Soc. Value of the Simpsons

I'm in this course - titled above - and I have to do a 25-30 minute presentation on gender in the televion show "The Simpsons." 

Obviously, my brain immediately went to the topic of gender stereotyping, but thats such a vanilla topic - anyone doing gender would choose it!  I've finally decided, after a month of contemplating, "positive gender reinforcment within the Simpsons."  I'll probably use clips of the Malibu Stacey/Lisa Lionheart episode, the ep. where Marge gets implants (not sure yet), the ep. where Marge's old BFF is a famous news anchorwoman and possibly others!

I have to use the ideas of two theorists in this presentation, but I haven't decided yet :(  maybe, if I focus heavily on the Malibu Stacey ep. I could use Angela McRobbie/Girls Bedroom Culture?  I don't know!

My teacher, Darren, said I could use the theme from my directed studies course which was Girls in Subcultures, and then talk about how Bart is always attracted to the "bad girl" type and their relevance in the show.  But I'm not sure, I think I like using my own ideas better - even though I technically still would be, I just like to "get there" myself, you know?

We're about 4/5 weeks into this course and I think the greatest life lesson I've learned so far is that I like South Park and Futurama best!

Mid-Simpsons seasons are so good though!  After watching all of the episodes I hadn't seen I think my favourite seasons are like 11-13.

heartzz

I forgot to tell you!

As of today Jason and myself have been together for 3 years!!!!
Isn't that super dope!?  We're super stoked on each other still, which is even more amazing and nice!

I always assumed that once you were together for a hella long time you hated each other, or does that not happen until we are married? 

So today was pretty dope, we had a humungous breakfast for lunch and Stephen Harper paid me that money he owed me (almost 1000 bones!) and we went and got my BlackBerry at stupid SevenOaks! 

ANNNNNND we went to Wal Mart and got a video game (UFC 2010) and the movie, Dead Snow.  But I didn't read the labels and Dead Snow isn't in English, so I don't wanna own it, I'll just borrow it from Tawnia and return my copy. 

I went and got provisions at Safeway - because they have the muffins Jason likeys!  and I came home and we ate delicious wedge fries, I had a samosa and Jason had a crap-load of sausage rolls.  Then we took turns defeating each other in UFC, I was Frank Mir, Jason was a number of characters incl. Kimbo, and that really ugly-faced, scar-back guy!

Then we laid in bed together and played cell phone games!!!

We're gonna go out-out tomorrow hopefully, but Jason has to work early tomorrow so we couldn't really do anything for reals!

"HEY, BBM ME"

Needless to say I just got a BlackBerry Curve!  It's purple, which is my favourite colour in the entire world, which already makes it the best phone ever!

Jason just went through this thing where he hated his phone because you couldn't load your own song as a ringtone (with the LG Rumour) annndd gueesss what my phone can do?!  BURRRN!

Now, it is just a matter of finding the perfect ringtone that celebrates my own personal unique flair and love for life.  And trying to figure out if I am too old to cover the rubber case/protector with Simpsons stickers I found...

Not to mention the billions of apps there probably are for me to enjoy and consume!

It took me awhile to figure out what was up, but I think after about a week I'll be pro, manuals can suck it, they're so borrring!

I'll tell you more about it when I learn more :)