Couple of music related thoughts:

First off, the Black Eyed Peas' new song, "My Humps". This is such a stupid song, about on par with Sir Mix-a-lot's "Baby Got Back". Basically it comes down to the often repeated terms of "my hump" and "my lovely little/lady lumps".

I can't imagine why any woman would want to use the term "lump" when describing her own body. It just feels like it doesn't have any positive inflection whatsoever. I mean, lumpy gravy is something you try to avoid. A lumpy matress is old and uncomfortable. To take one's lumps means you're being beaten severely. Even checking for lumps, as in a self-breast exam, is checking for cancer, which, last I checked, is generally considered a bad thing. A lump is some kind of deformity; some mound of something that shouldn't be there. Seems like hardly the term to use to describe one's own breasts in a positive manner. Breasts (and the female body on the whole) should be praised and respected with beautiful words!


Also, Nickelback's "Photograph". For one thing, it's already getting dangerously close to burnout status, which is a shame because I like this song, and Nickelback in general. (But then, that's the "problem" (if you can call it that) with Nickelback - they're so mass-appeal that their stuff gets a lot of airplay on a lot of stations.) But anyway...I was kinda singing along, and got to the second...verse? Stanza? I'm not sure of the exact term...right after the first chorus. I started with "We used to listen to the radio...", but they played "This was the old arcade..." I knew that verse went there, but I had gotten so used to the shorter radio edits, that I had forgotten about it. It didn't surprise me...I mean, I figured it was the longer version - they've done it with other Nickelback songs. But now that I think about it, I'm trying to remember if they still cut out other portions of the song...I remember thinking, "Just how many different radio edits does one song need?" And, as fas as I can tell, the song doesn't need a radio edit to begin with...except perhaps for length. I mean, they cut out the arcade verse, and the first half of the bridge section, but they don't really need to...do they?
posted by Tim at 12:55 AM

So, I guess the Red Sox losing Game 3 gets me out of blogging about the playoffs. Oh well. Wait 'til Last Year, eh?

But maybe that's kind of a good thing. It makes last year - and all the effort and drive and stuff - all that more magical and unique. I'd think about a "2 out of the last 3" kind of thing, but I'm not so sure that can happen. I don't get that feeling with these guys as I would with other teams/sports. I dunno.

Normally I'd root against the team that knocks my team out of the playoffs. But this year, I wouldn't mind so much if the White Sox went all the way. That way they'd have their taste of baseball championship like we had (why haven't won since 1917, if I remember right). But maybe I'd care a bit more if Chicago cared a bit more, because most of them are Cubs fans anyway.

Or the Angels, I guess they could win. Or what, Houston or St. Louis? Eh. But certainly not the Spankees. Oh Please Dear God NO not the Spankees. Not so much because I don't want the Spankees to win as it is that all the taunting we did last year would come back and bite us in the ass.
posted by Tim at 3:37 AM

Well, it's October. Guess I ought to start my annual blogging about the Red Sox, eh? :P

Not much to say right now, really. Just that while it's great that they're in the playoffs again, I was left somewhat disappointed by the fact that they didn't win the AL East title. They had quite a nice lead a few weeks ago, and it would've been nice to finally end the Spankees' consecutive-title streak.

And now I'm even more disheartened by the fact that they've lost Games 1 and 2 to the White Sox. Especially Game 1 by 12 runs. >_<

But hey, now they're back home, so time to tie - and eventually win - the series.

In other news, hopefully the Patriots can right their ship before it's too late. That Chargers game was pretty disappointing. As much as I kind of blindly assume the Pats are going to win (because they've practically done nothing but), it's also alarming, and maybe all the injuries and departures are finally catching up with them. I was kind hoping for one more Super Bowl win, just to make it four of the last five and become TEH BESTEST TEAM EVAH, but if they do go down this year, I don't think I'll mind too much...it was a good run.

Unless they make it four of the last six...that'll work too. ;)

In other other news, it's a little weird to finally see NHL hockey back, huh? And the Bruins pick up right where they left off...losing to the Canadiens. I didn't actually see this game, but I'm gonna try and watch at least a little hockey this season, to see how all the new rules and stuff works out.
posted by Tim at 3:16 AM