March 2007 Archives

Anyone who knows me really well is aware that I LOVE hearing some music that "shouldn't" be played on an acoustic guitar being played acoustically. Remember how I was playing "Faith" by George Michael BEFORE Limp Bizkit re-did it? Except I was playing it as a joke...

Anyways, I've found a new song that has that same sense of humor. An artist named Jenny Owen Youngs has recorded an acoustic/folk/pop version of Nelly's "Hot in Herre". The song is funny yet catchy, even sultry. She uses her Edie Brickell-type voice to nearly rap the song all the while playing her acoustic guitar. Hell, she's even faithful to the original by being grammatically incorrect ("Give that man what he askin for"). Check it out, you might find it funny too.

I'd be apathetic if I weren't so lethargic.

A Conversation at the Grownup Table, as Imagined at the Kids’ Table

MOM: Pass the wine, please. I want to become crazy.
DAD: O.K.
GRANDMOTHER: Did you see the politics? It made me angry.
DAD: Me, too. When it was over, I had sex.
UNCLE: I’m having sex right now.
DAD: We all are.

MOM: Let’s talk about which kid I like the best.
DAD: (laughing) You know, but you won’t tell.
MOM: If they ask me again, I might tell.
FRIEND FROM WORK: Hey, guess what! My voice is pretty loud!
DAD: (laughing) There are actual monsters in the world, but when my kids ask I pretend like there aren’t.
MOM: I’m angry! I’m angry all of a sudden!
DAD: I’m angry, too! We’re angry at each other!
MOM: Now everything is fine.

DAD: We just saw the PG-13 movie. It was so good.
MOM: There was a big sex.
FRIEND FROM WORK: I am the loudest! I am the loudest!
(Everybody laughs.)

MOM: I had a lot of wine, and now I’m crazy!
GRANDFATHER: Hey, do you guys know what God looks like?
ALL: Yes.
GRANDFATHER: Don’t tell the kids.

From The New Yorker, "The Wisdom of Children"

Fundament.

Unless you know what it can mean, yoiu'll probably guess wrongly what it means...

Go here , and you'll probably be surprised!