Sluggish Sundays: ninjasonik

I'm getting off to a BAD START; I'm already procrastinating with my work. I gotta get it together. I'm gonna finish ALL of my reading tonight!

In the mean time....check out this video--it always puts a smile on my face.




Long as I'm not that "somebody!" lol...
peace.

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me: if you could have any super power, what would it be?
someone else: invisibility
me: oh come on, something less predictable and generic
someone else: hmm....I would have my own theme music.
me: that's awesome.






"although a tear may be ever so near

cause that's the time, you must keep on trying

smile...

what's the use of crying?"



This would be the lyrics to my theme music.

peachesss.

"The boys wanna be her. The girls wanna be her"

errrrr.

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Oneof my new years resolutions was to start writing on this thing everyday, even if its one line.

Well clearly...

I've already effed up. smh.

Anyway, the other day on the radio I was listening to this song, I think it was like one of those songs with PITBULL yellin in it, you know, I forgot the name of it but I was STRAIGHT JAMMIN until I heard this line and I just got really pissed. He said:

she was worth the money.

I was like WTF???
No. dude, no. If this sounds like one of those feminist-doublestandard-having-rants, or a complaint-from-a-part-time-conformist-party-hopping-college-student....I DONT CARE!!



The phrase just played over and over in my head....she was worth the money?

Seriously. What thee hell...


The degradation with equating a female a HUMAN BEING, with the value of a car, home, or some other inanimate object...is just disgusting! I was genuinely surprised at how much it bothered me, but I rode on home in SILENCE.

I mean, I dont go out and purchase my friends and then at the end of the day kick my feet up and say..."gee, she/he sure was WORTH THE MONEY...all that lovely advice she/he gave me and all the time she/he spends with me...man I work hard everyday at work just so I can BUY me some her/him!"

I mean, I know in this instance the song is referring to a male paying for RELATIONS and not necessarily a RELATIONship...but gah-lee...how much easier would that whole process be if you got to know a person and the person actually wanted to give you relations in exchange for MERE companionship?! Amazing thought huh? I mean then you could spend your money paying a bill or even paying child support!

smh.

I mean come ON people....is it really that painstaking to develop real relationships with people????



Says the girl that can probably count her friends on one hand.

Well, I guess it is pretty hard.

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My new favorite movie...

This is the perrrfect movie to watch on a date night or something! Seriously.




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This is the face I made when Jarrett first asked me to watch it:



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But I really don't watch a lot of movies and it takes a lot to keep me entertained for two straight hours--and I can safely say that this movie kept me interested.



I'm really growing to love and appreciate Michael Cera as an actor. He's cute, lovable, and effortlessly hilarious.

This movie will make you fall in love with him I guarantee you. If you love music I recommend this movie as well. The soundtrack features one of my favorite bands, Metric, the producer of Radiohead, as well as Beck. If you are unaware of any of the bands/people I have mentioned--then I invite you to expand your musical vocabulary and check them out! Look, I even provided links!

No but seriously check this movie out; it's worth watching. Watching a guy duke it out against his lover's past exes not only makes for good comedy, but maybe it'll teach your guy a thing or two about romance!

kidding.

Faster you SHOULD RUN--into Janelle's arms.

Okay I'm not blabbing about clothes today. And because I've listened to Janelle Monae's album non-stop since it came out, I figured I'd do a review.

This is my personal review of the MAY 18th release of
Janelle Monae's album: The ArchAndroid.

Now her previous album, Metropolis: The Chase Suite, didn't feel as much like a soundtrack as this one. What I liked most about this album is it's connectivity and the way each song rolls into the next, and helps convey the love story between her fictitious character, Cindi Mayweather (the android Monae portrays herself as on the cover of Metropolis), and her human love interest.

As with ANY album, you're not going to love every song immensely. This album has tracks that can make you cry, dance, laugh, and some of them you'll just be like what the ef? Overall, if you appreciate true artistry--I would suggest it as a great purchase.

Monae invites you in to her world with the cool melody of Dance or Die this track is dope--definitely. I love the line: "Protect the mind from degradation//sew in the seeds of education."

The energetic "Faster," is my favorite! She says, "Faster, Faster I should run// Faster, Faster from your arms" in the chorus. My fave line is: "We've been like magnets in our play//we smash and then pull away, everyday." This song is so relatable to any girl whose ever had a seemingly unattainable crush.


The stoner Jam (in my opinion) "Mushrooms and Roses" is pretty captivating.


The jazz tune "BaBopByeYa," makes me want to throw on my character shoes and break out in a dance number--loves it.


"Tightrope" is awesome, super groovy. Feat. Big Boy too. ::big ups::


"57821" is a dreamy love song; her harmonious sounds with
Deep Cotton are relaxing.

"Coldwar" is teeming with political innuendos. My fave line: If you wanna be free// below the grounds the only place to be// cause in this life//you spend time runnin from depravity.


"Sir Greendown" is kind of a stoner track too. Dedicated to Cindi's human infatuation: Anthony Greendown.


LOVED "Neon Valley Street" it starts slow, but--she raps!!



WEIRD TRACKS:

NEON GUMBO- completely eerie and creepy. but strangely intriguing.

MAKE THE BUS (Feat. of Montreal)- sheer ANNOYANCE. ugh.

WONDALAND- maybe Christmas time or something. maybe.


bottom line: IF YOU LOVE MUSIC AND UNIQUENESS: COP IT!

IF YOU DON'T, STAY LAME! jp.

XOX,

Denia