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Affirmation

June 16th, 2010 by Manda | 4 Comments | Filed in Entertainment

My iTunes decided to surprise me by playing “Affirmation” by Savage Garden, a song and band that I love but haven’t listened to in ages. As the song played, it struck me just how right the song lyrics were. I don’t know what inspired the song, but if the band had been asked to write a song about the unwritten rules of life, the guys would have hit the nail on the head.

I believe the sun should never set upon an argument
I believe we place our happiness in other people’s hands
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it’s bad for you
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do
I believe that beauty magazines promote low self esteem
I believe I’m loved when I’m completely by myself alone

I believe in karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can’t appreciate real love ’til you’ve been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don’t know what you’ve got until you say goodbye

I believe you can’t control or choose your sexuality
I believe that trust is more important than monogamy
I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul
I believe that family is worth more than money or gold
I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair
I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires

I believe forgiveness is the key to your own happiness
I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed
I believe that God does not endorse TV evangelists
I believe in love surviving death into eternity

My two favorite lines are “I believe in karma what you give is what you get returned” and “I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul.” This song is just beautiful, absolutely beautiful.

When I get my own place in the fall, I’m going to put the lyrics of the chorus up on my wall where I can see it every day. I feel like these are good words to be reminded of on a daily basis.

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Acapalooza and Other Things

April 10th, 2010 by Manda | 4 Comments | Filed in Entertainment, School

I went to a fabulous event hosted by my university last night called Acapalooza. If it weren’t obvious by the name, an Acapalooza is when there is an overload of a cappella via concert form. It was a perfect way to end my stressful week, as there are very few things in life I love more than my school’s amazing premier all-male a cappella group. Last night they exceeded my (very high) expectations by performing a Lady Gaga medley, complete with props and dance moves. I don’t know how they can possibly top that for their upcoming end-of-year concert at the end of the month!

Speaking of singing, I cannot freaking wait for the return of Glee this coming Tuesday. I need my weekly dose of Finn Hudson/Cory Monteith back on my screen! Not to mention there are some pretty awesome guest stars lined up (Idina Menzel and Neil Patrick Harris, anyone?). I keep seeing preview clips and commercials and interviews by the cast and I am so, so excited that April 13 is almost finally here.

In other news, I decided what semester I’m going to participate in the language immersion program during my year abroad in Beijing. I’m doing it in the fall, because for me, that was the wisest decision. I’ve told my decision to Boy 3, who seemed like he knew that was what I was going to decide all along thanks to the very strong case he made for fall immersion rather than spring immersion way back when. (I did take his points into consideration, but like I said, I didn’t make my decision over any of the boys.) I’ve yet to tell Boys 1 and 2, and to be honest I’m not really looking forward to that conversation… but it’ll be fine.

Now for the remaining points of this entry that aren’t important enough to warrant their own paragraph: I have to edit a Wikipedia entry for the first time in my life for an assignment; Cheesecake beat Red Velvet in the Cake vs Pie March Madness championship round so I’m going to The Cheesecake Factory tomorrow to eat red velvet cheesecake; I really need to buy some sandals because flats don’t cut it in hot weather; and I registered for two summer online classes for the first time ever and I’m actually a little nervous about them.

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Why Yes, I Like Songs With Swear Words

March 12th, 2010 by Manda | 11 Comments | Filed in Family

To mark my regained mobility following my recent knee issues1, I drove my mother around to run errands. I know, I know. Driving doesn’t require mobility in the knees because the driver just sits behind the wheel, but I was able to get out of bed and into the car, which is no small victory. Besides, I like driving every chance I get when I’m home as I don’t have a car at school.

Anyway. I put on one of my CD mixes to listen to when driving as I never listen to the crap that’s on the radio. One of the songs on the CD was The Bird and the Bee’s “Fucking Boyfriend.” It’s not a foul-mouthed song despite the title, but the words “fucking boyfriend” are repeated throughout the chorus. I didn’t bank on my mother noticing what the lyrics to the song were as she usually doesn’t pay enough attention to whatever music plays in the car. Unfortunately, that seems to be no longer the case.

My mom: Is the girl swearing in this song?
Me: Uh… yes. Yes, she is.
My mom: Why do you listen to songs with swear words in them?
Me: Um. Uh. Well. It’s a good song?
My mom: But why does the singer feel the need to swear in the song?
Me: To express herself, I guess.
My mom: Do you feel the need to swear to express yourself?!
Me: …I’d really rather not have this conversation.

I’m pretty sure that my brother plays Blink-182 in the car whenever he drives it. I’m not really familiar with Blink-182′s stuff, but something tells me that their songs have more foul language than songs by The Bird and the Bee…

Are you working up to something? / But you give me almost nothing
Keep me helpless / Up to something on my knees
Would you ever be my / Would you be my fucking boyfriend?
Would you ever be my / Would you be my fucking boyfriend? ♪♫

  1. My knee is far from perfect, but most of the time I can get it to cooperate so I can move around. Minus the times where I wake up in the night because I jerked my knee and the pain was so great that I woke up screaming, that is. Basically, it’s still pretty touch-and-go right now. [↩]

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