because I’m not special
I was bored tonight, so I decided to make black bottom cupcakes: chocolately, gooey, yummy. I’m normally a complete disaster when it comes to baking or cooking of any kind, but these turned out okay. I baked them for a few minutes longer than I should have, but they weren’t burned or anything. They don’t even taste overdone, it’s just that the cream cheese topping is a little brownish instead of white.
Mmm, I think I’ll have another one.
I’ve really been getting back into cheesy music in the past few months. I don’t know why recycled lyrics and formulaic instrumentations attract me so much. I can’t get these songs out of my head, yet I don’t want them out either. They’re so cheesy, they’re good. Mmm.
5. Jesse McCartney, Beautiful Soul. I don’t think there’s a single real instrument in this song. Jesse doesn’t really have a strong voice, but this song doesn’t have any difficult passages, so he sounds pretty decent. The bridge is probably the most boring part of the whole song, but otherwise, it’s fun and catchy and that’s all that matters!
4. Hilary Duff, Someone’s Watching Over Me. Hilary’s character “wrote” this song in her movie, Raise Your Voice. She performs it at the end with her boyfriend. It’s about following your heart, being true to yourself and never giving up. She has the whole fake-sounding voice in it that is totally awesome and makes me want to listen to it over and over.
3. Backstreet Boys, Incomplete. Their new single sounds exactly like Shape Of My Heart and I Want It That Way. This song drips with nostalgia, playing to the fans who miss the old days when they were the reigning boy band. It’s not quite as catchy as I Want It That Way, but it’s good enough to win me back over.
2. Diana DeGarmo, I Believe. This is probably the cheesiest song I’ve ever heard in my life and I’m not exaggerating. Written by Tamyra Gray, there isn’t one line that hasn’t been in fifty other pop songs before it. It talks about pots of gold, dreaming dreams, moments arriving, reaching into your heart and believing in the impossible. The great thing about it is that she sings it as if she really, really means it. You feel like she’s overcoming that obstacle and striving to be the very best right at the moment she sings those words. Then there’s tons of glory notes too, which is totally awesome too.
1. Kelly Clarkson, Since U Been Gone. This is quite possibly my favourite song ever. It’s so catchy and so fun that it’s been stuck in my head for the past six months and I don’t want to get it out. I don’t get how Max Martin can produce so many songs that get stuck in your head forever. Every “yeah yeah” just keeps in there a little bit longer. I even decided to put my Garageband skills to the test to create my own version of this awesome song, entirely with computer-generated instruments. It’s not nearly as good as the original, but I swear Garageband was totally telling me to make it.
I’m switching over to the default Wordpress theme for a little while. Why? Because it’s clean, simple and pretty. Also, having a default theme will (hopefully) motivate me to make a new layout.
This means that only the blog will be available for a while. Pictures, shoutbox, etc. will all be back when the new theme is done.
I’d heard many good reviews of the BBC comedy, The Office, so when I heard that there was going to be an American remake on NBC, I decided to see it for myself. I watched the first few episodes of each version, but I prefer the US one more. I think that in the end, it all boils down to hype. Whenever somebody tells me that something is absolutely amazing, I’m expecting big things. All the glowing reviews of the UK version of The Office I’d heard had me expecting the greatest comedy ever. In the end, I think it’s good, but not the best thing I’ve ever seen. I’m left a bit disappointed because of the hype.
On the flip side, the NBC remake received a lot of bad press, since die-hard fans of the original bashed it for every little thing they could conceivably critique about it. As a result, I really wasn’t expecting much. I’d seen the original and didn’t think it was incredible, so a worse version of it didn’t really seem like a big deal. My verdict: it’s good! I liked it! I wasn’t expecting much, but I ended up liking how it was done moreso than the original. The boss is less obnoxious, but still stupid and quirky, so it’s still funny - just not appalling. The funniest character is the receptionist because she’s a little bit socially awkward, which makes for good situational comedy. I still don’t really know if this show is good enough for me to watch it every week, but I did like it more than the BBC version.
The bottom line? Don’t tell me when you absolutely love something. Just tell me it’s good and leave it at that - otherwise, I’ll probably be disappointed.
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