It's just past eight and I'm feeling young and reckless

So I decided that it is time for an epic gif battle. BEATRICE ANNE BUTTE (and everyone else who wants to participate), I DECLARE THIS OUR FIRST OFFICIAL GIF WAR.

I SHALL START WITH AN OLDIE BUT A GOODIE



AND GO

HOMECOMING!

I went. And had fun with my date, Alyssa.

I'm lazy so a better entry will come later. Or maybe not at all IDK! But yes, Homecoming. I enjoyed it a lot.

...And Nick, there is no such thing as too much of the dice roll.

Song: Tell Me - Wonder Girls

First heard: I remember like it was yesterday - well, actually, it occurred two summers ago. The museum had a new exhibit of Japanese Showa kimono and it was the first day. Tired after a long day of work, I collapsed in front of the computer and turned on AIM. Instantly, my dear friend Nariko-chan im's me with a bunch of jpop songs. I was already initiated in the strong poppy beats and high-pitched voices of most Asian girl singers, so admittedly these songs weren't anything new. However, scrolling the 'Related Videos' list of Youtube, I clicked on something called "Tell Me" out of boredom. And thus my - I am nearly ashamed to say this tbh - my love for Korean pop music was born.

What it means and why I like it: As it's in Korean, I can't say that I had initially known what it meant right away. So I looked it up online. The song is about liking someone romantically and being extremely happy that they reciprocate the same sort of feelings. The titular "Tell Me" is repeated many times in the song - the only English parts - meaning that they want that person to tell them again and again that they do indeed like them ("Tell me, tell me, tell me that's it's not a dream"). I'm afraid that there isn't any extremely deep meaning to this song; it is completely all surface value.

As for why I like it... Like I said before, this was the first song that launched me into the nearly embarrassing adoration for all kpop, and like all kpop songs, this song is a very catchy one, very easy on the ears and upbeat. It's sugary, but not too sugary, despite of its lyrics. The dominant feeling of hope, disbelief, and happiness is evident from the first (translated) line: "I didn’t know you would like me, What do I do? It makes me so happy. Because it feels like I dream I consistently pinch myself, I’m so happy." Every teenager with hormones and beating heart has definitely felt these kinds of feelings before - well, maybe if you have no soul, you won't.

Oh, and for those of you who wish to know, yes! I have INDEED learned the dance.

( Korean lyrics )

( English lyrics )

Oh 4chan, is there anything you can't do? Although /b/ scares me quite a bit. If the intrawebz were a city, then /b/ would definitely be the scariest, hardcore, most sketch alleyway in the ghettoest, rat infested part of town, where the drugs, pimps, and hoes live.

6:45 AM: I awake to the dulcet sounds of a cat fight outside my door. Upon further investigation, the screeches of the fighting cats were, in fact, my parents, singing about King Tut.  It wasn't just A capella - there was a full chorus and music going on from the Twilight Zone.  Weirded out x infinity, I stayed and ate toast, watching for the lulz, then I had to catch the bus.

7:30 AM: Arrived at school.  Everything seemed perfectly normal and fine, until another bout of random singing accosted me in the halls on my way to class.  Scared, I contemplated on calling my parents to excuse me out of school, but a) realized that they were doing the very same thing earlier, and b) I live in Paradigm.

11:55 AM: Dazed with the not only the lulz of the day thus far, but the knowledge that I too, had participated in a song and dance number.  A rather jazzy solo about Pride and Prejudice, I found myself still holding onto the top hat, fancy coat, and cane that I had somehow acquired during four minutes of singing and dancing.  Had to find Samson to both probably lawl and go wtf with.

1:25 PM: Realizing that I did not study at all for the quiz for Stats thanks Samson I and the rest of the class were quite pleased with a girl stood up and sang the answers.  The teacher wasn't pleased, so she canceled the test.  Bwahaha.

3:00 PM: The end of the school day could not have come soon enough. Unfortunately, in my mad rush to get through the jungle that is the hallway, I found myself swept up in a chorus number that reflected my sentiments about school ending for the day.

5:15 PM: An otherwise uneventful day at the museum. However, I had to act as a docent.  In front of a dozen senior citizens, I tap danced and sang about dinosaurs.

And then I went home, ate dinner, did homework, did research, and went to bed and got full twelve hours of sleep.

I got lazy after 5:15, but I figure you all got the gist.  Perhaps I should scroll up and take that "detailed" out of the title, but that would be the work of a far more ambitious man than I.

Alyssa, aka my musical soul mate, your last entry is quite inspiring. Instead of posting the songs that I am currently digging, I will instead choose to post a single song that is my guilty pleasure and probably be lol'd at for the rest of history.

I'm scared but I feel that I have to get this off my chest.



I was going to try and redeem myself by saying that I'm just in it for the hot girls (although they all look alike), but it's just so. Catchy.

................. :\

There's a new Egyptian exhibit at the Natural Museum. Everyone should gather round and pay $8.50 to see it! - From my mom, saying "OY Harold, use these journals to tell the kids about the cooliest new exhibit!"

If only I were joking about it. And it's a direct quote too.

The life and times of Harold Heinzel is boring. All I do is go to school, sit in the office for a good chunk of time pretending to do work, go to the museum after school and pretend to do work, then go home and either do my homework or sit and do nothing. Boring, but it's the good life.

FYI I only typed out the above paragraph because I had nothing else to say. Bedtime!

( SAMSON )