I Like The Sound Of My Voice

Music is worthless unless it can make a complete stranger break down and cry.

Frou Frou - The Dumbing Down Of Love

I've been aching to do some karaoke lately. Not the kind of karaoke I did before, where it's just me and some close buds in a little room doing our own thing. I want to be in front of a nameless crowd with my friends cheering for me at the top of their lungs. I'd sing something slow and sweet, something by Norah Jones, Sarah McLachlan, Imogen Heap, or Fiona Apple.

Actually, scratch that. It's not karaoke I've been craving, it's a little more abstract than that. I want to find a place that echoes and resonates, a place where I can be alone to just sing to my heart's content, everything from Bollywood tunes to Maaya Sakamoto to Coldplay.

I had a really interesting weekend, meeting up with old and dear friends. I'm dead tired because of all the late nights, but the events will give me some mental fodder to chew on for the next few days.

Stop Making My People Look Bad!

Against my better judgement, I've been watching a lot of random TV lately. Not all of it is the good kind either, because I find myself watching TLC and Slice a lot. Oh Slice! Where to begin with you? With shows such as "Rich Bride Poor Bride", "Extreme Makeover", "How To Get The Guy", "Party Mamas", and "The Last 10 Pounds Bootcamp" in their repertoire, it's hard not to get discouraged about how women are portrayed in the mainstream media these days. It wasn't always like this, I say! At least it feels like that to me.

I blame the mid-90s interest in pop music. Britney Spears and the Spice Girls were the beginning of the end. ;P

But seriously, I'm so sick of seeing shows about bridezillas, selfish women who trample all over their partners and parents and wedding planners to achieve some sort of ridiculous fairy tale experience they've been dreaming about since they were two. I'm sick of seeing shows with women wanting plastic surgery so bad that they cry about it, that they cannot see anything past perceived flaws, or who are unable to stand their solitary existence without a man validating their self-worth. I'm sick of women being portrayed as frivolous, petty, superficial, temperamental, and selfish. Just once, I'd like to see one of those wedding shows that centers around a woman who casually plans everything so that the family, the groom, the guests, can have a good time. No more of this ME ME ME stupidity.

... I think I'll go watch some Mythbusters now.