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I think I've lost my appreciation for pop culture. Or perhaps it's lost its appreciation for me? I'm not sure which.

I've gotten to that point in my life where nothing related to pop culture makes sense anymore, where I don't have any interest in the things everyone else seems to be interested in, and the things I love just seem to be obscure and unpopular. It certainly makes conversation difficult, and believe me, most days it's already difficult without having the added problem of no common ground. In other words, I'm uncool, but too stubborn to admit to being anything other than avant garde, even if my avant garde is passe.

I saw a commercial for the American Music Awards recently, that touted the "best lineup ever" (or something), and I was literally cringing as they were flashing what that lineup consisted of. If that's the best lineup of performers ever...I....I don't know. And they weren't all baaaad. I mean, there is some talent there...somewhere...but no one I consider particularly creative as an artist...no one unique. You've got your dance-pop princesses like Beyonce and Christina, and Rihanna, and then there are the artists who I know arrrre popular, but I don't understand why they are still popular based on the material from their last albums, like Mariah Carey, whose songs have been dreadful for a decade now, Coldplay, whose last album sucked -- a lot, and NKOTB, who....really? They made a comeback? And it was successful? I give up.

Anyway, so that pains me, but I know it's cyclical, and we're just reliving the 80s, and I loved all the cheesy pop of my childhood, when I was a child anyway....and then of course grew to reject it fully during my teenage years of the grunge/avant garde/alternative rock of the 90s, and now what's playing on the rock stations I don't consider rock (I'm looking at you David Cook/Chris Daughtry/etc), and the rockers of my teen years have all become indie folk artists, and my new favorite artists...well, no one has heard of them. LOL

And then there are movies, and I've gotta tell you, I've got no interest in the hype machine that is Twilight -- do not understand it at all....perhaps because my time for teenaged vampire flicks have passed. Oh, I had no interest in Batman either. And I was underwhelmed by the rest of the summer blockbuster superhero movies too. I'm pretty sure the cheesy action movie has made a comeback. My brain needs more than that, and the other alternative seems to be the juvenile teen "dick and fart joke" comedy....all apparently starring someone named Seth Rogan, and I have no idea how that kid became famous, because he's neither funny nor good looking. So, I've, rather sadly, been scouring the internet for small, independent movies. I'm really enjoying anything small I can get my hands on from the UK.

TV? No one's watching my favorite show, Pushing Daisies, and of course reality tv is still packing them in, and surprisingly, new programs that I think are crap are also apparently doing very well.

Books? I could use a good book, but I am under no circumstances going to read Twilight, which is what everyone and their sibling seems to be reading now.

Bleh. I am old. I am uncool. I am unpopular.

And all I can say is its about freakin time. Where they afraid to do this for GoF and OotP? Cause really, those two movies should have definitely been split or at least 3 hours long. I believe Part 1 will be released Nov 2010 with part 2 in May 2011. David Heyman, a producer for the HP movies asked J.K about it and she signed off on it. He also poses the question on where this split should occur. So I pose the question to SOC'ers. For those who have read DH, just where in the story should part 1 end?

Do you ever get side-tracked when you are watching a movie or TV show with something that you probably weren't supposed to notice or pay any attention to?  I was watching a movie and the main character was smoking and they showed him looking at some paperwork on his desk and his cigarette was very short.  They briefly showed the paperwork and when the camera came back onto him, his cigarette was a fresh one, and he hadn't gotten a new one.  Usually when someone in a movie is smoking I wonder if they smoke IRL, you can usually tell if they don't inhale.  Something else that I notice is when someone has on eye glasses, if they are not real, they look like flat window glass.  I also pay attention when people are supposed to be driving a car (this is usually on TV because they spend more money and do a better job in movies) how ridiculous and unreal the background looks.  Something else (I can not figure out why it would be done) is if someone is sitting and talking on TV, I have noticed more than once that they may be wearing a wedding ring or have a tatoo on their arm, etc. then later it's like the film (or whatever things are filmed/taped on) has been flipped over.  So the tattoo is on the opposite arm or the wedding ring looks to be on the wrong hand.  What's up with that?  Apparently I either watch really boring stuff and my mind wanders or I have a short attention span!   Ever notice weird stuff like this?

Shhhhh! I have a secret!  Can you keep a secret?  I have a weakness for Christmas music!   Especially the "oldies" like I would hear on t.v. commercials when I was a kid when they would sell albums of certain artists (probably most of whom are no longer with us).  Yes youngsters!  "Albums"!  Google it!   HA!HA!  It is not exactly my usual musical taste.  I'm not sure what comes over me! 

 

Also, my favorite Christmas movie is "A Christmas Story".  "You'll shoot your eye out!"  Oh, I forgot about "It's a wondrful life"!  I should watch that one soon, I haven't seen it for a few years.

 

Good afternoon ladies and gents.  Today would be the weirdest feeling Friday to date.  It went by semi-quickly but just felt ike a badish kind of day.  For no apparent reason.  Wish I could describe it to you better but it's all I got.

 

Today is 7 months with the boy.    We're going to the mall to hang out and catch the new Bourne movie, The Bourne Ultimatum.  Very exciting.  I just re-watched the first one and saw the second one for the first time.  I don't know why I procrastinated seeing it for so long.  Really a great series of movies.  Highly recommended.  It'll be an overall busy weekend and frankily, that's how I like it. I have enough leisure time as well to relax.

 

Enough aboot me.  :)  I rather enjoyed GH yesterday.  Liz constantly looks like a manipulative liar.  Under oath now too.  Whee!  Sam just annoys me now with her babble.  I won't even discuss Jax/Irina.  Carly make me laugh with her Carly-like way.  What really made the show for me yesterday was Kate.  I got to see her interaction with Michael and Morgan.  Sonny looking honest to goodness happy was also a pleasant change.  I actually enjoyed that as a nice change of pace for the day.  Other than that I didn't really pay much attention to it. 

 

I did catch a bit of Nigh Shift before leaving for work this morning (I overslept) and Spinelli nearly killed me with that whole slicked back hair look.  DEAR LORD!!  That boy is out of his mind.  I'm convinced.

 

That's about it for today.  I must be prepping to leave work and get to my date with David.  Nighty night.