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December 06, 2004
I WANNA ROCK!
WAUGHAUGHAUGHAUGHAUGH!
Not to be confused with "WAHHHHHH," "WAUGHAUGHAUGHAUGHAUGH" is like, a heavy metal vocal. iPod is like, totally rocking my world, dude. This morning, I did better at getting out of the house on time, only to be thwarted by a stalled car on 2222. No big deal. On the way to work, I sang "I'm Just a Girl," "Careless Whisper," and "No Diggity." Got me a breakfast taco and a Venti No Fat Iced Chai Latte. Every time I go into Starbucks, I learn a little more of their strange, stupid language, and I leave with a little more respect from the Starbuckites, but a little less respect for myself. They even gave me a box of the decaf chai tea for free because the "best by" date is slightly expired.
On the walk in from the garage, I listened to some Aimee Mann, which spoke to my anima, and made me feel slightly, but warmly, wistful. Then Guns n' Roses came up on the shuffle play, and fortunately, there was no one on the elevator to see me purse my lips and thrash my head around. These fools have no idea of the unholy rock and roll fury within me, that could be unleashed, broken, if you will, like a mighty wind over their Celine Dion landscape.
Ah, it's gonna be a good day.
Posted by Rob at December 6, 2004 09:22 AM
Comments
Which G n'R song?
Posted by: HB at December 6, 2004 02:55 PM
Woooohoooooooooo!!!! GNFR!!!!!
"Take me down to the Paradise City...
...TAKE ME HOOOOOOMMMMME!!!!
(I want to see those pics, btw... but not on your blog, please!)
Posted by: Eileenie Weenie at December 6, 2004 03:10 PM
okay... it didn't post everything i wrote. that fucker... what i was also writing was that i was singing and then making the little house symbol with my hands. :-D
Posted by: Eileenie Weenie at December 6, 2004 03:11 PM
It was "Don't Damn Me", off of Use Your Illusion... A great anthem to ride the elevator up with, and to walk down the hall with as you're coming in to work...
This is just freakin' great - I'm so back in touch with music. Sitting here tonight, I've heard, in this order:
Fly On a Windshield - Genesis
Call Me A Dog - Temple of the Dog
Humpty Dumpty - Aimee Mann
The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi
Leary's Gate - Ian Moore
The Hands that Built America - U2
DIrty Frank - Pearl Jam
Hurt - Johnny Cash
Somebody's Crying - Chris Isaak
Cartman's Mission Impossible - from South Park
Sweet Dreams - Live, Natalie Imruglia and Sinead O'Connor (!?)
Thinking About You - Radiohead
SIster Moon - Sting
Pyramid Song - Radiohead
Polonaise in C Sharp Minor - Chopin
Ahh... I wonder if I can sleep with this thing? I mean, literally, not in the carnal sense...
Posted by: Rob at December 7, 2004 12:23 AM
I like to order my Starbucks with a good old "small, medium or large". In return I get the look of death for breaking their rules and a little less whipped cream on top of my mocha.
Posted by: Jori at December 8, 2004 11:49 AM
Those coffee-pushing bastards.
But everyone's in on it. Even at Halcyon across the street, I have to say "Gigante", which makes me sound like a bit lard-ass.
The other day at Nordstrom's little cafe, they had yet another stupid foreign-sounding name for "really large" - "Enorme".
What's weird is that none of the words for "really large" at these places sound right - Venti, Gigante, Enorme. They all sound just slightly wrong...
Posted by: Rob at December 8, 2004 12:23 PM
Notoriously absent is "Grosso". Apparently it is Italian for "Big" Large. I bet the marketing folks couldn't get around the negative connotations.
Posted by: Morgan at December 8, 2004 02:29 PM
ha! Let's start a revolution and start ordering coffee on our own terms. Tomorrow I'm going to saunter into Starbucks and say "I'd like a 'husky' cafe mocha...and no skimping on the whipped cream, Mr. Coffee."
Posted by: Jori at December 8, 2004 03:16 PM