Randomnesssssss

Alright. I'm SO ready for this week to be over.
I pretty much feel like poop today, I even went home sick. I think it's the first time I've actually gone home sick since the third grade or something like that. So, get yoself prepared for quite the random blog cx

So, to start off, here's some songs you should definitely listen too :]

• Train - Drops of Jupiter.  Haha I know it's kinda super old, but I've recently becomed obbsessed with it. It makes me happy :]
• The Beatles - Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey! Of course, I have to include a Beatles song ;]
• Hurricane Bells - Monsters Love this song. And I hate to admit it, but yes I found out about it by watching New Moon.
• Relient K - Candlelight This is just one of those songs that puts you in a good mood.
• Bob Marley - Three Little Birds Whenever I get stressed out, this song is my go to.
• Never Shout Never - Love is our Weapon He was at the House of Blues last night. I wish I could've gone!
• Dave Matthews Band - You & Me

 "Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance, five hour phone conversation, the best soy latte you've ever had, and me?"

Anyways, moving on.  So second thing is, I'm pretty excited cause this Saturday, after I sell some mattresses for band (I really don't understand how that's gonna work. I mean how many people could possibly need mattresses at the same time? A lot of organizations do mattress sales I guess though...) I'm going to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the first time EVER. SUPER PUMPED. :D

I'll probably blog about that next time :D

And third, I might as well blog about this because it's fresh in my mind. But anyways, so for my movie review assignment I watched Across the Universe.  It might be surprising that I haven't seen it all the way through, seeing as though I'm a pretty big Beatles fan.  But anyways, here's pretty much what I thought of it.

So, first off, I thought they did a FANTASTIC job with all the songs. Their wasn't any cover I was dissapointed with.  I especially loved Hold Me Tight, With A Little Help From My Friends, Hey Jude, I've Just Seen A Face, All My Loving, and All You Need is Love. 

The story plot is centered around the star crossed love affair between Jude Finney (Jim Sturgess), a poor artist from Liverpool, and Lucy Carrigan (Evan Rachel Wood), an upper class American girl from New York.  They fall in love, but their face many problems that are focused around the Vietnam War.  Lucy is actively involved in the anti-war movement because her first boyfriend, Daniel, was killed in the line of duty and her brother, Max, was recently drafted.  The film is pretty historically accurate, portaying riots and protests in New York and at universitites, and showing the Detroit race riots.

Of course, the movie is filled with all the best Beatles songs. And there's some pretty cool Beatles references in the movie too.  The main characters have names that all reference Beatles songs, such as Jude (Hey Jude), Lucy (Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds), Max (Maxwell's Silver Hammer), Sadie (Jude and Max's landlady, named for the song Sexy Sadie. She is also supposed to be a reference to Janis Joplin), JoJo (The guitarist in Sadie's band, named after "JoJo" in Get Back. He is supposed to be a reference to Jimi Hendrix), Martha (Jude's mother, a reference to the song Martha My Dear), Doctor Robert (played by Bono, a reference to the song Doctor Robert), Molly (Jude's girlfriend back in Liverpool, is a reference to "Molly" in the song Ob-La-Di, Ob-La,Da), Prudence (Jude & Max's friend, a reference to the song Dear Prudence), and Rita (Prudence's friend, in reference to the song Lovely Rita).

Other than that, there's some dialouge spots in the movie that reference Beatles songs even if they weren't sung in the movie, such as when Prudence first enters Sadie's apartment through a window. When Sadie asks where she came from, Jude responds, "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window."

But, I would warn you that although the movie is very well done, it's sort of, "artistic" I guess you could call it.
In other words, it sort of made me feel like I was on an acid trip.
Not that I know what that feels like, but I imagine this movie gets pretty close in some scenes when it gets crazy with all the psychedelic colors and random dancing trolls and circus people.

But, other than that, I thought it was pretty good. Wooo :]



Anyways. That's all for now. Deuces.