What the Heck?

I am baffled by weird, silly, non-sensical names for musical groups. It seems like in times of complete blank-mindedness, musicians are wont to select words completely at random from the dictionary. I'm not passing judgement on music quality, but here are some examples of musical groups that just boggle the mind:
- Neutral Milk Hotel
- Architecture in Helsinki
- Be Your Own Pet
- Death From Above 1979
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Handsome Boy Modeling School
- The Boy Least Likely To
- Saves the Day
- The Receiving End of Sirens
- Dogs Die in Hot Cars
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Goldie Lookin Chain
- Get Him Eat Him
- The Academy Is...
- Cute Is What We Aim For
- Panic! At The Disco (The exclamation point is what annoys me about this one)
- Jimmy Eat World

I'd love to hear explanations of some of these. I mean, there's a fine line between creativity and desperation for novelty. "The Who" and "The Rolling Stones" actually have clever connotations. I don't believe "Architecture in Helsinki" can tell us much about the band, other than the fact that they're weird.

Mall Outrage

Fcuking Motherfcukers!

So apparently there's a clothing company called French Connection, and it has a subdivision which it has so cleverly (**sarcasm**) named French Connection UK, creating the oh-so-swell acronym of "FCUK."

It is at this point that I wonder sadly at how blurred the line between cleverness and desperation has become. If a company has to resort to such a silly slogan that plays at the naughty instincts of its would-be customers, there's a problem. Especially if the consequence of purchases is people walking around with shirts that say, "FCUK on the beach" and other such dubious catchphrases.

Do not mistake my ire with an urge to curb the 1st Amendment, however. I just find it irresponsible to wear such an article of clothing in full view of small children in a mall. All it says about the wearer is, "Look at me! It looks like a swear word, but not quite! Ain't I got gall!" Call me boring, but that's really not very helpful in a society where the kids are already becoming worse-behaved and less respectful on the average. All I'm saying is that it's fine if you wear it in a place where people of your age will see it, but please, keep it away from the little ones.

Okay, there's the negative, but in the spirit of the Holiday Season, I'll leave you with a positive:

If you have never seen it before or recently, do try to watch the movie "Young Frankenstein" soon. It is delightful.

Setting a Dubious Precedent

So I woke up today later than I eer have in my life. After going to sleep at around 11:45, I woke up at 1:15, PM! I was astounded. I've never before slept so late into the day. 11:30 was my previous record, but I blew it out of the water.

I have to say, I was kind of upset that I slept so late. I've always prided myself on being a morning person, and today's somnambulatory (a favorite word of mine) events flew in the face of all that.

While it's nice to feel so well-rested, but it's depressing to have wasted so much of a day, especially since it gets dark so early. Ah well; I've got three weeks to regulate my sleeping schedule.
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A couple people have actually remarked that my writings are amusing to them. So now I guess I'm under a little pressure to write more often. I'll try, but I can't promise. You know, my life isn't nearly as interesting as those of the people whose blogs I read. But I'll try to make the most of it.

Cheers for now.

Excitement!

So, today (12/6) was quite exciting. When visiting the school store and choosing today's form of self-indulgence (candy, don't you know), I saw it, on high, like a sign from the heavens. It screamed, "buy me, BUY ME!!!!!" And I did. So today marks day one of Gavrich's Bucket Hat Era.

Yes, you heard correctly (you've probably now figured that "exciting" might be a bit of an overstatement). I will be wearing a bucket hat from time to time. I decided that I just wasn't sexy enough in a plain-old baseball cap, so I've kicked the hunkiness up yet another notch with this recent purchase. So now, not only am I a totally righteous dude; I am a totally righteous BUCKET-HAT-WEARIN totally righteous STUD.

**Yes folks, it's Sarcasm! Designed to make you groan out of annoyance or anguish; hours of fun for all your friends! It's Sarcastic!**

I apologize for the above euphoric rant, and thank you for your understanding.