this is london, giddy london

[christinafairy]

Looking out at the Thames, the London Eye and Parliament right now, it's all shady/foggy..and the double decker buses look like little toys going across the bridge! It looks like it should be raining, but it's not.

This morning on the underground to work, I got a non-crowded train!!!! I enjoyed my short time of freedom, without people's bums in my face for once, and this guy walks onto the train with his 2 beautiful dogs! They both looked like Snoopy!! I have no idea what breed this is, but they were so adorable! Then I did something that people never do on the underground, I talked to him! *L* I asked him I could pet them and he's like "Of course!" so I did, and talked in my baby-talk Sharon Osbourne-esque voice "HI! YOU SO CUTE! YES YOU ARE!" and before I knew it they were licking my hands, and then both of them were snuggling up to me and wanting me to hold them! bless!

The reason why this completely made my morning and put me in a great mood is for one reason. I miss having a dog. I truly miss my old dog, Blossom, still. I really need to get a new dog someday.

In other news, we had band practice last night and we bootlegged ourselves! To be quite honest, it turned out better than when we tried with a 4 track. Oh, that's kinda sad I know...but we will figure it out someday.

The bootleg is complete with Nick and Rob doing German accents and talking about sauerkraut? (I still don't get that *L*) and Rob's "acid jazz" solo, and the end of "Paper Eyelashes" sounds a lot like Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life"! *cracks up laughing*! Also, there's giggling and goofing off bits. It's obviously not for a demo, it's just for fun to see what the hell we sound like!

Not bad! Esp. for a band that's been offically together for one month and one week. I really want to put some on a mix tapes for prettymouth, ladygaia and eire2000 but I would prefer having them hear an actual professional demo. *L*

We also got some gigs set for August! yay!! That also put me in a good mood, obviously.


I'd also like to say that for the first time ever last week, an episode of The Simpsons pissed me off. The Simpsons went to Tanzania which is obviously in Africa, and they went on a safari (yeah typical that's alright) but when they were introduced to people, they were tribal people drinking blood (offered the simpsons blood to drink) and were putting discs in their lips, etc etc...

It disturbed me because a lot of Tanzania nowadays is modernized. THe capital city, Dar Es Salaam is actually quite modern. In fact, one of my old classmates lived in Tanzania for a year and she said that people that belong to the Maasi group only wear those tribal clothes for the tourists. Normally they just were clothes like people in the western world do.

It's just like National Geographic. I feel that it shows a Eurocentric world. They put images of people in magazines that most people in the US and most of Europe feel comfortable looking at with their prior knowledge of what they think that third world people look like. That's wrong because what they have photos of, some people interept that they always look like that when that could not be everyday reality at all.

The way people in East Afica are shown is like going to Minnesota and taking a photo of some Vikings fan with a helmet and purple'n'yellow face paint and saying "This is what THE Minnesotan (like "The Minnesotans" would be a tribe because tribes are a colonial term that that grouped people that lived in the same area together) looks like!", that's just, really weird.

These ideas stem from being taught by a former UN human rights advocate in Rwanda, Michelle Wagner (I should email her..)and the book Reading National Geographic. Which is a good book. I used it in about 4 different classes at Uni.

I know I should just lay off, and I think I'm just too cynical and think about things too much, but that's just me. I can't help it!!!

I did express my opinion during the Simpsons episode and nobody understood what I was getting at, at all. so, oh well.

besides that, I still love the Simpsons.


byebye.xoxoxo

Comments

[tryyourluck.livejournal.com]

So you can remember easily:
"Chekhov wrote The Seagull
and Snoopy is a beagle"
--"A Thousand Words", Northern State

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[christinafairy.livejournal.com]

yeah, but it had curly hair on it's ears!!! I think it was a beagle/spaniel mix. It looked like a dog my uncle had a long time ago. :) but thank you :)

[robrethab.livejournal.com]

My folks got a dog last year. We had a collie (sp?), and a black lab, but they both died within three months of eachother. The lab was hit by a car (she was less then a year old), and the collie got into some toxin or something (she was damn near 11 years old, though). But I wanted to make this a nice post.

Anyways, my folks got a new dog. I swear to God, when they first got it it looked exactly like Gizmo from Gremlins. It was so funny. I forget what breed it is...but I still call it Gizmo. Oh well. Stupid post, but you wanted one :)

[christinafairy.livejournal.com]

my dog died in my arms. :( She was 11 years old and we finally took to the vet and she got lethal injection. that was this past January. It was really really really hard. I cried/wailed like a baby for 3 hours that night, not counting all the crying done that afternoon and days before and after.

anyway. *L* It's alright you didnt' have any ketchup for me for my meal. I left that soup on the table just now to come on here because it's kinda awful tasting.

enjoying the Simpsons?

[eire2000.livejournal.com]

SEND ME THE TAPE SEND ME THE TAPE SEND ME THE TAPE!!


that's a command, not a request. ;)

luuuurve,
me

[christinafairy.livejournal.com]

well, first I need a copy of it myself. *LOL* We plan on attempting a demo again this weekend or early next.

I got your text about Witness. I'm 95% sure I can't go :(

Monday morning I'm going to face the leopard print clad Manics army and try to get a wristband at HMV. Oh yeah, I know, wish me luck.

I'll have glitter and puma track marks all over my body Monday afternoon ;)