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Friday, April 25th 2008

12:41 PM

Wow . . .

  • Music: Yep, you guessed it: "Billie Jean." But actually it's David Cook's version from "American Idol" for which the words amazing, unbelievable, and fantastic are an understatement.

Dear Friends,

So this is crazy. I just finished posting my Oasis quote, and I've just now thought of another song I would like to quote. Now brace yourselves for this, all right? "Bille Jean." Yes, Michael Jackson, okay? No laughing! I love Michael Jackson! Well, not him, but his music. I really do think he's an amazing musician, he just needs to do something about . . . everything else about him.

So here it is, from Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean":

Becareful what you do, before the lie becomes the truth.

Now, this one seems pretty self-explanitory to me: becareful what lies you tell, because somehow, whether you want it to or not, it will become the truth.

Okay, now I promise, I'm finished.

Charlotte

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Friday, April 25th 2008

12:27 PM

New obsession, perhaps?

  • Music: "Wonderwall," by Oasis. How appropriate, hmm?

Dear Friends,

A few weeks ago, on my newest addition to my blog family, "Charlotte's Quotes and Ramblings," I quoted my favorite Oasis song, "Wonderwall." (If you're not familiar with the band Oasis, don't feel stupid. It's an indie band, and most people are not in fact familiar with them. Which I find quite a shame, considering they are one of my favorite bands of all-time.) Anyway, the lyrics I quoted from "Wonderwall" are as follows:

By now, you should have, somehow, realized what you gotta do.

Well, I'm not even sure what these lyrics mean, but I somehow found some sort of relevance in them. Well, today, I would like to quote the same Oasis song, "Wonderwall," with a few lyrics from the second verse that are quite similar to the ones in the first, but have an entirely different meaning.

So, without further ah-dude, as little Riley Maxwell would say, today's quote from the song "Wonderwall" by Oasis are as follows:

By now, you should have, somehow, realize what you're not to do.

Now, do I have any idea what Liam Gallagher is singing about when he sings "Wonderwall"? No, I have no idea. But these lyrics have always seemed so true to me. Don't we all do things that we shouldn't do? I sure do. But the thing that makes these lyrics relevant to me is that, no matter how many times we do something "we're not to do" we always seem to end up doing it again. So what I get from this is, when will we all "somehow, realize what we're not to do"?

So those are my thoughts for today.

Take care.

Charlotte

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Friday, April 18th 2008

8:35 PM

Of course . . .

Dear Friends and Readers,

Of course my quote today refers to my being very pissed off at Max and Josh for acting like such idiots all the time. I've just spent a half-an-hour writing a post explaining the whole thing on my main blog. (If you would like to read the full post, you may click here.)

Anyway, today's quote is very simple and, though, again, it doesn't at all refer to a situation like the one I'm dealing with, it still hits the head right on the nail for me. It's one of those quotes that's just so obvious, but I didn't think of it until I thought of the song. And today's simple but meaningful quote is as follows:

Why do we like to hurt so much?


These lyrics come from the song "That's What You Get" from Paramore's sophomore album "Riot!". And the way that this quote refers to the situation with Max and Josh and all of the other guys I hang out with is that they spend so much time trying to make the others look bad; is it really worth it? I mean, so Josh tells Max he thinks Ryan's gay in front of all the girls. Okay, Josh, you've made Ryan feel extremely uncomfortable because he knows how guys (himself included) feel about gay guys. 

SO WHY? 

What does Josh get out of making Ryan feel uncomfortable and embarrassed for a minute? Does he think it makes Ryan look stupid? Does he think it makes him look cooler? Or does he just like to see the look on Ryan's face when he comes skipping up to Max saying, "Guess what, Max! Ryan is so gay! Let's just talk about how gay he is right out loud so that every one can hear, but we'll be real sneaky and make it look like we're trying to be quiet! Fun, right?"

WRONG!

And there it is again: my quote of the day. Why do they like to hurt each other so much? "Why do we like to hurt so much?"

And I don't think this only applies to the idiot guys I hang out with. I think this applies to all the girls who call the other girls sluts behind their backs; I think this applies to siblings who take things from their siblings, just so that they can't use it; I think this applies to the people who stand around at school, just waiting for someone to walk by so they can pick on them; I think this applies to anyone who has ever tried to hurt someone, just for their own entertainment.

And that is something I have never felt inclinded to do. 

So here's the dealio: I'm really close to Bobbie, right? She and I spend a lot of time together. Well, Max is really close to Josh, right? They spend a lot of time together also. So why is it that I never get the impulse to walk up to Bobbie and say to her, "Bobbie, you like a whore today," when Max will walk up to Josh and say, "Josh, you look really gay right now"?

WHY?

I simply do not understand people sometimes.

Charlotte
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Monday, April 14th 2008

7:57 PM

One of my favorites

Dear Readers and Friends,

Not only have I promised my mother and my friends that I would not harp on this situation with Connie, I have also promised myself. But unfortunately, I must admit that today's quote refers very much to Connie and, in some ways, to myself. The few lines of the two songs I am about to display are some of my favorite song lyrics of all time. Somehow, they seem to describe exactly what many teenagers (myself included) seem to go through quite often. 

The first song is from Panic at the Disco's first album, "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out." Although the video takes place in "an illegal strip club," according to Brendon Urie's "girlfriend" at the beginning, this, for me, refers to teenagers on the whole. The song is called "But it's Better if You Do" and a few of its lyrics that have always seemed so relevant to so many people my age are as follows:

Praying for love, and paying in naivety. 

Although the lyrics just before this are "Praying for love in a lap-dance," I feel that the lyrics listed above apply to myself and others my age. And I know I sound like some melodramatic "emo" kid (or my mother, for that matter) but what I'm getting at with these lyrics is pretty simple: we all just want to be loved.

I remember one time I was with my mother. We were on our way to my grandmother's house and we passed this two girls walking along. They had multicolored hair; a black ring of makeup an inch thick around each eye; black lipstick; those combat boots that "gothic" people wear (I really hate labels, but I sometimes used them as more of a description); and those half-sleeve thingies that are like gloves and come up to your elbows. And my mother got that look on her face that moms get when they feel bad for someone and she said, "They all just want is to look different, and they all just end up looking the same."

So let's say I was eight years old that day. For some reason, even at such a young age, that always stuck with me. And I've often wondered if that one sentence helped me not to feel like I must conform to what other people think I should be. Because she was absolutely right. These girls that walk around in two-inch-long skirts and shirts that look like bikini-tops; I honestly believe the only thing that want is to be different, and to stand out, and to be seen as a individual. But that's what they all want. So they all go about it the same way: they wear the same mini mini-skirts and skimpy little tops, and all end up right back wear the started from: looking just every one else. 

And it works both ways: all these girls, these "goths" and "emos" (how do you write the plural for "emo"?), walking around. I honestly believe they all just want to be noticed, and to be accepted for individuals. This "oh, I hate 'preppies,' I'll show them: I'll wear so much black eye make-up I look like a raccoon whore" attitude is taken as total bullshit by parents. But I really believe that when a mother's daughter comes out looking like a some gothic biker chick that instead of saying, "So-and-so, take off all that make-up! You look like a prostitute!", that mother should realize that her daughter must have some major self-esteem issues going on. Why else would she dress like that? 

So I could be wrong. Maybe I am; maybe I'm not. But I believe that if I'm not totally right, I'm pretty close. I feel like I'm a pretty good judge of things like this because I am a teenager; I'm going through the same peer-pressure and things that those "goths" and "emos" and "preppies" are going through. But on the other hand I feel like I am a pretty down-to-earth person. What I mean by this is, I can see both sides of it. I feel like I know how those teen girls feel, just wanting to be different, and be accepted. But I also feel like I know how some parents must feel. Because, honestly, I feel like a parent sometimes when I see girls dressed how girls dress these days and I see how it makes them look and I know what people must assume about them.

And I don't think it's just girls who do it. Though I do have to say, when guys go with the whole "emo" look they just end up looking adorable.  But anyway, all this just goes back to my quote. And I think those exact words can pretty much sum it up: we're all just praying for love, and end up paying in naivety. 

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Friday, April 11th 2008

9:23 PM

The Dealio

Dear Wonderful Readers of Charlotte's Journal,

Since I am a huge fan of the NBC comedy "The Office," I had to somehow include something from the show into the title of my first post on my new blog. So, without further rambling on my part, you may be asking yourself, What is the dealio? Well, my friends, the dealio is this: On my main blog, Charlotte's Journal, I noticed I have taken to quoting a lot of songs. So I've decided to set up a whole other blog devoted simply to my ramblings and quotings of songs. 

So I have a few for today since I am super excited about this. My first song I would like to quote is a classic song by one of my all-time favorite bands, the White Stripes, called "Fell in Love With a Girl." The lyrics I am quoting is as follows:

Sometimes these feelings can be so misleading.

Now, if you're not familiar with the song, these lyrics will make no sense to you. But that doesn't matter because the song is about, well, being "in love with a girl," which I am not (since I am a girl and "I'm not like that" as Bobbie would say). No, the reason I am quoting this song is because of these lyrics alone. Just the whole general idea of liking someone. It's a tough thing, I think, and it can be quite misleading.

The second song I would like to quote today is by another one of my all-time favorite bands: Bright Eyes. Most people who do not listen to indie music are not familiar with Bright Eyes or its musical-genius of a lead singer Conor Oberst (he's adorable, too). The lyrics I would like to quote are from a Bright Eyes song called "Bowl of Oranges," and they are as follows:

There is nothing I can do for you [that] you can't do for yourself.

The thing that struck me about these lyrics is how many times I've gone around, whining to someone about something, begging them to help me in a situation when I never really stopped to think about whether I could someone help myself. I'm not real sure where I was going with this one, but something about it seems very "deep" (as my friend, who is also named Conor, would say). 

So that's all for now. 

Thank you for reading and goodnight. 

Charlotte 
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