Today was another not-so-eventful day. I woke up late, at about 8am, and got ready for work. Nothing particularly interesting happened before work. I mainly just searched around for the retail version of Adam Lambert's album to have leaked, but it still hadn't. It's not a big deal, really, because I think I have decided that, as a show of my real support, I am actually going to go out and buy this album. I will get it in retail by actually paying for it. Plus, Adam's got some pretty stiff competition on release date, and while I don't think he is going to end up debuting at number one up against the juggernaut that is Lady GaGa, I would like to add at least a little something to his sales. As far as GaGa's sales, she doesn't really need the help. It's just funny, because I don't really buy music anymore. I know that sounds bad, and is likely because it is pretty bad... but I don't believe that record sales are where the money in making music is anymore, (and I financially support in many other ways, particularly concert tickets.) Also, I am with artists like Shakira and Nelly Furtado in the movement that music isn't really something that should be about making money. Music is an art, created for public consumption, and while I believe that artists have the right to be compensated for their work, I don't really feel like that is something that should be the motivation for doing the work or should be as much of a focus in the industry as it is. The main reason, though, is that I just am not in a place anymore where I can afford to spend money on music as much as I did before.
Speaking of music, and reasons why I may wind up feeling differently about the topic of illegal downloading in the future, I just spent a little time pricing keyboards. There are some beginner types that are around $175-200 that could be a good jumping off point, except that I don't know that I want to really make that type of investment on a beginners type keyboard that I will outgrow the more I learn to play it. I'd rather work harder to learn on something more advanced that will last for years to come. There is one that I have found that I am kind of in love with. It is a Yamaha and is priced at $399 on Buy.com. It comes with a stand and is USB compatible, and it has stereo sound, which is a definite plus. Of course, $400 is a lot of money to come up with. I suppose I will have to research the matter further before making any decisions, but I really need to start saving up money immediately. I am hoping to get the keyboard by the end of this year so I can start learning to play and get down to business in time for this blog to end and for me to start writing songs on it for a record. I figure if I get it by the end of this year, then I will have about 10 months to really master it. That should be plenty of time, I hope.
Work today was pretty boring, honestly. This week has been pretty boring, in fact. It is dragging really badly, and I cannot wait for Friday to come and go so it can be the weekend again and I will only have to come back for three days. That four day weekend is really sounding better and better the more I spend time at work. Some of my co-workers seem to be starting to get paranoid by the fact that we are so slow. In the industry that we are in, (which shall not be named as it may give away too much information about the place that shall not be named for security purposes,)this is supposed to be our busy season. Well, it hasn't gotten busy yet and people are starting to get concerned. I, however, am not concerned at all. The economy is terrible right now. People can't afford what we provide, even right now when they need it the most, and so they are not calling. As the economy improves, which I am also pretty confident about, our business will improve accordingly. Some may say that I'm a dreamer, to quote John Lennon, but I really am confident that the economy will be on the upswing soon. I think the public is paranoid and impatient, so because they haven't seen direct results already they assume things are not working. Plus, they have the conservative media exacerbating that whole concept in their head and everyone's getting a little carried away. I find it fascinating how the American public has really tried to make a savior out of Barack Obama, but because things haven't immediately improved they are suddenly turning on him. I still have faith that Obama will be the savior this country is expecting of him... but it is silly for anyone to expect results already. It is a whole lot of mess that he stepped into and it is gonna take more than one year to clean it up. In fact, I'll bet we are seeing major improvements and real effectiveness from him by the end of this year long blog.
On the topic of politics and political figures, I have to admit I am obsessed with the Sarah Palin media blitz going on right now to promote her book, "Going Rogue: An American Life." I only actually mention the title to showcase how ridiculous it is. I will be the first to admit that I don't know the most in the world about the political system, but I can think of one person who comes across as knowing even less: Sarah Palin. Tonight I decided to make my first foray into watching a full hour of Fox News to watch the Palin interview on Hannity. I knew what to expect going in, (it IS Fox News, after all,) but I was surprised to see exactly HOW biased this interview was. One of the best examples of this is the fact that Sean Hannity really seemed to spend a good portion of the hour actually gushing over her. I mean, seriously gushing. I really felt like he was some doe-eyed teen getting to interview their pop star idol. In fact, he kind of reminded me of that 11 year old girl Oprah sent to spend two days on tour with Taylor Swift, except he came across less intelligent. This is Sarah Palin we are talking about here, there are certain questions you simply have to ask. Oprah asked them, Barbara Walters asked them... Sean Hannity? He avoided them like the plague. He essentially avoided any questions that may have made her come across as anything other than a fine, upstanding, hard working American icon. He spent an entire hour pandering to her, when he was not too busy gazing lovingly into her eyes. It was completely ridiculous. There were no "Oprah's not amused" moments. Sean Hannity was very amused. He was loving every moment. It was sickening.
It's a good thing Glee was on tonight, otherwise I would have just spent the entire evening in "WTF?" mode. It was probably the best episode of "Glee" yet, too. That show has an amazing ability to be incredibly poignant and bring a tear to my eye and simultaneously be completely outrageous and make me laugh my head off. I love anything that can do that, and "Glee" seems to do it nearly every week. There is a character on the show, (no, not Rachel, the J.A.P. version of myself,) who I am completely obsessed with. Her name is Quinn Fabray, and she is the president of the celibacy club while being pregnant. She is terrible, but I can't help but love her and feel really bad for her, even though her character does some really terrible things, like convincing her boyfriend he is the father of her child, even though she knows he isn't. I think it is a sign of truly brilliant writing when even the characters who you aren't necessarily supposed to like are still kept very human and relatable. That is much more of a representation of real life than many television shows or movies do. There are no completely bad people in the world, I believe. Everybody has a thought process and a reason behind their decisions, even if they are bad decisions, and are still deserve to be seen and treated as human beings. Plus, I believe that even the best of people are capable of doing very bad things in life, (and I know this firsthand.) I just feel like the writing of that character is amazing. It is reminiscent of Vanessa Williams' character, Wilhelmina Slater, on "Ugly Betty." Those are some of my favorite types of characters in movies or television.
So, here it is, nearly 12:30am and I am sitting at the computer listening to Ashlee Simpson. I find it very disappointing that she is no longer going to be on "Melrose Place," because for the first group of episodes she was one of the only reasons to watch the show. It has picked up a lot and improved in a lot of ways, but her character is still one of the best things about the show. Plus, I liked the fact that she had regular work. One thing that I selfishly enjoy about her being written off of the show, though, is that I am secretly hoping that now she will go back to making music. No, she doesn't have a great voice, but I absolutely loved the music that she did make. I think she is very talented as a songwriter and she does well with what vocal ability she does have. All three of her albums have not only been a lot of fun, but she always made music that I could relate to. I miss her as a musician, and I am really holding out hope that she will come back to it eventually. I am also really curious about where she would be at as an artist at this point. It has been a few years she last released any music and that album, "Bittersweet World," was a big step forward for her, in my opinion. I can only imagine what she would do at this point. I hope that isn't something she has written off at this point, although I feel like maybe it is. I can hope, though.
Tomorrow? I certainly hope it isn't as boring as the past few days have been. I'm already running out of silly sexual scenarios for Twilight to tease my co-worker with as she reads it. What I really need to do tomorrow is go into work and really focus on studying the manuals and doing my job to the best of my abilities. Remember that whole bit about focus? I need to remind myself of that more often throughout the day. I will start tomorrow. For now, though, I am exhausted and need to head to bed.
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