The Updated List

I'm going to start compiling a list here (and updating every so often) of really annoying pop songs. Songs that make me want to kill myself. Mostly, songs I hear over and over again over the loudspeaker at work. But they're just so darn catchy I can't stop singing them! Aaaaahhhhh! I think I'm going crazy! Anyway, here we go, in no particular order:

Every day - Hilary McRae
These Days - Bardot
Summer Sunshine - The Corrs
Young Folks - Peter, Bjorn, and John
Talk to Me - Stevie Nicks
Say What You Need to Say - John Mayer
Just Dance - Lady Gaga
Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis
Sorry - Buckcherry
Shiny Happy People - R.E.M.
Shine On - Ryan Cabrera
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Chasing Pavements - Adele
The Show - Lenka
Realize - Colbie Caillat
Thing Called Love - Bonnie Raitt
Come Undone - Duran Duran
We Are All Made of Stars - Moby
Silver Lining - Rilo Kiley
When You Look Me in the Eyes - Jonas Brothers
One Step at a Time - Jordin Sparks
Just Feel Better - Santana featuring Steven Tyler
Bubbly - Colbie Caillat
I Wish the Best For You - Emerson Hart
Falling Down - Duran Duran
Stay Beautiful - The Last Goodnight
Love Song - Sara Bareilles
Teardrops on My Guitar - Taylor Swift
Tuff Kid - Shawn Colvin
Built to Last (not the actual band in this video) - Melee
Be OK - Ingrid Michaelson
New Soul - Yael Naim
Best Days - Graham Colton

Just in The Nick of Time

Damn, looks like we unloaded the Grand Prix at the right time. lol.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/gm_recall

2007 Nissan Altima 2.5 SL

Wanda and I finally decided on the new(er) car that we would purchase. After much thought and quite a few trips to different dealerships that sucked up a number of our evenings, we made our decision. It almost seemed like we wasted a lot of time because we ended up picking a car that we've both liked from the start: a Nissan Altima. We actually started there, but went from there to a Nissan Murano, and then to a new Hyundai Sonata, then a new Nissan Altima, then a new Honda Fit, then a 2005 Nissan Maxima, and we finally arrived back at Sid Dillon Nissan and back to the 2007 Nissan Altima Wanda had first spotted on their lot when our adventure began so many weeks ago. We did gain quite a bit of valuable dealership hob-nobbing/test-driving experience from all of the time we spent. After all was said and done, it's fair to say that Wanda is a better hardball player than I. I have a tendancy to ramble ceaselessly on many a mundane topic and she, very tactfully and firmly, kept us out of many a bad decision. So, a salute to Wanda! My wife and negotiator extraordinaire.

Here's a stock photo of our car:

I'll have some pictures of the actual car up soon.

P.S.

And here's a picture of me that was taken by the mini's integrated webcam!

Netbook!

Wanda and I got our new Dell Inspiron Mini today and I've been playing around with it all evening. In fact, I'm blogging from the couch right now! Hooray for technology!

Zombie Jesus

This weekend I had a thought: Jesus Christ is the ultimate zombie! Apparently, I wasn't the first to come up with this: http://www.zombiejesus.com/

More on this later.

Twitter

It's odd how first, came Myspace. Then Facebook. And now, Twitter. I pretty much accepted Myspace whole-heartedly when I stumbled upon it. Facebook, I resisted for a while. But now I use almost exclusively Facebook for my pseudo-stalking and social (egocentric) updates. I even delved into Twitter. But I really don't see the appeal. There's plenty of hype, with businesses and athletes using it to communicate to potential customers and fans, but I just don't see the appeal. Twitter is pretty much just one big status update, that thing that Facebook pioneered and made it so even the most casual, thirty-times-removed types of friends can see just what it is you're up to at various points throughout the day. Twitter's just the latest craze, that's my opinion. A fad. I don't see the appeal. I guess we'll see, right? Perhaps I'll even get sucked in.