Nobody's Stoner Anthem
I'm going out for awhile.
I've been sitting around this evening, taking some time for myself before we go out for Angie's birthday. It's my last semester, and I feel like I've had to keep stealing moments to myself in order to keep me sane. Yep. It's a bitch, but it makes the time I do have to do what I please all that much sweeter. It doesn't get much sweeter than watching my brand new X-Men DVDs... I'm the proud owner of all five seasons of the cartoon that I grew up with. Hells yes. It makes me want a Playstation like whoa, so I can play the awesome game we played at Ben's party last weekend.
I'm also taking time to watch my favorite movie of all time. Yep, it's my favorite. I love it. Can't Hardly Wait appeals to my sense of humor, my hopeless romantic side, and my passion for a great soundtrack. There's a particular song in the movie that I love, called "High" by Feeder:
I'm going out for a while
So I can get high with my friends
I will
I'm going out for awhile
Don't wait up cause i won't be home
Today
Of course, way back in 1998 when I first bought the CD, I never thought about it in terms of "high" meaning on drugs. I still refuse to believe that the song is about drugs. Thinking about it in those terms pisses me off, actually. I always thought about it as an "emotional high" thing. The rest of the words paint a picture of wanting to get away from feeling alone. Actually, looking and listening to the words I can understand that there might be that stoner-imagery. But I just keep looking past it. I think it would harm the meaning the movie holds for me.
It's not about drugs, dammit.
I've been sitting around this evening, taking some time for myself before we go out for Angie's birthday. It's my last semester, and I feel like I've had to keep stealing moments to myself in order to keep me sane. Yep. It's a bitch, but it makes the time I do have to do what I please all that much sweeter. It doesn't get much sweeter than watching my brand new X-Men DVDs... I'm the proud owner of all five seasons of the cartoon that I grew up with. Hells yes. It makes me want a Playstation like whoa, so I can play the awesome game we played at Ben's party last weekend.
I'm also taking time to watch my favorite movie of all time. Yep, it's my favorite. I love it. Can't Hardly Wait appeals to my sense of humor, my hopeless romantic side, and my passion for a great soundtrack. There's a particular song in the movie that I love, called "High" by Feeder:
I'm going out for a while
So I can get high with my friends
I will
I'm going out for awhile
Don't wait up cause i won't be home
Today
Of course, way back in 1998 when I first bought the CD, I never thought about it in terms of "high" meaning on drugs. I still refuse to believe that the song is about drugs. Thinking about it in those terms pisses me off, actually. I always thought about it as an "emotional high" thing. The rest of the words paint a picture of wanting to get away from feeling alone. Actually, looking and listening to the words I can understand that there might be that stoner-imagery. But I just keep looking past it. I think it would harm the meaning the movie holds for me.
It's not about drugs, dammit.