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[murmur]

i am listening to my power ballad mix and it's bringing me down. i noticed that a lot of these songs have questions, though cliched, that at one time we all may have asked ourselves, such as "is this love that i'm feelin?" and "if i close my eyes forever would it all remain the same?" (though maybe not in those exact words.) there are also

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[the_yellow_book]

I know what you mean, by the power ballad lyrics. I get really embarrassed with myself sometimes when a trite or cheesy lyric grips me for some reason and I feel like I can "relate" ;) More often than not, it happens with synth-pop for me, most recently Electronic (but at least not the "rap" song).

I love your new icon too :) I don't know if I ever mentioned it before, but you bear significant resemblance (but only at a few angles) to Djuna Barnes. At least I think so...but then again I'm kind of obsessed with her, so if you don't see it, I'm probably just a little crazy :D

[murmur]

yeah it's amazing, about the powerballad/cheese thing- i've discussed it with kugelkopf" and babystrange. after i first created the power ballad disc 1, kugelkopf" and i were driving around late at night listening to it and singing along, and at some point he says "god, this music is kind of depressing." same thing w/ "careless whisper" type stuff- if you immerse yourself in the heartwrenching lyrics it can be depressing, but as you objectively look at it and really pay attention to the sax solo, you feel like a dork for letting it get to you, YET IT DOES ANWYAY.

the synthpop often effects me in more cheesy positive ways, rather than depressing. like 'thieves like us' by new order. now those are some cheesy lyrics there. i havent heard electronic in forevs.

and thanks for the compliment :) i think that's the only picture i've seen of djuna barnes- as for looking like her, i have trouble seeing myself objectively, so i dont know. i never think i look like anyone. my mom apparently has some SUPER BLONDE photo of me up in her office from freshman year of high school, and someone commented that i look like diane sawyer. heheheh.

[murmur]

whoops that ' [Bad username in LJ tag]' is supposed to be kugelkopf.

[the_yellow_book]

I'm sure it's difficult to see the resemblance from your point of view, and I guess it's not one of those "uncanny" resemblances ;)

But I thought I'd tell ya, as Alli noted below, that Barnes was considered to have MAD STYLE in her adulthood. Much like you ;)

[murmur]

hehe awww thanks :)

[babystrange]

her hat rules.

[babystrange]

as does the rest of her ensemble.

[the_yellow_book]

Haha, totally ;)

Do you think Kate has some Djuna?

[babystrange]

i can definitely see it a bit.

[murmur]

the hat is rad, but i'm partial to the scarf.