why i don't bother even trying to date

[Ava]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si0WTCMrksw

not until i get away from Conservative Christian, right wing Republican, straight, white, American males... Soul savin’, flag wavin’, Rush lovin’, land pavin’ personal friends to the Quayles

i need to find me a liberal, philosophy readin, peace lovin, tree huggin, intellectual and democratic male... i mean really, is that too much to ask? :rofl:


all the lyrics -

Conservative Christian, right wing Republican, straight, white, American male.
Gay bashin’, black fearin’, poor fightin’, tree killin’, regional leaders of the South
Frat housin’, keg tappin’, shirt tuckin’, back slappin’ haters of hippies like me.
Tree huggin’, peace lovin’, pot smokin’, porn watchin’ lazyass hippies like me.
Tree huggin’, love makin’, pro choicen, gay weddin’, widespread diggin’ hippies like me.
Skin color-blinded, conspiracy-minded, protestors of corporate greed,
We who have nothing and most likely will ‘till we all wind up locked up in jails
By conservative Christian, right wing Republican, straight, white, American males,.

Diamonds and dogs, boys and girls, living together in two separate worlds
Following leaders of mountains of shame, looking for someone to blame.

Diamonds and dogs, boys and girls, living together in two separate worlds
Following leaders of mountains of shame, looking for someone to blame.
I know who I like to blame:

Conservative Christian, right wing Republican, straight, white, American males,
Soul savin’, flag wavin’, Rush lovin’, land pavin’ personal friends to the Quayles
Quite diligently workin’ so hard to keep the free reins of this Democracy
From tree huggin’, peace lovin’, pot smokin’, barefootin’ folk-singin’ hippies like me.
Tree huggin’, peace lovin’, pot smokin’, porn watchin’ lazyass hippies like me.

[sasquatch]

1. Sweety, they've invented these things called moving vans

They will move your ass out of Alabama, I know I've seen'em do it.

[Ava]

2. and in less than a year, hopefully they will

working on my college applications now, as i listen to todd snider ;) :hi:

[Parche]

3. move to virginia

join a bunco group

[sasquatch]

5. No that's a dead end road in that blood in, blood out world

:D

[Taverner]

61. Move to California!!! Go to the UCLA film school!!! Buy Catalina Island!!!

And make it into a commune for wayward artist refugees from red states!

[arcadian]

4. What's wrong with RUSH?

Everybody likes them.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

8. I know nothing

about the band (I mostly post in the I Am Old forum), but the guy in the middle reminds me of someone I knew in Tampa who owned a clothing store and did TV repair.
Do people get their TV's "repaired" anymore?

[Bake]

66. No, I saw 'em on MTV the other night and they sucked.

We had an extensive discusion of it for the past week.

Bake

[RetroLounge]

6. Two Words

U Haul

:hi:

RL

[Schema Thing]

7. Great song!

Don't miss Snider's "You got away with it" too; it's an ode to GW.

[Ava]

9. yup, love that one too

my favorite - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dSyK7uqgIA

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

10. Great song!

I must be getting old. Where does it tell me who sang that song?

[hippywife]

11. It's Todd Snider.

You won't hear him on your commercial radio stations.

http://www.toddsnider.net/

http://www.myspace.com/toddsnider

Love the tee shirt on his site!

http://www.toddsnider.net/store/product/15/Todd-Snider-Peace-Queer-Tee

[Ava]

12. nope, you won't hear him on the radio

which is another example of why i never listen to the radio anymore. lots of crappy music but not any good stuff.

[hippywife]

13. You will hear him on one radio station quite a bit.

www.kpig.com

He's like a friend of the family around there. :hi:

[Ava]

14. very cool

i'm in alabama though, so of course i don't get that station :(

[hippywife]

55. And I'm in

Oklahoma. They were the first tertiary radio station ever to stream their live programming. Right now the owners are using a really sucky media player arrangement but if you click on the link below, it will launch the stream in your default media player, whether in be WinAmp (preferred) or WMP:

http://wm-eon.vitalstreamcdn.com/live_eonwmss_vitalstream_com_mapleton-kpigfm4?PPID=3848&Gender=M&Age=51&=.wma

[Ava]

58. thanks for the link!

:hi:

[hippywife]

63. Shine and Oedi

are also avid listeners. I think you'll really like it. :hi:

[tigereye]

15. looks like a fun station!

although I like our alternative station here, they are sometimes a bit too alt-wanna be corporate for my taste. I like stations that actually will play pretty much anything, from wild squonking jazz to bluegrass to reggae to Cab Calloway to punk and hip-hop.

[hippywife]

54. Then I think

you'll like it. If you haven't already, click on the playlist and you'll get an idea of the mix.

[nickgutierrez]

16. That reminds me of one of the coolest experiences I've ever had.

I took a vacation to NYC earlier this year, and on the Sunday of that week I went to Central Park. There's this guy who plays there whenever he can (weather, other concerts/commitments, and so on), who for a while did a pretty cool podcast. Anyway, the day I spent there (and it was pretty close to an entire day), he played this song, and forgot some of the lyrics in the middle. So twenty or thirty people started singing along, and he put it back together again, picking right up where he left off.

(I think it was this song, anyway. I know he played this song on his podcast a lot, and I know he sang this song that day - I'm only about 75% sure it was the song he forgot the lyrics to, though. :) )

[Ava]

17. very cool!

when i was in NYC it was for an interview, and i didn't get to see a lot of the city.. including central park.

[eauclaireliberal]

18. If what you want to stay in the South, I've heard that

Austin, TX is a leftie town.

[Ava]

19. Austin is a great town

and UT Austin is one of the schools i'm applying to. not sure where i'll end up yet.. depends on who will accept me. ;)

[HEyHEY]

20. Never start.

[Ava]

21. psh, such a jaded fool

:P

[HEyHEY]

22. Prick? Yes. Bitter pessimist? Perhaps. Fool? Never.

[Lucian]

25. Listen to this man.

His advice will save you a lot of pain.

[Ava]

27. better to have pain than nothing at all

pain and pleasure are both relative.. without each other, the other is nonexistent.

[HEyHEY]

30. awwww.... you're pretty

[Ava]

32. har har har

i just figure that while i might be stuck in hell, optimism certainly doens't hurt(and helps pass the time)

[HEyHEY]

34. Nah, you gotta date for a bit just so that when you DO give up, you can say you tried!

;-)

[Ava]

35. i never give up

i'm hard headed :P

[Lucian]

39. Sometimes I wonder...

[MissMillie]

59. you'd be amazed how freeing it can be

to live w/out that kind of pain....

...even when you miss out on the joy too.

[crim son]

23. All that means is that you aren't going to waste any time.

Maybe the first two won't be mr. rights, but you won't be wasting your time.

[Ava]

24. perhaps

how are you tonight? :hi:

[crim son]

26. I'm good Ava, though sensing your disbelief.

Forgive me but I can't help but know that you have a great love in your future. Women like you, do.

[Ava]

29. well i appreciate that

though i doubt it sometimes... i just can't wait to get out of here(next year thankfully) and start connecting with people who share common beliefs and ideals. :pals:

[crim son]

33. Next year weeds out those who don't want more.

There will still be the duds, but do savor being surrounded by people who value education, learning, enlightenment, Ava. After you're educated, you have to deal with the rest of us. It can be wretched. :hug:

[Ava]

36. i'll try to do that

though i'm sure that i'll have to go through a few duds before i find a decent one :P ;)


:hug:

[crim son]

46. I imagine not.

You aren't a fool and you will choose men from whom you have something to learn. But yeah, it won't work out right away.

[Ava]

47. true.. and i'm a pretty cynical optimist.. if there is such a thing

it's not too easy to earn my trust

that being said, we all make mistakes

[crim son]

48. My last parental message and you are on my mind because

I'm listening to Jason Mraz "I'm Yours" as I have been for weeks...

Mistakes are yours to make. Almost every time, Ava, you'll know. It's your decision whether or not to try to learn something useful. :hug:

[Ava]

49. love that song

makes me feel happy ;)

:hug: and thanks

[Odin2005]

28. I grew up in a little rednecky hick town in NW Minnesota and had no trouble.

Maybe I was just lucky? :shrug:

Then again my class had an unusual number of fellow nerdy types, We Class of 2004 was called "the revenge of the nerds". :rofl:

[Ava]

31. perhaps

:hi:

[Wapsie B]

37. I'm the last one to give relationship advice,

but I do remember a saying that stuck with me. It's better to be sad about not being in a relationship than it is to be sad wanting out of one.

[Ava]

40. probably true

:hi:

[Wapsie B]

42. There's love out there for us both Ava,

of that I'm certain.

:hi:

[Ava]

45. i certainly hope so

:hi:

[NoodleBoy]

38. I just caught myself talking to a platonic female friend about how the emergence of patriarchies

demoted female deities from goddesses to the ones who cursed mankind during a hike we were taking.

this in the middle of a discussion of how great having Democratic US attorneys will be.

So my point is, are you free on Saturday?

[Ava]

41. hahaha

:rofl:

thanks, my faith in humanity is restored :P ;)

[NoodleBoy]

43. well you didn't answer my question

but there's going to be this awesome neighborhood capture the flag game. bring running shoes.

[Ava]

44. i'm guessing that walking from alabama would probably take awhile

:P

[orleans]

50. ava--who is that picture of in your sig line? it's driving me crazy. n/t

[Ava]

51. Napoleon Dynamite

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Dynamite


this is the photo i photoshopped -

[orleans]

53. oh, thank you! i saw it on one of your posts last night and it was driving

me crazy, but i forgot to ask.

[Ava]

56. it's a pretty good little movie

catch it if you get a chance :hi:

[orleans]

60. i did see the movie--that's why he was familiar--and it was a

funny/interesting movie

[Iggo]

52. Seriously, Ava.

Get thee to Metropolis (any one of 'em) or get thee to college. But do it. Go somewhere where there's a million different kinds of people. Do it soon.

[Ava]

57. next year i'm off to a university somewhere

until then... i'm going to keep singing this song, lol

[av8rdave]

62. I can sympathize

I work with a lot of them. Imagine being locked in an aluminum tube with some of them for 4 days.

I pride myself in getting along (need to have a good working relationship), but whenever politics come up, I just learn to grit my teeth and shut down my ears.

I would not even be able to imagine dating in that situation! I'm married to a conservative, but at least she's rational and can debate intelligently and unemotionally.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

64. Snider is an Alright Guy

;) :thumbsup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijUiwfm6P9E

You know just the other morning I was hanging around inside my house
I had that new book with pictures of Madonna Naked I was checking it out
Just then a friend of mine Came through the door
Said she never pegged me for a scumbag before
She said she didn't ever wanna see me anymore
And I still don't know why

I think I'm an alright guy
I think I'm an alright guy
I just wanna live unitll I gotta die
I know I aint perfect but God knows I try
I think I'm an alright guy
I think I'm alright

Now maybee I'm dirty and maybee I smoke a little dope
But it aint like I'm going on T.V. and tearing up pictures of the Pope
I know I get wild I know I get drunk
But it aint like I gotta lot of bodies in my trunk
My old man used to call me a no good punk
And I still don't why

You know just the other night these cops pulled me over outside a bar
They turned on their lights and said hey kid get ot of the car
I was only joking when I called em a couple of dicks
but still they made me do the stupid human tricks
And now I'm stuck in this cell with a bunch of dumb hicks
And I still don't why

[Ava]

67. love that one too

:hi:

[paparush]

65. My first name is Rush and ..well..we're not all pricks.

:-)