New Music Moment

As always by "new" I mean new to me, but in this case fairly new - 2008 I think.

Time to Pretend - MGMT


I'm feeling rough I'm feeling raw
I'm in the prime of my life
Let's make some music, make some money
Find some models for wives
I'll move to Paris shoot some heroin
And fuck with the stars
You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars

This is our decision
To live fast and die young
We've got the vision
Now lets have some fun

Yeah, it's overwhelming
But what else can we do?
Get jobs in offices
And wake up for the morning commute?
Forget about our mothers and our friends
We're fated to pretend
To pretend
We're fated to pretend
To pretend

I'll miss the playgrounds
And the animals and digging up worms
I'll miss the comfort of my mother and
The weight of the world
I'll miss my sister miss my father
Miss my dog and my home
Yeah, I'll miss the boredom and the freedom
And the time spent alone

But there is really nothing
Nothing we can do
Love must be forgotten
Life can always start off anew

The models will have children
We'll get a divorce
We'll find some more models
Everything must run its course
We'll choke on our vomit
That will be the end
We were fated to pretend
To pretend
We're fated to pretend
To pretend
I said yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah

Words I Learned Today

1) susurrate: to issue soft noises

2)benthic: of, relating to, or occurring in the bottom of the ocean (or other body of water)

New Louisiana Laws

I just have to say something about this.

Gun restrictions will loosen, allowing concealed weapons in some churches and near most schoolyards and permitting firearms at state parks and historic sites.

BUT A ban on texting while driving will get tougher.

AND Grand Isle residents will no longer have to pay a toll to cross the bridge to their home.

Starting backwards, why the hell did Grand Isle residents ever have to pay a toll to get home. That is just stupid. Glad someone figured that out.

More importantly:

Go ahead and bring your gun to church grandma, but for god's sake don't text!


I do get that texting while driving is dangerous. I am not against that law, but the irony kills me. You are apparently worried about people injuring others while texting in the car, but you loosen gun restrictions!! Near schools and churches and parks! My mind is blown. And by the way, what does "some" churches mean?

Where are people's priorities?