WTF is with grocery stores refusing to slice cheese for each individual customer nowadays? They pre-slice the common kinds like Land O’ Lakes American and let it sit there all day in huge stacks next to the deli meats so it takes on all the nasty flavors.

Even when we argue with them that we want it sliced extra thin or explain we are vegetarian and want it fresh, they give us a hard time! Maybe it’s a Western New York thing because I never experience this when I’m visiting my mom in Pennsylvania. Both huge grocery store chains up here, (Wegmans and Tops) pull this shit and I’m sick of it!

Note: This is a super lame old-lady rant and its my first post in months… ugh! I’m so ashamed, but it only took 3 minutes to write and that’s all the time I have right now.

PS: Does anyone else remember The Stinky Cheese Man?

Whenever I listen to Weezer there is always this thought in the back of my mind – like a pebble in my shoe. I knew there was truth to it but felt nobody would know what the fuck I was talking about, or perhaps write me off as a crazy feminist, but this is my blog so I’m going to say it:

Rivers Cuomo is a fucking sexist.

Hoping to validate my own self-conscious thoughts by finding like minds, I googled rivers cuomo sexist and found this incredible post: A Scale to Help You Determine What Type of Sexist the Hip-Culture Canon Work You’re Looking at is

I am in complete agreement with everything they’ve said because I’ve had a similar experience with (sub-mainstream) popular culture. All of my favorite movies and books seem to be written by these sexist assholes but it’s never been enough to make me read chick lit or something. Anyway, you should read their post because I couldn’t say any of this better than they already have.

I think this explains it.

Cover songs aren’t just for Me First and the Gimme Gimmes! Most bands have done at least one cover. Since covers are quick and easy to record, bands will often contribute them to projects such as compilations, tribute albums, and soundtracks. Covers get a bad rap, but every once in a while you come across one that is well-done, possibly even better than the original. Here are my top 10 cover songs, in no particular order:

• Nirvana‘s cover of “The Man Who Sold The World” by David Bowie (listen)
• The Blood Brothers‘ cover of “Under Pressure” by Queen & David Bowie (listen)
• At the Drive-In‘s cover of “This Night Has Opened My Eyes” by The Smiths (listen)
• Between The Buried And Me‘s cover of “Colorblind” by Counting Crows (listen)
• Thursday‘s cover of “Ever Fallen In Love” by the Buzzcocks (listen)
• The Number Twelve Looks Like You‘s cover of “My Sharona” by The Knack (listen)
• Taking Back Sunday‘s cover of “Suburban Home/I Like Food” by Descendents (listen)
• Youth Group‘s cover of “Forever Young” by Alphaville (listen)
• Muse‘s cover of “House Of The Rising Sun” (listen)
• Gary Jules‘ cover of “Mad World” by Tears for Fears (listen)

Runner Up: The Postal Service‘s cover of “Against All Odds” by Phil Collins (listen)

Cover songs are also really common at live shows since they’re so much fun and everyone can sing along regardless of whether or not they are familiar with the band playing the cover. These typically aren’t recorded, but we always have YouTube. Here’s one of my favorites; Davey Havok of AFI singing with the band Ceremony to a cover of “Straight Edge Revenge” by Project X:

Many thanks go to Kristi for her post Covers: Do or Don’t? which inspired me to make this list. Her blog is 100% awesomeness and we’re actually affies now!

// EDIT
I just found out 2 seconds ago that “Nothing Compares 2 U” by Sinead O’conner is a cover of a Prince/The Family song and now I wish I could ammend my post because I fucking love that song! Ugh!

Envy: Breathing and Dying in This Place

Ever visit a site that features random, irrelevant ads that have nothing to do with the content? Or maybe the juxtaposition of the content and the advertising just makes you laugh because it’s completely antithetical or absurd? I’m not trying to bust anyone’s chops, but I experienced this exact thing while browsing today:

I love the softcore porn star (apparently from 2003 when people still wore trucker hats) in a “kinky” t-shirt right above Caylee’s angelic face. Is that her mom? The barbed wire tattoo is effing classy.