Day 33: Something in Your Mouth, Something on the Screen

You all know Nickelback played on the closing ceremonies of the Olympics. If you're lucky, you missed it.

Anyway, my mom is a comedian. I got home from going to get food, and I get a voicemail from her that says, "I just thought I'd tell you if you're not home you'd better hurry home so you didn't miss Nickelback."

Haha, Mom. Hilarious.

It actually was pretty funny.

Something else that was pretty funny was last night, my boyfriend and my friend started talking about that terrible Nickelback song called "Something in Your Mouth."

"I don't remember how it goes," my boyfriend said.

And as a joke, my friend said, "You look cute with something in your mouth."

And it turns out, that's EXACTLY what it says. Well, it says, well, see for yourself. Here's the chorus:

You're so much cooler when you never pull it out
'Cause you look so much cuter with something in your mouth

And there's more where that comes from. Look it up. You'll love it. Just another example of CK's greatness. Songwriter of the Year. Maybe a Grammy? Let's do it.

Day 32: Dancing!!

Tonight I went dancing with my boyfriend and my friend at the Wild Rover. The music was great. There was no Nickelback. Anyway, the exciting part is that I saw world-renowned speed skater, Anthony Lobello, there!

Speaking of speed skating reminds me of the Olympics, which brings me to this very disgusting fact. My sister told me that Nickelback is playing at the closing ceremonies of the Olympics. Guess who won't be watching them? I think it's because they're from Canada. I don't know, but I feel bad for everyone who got tickets for the closing ceremonies. Bad move, Olympics committee, bad move. Why not get some other Canadian artist, like the rapper known as Drake? Sure, his music might not be family-friendly, but he's got a large fan base already, seeing as how he was on Degrassi: The Next Generation for eight years.

In other news, today I played guitar for the first time in forever. I'm not good, but I have a good time. The music I played, even though it was pretty bad, was a very welcome break from Nickelback. I looked up a couple of Anberlin tabs and played those. They didn't quite sound like the songs, but they sounded a lot better than my usual music choice. I scared myself, because at one point, I couldn't even remember how one of the songs went. Sad news.

I even made up a song with the same chords that Anberlin uses. I noticed that a lot of the time they use the same chords, which are really pretty. So I just went out and made my own rhythm out of them. If anyone knows how to link a sound clip to a post, I'll totally link it for you guys. This is big, because I don't play anything for anyone. But maybe I'll make an exception. Desperate times.

Day 31: A Month, If You Prefer

For all of you who want to count a month as 31 days, it's here! A month since the beginning, if you're a skeptic.

The word "prefer" reminds me of a Taking Back Sunday song called "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)" in which Adam Lazzara, the lead singer, says "Which would you prefer?" and he says it really cool. You should listen to it. Even if you don't like emo-like music or alternative or whatever people call it, you should do it for me. Adam Lazzara is my FAVORITE songwriter, and he's got an incredible voice. I think so, at least.

I think I'm going to put out a challenge for everyone over spring break: broaden your musical horizons. Vertical Horizons, like the '90s band. Ok, maybe you don't want to listen to them. They had, like, two songs. Anyway, you guys should listen to awesome, different music and tell me all about it! I'll add it to my "Listen To" list. You should also listen to some Taking Back Sunday. May as well add some Anberlin in there too. Also, Blink 182's self-titled CD is a fantastic one.

Oh gosh, I think I'm going to start dreaming about music. Maybe I'll have a dream about a concert! That would be awesome! I'm not sure I have sound in my dreams. I mean, people say things to me, but I don't remember hearing them. Whatever. Dreams are a whole other street to go down.

I was just watching Jimmy Fallon on the Olympics after-show. Now, I used to think he was super awkward, but now I just think he's hilarious. He does this Thank You Note segment that's really funny. He just did one about the Olympics. Look it up sometime; it was great.

Day 30: DAY 30?!

What constitutes a month? Five-hundred, twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes?

I'm going to count it as 30 days. So in my world, it's been ONE MONTH since I've started listening to Nickelback!! And I happily realized that it will only be about 2 and half months when I can wash my hands clean of this.

For my one-month anniversary, I was going to join a Nickelback fan club, but it turns out it costs $24.00 for the platinum membership. So screw that. I've already spent enough for Nickelback. So I decided to join a free street team instead. My screen name is iluvnb and I registered under the name Susie Faluka. With my street team involvement, I can request free tickets. I'll be doing that a lot.

This week in Entertainment Weekly, the Hit List was talking about the "Can this pickle get more fans than Nickelback" page. The joke part of hitlist said, "Chad Kroeger called the stunt 'sour grapes,' which, at press time, had 900,000 fans." I thought it was pretty funny. Maybe it's because my life has revolved around them lately.

Also, my sister said she went to the gym today, and Nickelback was playing. The first person she saw was a guy lifting weights in a backwards white hat. Told ya.

Day 29: Funny Pictures and Stupid Songs

I don't have much today. I did notice that I've almost reached a month of non-stop Nickelback, which really makes me happy. I feel like I've achieved so much. These achievements include unnecessary bouts of freaking out, feeling squirmy inside, and a fear of driving. Now that I think about it, these aren't achievements at all. They're signs my life is slowly disintegrating.

I listened to "Never Again" for the first time in a couple of weeks. I couldn't stand it before, so I thought that if I just skipped through that song (and track 10, the country-wannabe song about the tractor wheel), I could slow my blood pressure. I guess maybe it worked. I decided to listen to both those songs today, thinking they might have gotten a little better. They didn't. If anyone ever asks you to choose only one band to listen to for an extended period of time, don't choose Nickelback. I'm fairly confident that I could handle it if it were any band but them, but what fun would that be? Overall, I'm glad I chose to do this. When I tell people what I'm doing, they think I'm really lame at first. When I tell them it's for a blog project, this doesn't change.

Today, a guy I work with said, "So, what do you win when you're done?"

Nothing. I don't win anything. But that's ok, because I'm not very good at winning anyway.

I've found that I'm thankful for one thing: when I heard Anberlin and Taking Back Sunday the other night, it was like being in Heaven. I think sometimes, listening to my favorite bands constantly, I got jaded. I forgot how good they were. I would need to see them in concert to reignite that spark, but now if I happen to hear them, it's like a rebirth. I can't wait to hear how incredible this music will sound when I'm through. I'm geniunely excited for that moment, not just to be done with Nickelback (although I AM super excited for that), but to hear music sound like it did the first time I ever heard it.

Ok, so enough of reflections. It's time for a funny picture. My boyfriend showed this to me, and I couldn't stop laughing. Now and then (since yesterday), I open it up just to get a laugh. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Day 28: People Who Listen to Nickelback

I was in class today, and this really sweet girl who sits next to me said she likes Nickelback.

"I like their lyrics and stuff," she said. "Do they write their songs?"

"Probably," I said.

I was shocked, SHOCKED, that this girl likes Nickelback! She's not the type of person I would expect to listen to them. So who is the type of person, you ask? This prompted me to make a list:

People Who Listen to Nickelback:

1) Guys with backward white hats.

2) People who wear Fox Racing clothes/have Fox Racing stickers on their trucks when they've never raced anything in their lives.

3) People at the bar. Who are drunk.

4) People with no teeth.

5) People who wear flannel.

6) People that hunt deers durin' the whole entire year.

7) Chad Kroeger.

8) The girl in my class.

9) Deaf people.

10) Me.

One of these things just doesn't belong.

Day 27: IMPORTANT UPDATE!

So I JUST posted about Day 26 like five minutes ago, but then I went on Facebook. Did you guys see this??

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=347745316110#!/photo.php?pid=3532392&id=282013353726

HILARIOUS!!!

Day 26: Thank You, Bowling Gods!

So if you're a hardcore follower, you may realize that this is Day 27 and that I didn't post last night. But that's because I was at my work bowling party and then I went out for my birthday! But this post encapsulates what happened yesterday at said bowling party.

I didn't get out of work until like 9:40, and my original plan was to get out of work at 9, then go to the bowling party for an hour, then go see Shutter Island. Instead of going to the movie, I decided to just go bowling because it was so late. So I went to the bowling party, and despite the fact that I don't really like bowling very much, I had a good time. The best part was, ANBERLIN AND TAKING BACK SUNDAY CAME ON! Out of the ceiling beams or the Cleveland Cliffs ship carpet mural came "Feel Good Drag" by Anberlin, followed by "There's No 'I' in Team" by Taking Back Sunday. I was SO excited! There wasn't a jukebox, so some genius didn't just pick those songs. There was a CD or satellite radio or something. I think it was just fate.

Day 25: Will You Light My Candle?

...Which is actually Day 26, but that's cause I've been oh-so-busy today.

I just saw "Rent," which I thought was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! It was the final night and it was sold out and everyone sounded incredible. Everyone did so well, and "Will You Light My Candle" was my favorite song, and it's still stuck in my head. So I say, kudos to the "Rent" cast. I thought they were excellent.

In Nickelback news, I seem to have encountered a problem. I used to have horrible acne. But thanks to a little thing called Grandpa's Soap, which is organic and made with sulfur, my face has since cleared up. I finally had nice, smooth skin again, which I thought was pretty much unattainable. I would get one pimple and be amazed that I actually had one. That's how good this stuff worked. But lately, I seem to have been breaking out. I have several pimples all over my face, and I do not enjoy it. Could this be a side effect of drastically changing my music? Could the music change be affecting my life in this way, through my skin? It's hard to tell, and since I'm not a scientist, I really have no way of knowing for sure. But I'm going to say that, yes, yes it is. So thank you once again, Chad Kroeger, this time, for bringing back something I thought I would never have to deal with again.

Also, I found out the "CD" I found yesterday is really a DVD. This might make the reveal a little less meaningful, but who knows? We'll see. I think that by then, anything including music might sound fantastic, even TV commercials with the same royalty-free songs in the background that I used for my no-budget short films in digital cinema class.

Day 24: No Music is Good Music

This doesn't make much sense. I was trying to make it be like, "no news is good news," which is a good quotes and a song by New Found Glory that I like, but it just doesn't work well with music. But the point is, I went to the gym today, and I worked out without any music at all. It worked a lot better than forcing myself to listen to Nickelback, which I know I said I would do, but I tried it once and I hated it. So I worked out in complete silence, with only the chugging of the tread mill making noise. It was kind of like the Twilight Zone. The TVs were on, but they were muted, so I watched curling with subtitles as I ran. Which was strange, but much better than Nickelback. Trust me on this one.

Something cool happened today. All of the cars were moved out my apartment parking lot because they were plowing (yes, the only time they actually plow is when the snow is all melting anyway), and I found a CD lying face-down in a puddle. I turned it over to find that it's a pretty cool compilation CD, featuring music from AFI, Rise Against, The Used, and other people that I like. I'm currently trying to nurse it back to health. There aren't any deep gashes or anything, but it's pretty muddy. It's going to take some work, but I think I can make it play.

I'll have the grand first attempt after my challenge is done, and let everyone know how it goes. Hopefully it will be sucessful and I'll have scored a new awesome free CD to play in my car. I know that it probably belonged to someone, and I felt bad for about two seconds, but my sister reassured me by telling me somebody probably lost it six months ago. So I figured, they thought it was gone for good anyway. Plus, it was going to get run over by the plow, so it was fair game.

In other news, the hallway of my apartment smells like pickled herring. Not good.

Day 23: Come On, Get Happy

I realized something very interesting today. I find myself happy, even though I've been listening to only Nickelback. Some days I am crabby and irritated, but a lot of the time I'm happy, even energetic. I think this might be because I'm so happy to NOT be listening to them. I'm so happy to be out of my car, that I'm relishing in every moment inside of buildings.

I even find myself excited to get to work. Even if it is only to listen to something on the radio that actually sounds good, it's always a positive to feel happy to be at work, right?

So the conclusion I've come to is that Nickelback could be good for my work ethic. Who knew?

Day 22: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

So I like to dance. I don't mean ballet, or tap dancing, or anything even remotely good. I just like to dance. Anywhere and everywhere. And it's pretty hard to dance to Nickelback.

I'm still avoiding the gym, because of the lack of my being able to listen to my playlist. So I woke up and did Richard Simmon's Party Off the Pounds. Yes, I do Richard Simmons. I only do it because he's incredible, and I like to watch the people in the background. You really feel like a million bucks when you're done. Anyway, this one had a techo remix of "I Wanna Dance with Somebody," which I usually don't like. But it sounded very good today! I was like, "Whitney Houston really does have a great voice!" So even though she might be a crack smoking psycho, she just gained a fan in me.

I'm watching snowboarding half-pipe right now, which I love, even though I'm not a snowboarder. I'm a skiier, and not a good one, one that gets concussions when unfortunate people try to build jumps. But I can't resist watching Shaun White rip it up. That's right. "Rip it up." I'm totally a snowboarder.

Anyway, so the Nickelback thing isn't going too incredibly bad. I'm loving songs I never loved before, and hating ones similar to Nickelback (like Three Days Grace) even more, which can never be a bad thing. And it really is easy to forget about now. Like I said before, it's just background music. I know I need to bring it more up front into my life again, but for now, I'll enjoy it while it's in the back seat.

Day 21: Desperately Seeking Music

So this is getting really tough. I'm not sure if anyone realizes how hard it really is, because I sure didn't expect it to be this hard. On the plus side, music I never liked is still sounding good. And I just thoroughly enjoyed this figure skater's techno music on the Olympics. I like techno anyway, but that's another story. Anyway, the point is, even figure skating mixes are sounding great.

I find myself crabby a lot. Not like at people, but just quietly, to myself. Like, everything that would be annoying before is amplified seven-fold now. For example, I went to work this weekend and saw that I have no morning shifts again. Instead of just being upset about it, I was actually mad. And tonight, I got home from watching "Lost" at my friend's apartment, and there were no parking spots. The only one there was had snow piled up in it, when I know that the plow guy was here this morning plowing it, because I SAW him! I was like, "Stupid plow man, can't even do his job. Get a life!" Which doesn't even make sense, because he probably does have a life, judging by the terrible, rushed job he did of plowing the lot. But anyway, everything is just irritating. I'm sure it's because of this music thing. Usually I can pop in a good CD and just chill out. If I'm stressed, I can feel my heart beat slowing, and everything is back to normal. But not anymore.

Anyway, good things that have happened lately:

My friend gave me a little picture on my Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?pid=31087429&id=1260960037

And then, Danielle (http://monstercare.blogspot.com/) pointed out a Facebook group to me, which is called the same thing: Every Time Nickelback is Played, God Kills a Llama. I joined it. And I'm sorry, Danielle, I know you really love animals, but if this is true, then...well...I just hope you don't like llamas.

Anyway, I'm asking everyone to think of some good songs for me to listen to after this whole thing is over. If you know of a good song, or a band you want me to check out, go ahead and post it here! I'm going to be more open to music that's out there. Anything has to be better than this.

Day 20: Ringtone: Changed

I just changed my ringtone to a little something LG likes to call, "Electric Dog Master." It's absolutely ridiculous. There's some techno beat set off by a dog barking. I'm excited to see what happens when it rings in public. There were a couple of pretty nifty ones I could change it to, but why would I want to do that?

I sense there will be some ringtone hopping going on over the next couple of months.

Also, the Nickelback Rocks group on Facebook led me to a very interesting sweepstakes. I just signed up to win free tickets to a Nickelback show in Washington, D.C. If I win, I'll also get to meet the band. I'd feel kind of guilty if I won, because I'd be taking away some die-hard Nickelback fan's greatest dream. But, I guess, really, I'd be saving their soul. So it all works out in the end.

Wish me luck in winning.

Day 19: The Day of Love

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! Since today is the Day of Love, here is a list of things I am very fond of:

Anberlin
Taking Back Sunday
Alkaline Trio
Good music in general
The Olympics!
Speed skating
Snow until the end of February
Being a waitress
Writing
Reading young adult fiction
LOST
Cheesecake
Harry Potter
Juicing oranges
Andy Samberg

And for all you Valentine's Day downers out there, here's a list of things I do not love:

Nickelback
People who do not leave tips
Literature classes
Bad TV
Nickelback
Football
World of Warcraft
Nickelback
Chocolate
Members of a certain political party
and...
Nickelback

Well, there you go, folks. But, as I said before, since today is supposed to be a lovely day, here's something Amelia (http://themennonitetable.wordpress.com/) found that I really love right now. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAw8khnYPC0

And to everyone, yes, even those of you who hate Valentine's Day and want to rip the heads off of teddy bears or crush boxes of chocolates with your cars, I hope you have a great day!

♥ ♥

Day 18: Two Days Until the Big Reveal

Just kidding, there is no big reveal. But there are two days until I change my ringtone from Anberlin. Maybe the big reveal will be what I change it to.

I don't have much today, because I've had a largely-free Nickelback day. Thankfully. I was doing homework all day, and just had to listen to Nickelback when I got into my car to go to and from work. It's just like the unpleasant background music to my life now. So it isn't too bad. Anyway, not too much to say, I just wanted to stop in and say hello.

Nickelback free's the way to be.

Day 17: Existential Thoughts

This post has nothing to do with existential thoughts. I just thought it'd be fun to name it that. I just got back from work. We close at 10, but I was there until almost 11. We got completely busy because it's Valentine's Day Weekend. A fellow co-worker and I decided that next time we're there that late, we're going to put up disco balls and have a dance party. I work at Perkins. It may not be what you think of when you hear the words "dance party," but I think it's a fantastic idea.

What does this all have to do with Nickelback, you ask? Nothing, really. You're certainly not supposed to be reading between the lines or anything, and they are definitely NOT allowed at our dance party.

I told myself that when I got home from work, I had to make myself sit down and do all this homework that's due on Monday. Instead, I'm blogging. If I missed a day of blogging, I'd feel like I was letting my blog, and my followers, and all my trolls down. And who wants to do that? So even though I don't have a whole ton about Nickelback to say, I still needed to post something. And I do have a TINY bit to say about them. They seem to come up a whole lot in everyday life.

One of the guys I work with was super excited because my student organization is putting on a Third Eye Blind concert. He then said, "People are probably mad because someone like Nickelback isn't coming." Another guy proceeded to say, "I'd go in a second if Nickelback came." I smiled to myself. I never realized how much of a topic NB was, or how much they were actually played on the radio, in stores, in thin air, etc. until I started doing this. Strange.

I'm listening to a SUPER accented Canadian on the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic Games. I'm really digging his voice. Oh, Canada! No, not like the song. This just reminded me: Nickelback is FROM CANADA! I used to be fascinated with Canada until I found this out. Now I realize the coolest thing to come from Canada is Degrassi: The Next Generation, seasons 1-4. And this year's Olympics, of course. Just think, though, wouldn't it suck to get tickets to the Olympics, but only be able to afford the opening ceremonies or something? I mean, they're cool, but they certainly aren't any half-pipe or speedskating. In any case, GO AMERICA!

Day 16: Decisions, Decisions

I have made a momentous decision. On Monday, I am going to take the ring tone off my phone, which is an Anberlin song, and replace it. For now, I'm just going to replace it with one of those generic default ones, but maybe later, NB will come through. Who knows? If I'm going to do this, I'm going to do this right. I'm not going to listen to Anberlin at ALL, so that, come April, it will be even better than before. And that really excites me.

Now for some news on those Nickelback groups on Facebook. I just posted a comment on one called Nickelback Rocks, which as 3,101 members, but no wall posts. So mine's the first. Here's what I said:

Hey guys, I'm trying to figure out the deep lyrics in "How You Remind Me." What does he mean when he says "this?" What is "this?" "This is how you remind me." Does anybody know? Please share. Thanks!

I'm real curious about it, and it might help. Hopefully they won't be able to see all of the Nickelback Hate groups I also joined...

I also heard something very sweet today from Nikki (http://noisesfromnumbernine.blogspot.com/). She works doing dishes in the Den, where I work out front. She told me that when she's working and Nickelback comes on the radio, she turns it off just so that if I go back there, I won't have to hear it. That may just be the nicest thing anyone's done for me in awhile. So thank you, Nikki. Thank you very much.

Tonight I have a two hour drive home to see my cousin make her 1,000th point in basketball! We're taking my sister's car--I didn't set it up this way, I swear!--so we'll see what we can listen to. It'll probably be the radio. And maybe, just maybe, we can get through that 120 minutes without hearing anything resembling "How You Remind Me."

Also, I apparently have trolls on my blog that are leaving stupid comments. Could they be the same trolls that have colorful hair and sequins for belly buttons? I sure hope so.

Day 15: The Track Listing

This is something I've been wanting to do for awhile now, now that I'm familiar with the CD. This is the track listing, according to me. Enjoy.

Track 1- "Never Again" A song about a man who takes to beating his wife. Wife gets mad, shoots him.

Track 2- "How You Remind Me" A very depressing tune about a man telling someone that they remind him of who he really is. He never made it as a wise man, couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing.

Track 3- "Woke Up This Morning" A little story about a man who hates everything, included himself. Must've just occurred to him one day...

Track 4- "Too Bad" Unfortunately, I think everyone knows this one. CK's mom couldn't afford to take care of them, and then left. Or maybe it was his father who left. Either way, that's too bad.

Track 5- "Just For" Our friend wants to rip someone's eyes, arms, and heart out for hurting his girlfriend. And yes, this is my favorite song on the CD.

Track 6- "Hollywood" The prequel to their 2005 hit, "Rockstar?" This one's about dragging someone away and getting high on something? It's difficult to say. But I think they might have been high when they wrote it...

Track 7- "Money Bought" This gem's about people spending money on terrible things. These include: drugs, prostitutes, and this CD.

Track 8- "Where Do I Hide" I'm guessing they mean "Where Do I Hide?" Anyway, this one's about a criminal on the run. Spoiler: He doesn't get away.

Track 9- "Hangnail" Mmm, delicious title. Yep, this one's actually about a hangnail.

Track 10- "Good Times Gone" NB's turn at nostalgia. It talks about all those good times on the farm, driving the tractor and shearing up corn. Oh, and I'm pretty sure, having sex underneath a tractor wheel.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, THIS is the CD I've chosen to listen to exclusively until April.

Day 15: A Morning of Groups and Giggles

So I started off my morning by joining nearly every group on Facebook about hating and loving Nickelback. These include (in addition to the pickle group, which I joined the other day. Go little pickle, I'm rooting for you!): I don't care what you say, I heart Nickelback, Queremos a Nickelback en concierto, en Espana (which translates to: We want Nickelback in concert in Spain! And I hope they're not like their neighbors, and take to throwing rocks), Making Fun of Nickelback, and WE LOVE NICKELBACK! I even became a fan of Chad Kroeger. I'll tell you what, there are going to be some pretty confused people when my Newsfeed comes up.

Day 14: TWO DOWN!

So it's been two weeks, and in honor of that, I was going to do something special, but I have a headache that's KILLING me, so that's just going to have to wait till tomorrow. I will say one thing, though, the cover of the CD reminds me of something off of "Saw." Do you think that's a sign? I should've taken one look at that cover and ran the other way!

Something good's coming your way tomorrow! Stay tuned.

Day 13: A Pickle!!

So I just joined a group on Facebook called, "Can This Pickle Get More Fans Than Nickelback?" I'm betting it can. I'm rooting for the pickle more than ever.

I've taken to singing in my car. I mean, turning the music completely down and just singing songs that are not Nickelback. Today, for unknown reasons, it was Third Eye Blind. Anyway, I know I said I wouldn't do that, but it's necessary at this point. At least until I get over this cold. Everything is more frustrating when I have a cold, and this is just making me hate the world right now. Earlier, on my way to class, I realized I had to turn the music off when the urge to run over someone's leg overtook me.

On a different note, I've recently been pondering the lyrics from "You Remind Me." Here are some:

Never made it as a wise man
I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing
Tired of living like a blind man
I'm sick of sight without a sense of feeling
And this is how you remind me

WHAT THE HECK DOES THIS MEAN? Seriously, if anyone knows, I need comments. Please, I'm begging you! I can't figure out, for the life of me, how this person is reminding him of what he really was. He keeps on saying, "THIS is how you remind me," but what is THIS?!?!

I seriously need answers, people. I'm counting on you, fellow dwellers of the blogosphere, more than ever.

P.S. If I'm not in class tomorrow, it probably means I'm in prison for plowing someone over with my car.

Day 12: Almost Two Whole Weeks!!

So I don't really have much to post tonight. I'm almost at the two-week mark, which is INSANE! I can honestly say I've found my favorite song on the CD. Don't get me wrong, this isn't something that is slowly becoming my favorite song of all time. It just happens to be the most appealing on the CD. It's track number five and is called "Just For." It could possibly be the single most stupid title of a song ever, but there you have it. Typical NB. That stands for Nickelback. I'm a hardcore fan now, and as everyone knows, when you like a band, you totally abbreviate the name. Ok, I may have made that up.

Anyway, "Just For." If you have any desire to ever listen to a Nickelback song (which I certainly hope you don't. But I can't judge everyone's taste, now), listen to that one. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being good music, I'd still give it a .25, but that's something. A behemoth step up from the -1300 I'd give "Never Again."

So I came across the lyrics to one of my ACTUAL favorite songs of all time, "*fin" by Anberlin. Came across meaning, I looked them up. There was this song meaning site I found and I wanted to see if they had this song on there. Anyway, it made me want to listen to it really bad. Can you even imagine? Those words were such a tease.

I know how to play this song on guitar. Some of it, at least. Oh, yeah, I play guitar. Forgot to mention that. Don't go thinking I'm any good, though, cause I'm not. I've been playing since 8th grade and still haven't gotten any better. But I'm good ENOUGH that I can play "*fin" and tell what it is, and revel in it's greatness.

These are my plans for tonight.

Day 11: A Video!!!

Ok, so here's something interesting. I'd say funny, but it's almost too mean to be funny. A guy at work told me to check this video out.

Apparently Nickelback played a concert in Portugal, and everyone started throwing rocks at them between the time that they started and the second song. Now, it does make me wonder why anyone paid to get tickets if they just hated the band as much as I do. Maybe it was at some kind of festival, and everyone in the crowd was waiting for the good band to come on.

Anyway, here's the clip. It's not very interesting, and not necessary to watch, since I just gave the low-down of what happens in it. But if you want to see a stoned (haha) Chad Kroger, and see him flip off the audience, check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJlq94u4apM

I wouldn't be one of those people throwing stones. I live in a glass house. But anyway, I thought this was different. I never heard of any of MY favorite bands getting rocked off the stage.

Although there was that one time at Warped Tour with Simple Plan and the toilet seats...

Day 10: Ten Down...

...who knows how many to go? I'm not so good with numbers. This post is going to be short, because I'm sick and tired. No, not of Nickelback. Just literally sick and tired. I have a cold, and I want to sleep for a million years. My whole body aches. I blame Chad Kroger & Co. It could happen. That thing about those ice crystals responding to the different music, maybe it does work the same in human bodies. Maybe the water crystals are all jumbled up and making my insides feel strange.

Anyway, my sister and I went to Wal Mart today. She had incredible music playing in her car. In my stipulations, I state that this is OK. And it was more than OK. It was so good! Eve 6 and Alkaline Trio. Yes. It felt incredible to be able to sing songs again. I already know most of the words to these Nickelback songs, but I refuse to sing them. If I do, by chance, start to sing to them, then I realize what I'm doing and always make some stupid voice to sing in. Usually it's a deep tone with a Southern accent. I don't know why.

Day 9: Continued

So guess who came on at work tonight, everyone??? NICKELBACK!! YAY!!! Just what I've always wanted. :)

I don't have much else to say except that. And the fact that I want to watch this one episode of "Lost" just so I can hear "Wonderwall" by Oasis. Is that considered cheating? It's not my favorite song or anything, just a good one. And it's sung by Dominic Monaghan, so I think that hardly counts. For some odd reason, it's stuck in my head. Someone should listen to it for me.

I tell you what, when I'm done with this, I'm locking myself in my room for three days straight and blasting music. And my neighbors are just going to have to deal with it. If they'd been through what I have, they'd understand.

Day 9. Wow. Almost 10 days. In no time, I'll be done with this. I've decided my blog posts are getting far too depressing, so I'm on a mission to change that. I mean, they're always going to be a little sad, or crabby, or whatever else. But I want them to be better. Maybe one day, you'll come on here and see a post that says, "I LOVE NICKELBACK!!" Ok, probably not. HOPEFULLY not. But in any case, they'll get a little more upbeat.

Day 9: No Spring Music

So today it feels like spring. I know that it obviously isn't spring, or even close to spring, but it sure feels like it. It's so beautiful out that I didn't even have to wear gloves or a hat. I just saw some people walking outside in hoodies, and they didn't look as stupid as usual.

On days like this, when I feel like the snow is all going to melt and I could sit outside and read, or jump rope, I have a specific soundtrack I listen to. Once upon a time, when I was around fourteen, spring seemed to last forever. My sister had her license, and we used to drive around town, listening to a CD that featured "Stupid Kid" by Alkaline Trio, and all kinds of pop punk, borderline obnoxious, music. I love it, and have since made my own mixed CDs with the "spring" music. But this year, I won't be listening to that.

I wanted nothing more today than to put in one of my spring mixes and enjoy the music and the melting snow. It's a little sad, but I'll get over it. I'm just hoping that if we do get a spring this year, it comes a little later, like the first week of May. So, please, weather, work with me.

Day 8: On the Run

So I finally forced myself to go to the gym today for the first time since I started this mess. See, I never really liked running until I made a work-out playlist of my favorite songs. Since then, running has gotten easier. I even ran a 5K.

But today I couldn't even run a mile. I ran about two-thirds of a mile, and physically couldn't do it anymore. My lungs hurt and I felt like someone had dumped a five-gallon bucket of stand down my throat. So after about two songs, I ripped my earbuds out and ran the rest of the way with only the music coming from VH1's Jumpstart, which was on the TV.

I finished running, and became inherently angry. I went to the rowing machines and played the fish game for about three minutes. Then I grabbed a mat and did a few sets of the ab workout I normally do. Then I went home, realizing that nothing I had done really did much for my body at all.

It isn't very inspiring to work out when you know you'll be listening to Nickelback. And, judging from today, it's apparently impossible. So by the end of this, I won't only be angry, irritable, and run-down. I'll also be out of shape.

Day 7: An Open Letter to Chad Kroeger

So I've been inspired by my fellow blogger, Holly Golightly (myletterstofamouspeople.blogspot.com), to write a letter to the lead singer of Nickelback expressing exactly how I feel. Here goes.

Dear Chad,

I hate your band. You make me want to throw myself off the Mackinac Bridge; not because you’re so horrible, but because you’re so damned depressing. Whoever told you that you could write music forgot to tell you they were joking.

I’m convinced that the reason your music is so popular is because you’ve planted some sort of ear-drug in it that forces people to listen to it. Anything will catch on after awhile.

You once wrote a song for Spider-Man about wanting heroes to save us. Well, Mr. Kroeger, I wish a hero would save me from these three months of pain I’ve inflicted upon myself.

Yours until April, and never again (pardon the pun),

Stacy

Day 6: "Never Again," Please, Never Again!

I've figured out the worst song on the album, and possibly, the planet. "Never Again." I'm pretty sure that somewhere in here it says either, "Clicking his hands" or "Licking his hands." If anybody knows what that means, please tell me.

Also, on the CD review on iTunes, it says that "Never Again" was inspired by September 11th terrorist attacks. Unless one of the World Trade Center towers was Chad Kroeger's mother, I have no idea how this makes sense. It's clearly, and 100% about spousal abuse. So please, someone, let me know in which way that inspired this song.

There aren't words to express how much I hate this song. I never want to listen to it again. But unfortunately, I have to.