Saturday, October 07, 2006
just close your eyes sit back & enjoy it...
as it turns out, i hate looking at people when they're singing. i mean, i always knew i did, but i am just now piecing it together more clearly. it kind of ruins the experience for me.
i first noticed this displeasure when watching conference on tv. as much as i wanted to, i couldn't pry my face away from the closeups of all of the members of the mormon tabernacle choir. it totally ruins the spirit of the hymn when you're thinking about weird facial expressions and poor makeup choices. lately, i've made it a practice to not look at the screen when the motab starts singing. its way easier to feel the spirit. another good idea is to go to the bathroom. that way, you don't have to see their faces and you don't miss a talk for your pee break.
a few people i especially can't look at when they're singing:
john mayer--it almost made me hate him in general as a musician. but i've trained myself to look away and not picture his weird, distorted faces when he's singing. so his cd is still safely in my collection.
whitney houston--not that i ever listen to her anymore, but back in the 80s i had to close my eyes because i can't handle how sweaty her upper lip gets. seriously, what is that?
tyra banks--wait...no...not singing...i just hate her face. hate
any member of a boy band--not even because they are in a boy band. just because they always looks so pleading and sad. and gay. and i mean "gay" in the literal sense. (insert "not that there's anything wrong with it" or "i have gay friends" here _______________________).
ellis paul--so, i went to this show at velour on thursday night and there was this guy performing named ellis paul who was a folk artist. i really liked him. after he sang his first song, i didn't like him. i wasn't sure why, but then i realized its because i hated so bad the way his face (mouth) moved when he sang. then i just focused visually on other things and i liked him a lot. (i also have a theory that his name is actually paul ellis, but he just uses ellis paul as his stage name. i mean, let's be honest, no one's name is ellis. he probably just saw "ellis, paul" written on legal documents his whole life and thought it looked good and went with that. i support his decision).
i first noticed this displeasure when watching conference on tv. as much as i wanted to, i couldn't pry my face away from the closeups of all of the members of the mormon tabernacle choir. it totally ruins the spirit of the hymn when you're thinking about weird facial expressions and poor makeup choices. lately, i've made it a practice to not look at the screen when the motab starts singing. its way easier to feel the spirit. another good idea is to go to the bathroom. that way, you don't have to see their faces and you don't miss a talk for your pee break.
a few people i especially can't look at when they're singing:
john mayer--it almost made me hate him in general as a musician. but i've trained myself to look away and not picture his weird, distorted faces when he's singing. so his cd is still safely in my collection.
whitney houston--not that i ever listen to her anymore, but back in the 80s i had to close my eyes because i can't handle how sweaty her upper lip gets. seriously, what is that?
tyra banks--wait...no...not singing...i just hate her face. hate
any member of a boy band--not even because they are in a boy band. just because they always looks so pleading and sad. and gay. and i mean "gay" in the literal sense. (insert "not that there's anything wrong with it" or "i have gay friends" here _______________________).
ellis paul--so, i went to this show at velour on thursday night and there was this guy performing named ellis paul who was a folk artist. i really liked him. after he sang his first song, i didn't like him. i wasn't sure why, but then i realized its because i hated so bad the way his face (mouth) moved when he sang. then i just focused visually on other things and i liked him a lot. (i also have a theory that his name is actually paul ellis, but he just uses ellis paul as his stage name. i mean, let's be honest, no one's name is ellis. he probably just saw "ellis, paul" written on legal documents his whole life and thought it looked good and went with that. i support his decision).
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um, actually there's a character in a Dicken's novel named Ellis, and I thought if I ever had kids I might name one of them Ellis, but whenever I say it, people always think I'm saying Alice and that would just be wrong to make a small boy go through life explaining to everyone that his name is "Ellis" not "Alice".
love,
mp
love,
mp
If you are getting pied, in the face, I recommend closing the eyes. But if you are singing whilst getting pied in the face, I recommend the following:
close eyes, open mouth.
close eyes, open mouth.
were you asking about the title of this post being a blow-job joke, or the "close eyes, open mouth." comment?
I think both of them are.
I think both of them are.
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: 4:04 PM
i'm so fucking glad i used the appropriate american punctuation in my comment.
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