Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Come Go With Me

Day 14 - A song that no one would expect you to love
Come Go With Me - The Del-Vikings

I'm a big fan 50's Doo-Wop music. My mom used to put on the American Graffiti soundtrack and we'd listen to it while doing chores. You can't help but listen to the whole soundtrack. It's contagious. Things were just better back then... or at least I would think so. I was born 40 years too late. So this is my plea, Let's bring the 50's back all over the world. Let's all start wearing leather jackets, rock ducktails, drive motorcycles and cool cars, and just start partying to some classic music.

Love and Rockets,
Rodney

p.s. You may have noticed that all the things I said were for men. This is because women weren't allowed to do anything but plan dinner parties. Watch this video for an explanation.

p.p.s. I leave for California in T-minus 3 days 3 hours and 15 minutes!!!

Monday, June 20, 2011

Oh Accordion, how I love thee...

Day 13 - A song that is a guilty pleasure
Stereo Love - Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina

So I was bowling one night with some friends. It was fun.
But then they turned down the lights and turned up the music.
Several things happened all at once.
Lord Farquaad was mad he didn't get a strike.
Whitney was trying on her new shoes that I just re-laced.
The guy I was with was attempting to talk to me.
And I stopped breathing.
I heard this catchy accordion riff playing over the speakers.
Since then I have been addicted.
Literally.
I listen to this song all the time.
But I try to keep it a secret cause I'm supposed to be that girl who likes cool under ground music.
I will even change the song if someone comes into my room and I'm listening to it.
But I don't care anymore.
You see I'm going to buy an accordion sometime soon and when I do this will be one of the first things I learn to play. Followed by the Mario songs.
How can you not love it. Seriously!!!

Love and Rockets,
Rodney

p.s. watch the extremely weird music video here.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

You probably shouldn't give all your secrets away...

Day 12 - A song from a band you hate
Secrets - One Republic

Yeah I'm not going to lie, I detest One Republic.
They've only had one good song and it's the new one that's catchy.
I don't even know the title, ha.
These guys remind me of a certain person.
They are his favorite band.
It was like a sign that says "Hey, maybe you shouldn't like me"
He's got lots of those signs.
Yet I found myself thinking "Hey, maybe I should like you".
Yeah... maybe I should never have thought that.
Sorry One Republic, he ruined you for me.

Love and Rockets,
Rodney

p.s. Click on this link - http://i.imgur.com/0Bn8y.gif

Friday, June 3, 2011

You Cannibal Queen...

I have realized I've made a ginormous fool of myself. I need to make up for it. So here goes.

Rewind to May 21st, 2011. This is a glorious day. The day the rapture was to occur. But the big man upstairs knew that this day was far too important to end things on. You see, this was the day that dear sweet Whitney King came into the world 21 years ago. If you don't know Whitney you may as well just die. You haven't lived life if your life doesn't include Whitney.

Let me tell you a bit about Whitney. She is currently my best friend. We do pretty much everything together.


We drive to work, we drive from work, we work. That's about it.


Oh and we tie-dye together. It's precious.


My mom even babysits her niece. NEAT-O!


Sometimes we sing together. "Tell it to the volcano, from what I know your going down the hole!".


We go bowling sometimes and she ALWAYS puts her hand on her butt when she throws the ball. And she is even better bowling with her left hand. She always gets a better score.


One time she dated Lord Farquad, BIG mistake! But now she's semi-sorta-kinda dating my arch nemesis. He is the Newman to my Jerry. That sounds bad but it's not! Go watch Seinfeld!


Sometimes we plan trips. Disneyland, St. George, camping, Bear Lake, and the likes thereof.


One time we watched Ghost Adventures all night and got the pee scared out of us. Literally in Whitney's case...


We are going to become great at tennis this summer. All thanks to our friend Stacia.


We also plan on working out every saturday morning. He're we come Jillian!


We like to throw chalk at each other.


At work we are called the old married couple because all we do is argue. But don't worry, we are neither married or a couple!


We go to concerts. "I'd let him do anything he wants to me"


She and our friend Jen are going to sing Joshua Radin at my wedding while playing the bongo drums.


She wears homemade nylon shorts.


All the guys love her. Especially now that she looks like me.


She is addicted to Grey's Anatomy.


She probably likes long walks on the beach.


She owns a sexy car.


If you run her over in your car it would probably just feel like a speed bump.


And last but not least, she gets really excited when she's on a motorcycle.


So that's her. If you don't know her I feel bad for you. So get to know her, hit her up!

801-884-8063

Warning: That's not her real number so don't even try!!

And that's that.

Love and Rockets,

Rodney

p.s. Exactly 1 month from today we'll be headed to California!!!

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Who Knows, Who Cares?

Day 11 - A song from your favorite band
(this is my favorite band at this moment)
Who Knows, Who Cares - Local Natives

You guys probably never watch the videos that I put on here but I highly recommend you watch the Alexi Murdoch video and this video. I had heard of these guys a while back and liked one or two of their songs, didn't think anything special. But then I went to the Arcade Fire concert. These guys opened for them and they blew me away. The percussion is absolutely stunning. They would get all of the members pounding away on a snare and the whole room exploded. It was like my heaven. So I came home from the concert, bought the entire cd and fell in love. But it was a shallow love. I decided I needed to find out more so I searched for them on youtube. Youtube never fails! I found the above video and truly fell in love. I have so much respect for these musicians. Just please watch the video and fall in love. The intro is a bit arduous but the video is SOOO worth it! I love these takeaway shows. When you have some time to kill just look at some of the videos from the takeaway shows, SO AMAZING!

So in closing, who knows and who cares?

love and rockets,
Rodney

p.s. the itch is growing stronger for an accordian....
p.p.s. watch this video if you're a Simon and Garfunkel fan