Dredg

I discovered a band through a particular song that I was partial towards called "Bug Eyes" and the band that performed this song was Dredg. After many months of neglecting to download any of their songs (including the one I liked) I finally got their album. After first listen, I love them. Some bands I buy/acquire I may not like the first couple times I listen, but then I end up loving them. This band, however, I am infatuated with.. It was like when I bought my first Coldplay CD or when I finally picked up Ok Computer by Radiohead. The love is there. I wonder if they still tour. I hope so. That's how much I love these guys. check them out. They're called Dredg if you forgot already.

Dredg.. check 'em out. Dredg.

Okay, enough obvious subliminal (woot contradictions) messaging... on to what I really wanted to blog about.

I would have posted this on myspace, but I posted two blogs in the course of one day (yesterday... or maybe it was the day before but really late in the evening)

Anyways... whoever's following this blog on here, this is a present for you.

There is a classmate of mine in my psychology course (Development across the Lifespan) who sometimes will go on long-winded autobiographical examples about her life but present it in ways that sound as if she's just pulling a scenario out of her ass, but from the specifics and details given in such examples, everyone in the class unless completely daft knows she's drawing from personal experience...

what I'm getting at is... she annoys the fuck out of me. I'm sorry. She does.

Because she misuses the word "philosophy." And as an ex-philosophy major, but still a philosophy enthusiast, it kind of ticks me off.

You know when someone scrapes their nails across the chalkboard? Magnify it ten times.

Actually. No. It's worse than that.

It is more like having someone take nails and a hammer and pound them into your ears until they bleed. After they're good and bleeding that someone has enough courtesy to pour salt in your ears and then lyme. Not just lyme, no no no. But they'll add water and watch you burn. A week later, after scars and scabs are formed, they'll pick apart the scabs by dragging a rusted cheesegrater over your ears.

Yes, this is the best way I can describe the feeling I get when my classmate starts her monologues with

"My philosophy is..."

No, that isn't your philosophy you dumb, ignorant fool!!!!!

Here, let me help you out with your vocabulary...

the below statement is copied and pasted directly from http://www.webster.com

Main Entry:

phi·los·o·phy

Pronunciation:

\fə-ˈlä-s(ə-)fē\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural phi·los·o·phies

Etymology:

Middle English philosophie, from Anglo-French, from Latin philosophia, from Greek, from philosophos philosopher

Date:

14th century

1 a (1): all learning exclusive of technical precepts and practical arts (2): the sciences and liberal arts exclusive of medicine(you know, like uh... PSYCHOLOGY), law, and theology philosophy> (3): the 4-year college course of a major seminary b (1)archaic : physical science (2): ethics c: a discipline comprising as its core logic, aesthetics, ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology2 a: pursuit of wisdom b: a search for a general understanding of values and reality by chiefly speculative rather than observational means c: an analysis of the grounds of and concepts expressing fundamental beliefs3 a: a system of philosophical concepts b: a theory underlying or regarding a sphere of activity or thought philosophy of war>4 a: the most basic beliefs, concepts, and attitudes of an individual or group b: calmness of temper and judgment befitting a philosopher

Sooooo what should my classmate say instead of philosophy? Here are a list of words I found fitting:

• theory
• opinion
• presumption
  
• inkling
• notion
• speculation

Call me a bitch, whatever. These are my thoughts. This is my blog. Don't read then.

slash end (kthxbai)

On another note == I submitted a lolcat to http://icanhascheezburger.com/

Extra points if you find it. ^_^