Saturday, November 03, 2007

lame

i still cannot type an apostrophe without blogger wigging out and thinking i am trying to use the "find" fuction.

apparently, you are suppossed to get the job before looking for a new apt. where is the adventure in that? i say, get the apt and then find the job. nothing like some added incentive to really motivate a person. we will see if i can convince my leasing agent of that.

my aunt was laid off yesterday. 18 years with the radio station. i feel incredibly bad for her, but she is handling it better than i am, i think. i did not get really pissed until i heard that jack fm is going commericial (and revenue) free on monday. excuse me, how can you afford to do that when you needed to lay off your promotions director? could you explain that, pretty please?

i've been informed that i need to dress up tonight. normally i love getting gussied up, but to play beer pong? really? i know we're going out afterwards but, still, i don't... hey, what the heck! i just typed a ' and it didn't freak out on me! woo hoo!

so, i have to admit, i'm worried about feist. do you think she was prepared for the level of popularity she has achieved since she became an iPod commercial? i wonder if she thinks it was worth it, or if she misses her simple life from before. and once the novelty of her wears off and the media goes away, will she miss it? will her previous lifestyle seem small and alien or like home again?

4 comments:

The Humanist said...
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The Humanist said...

Re: Feist - I can't really say. Was she happy and content being an indie cult fave or is there some part of her that is overjoyed to be a mainstream pop smash success? Does she feel any gnawing guilt or shame that it took an iPod commercial to expose her to the masses? I doubt it since she licensed the song in the first place.

I imagine the spoils of stardom (hotels, travel, food, etc) can't be too bad, however fleeting this may be. Given the history of pop music, she better enjoy it while she can.

I will say that she follows in a long and proud tradition of Canadian songbirds who have hit the big time here:

Joni Mitchell
the McGarrigle sisters
Buffy St. Marie
Anne Murray
K.D. Lang
Celine Dion
Alannis Morrisette
Nelly Furtado
Shania Twain
Diana Krall
Avril Lavigne

The Humanist said...

Forgot to add....I'm really sorry to hear about your aunt's job. That sucks.

GabsOSteel said...

hey thanks, she'll be ok, but if you have any HR/Payroll/Accounts Payable-type jobs available let me know!