Step 1: Shut the hell up

This (not) just in: "Dick in a Box" has been played out. I thought it was funny when it first aired (which is worth mentioning, considering SNL is usually about as funny as hearing you have polio - it doesn't make you laugh so much as incredulously say "Is this supposed to be some kind of joke?"). I'm not a Justin Timberlake fan, but I'm glad he doesn't mind a good joke. But as in so many situations, America latched on and now the proverbial dead horse has been beaten so much it's pretty unrecognizable. I can no longer laugh at this, just as I can no longer laugh at Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which seems to be the world's most over- (and often mis-) quoted film. Like many a Family Guy joke, it's been re-hashed for me so many times, through so many media, by so many people both known and unknown, that it has lost all humor for me.

Which ties into my Educational Psychology professor playing clips of Arrested Development. Leave it alone, Scott; don't kill something great for me. See Ryan's post for more on this stupid class, including a link to its totally hip and cool Myspace page!!!1!11 lol

Another thing that bothers me at the moment: the song "Lips of an Angel" by the band Hinder. I don't mind the song, it's catchy enough for me. I mind the lyrics. You have to whisper so your girlfriend won't hear you telling your ex how you wish you were still with her? Oh gee, you poor tortured soul. I hope your girlfriend leaves you on the street where you can beg for coins when your fifteen minutes of fame are over. Yet as evidenced by the comments on the YouTube videos, there are a lot of girls (and guys) out there who think this is actually a romantic song. The ironic thing is that because it's got such a ballad feel to it, this will no doubt be flooding dance floors. Sigh. It's the same problem I had with that annoying Rihanna song that was all over the radio a while back, about how hard it was for her to cheat on her boyfriend. Yeah, I have tons of pity for you, you jerks.

Oh yeah, and in typical pop-airwave fashion, Hinder actually sucks (warning: your ears may hate you if you click this link, and your eyes may hate you if you read some of the "oh this song is so deep, it, like, totally speaks to me on so many levels" comments). Oh for the days when you had to have talent to cut an album with a major label.

Song of the night is the Gin Blossoms' pop-rock gem "Found Out About You". I love this one. Songs about lost love are great. Usually they're the best ones. Songs about cheating on your partner are not.

WC out.