All I Ever Wanted

Haven’t blogged in a bit, but I had to tonight even though I really should be going to bed since I have to get up so damn early tomorrow. Mtv, Vh1, and Logo are streaming Kelly Clarkson’s new album All I Ever Wanted. It’s so awesome. I really can’t talk about this album enough. I totally told my friend Christine, that 2009 was so going to be Kelly’s year and it looks like it most definitely will be.

Okay so her album:

First off called All I Ever Wanted because 1) It’s one of her favorite tracks on the album and 2) because all she’s ever wanted in her life was to make music and put music out there that she’s proud of. I love her. I really do. She’s sooo not Hollywood and it is so refreshing. She’s never gotten a big head and she’s been a part of the industry now for 7 years.

We’ve all been listening to My Life Would Suck Without You. It’s track 1 on the CD. Catchy and fun, but definitely nowhere near the best on the cd.

#2- I Do Not Hook Up- written by Kara Dioguardi and Katy Perry; suppose to be the second single. Also super catchy and such an awesome message. I love this song. I’ve heard Katy Perry’s demo, and I still think Kelly did it way better.

#3- Cry- written by Kelly and Jason Halbert; awesome awesome song. Probably will also be a single. Maybe the third? Beautiful lyrics. A song about betrayal she has said. It’s a different kind of ballad for her, and I like that. It’s a little country and waltzy and it’s so beautiful.

#4- Don’t let me stop you- A song about letting a guy go if you’re not good enough for him. It’s definitely the kind of song that she’s known for. I could’ve seeen this on Breakaway.

#5- All I ever wanted- Man I love this song. I can’t listen to it enough. It’s an Aranda cover, but I think it does it justice. It’s probably one of my favorite songs on this album. I hope to God she releases it as a single. It’s different than anything else on the radio, but in a good way.

#6- Already Gone- written by Kelly and Ryan Tedder form Onerepublic, also kind of a slow song. I love the lyrics to this. Basically just letting someone go. Knowing its what is for the best. Neither wants it to end, but it needs to so you take yourself out of the equation. I so think she wrote this song about Graham Colton just reading into her other songs about him, and his to her. Anyway, either way, another great ballad.

#7- If I can’t have you- Also written by Kelly and Ryan, more of a dance beat kind of song. I could hear this playing at some type of club. Not what I’m used to when it comes to her, but maybe that’s why I enjoy it. I like that she’s trying new stuff. She can sing anything and make it sound good.

#8- My other favorite song on this cd other than All I ever wanted, Save you. Save you is written by Ryan and Aimee Proal from a band called Gone Til November. It was on their demo and they’re no longer a band anyway. The song is such an amazing ballad. There’s a mozart piece in it that I just absolutely love. I think this song just hits home. It’s sooo great. Although, this song reminds me of Pink a lot. It’s definitely her style of music.

#9- Whyyawannabringmedown- definitely not what I was expecting. She did say there was something on here that was British punk and this is it. In all honesty it totally doesn’t fit in the scheme of the album in general, but I have definitely grown to like it. Again she can sing anything. This is another cover of a demo by Aranda.

#10- Longshot- another song written by Katy Pery, you can tell when you hear the song, but I do love it. I can see this song as another single as well. Super catchy.

#11- Impossible- written by Kelly and Ryan. I don’t really know how to describe this song. I like it, it’s very pop.

#12- Ready- written by Kelly, Now I heard the demo of this song last year and fell in love with this song amongst some others I was sad to see didn’t make the album But in the original lyrics she says “i sit so patiently, oh, love is shit” and in the new one she says “i sit so patiently drenched in what you want me to be.” Not bad.I just missed the other version. It was fun to say whilst singing, not going to lie. I wished she’d release this as a single too, but she won’t. It’s a fun song and I do enjoy it a lot.

#13- I want you- super catchy, very like old timey, written by Kelly I can see this as such a summer song. I’ve heard that Duffy sings in the background, not sure if that’s true or not, but I do enjoy this song a lot.

#14- If No One Will Listen- another ballad, this ballad I’m not so sure of. I mean she sings it really well and the lyrics are great. I’m just surprised it’s on this album. It almost sounds like it’d be on Thankful. It just doesn’t flow from the previous song to this one. I don’t know. Probably my least favorite song on this album.

So I know I bascially said the same thing on a lot of these songs, but they are all really really good. I can see most of this album doing well released as singles. I can’t wait until my pre-order from Amazon gets here in a week. I recommend going to give the album a listen. I think there’s a little something on there for everyone. It’s a wonderfully done album. I loved My December because of how personal it was. It didn’t do well, but it also didn’t get any promotion and still sold 2 million worldwide. I see this album doing really really well. Or so I hope. It’s definitely a happier Kelly, with some amazing new tunes. This album should be an awesome album to go see on tour. I can’t wait. Go pre-order the album or pick it up 1 week from today on March 10th.

Rockin’ The Suburbs

So I realized that I have yet to comment on this year’s Academy Awards. One word: Amazing. Definitely the best I’ve seen in my lifetime. I live for the Academy Awards. I mean granted it’s not as entertaining as the Grammys or anything, but you usually accept the boredom and watch anyway. I like to see what people are wearing, who is going to win, and what their speech will be like. I usually try and go see every movie nominated, I print my own ballot, make my choices and then watch.  Sometimes I’ll have two separate ballots (yes I’m that nerdy). The reason for two separate ballots being that I’ll have one for my predictions on who will win, and my other will be who I think should win.

Hugh Jackman was picked to host the Oscars because of what he did for the Tonys. People were wondering if he’d be able to bring the Oscars to life, and I definitely think he did very well. I loved the opening number and watching him dance with Anne Hathaway. His number with Beyonce was amazing. I just loved all of it. The Oscars needed a make over and they did a wonderful job with it. Having the previous winners give out the Oscar for Best Actor, Actress, and Supporting was amazing. It was almost like no one really lost that way. They were being told just how great they did by these AMAZING actresses or actors. It was beautiful. I cried when Penelope gave her speech. Sean Penn gave an amazing speech. Who didn’t love Kate Winslet and her dad whistling at her while she gave hers? Oh and of course we all knew Heath Ledger was going to win his award. Man, that was a beautiful speech as well. I know on Facebook that everyones statuses after the show was what’s Slumdog anyway? What’s so good about Slumdog Millionaire? It better be the best movie ever to win all those awards, etc. To those who haven’t seen it, let me tell you, GO SEE IT! Such an absolutely amazing movie. I think it deserves all the awards and all the praise. I absolutely love it.

In summary, the Academy Awards this year rocked. It just leaves me wondering if next year will be able to top it?

The Sound Of Something Secure

So I stumbled upon the band, The Morning Of on Myspace, and they are awesome. They’re a band from New York. I downloaded their album after listening to their music on their page. I also to their page and bought a pretty sweet t-shirt. I sent them a message to see if they actually tour the country or stay up Northeast. They’re still I’m assuming somewhat of a pretty small indie band. Anyway, they said hopefully this summer they should be hitting Texas up. I’m such a lyric whore. I really am. Nothing makes me happier than good lyrics with good melodies and singing.

Claire De Lune

Sooo Tuesday is over yay! American Idol was decent tonight. I voted for Danny Cokey. It’s the first time I’ve called in and voted since Kelly Clarkson on Season 1. Crazy. I remember it like it was yesterday. We used to all watch and then we’d call each other if we weren’t together. American Idol started the Summer before my Senior year of high school. Our favorites were Tamyra Gray and Kelly Clarkson. I still think to this day those are the two who should have been in the finale, although I don’t know who I would have gone with at the time. I loved Tamyra just as much as Kelly. Kelly was just more me though. She probably would’ve gotten my vote in the end. Anyway, September of my Senior year was the season finale. I’m pretty sure I voted like at least 50 times. I remember I just kept hitting redial. I’m still pretty happy she won of course. Can you imagine if Justin was the American Idol? His career went nowhere. I still think Kelly would’ve gotten a big record deal one way or the other.

I’m beyond thrilled that Texas and seeing my friends is in less than a month. It’s so exciting. I feel like I’m going to kiss the ground when I get to Austin.

So my biggest priority this week is trying to catch up on school work because I’m sooo behind and start and finish my paper that is due Tuesday. Lets wish me lots of luck on that one because it’s super super important. Stupid trial brief. It’s not even the writing that is so terrible it’s the research involved before the writing. Actually, I take that back. They’re both awful.

Ok, Nyquil kicking in again. Time for bed. Twitter still confuses me  a lot. I did enjoy John Mayer’s post yesterday though about how he was the one driving the “spaceship” that was seen over Austin. He’s so silly.

You Never Know

I’m not feeling very well. It sucks. I was feeling fine until I got out of school surprisingly. I need a lot of sleep. I’m thinking perhaps that’s why I’m not doing so well. I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in a long time. Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe I’m getting sick? I don’t know. I have my trial brief due in a week and I have yet to start on it. Not good.

I talked to Charity today. That was awesome. I miss home. Nobody really gets me as much as my friends back home do. I miss that. A lot. The countdown to wonderful Texas is in almost 4 weeks. I can’t wait.

Best Day

Ha I was listening to Taylor Swift’s song “Best Day” this morning and thought of my mom because well, that’s what the song is about. Her and her mom. I was thinking about how like my 7th or 8th grade year when Dawson’s Creek was like crazy popular. I was like in love with it, and the season premiere of the 2nd season was coming. Well, they had all these promos on tv about this like special poster. My 12 year old self had to have it. Because apparently there were only like a certain amount of these “limited edition” posters. I remember I begged my mom to drive the hour and a half to go to Atlanta, to the mall there that had this event. I had school. It was like a Tuesday or Wednesday morning. Anyway, I remember my mom actually went. She came back with that poster, and magnets and some other Dawson’s Creek crap. I remember how thrilled I was. Over something so stupid. In retrospect I can’t believe that she drove all that just so I could have a dumb poster I’d throw away years later. That poster did line my walls with my movie and other tv show posters for years. The posters on my wall were my reminder of what I wanted to do. So funny. I also remember how angry I got in high school for having such a dumb dream and I literally had like a teen angst movie drama moment and tore them all done and ripped them to shreds. I think I even cried afterwards. So lame. Ha. I definitely belonged in theatre in high school. Weird how the little things like a song will remind you of something. I still love that my mom did that for me though. It totally made that day and week amazing for me. I still have those magnets. They’re on my fridge. They make me laugh. My friends probably think I’m retarded for having them, but they still make me laugh.

Twitter

Lord help me with my obsession with twitter… I have issues. I form attachments to people, things, tv shows, way too easily. My brother told me this long long ago when I was little, and I’m finally starting to see it. It’s weird because usually that means you have an addictive personality and those are the people who become alcoholics and drug addicts, but I never got into all that. Hmm… weird. I really should be sleeping because I have to get up early and do a thousand and one things. This week is going to be hell. It’s Rush week for Phi Alpha Delta (Law Fraternity), so I have things that I have to go to for that, plus research and write my trial brief, read for my classes, go to the gym, and I have go to clean my apartment! Why didn’t I do any of this during the times I had down time over the weekend? Oh that’s right, I wanted to lounge around on the couch and watch tv. Saturday = hungover on the couch until 6:30 pm when I went to a friends to watch movies, drink some wine and hang out. Sunday = lounging around watching tv, going to friend’s house to play with their new puppy, and lounging some more, more tv, and computer time.

I need a life. And motivation. And Money…and I really just miss Texas and the people there. I will get to see them and return to Texas in like 29 days. Thank God.