I have been hearing this song repeatedly on the radio. It has become so common that they might as well just put the track on replay and leave the studio for a vacation. The sudden popularity of the song Shake It by some new group named Metro Station shocked me. So imagine my lack of surprise when I found out that the lead singer is Somehow Attached To Miley Cyrus, whose very name turns careers to gold. In fact, he is her older brother, Trace Cyrus.
Right, I didn’t know she had an older brother either. And he obviously doesn’t want to be known as such, because his music isn’t exactly for her age group and I haven’t seen any stickers on the album yet broadcasting METRO STATION (Featuring Miley Cyrus’ brother!), even though that would guarantee a platinum album. It’s a solid debut, though I’m sure I will quickly tire of it; I think they’d be best described as The Killers’ younger, more emo siblings.
- May 29th, 2008 at
12:33 am by --KALEB NATION-- -
I failed to mention the break-in of my apartment a week or so ago. It was probably the oddest crime I’ve seen before, as the only things taken were boxed, frozen lasagnas and pizzas in my freezer. While taking nearly $80 worth of food, The Lasagna Burglar completely overlooked the stereo on the floor, and also decided to leave behind my frozen salmon and Reese’s ice cream. So if anyone spots a starving Italian who abhors music and hangs around college campuses, please let me know.
The reason I recall this story is because when I returned from my week in Alaska, I came to my door and found a note that said my locks had been changed. After the break-in, the police came and the locks were changed back then, so this is the second time in a week. This meant that the key to my home did not work. Also, it was Memorial Day, which meant the offices were closed, and I had to sit outside my own house for nearly 2 hours waiting for someone to break me in. Obviously, the burglar had an easier time getting in my home than me. The exhaustion brought on by all the flying had me seriously considering a brief career change (<—).
Coincidentally, I discovered the magic way to make these apartment maintenance crews move. In the third call to them, I simply made my voice sound upset, at which point they began recording the line (you know they are doing it when you hear a low beep every five seconds). I then said, in an exhausted tone, that if I am not in my home in ten minutes, I am calling the campus police to break me into the apartment for which I pay rent every month, at the manager’s expense. The crew was there in five minutes to let me in.
This is the sort of thing that happens to us writers and ends up somewhere in a book. Strangely enough, my book is filled with burglars, though I hadn’t previously run into one before — so I suppose I could just think of this as gaining experience in the field.
But somewhere out there, this fellow is still loose, munching away on my food. Beware, all frozen dinner enthusiasts. No freezer is safe whilst The Lasagna Burglar runs free.
While in Alaska, we went to see the new Chronicles of Narnia movie for Prince Caspian. Wonderful, five star film. There are few films these days that can compete with the Lord Of The Rings or Chronicles of Narnia, and though I still think LOTR was the epitome of epic, Narnia comes in very close.
Usually when someone says that the end of the movie was the best part, they aren’t exactly paying it a compliment. However, I think the end of the film was it’s best moment, as the kids are sent back home. The reason for this is that the directors of the movie chose the perfect song for the credits, by none other than Regina Spektor.
I had not previously been exposed to Regina’s music, though coincidentally the day before we saw the movie my friend had popped her CD in. I wasn’t very impressed with the album, though, because it didn’t seem to have anything particularly different or unique.
The Call, however, which closes the Prince Caspian movie, was perfectly produced and fits the movie better than any other. Regina’s voice is flawless on this track, and I can easily say after previewing her other tracks that this is her best one yet.
- May 27th, 2008 at
12:09 am by --KALEB NATION-- -
After surviving the flight up, and discovering the quickest way to wake up an exhausted mind is a very fast takeoff, I spent a week in Alaska– including, as the locals proclaimed, a rare 3 days of wonderful, sunny weather. The mountains were magnificant, especially when the sun reflected off the snow, and I got to see some glaciers and seals and plenty of tourists.
While there, we managed to get to the theater to see Prince Caspian and Indiana Jones– both of which were awesome films. They’re actually more like required viewing, just like everybody just has to see the latest Star Wars or Lord Of The Rings — it’s just one of those requirements set up by Them. Except the upcoming Star Wars Clone Wars, which appears as if it will be abysmal, and will require some intense saving to renew my faith in that franchise after that last set of abominations (shudder).
Anyhow, I also managed to watch Batman Begins, Conspiracy Theory, Man Of The House, Night At The Museum, I Spy, Live Free Or Die Hard, and perhaps more that have slipped my mind. I was there for my friend’s graduation, and it is a tradition to stuff ourselves with movie watching every hour of the possible evening until we drop into an exhausted stupor. This worked wonderfully until the night before I had to fly out, when we didn’t finish Conspiracy Theory until 1:30 AM. Not bad, until you remember I had to be up at 5AM the next day to fly out. That’s where those little airplane pillows come in handy.
One of the primary goals of this trip besides my friend’s graduation was for me to get some much-needed input on elements in the sequel that needed some smoothing out– mainly, the type of house that a certain character lives in and where said house is located. You wouldn’t believe all the things someone’s house tells about them, and this character’s in particular is extremely important.
Last year, when I first started on the sequel in small bits of plotting, I had an original idea for where he lived, but then later tossed it out in favor of a different one. Now months later, after hopping around from idea to idea, I just zipped right back to the way it originally came out and found that it was the right way all along. I work interestingly that way, and on some things in The Farfield Curse spent years debating back and forth only to find that my original idea was better than all the others I had later invented.
Anyhow, I am falling into bed in an exhausted stupor and my posts here and on TwilightGuy.com will be scattered this week. But hopefully those photos will suffice for a bit (I can see some people already packing their bags to go see those wondrous things in the pictures).
While waiting at the airport in Seattle, I also bought two books. One was Tunnels by Gordon and Williams, and the other, coincidentally, was the famous John Green novel Looking For Alaska. It seemed fitting enough as a souvenir.
On my way up to the farthest northern state, I got to spend an entire day in Seattle, Washington, which any Twilighter could tell you is within 200 miles of Forks, the main hometown featured in the Twilight series. They will also probably tell you I should be hanged for not getting the nearest taxi to travel that distance.
The flight was the longest I’ve been on, and I lost a few hours as well. Yes, the time shift. That’s my alibi for the my craziness in this video. And maybe for all the crazy gnomes, too.
I have been hearing this song repeatedly on the radio. It has become so common that they might as well just put the track on replay and leave the studio for a vacation. The sudden popularity of the song Shake It by some new group named Metro Station shocked me. So imagine my lack of surprise when I found out that the lead singer is Somehow Attached To Miley Cyrus, whose very name turns careers to gold. In fact, he is her older brother, Trace Cyrus.
