September 18, 2001
Strange Little Girls
I have the new Tori album!!! So you'd think it'd be a really fantastic day, wouldn't you?
Well, it mostly was ok. Nothing really awful or anything like that. I was psyched to blast it in my house, since I usually have it to myself in the afternoon for a couple of hours.
I put my key in the door and hear barking...hmm...sounds like my dog Cookie. So my mom's probably home. I open the door, and there he springs out.
Damn.
I wanted the house to myself.
I always get really pissy when my parents come home early. This is my ALONE time, to think, to do whatever the hell I want (sick thoughts would not be overly appreciated at this point and time). I know I'm sounding all spoiled, etc, BUT I WANTED THE HOUSE TO MYSELF.
So then she offers to go to another room, so I can pretend she's not there. She changes her mind, though, because all of her stuff is laid out on the kitchen table, where I DO MY HOMEWORK. Where I've been doing my homework for SIX YEARS. ARGH!!!!
My mom always gets into these really weird moods. I get the same ones. I don't know if it's intentional, but she fixates on being annoying. Getting in your way, etc. It's suffocating.
I do the same thing every once in a while, stand in front of the tv that she's trying to watch, refuse to get things for her.
Yes, I'm a little bitch. If this is a surprise, though, you obviously haven't checked out my diaryring page (for shame!)
Anyway, for those of you who want to know if the album is any good or not.
Strange Little Girls is a concept album, a bunch of songs from a female's point of view. For me, concept album usually = crap. And to be honest, one or two tracks treck in around there. Like "Heart of Gold", originally done by Neil Young. Great song, but she doesn't do it well at all, at least not to my liking. I really like the title track, "Enjoy the Silence", "Rattlesnakes", and "I Don't Like Mondays." I listened to part of the original version of "Mondays", and Tori did a much better job.
My friend Kara wants me to burn her a copy, which I'll eventually do.
I had to completely maime my AP US summary, cutting out so many words. Stupid word limit, the chapter's too long for that.
As for yesterday's outburst, it was unwarranted, and I already privately apologized to the person I offended, though I haven't gotten a response yet. For those who care.
Love,
Mandy