Fusion
Ugh. What a MESS. Aarti's dancing up in Chicago tonight, which I'm really excited about seeing. I've seen snippets of her dance for weeks, and I can't wait to see the whole thing. But this weekend has just turned into the biggest mess ever. They cancelled the bus, so no one has rides. I'd drive, but Meghan needs her car and does NOT want to drive in the city by herself, as she has never driven in the city before. I understand... I wouldn't be too thrilled about trying to find someplace I'd never been to in a city I'd never driven in by myself, either. No one else seems to have cars, and Aarti's getting totally frustrated (which is really understandable as well). So it would be all fine if Meghan was coming back DOWN here on Sunday, but she doesn't have school on Monday, so I don't blame her for taking her extra day off to spend with her family. Pretty much I understand where everyone is coming from in their reasons for doing or not doing or feeling or not feeling however it is. It's just... not easy. For anyone.
There is a bus back down to campus, but it goes from the suburbs. I'd be totally fine with taking it, but that would mean I'd have to go out to the subrurbs with Meghan after the show tonight in order to take the bus back tomorrow morning. Which would blow the plans of going out after the show. Basically, Aarti's weekend is being ruined by all of this pain-in-the-ass-ness, and I feel awful. =( I feel like I'm being a big pain because I'm not driving, but Meghan is already REALLY nervous about city driving, and she just doesn't want to do it alone. Understandable. Ahhhh!!! EVERYTHING is "understandable." No one is being ridiculous in their needs here. It's just a sucky-ass situation. There's no one I can point at and be like "they're just being selfish" or "why can't they do this?" because there's a reason for EVERYTHING. Ah well. <.sigh> It's working out because Brandon is driving, but his car is unreliable and he didn't want to drive it into the city, which, again, is understandable. So I feel really bad that he's driving now, because I'm FINE with taking the bus back, but Aarti wants me to go out in the city and I can't do both. Ugh.
Okay, I'm totally shutting up about that now. Done complaining. FInished!
So, Justified. I finally listened to it. I'm not going to say I don't like it because I'm sure I'll get used to it and love it and all will be good. I've only heard it twice, and as of now, there are a handful of songs I like, and the rest really aren't up my ally. But again, I'm bound to get used to it and love it lots and lots and rain praises on Justin for his talent and abilities and all in the world will be right. Er... something. I'm going to have to wait until Christmas or after to actually buy my own copy, but I will do that because I don't like the idea of burning CDs in place of buying them. So I have it to tide me over until I get my own copy.
But on the other hand, JC's song.... HOT. I can't say that enough. I love it to bits and pieces. And I don't usually go for over-produced stuff except to car dance to, but there's the whole smoothness of it over the bells and whistles (some literal, some not), and somehow it works. Like Carolyn said, it doesn't sound like anything else. It's not a copy of someone else's style or anything. Which is not to say modeling your work after your influences is a bad thing; I like "Like I Love You" a lot, and it's very MJ. But still. "Blowing Me Up" is unlike anything else.
And a quick comment on all these rivalries people are trying to start... I don't think liking or not liking JC's song, Justified, or Now or Never has ANYTHING to do with liking or not liking the rest of them. They're all their own, separate pieces, and really, because I bought Now or Never and have not bought Justified is not a comment on anything other than I had money a week ago and don't so much now. <.g>