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A classic that doesn’t bode well on sexual rights. Think twice the next time you hear that “it’s cold outside.”
The dash (-) represents the split of conversation in the song.

“Baby It’s Cold Outside” lyrics:

I really can’t stay - Baby it’s cold outside
I’ve got to go away - Baby it’s cold outside
This evening has been - Been hoping that you’d drop in
So very nice - I’ll hold your hands, they’re just like ice
My mother will start to worry - Beautiful, what’s your hurry
My father will be pacing the floor - Listen to the fireplace roar
So really I’d better scurry - Beautiful, please don’t hurry
well Maybe just a half a drink more - Put some music on while I pour

The neighbors might think - Baby, it’s bad out there
Say, what’s in this drink - No cabs to be had out there
I wish I knew how - Your eyes are like starlight now
To break this spell - I’ll take your hat, your hair looks swell
I ought to say no, no, no, sir - Mind if I move a little closer
At least I’m gonna say that I tried - What’s the sense in hurting my pride
I really can’t stay - Baby don’t hold out
Ahh, but it’s cold outside

C’mon baby

I simply must go - Baby, it’s cold outside
The answer is no - Ooh baby, it’s cold outside
This welcome has been - I’m lucky that you dropped in
So nice and warm — Look out the window at that storm
My sister will be suspicious - Man, your lips look so delicious
My brother will be there at the door - Waves upon a tropical shore
My maiden aunt’s mind is vicious - Gosh your lips look delicious
Well maybe just a half a drink more - Never such a blizzard before

I’ve got to go home - Oh, baby, you’ll freeze out there
Say, lend me your comb - It’s up to your knees out there
You’ve really been grand - Your eyes are like starlight now
But don’t you see - How can you do this thing to me
There’s bound to be talk tomorrow - Making my life long sorrow
At least there will be plenty implied - If you caught pneumonia and died
I really can’t stay - Get over that old out
Ahh, but it’s cold outside

Baby it’s cold outside

Brr its cold….
It’s cold out there
Cant you stay awhile longer baby
Well…..I really shouldn’t…alright

Make it worth your while baby
Ahh, do that again….

(see: video in a previous entry)

At 11:59 (EST) p.m. (notice post time) my mom ended a long labor, thanks mom!

Why does twentysomething (even 22) feel old when we know it isn’t?

There are a lot of us who probably wish life was more of a trip. Less like the one you take to your next interview or conference but more like the one where the sky swirls above your head. Tonight I saw “Across the Universe.” It was good. It could have been a bit more polished but totally worth a big thumbs up in my book. There you go, review done.

It might make some of you go crazy, but I wouldn’t mind a bit of my life to be cartoonized, exaggerated, and stretched. This is because it feels this way everyday anyway, so it would be nice to know it’s normal.

Our life and the each characters’ lives in the movie seems to have many present-day parallels. The continuous rhythm of war, fighting, love, confusion, and passion ring as strong as the Beatles songs used in the movie. “Across the Universe” does a great job of exhibiting the tug of war between life, reality, life, and more reality. To learn that life is not only an individual experience but one that is shared with others.

So I need to ask you…do we settle? When does the fight that we each feel for freedom end?

Since school have you crossed the universe or stayed closer to your own shores? In short, since then, what have you fallen for? Interpret how you like.

The Cat Empire - The Cat Empire

If there was a balance between intensity and mellow this Aussie group has the tones and beats to wow.  There is a bit of salsa influence, ears appreciate the use of classic instruments.

The songs roll through nights out and days inside the mind.  They don’t shy from moral exploration that mimic the confusion and passion in youth.  So the ability to relate is easy.

This album found me when I was in the middle of a intense transition thanks to happening upon it with a friend.  It resounded in me and still does.

The third track of the album, The Lost Song, goes…
 ”I had a plan but never finished it and I’ve been searching for the thought and I’ve been searching in a haze I try all days to remember it but now the blueprint in my mind is gone my mind forgot the color of direction and my eyes they see the hands that could have built that coulda constructed the empire in my mind, the empire I’ll never find, I had a plan but that was where it ended.”

The urges to…
booze it up
celebrate
save
stand up
fight
cry
question
sex up a situation
settle down
be loud
be quiet

Much like this album, we can experience it all in one day.  We wish we knew the answer to control it.  This album helps me stop and embrace it.  Take some time and listen to these songs, maybe everything happening at once can be just as fun as this album.

It is hard to define your own empire after you have lost it to the transition that happened yesterday, the day before, and etc.

Normally I’ll be reviewing spaces online for Thursdays. But for starters, as I get my own feel for things, I’ll be keeping you up to date on the sites I’m looking at. Below are some links that you might find useful and seem to find my eyes gazing at them often.

Slate
The Daily Dish
New York Times - All content is now FREE on the Times site.
Metacritic.com - Great way to get a good feel for music, movies, TV Shows, and etc.
Probloger.net - Keepin’ Bloggers alive.
Music for Robots - Eclectic music reviews.

Check them out let me know how you feel about them. I hope to have some more in the future along with some deeper looks into different resources/blogs online.