My dream job is to work underpaid at a shitty bookstore

Well, everybody knows my absolute dream job is to teach poetry at college and write poetry. So I guess I'll give some more fanciful dream jobs, or maybe some evolutionary history of my dream jobs.

Like Linda, I too wanted (or want) to be a rock star. But I was never really very good at putting together a full band. When I was 8 or 9, me and some friends put together the fullest band I would ever have in my life, The Rockets. We had two guitar (tennis racquet) players, two drummers (ice cream buckets) and me, the lead singer. We gave a neighborhood concert and a lot of people came. I almost didn't sing because I was scared, but then we belted out our hits "You're Gonna Rock All Night" and "Holy Macaroni." Then we never played again. Kids are fickle.

In high school I sort of learned how to play a real instrument. Most of the time I was in a "band" called Visual Purple with one other person, my friend Art. But we could never convince anybody to join our band, because we weren't part of the cool or grunge crowd. So mainly we goofed around and recorded a lot of songs. Some were not absolutely terrible. At one point I did convince a fringe member of the grunge crowd to start a band, and we then convinced a drummer and second guitarist to join up. So there were four of us. But then they kicked me out of the band because I wasn't cool or something. And then they never played again. High school kids are fickle.

In college my friend Dimitri and I started a "band" called The Vendetta Smiths. I thought we were great because for once there were drums under my guitars. But it turns out I was wrong. We were terrible. So I moved away and learned how to become a better songwriter and graduate college. Then I moved back and I think we had some halfway decent songs. We changed our name to The Act Of Radio. Check out our myspace. We still couldn't ever convince anybody else to join up. Then I moved and we never played again. College graduates are fickle.

So anyway, I think I'd still like to be in a band. I'm thinking our name could be Je Voudrais Death or The Draculamen. I also like The Friends Of Science.

Once I wanted to be a filmmaker, too, but that didn't pan out and somehow I started writing poems. That story is long and boring, though. And there's only enough room on this post for one long and boring story.

In conclusion, the end. I would also like to be an actor. Or a fighter pilot.

Well, this is kind of related...

I have watched MTV only a handful of times in my life. We didn't have cable or satellite TV when I was growing up, and neither did most of my friends. I only specifically remember one friend who had MTV, but she was only allowed to watch it in her mother's presence. As such, I have nothing whatsoever to contribute to this discussion. Well, except these two videos from songs I learned in Korean class today, which you may or may not enjoy. The first one is Korean "punk" and the second one is cheesy pop. Enjoy!

"넌 내게 반했어" ("You became enamored of me") by No Brain

어머나 ("Ooops") by 장윤정(JangYunJung)

I Want My MTV

This week's theme is music videos. We've all grown up with having MTV on the air most of our lives. (Well, mine is all my life - fun fact: MTV came out a week to the day before I was born). So this will be an easy week - all you have to do is post your picks for best and worst videos (or rather, your most and least favorites) of all time. Our readers can feel free to post links as well. If you are in the mood to write, I suppose you can, but I thought this would be a fun break from the norm.

The next two posts will be my most and least favorites, as well as probably lists of runners-up (this will really throw off our post count).