So, it seems like Pete Wentz is being kind of a total douchebag about the FOB breakup. Which personally makes me sad, because I genuinely liked him until he started obliquely shit-talking his fans on Twitter, and because FOB was the only bandom band I ever listened to. (Unless Hushies count, which I don't think they
really do.) I only really like about six of their songs, but I like them
a lot. "Sugar, We're Going Down" entirely encapsulates a lot of what being 16 was like--in love with my best friend, who had a serious girlfriend and wore jeans that were entirely too tight and once casually kissed me on the temple for no reason.
I actually saw FOB once, looong before Pete Wentz was a household name-- it was August of 2004, on the Warped Tour, towards the end of the day, and I didn't actually go into the crowd because it was ridiculously hot out and I was entirely exhausted. I feel like that's one of those things I should record for posterity, because FOB doesn't exist anymore, even though it wasn't a terribly meaningful experience for me. I kind of want to wax maudlin about bands you grow out of and bands you grow into and bands that outgrow you, but instead I will just say that I will probably be listening to "Chicago is So Two Years Ago" until I am old and blue-haired.
Science went pretty poorly today. I worked on something for an hour and a half and then my professor was like "So actually... I can't make my end of this work, so you should start doing this other thing." I was angry for about five minutes, and then I totally got over it. Mostly because said task was giving me a lot of trouble. So I went to start doing the other thing and the gen chem lab had entirely taken over the NMR. So guess who has two thumbs and gets to spend Friday afternoon in the basement of the chem building running NMRs for hours? THIS LADY.
Also. I'm Facebook friends with a few of my little brother's friends and-- remember when snow on the ground meant no school?
And now... back to work.