Totally Tubular Tuesday: Jennifer Lawrence in The Bill Engvall Show

Welcome to Totally Tubular Tuesdays!!! The day I gush about all things TV because if there's one thing I'm good it's procrastinating.

Spending my formative years in a small town in North Carolina before getting my ass hauled all the way back to the Sunshine State meant I was no stranger to the trailer house favorite, Blue Collar TV (and I can say that because my best friend lives in a trailer and it's AWESOME).  Bill Engvall, Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy were household names and my friends and I spent many a night (yes, sometimes in said trailer) making up slogans for "You Might Be a Redneck".

Though it only lasted two seasons, these thickly accented comedians stole my pseudo small town girl heart.  This love for redneck jokes and blue collar blues led me to a small gem called The Bill Engvall Show, which led to an even more precious gem, Jennifer Lawrence.

The opening credits are a pair of jeans for goodness sake, this is country comedy gold!!!

That's right!! Our Oscar winning Jenny was part of the Blue Collar family, and I was mesmerized by her blonde curls and sharp humor before you hipsters can summarize the plot of Winter's Bone.  Talk about a star in the making, in some scenes she even outshines Bill, and his name is in the gosh darn title!

Can you imagine a time when Jennifer's character's biggest worry was finding a date to the semi-formal and not trying to survive getting killed by 23 other tributes or searching the Appalachian wilderness for her meth-junkie father?

Personally, I think Jennifer Lawrence was made for comedy (just check out any interview she's ever had... ever)  and I would love to see her make a return to the genre that first put her on the spotlight.  But then again, I"m graduating with a B.A. in Creative Writing and she already has an Oscar, so one of us is doing something  right (and it isn't the one writing in a hilariously titled blog).  You go Jennifer Lawrence, keep making us Blue Collar  fans proud!!!

Manic Pixie Monday: Kate Nash

When "Foundations" first released, I was a fresh faced freshman, braces free for the first time since I started my monthly present.  This was before I dyed my hair an Angela Chase crimson, before my first boyfriend, my first break up, gosh before Facebook!  My favorite activities consisted of Buffy reruns and reading Francesca Lia Block novels.  And right along side my descent into puberty was Kate Nash.

Kate Nash tapped into my inner most desires to own a wardrobe full of dresses that matched my tights and date idiot guys I could later write sassy blog posts and non fiction pieces for class about.
She made me realize I could be cute and strong and be compromised by neither.  I could talk about how much I hated my partner while simultaneously missing them.

Her songs were the anthems for the undergirl who would rather spend her time reading a book than going to parties, who dreamed about kissing but had much more fun hanging out by themselves and singings songs about kissing. She even recreated the entire Buffy episode "Once More with Feeling" in a live concert.  Obviously, we are Buffy soul mates.  She openly talks about feminism and this influence can easily be heard in her songs emphasizing sapphic friendships and misandry. What I would give to be a part of Kate Nash's girl gang (seriously Kate, say the word and I will do it).

Even after all these years, three albums, a new look, a new sound, Kate Nash still fascinates me. No longer that same fresh faced girl from high school, her heart felt lyrics mixed in with a pinch of humor and sassy wit still get me every time.  Her new album "Girl Talk" just released in the states and you can bet I will be saving up in hopes of seeing this Manic Pixie Queen live.

Manic Pixie Monday: Wake Me Up Before you Go-Go!

I don't know about ya'll but I love my job.

While most wouldnt consider working the front desk as glamorous, once you've worked for the graveyard shift at Denny's like I have,  I feel like a princess wearing my business casual garb in an office that's not run by middle aged dudes that still shop at Hot Topic.  It's also nice to work at a place where the worse that could happen is a paper cut and not accidentally cutting off your hand while restocking the salad bar.

I like to think of my receptionist job as the perfect manic pixie queer girl job.  What other position would pay me to check my pinterest and Autostraddle (this part is usually without them knowing)  while simultaneously wearing a cute outfit with a  nametag that matches my bright red lipstic?  Let the selfies begin!

If Peggy Olson and Zooey Deschanel had a baby, it would probably be a lot cuter and more ambitious than me, but I can sure as heck try!

The only downside (well more like a wayside-side)  is having to wake up before most freshman have classes.  Since I have yet to accept coffee into my life, my ability to stay awake has been due to sheer will and any makeshift snack I happen to grab before leaving the house, which strangely enough is ususally chocolate chip Eggo waffles.  A bottle of syrup has become a permanent backpack staple.  But in those mornings when not even premade waffles can keep me awake, I take advantage of the hour before everyone else shows up to turn the office into my own radio station.

These are some of the songs wake me up before I go-go!

Dolly Parton: 9-5



Dolly has always been a hero of mine and what better song to listen to than one made especially for the working girl!  Those who haven't seen the movie should drop whatever their doing and watch the marvel that is Dolly, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda being bad ass misandrists. 
I'm not quite sure what/where this performance is, but it definitely relates to my inner Disney Princess.

 

Marina and the Diamonds: Oh No!

 

Listening to Marina's music sometimes makes me feel like I"m in a jazzercise video, with neon lycra jumsuit and all, and this song is no different.  Only instead of exercise,  I'm at my desk wearing a headband frantically typing with one hand and holding a dumbbell in the other.  This look says: Get toWork!

 

 

Billy Joel: The Longest Time

 



 

Okay so, I said I was making a playlist of songs I like to hear in the morning, I didn't say that it would make sense.  I"m not sure why, but this song reminds me of when my parents would drop me off at elementary school and we would listen to Sunny radiostation. Oh youth: back when I was carefree and could wake up at 6 am without so much as a yawn before strapping on my Mulan backpack (Gay Girl Alert!). 

 

 

Heart: These Dreams

 



 

And the list just gets weirder and weirder.  Let me start off by saying I love Heart, the good and the bad.  And frankly, I don't know how I got into listening to this song but it gets the job done, even if the music video has gives me nightmares (I'm sorry did anyone else notice the vagina at he beginning of this video?)