oh hot reservoir this is my jelly (an inside joke + a song)

so addie and i are sitting on the floor doing work.  suddenly i hear her ask me, "what kind of fish goes best with peanut butter?" i take my headphones out, i'm thinking hard.  then all of a sudden, i'm like, "wait, what?"  she laughs, "it's really easy.  what kind of fish goes best with peanut butter?"  this question is not about service provision.  i turn my head to the side, with that far-away thinking expression in my eyes (i imagine).  i think, peanut butter, peanut butter... jam... jelly... fish– "jellyfish!" i laugh.

all day long i've been listening to today's top hits on pandora as i've worked.  some of the songs i really enjoy.  some of them are really catchy but i don't like them lyrically at. all.  anyway, there's a popular song out there somewhere i don't know the name of it, but one part of it goes: oh dot damn, this is my jam.  and i thought of that as addie was telling me that joke, because a while ago on tumblr someone posted this image:

and people were confused, like, oh hot reservoir, this is my jelly?  haha.  that was me, honestly.  i had no idea what the image was because i had no idea what the reference was.

interesting though, isn't it?  something as small as having heard a 3-4 min. song can completely determine your ability to understand a simple, fairly straightforward image.  it made me think deeper (i'm always thinking deeper– i'm a deep thinker).  music came up in our Not For Sale training on human trafficking services.  our instructor had us listen to songs that normalized pimping, recent songs that came out in the past decade.  since then, i think i've been a little hyperaware.

it's getting late so i'll speak more to that deep-thinking thought another day.

anyway here are some of the songs i'm ashamed that i've bopped my head and tapped my foot to today:
tonight, tonight by hot chelle rae
call me maybe by carly rae jepson
sexy and i know it by LMFAO
one more night by maroon 5
we run the night by havana brown
good feeling by flo rida

i hang my head in shame.

but okay ya'll, this last one i am not ashamed of at all, in fact it's my new favorite:
both of us by B.o.B. (with Taylor Swift)

enjoy!

word association time!

addie said "nuttin'" while we were in the kitchen today and it sent my mind on a blast to the past!  so now you get this.  merry christmas in july!  [:

devo song 07/27

Started with hangin' posters on my bedroom walls.
To battle rappin' for status up in the school halls.
Just call me double sushi, thought I was too raw.
And hip-hop was my home, I had my shoes off.

6'3 in high school, well skip a hoop dream.
If I don't blow up then maybe I'll try this school thing.
I went to college to do my family a favor,
But I couldn't pick a major cuz I wanted to be MAJOR.

I tried sellin' work, but it didn't work.
So I worked, shopping center clerk, finna go berserk.
Lunch break, see me writin' 16's over Mickey D's,
Skippin' class, makin' beats, over 60 keys.

And I love that even though I'm just chasin',
Selfish ambition couldn't tell your boy nathan.
Watch out all you rappers cuz they finna let 'Crae in,
But I was sleepin' on the Son, like a Days Inn.

And you can have the money, and you can have the fame.
For me I want the glory, I'm livin' for the Name.
See life is just a picture, I see outside the frame.
I'm livin' for a Kingdom that I ain't never seen.

And imma chase that, imma imma chase that.
Found the key to life and best believe that imma play that.
(Glory) imma chase that, imma imma chase that,
(Glory) imma chase that, imma imma chase that.

I remember chasin' the green, feelin' blue.
Only check I'm countin' is the mic check, 1-2.
All I wanted was the money and the fame and the new,
Somebody on my arm when I walk inside the room.

All I wanted was doom.
The same kind Alexander the Great felt when the earth ran out of room.
He conquered all he could, but yet he's feelin' consumed.
By this neverending quest for glory he couldn't fuel.

Like a typical fool,
(I would go hard) shootin' for the moon,
But there's only one sun (Son), no co-star.
Chasin' glory I shouldn't own,
Instead of living to make His name known,
I'm runnin' after His throne.

I thought bein' on TV where everybody could see me
Was nothing short of the easiest way I could see to please me.
I'll never be who I used to desperately wanted to be,
I'm too worried 'bout the Lord gettin' credit instead of me.

And you can have the money, and you can have the fame.
For me I want the glory, I'm livin' for the Name.
See life is just a picture, I see outside the frame.
I'm livin' for a Kingdom that I ain't never seen.

And imma chase that, (Glory) imma chase that.
Found the key to life and best believe that imma play that.
(Glory) imma chase that, imma imma chase that,
(Glory) imma chase that, imma imma chase that.

I used to wanna do it big.
When you're only focused on yourself that's small.
And they, they used to tell me as a kid,
That I could do anything that I want, except fall.
And now that I recall, I was chasin' my goals.
And everytime I caught'em they multipled into mo'.
I never even thought about whether the Lord approved,
Call it selfish ambition, I call it, "I'm makin' moves."

But history repeats itself, evil's what it is.
Cuz Lucifer was cast away for doing what I did.
Created by the God who spoke the earth into existence,
Instead of chasing the Father's glory, he was chasin' his.

He lies to us all, told Adam he could ball.
"Why you followin' God when you could go get it all?"
I'll tell you what's better, or better yet worse.
Chasin' your own glory by doin' the Lord's work.

So holla if it hurts, but we were made for greater.
Our greatest satisfaction is making His name famous.
So if we're never named among the greatest,
They don't critically acclaim us,
Ain't nothin' to be ashamed of, we gave it up for the Savior.

Imma chase that, imma imma chase that.
And the Lord's goodness, you should - you should taste that.
And you ain't livin' 'til you livin' for His name, yeah.
(Glory) imma chase that, imma imma chase that.

+ a song

sounds.

it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone how much i love my music.  last year, i don't think i went anywhere on campus without my headphones in.  i tried to break that habit this year as i felt it was extremely anti-social, and i have to face it-- i only have one year left at the most easily-social atmosphere of my life-- my college campus.

still, in the library, my room, and my car, music is almost always in the background of my life.  this post is dedicated to the current music in my life.

pandora stations:
gungor
corinne bailey rae
mumford &sons

youtube:
somebody that i used to know (feat. kimbra) - official video

grooveshark:
it's love - jill scott
we are young - fun
feeling good - nina simone
sweet disposition - the temper trap
silly eye color generalizations - regina spektor
we don't eat - james vincent mcmorrow

spotify:
swim good - frank ocean

cds in my car:
arrabon - david bailey
eclipse - imogen heap

other:
over the wall - jennah bell