thewingedword

provetheworstposted something about wanting a girl she could watch movies and listen to music with, sleep next to and wake up warm and happy. My first thought was me too, so much. I mean, I guess I technically already have one of those, but she is someone else's girlfriend. This is distinctly unfair. I want one that is mine. 

A friend of a friend of a friend apparently has a crush on me, and he seemed... alright enough, but I'm just too picky. I whine a lot about my nonexistant love life, but I don't want a stranger, and at the moment I really don't want a guy, and it's just all very complicated and enough to make one seriously consider being asexual. I believe wraith816and I discussed that plan of action many years ago, but it was easier to consider when my hormones were merely threatening and not actually launching their vicious assault.

Fortunately, just in time I have moved from the "woe is me" mood to the "love bites, deal with it" mindset. The former is pathetic; the latter involves a lot of punk rock, dressing aggressively well, and generally Getting Over Myself. 


I have a great deal to say about the Nine In the Afternoon vid, much of it involving Panic's absurd attractiveness. Brendon is acting like a hyper five-year-old, Ryan sleeps in his hat, Spencer has that beard, and the entire band is wearing clingy long johns and fake moustaches; despite that, I would totally hit 3/4ths of that (Jon is just not my type, sry). Spencer Smith's arms and back continue to be ridiculously hot; Ryan Ross somehow rocks the college girl sleepy-and-no-makeup look. Ugh, you guys, I don't even know.

The rest of what I think is about how happy this vid is. All of Fever's music videos had this undertone of bitterness or mocking to them; the Pornomime one, in particular, was downright depressing. In this video, it feels like Panic is just being themselves and making a video that they love, not trying to make a point or have a moral. I know that a large part of being a good celebrity involves looking like you're "being yourself" all the time, but I'd like to think that there's honesty in this band and this video.

Maybe the tradeoff of all this happiness is a video that verges on the ridiculous and parodic, but I think it's really worth it, for three things alone. One, the Scene of Happy Meadow Clapping at the end, particularly the smile that Spencer and Ryan shared (possibly due to a good editing job, but I DON'T CARE). Two, the Brendon and Ryan hug at the very end, which is making me want to hug my best friend right now. Three, RYAN CLIMBING A LADDER IN HIS LITTLE SOCK FEET AND HIS HAT. SRSLY, YOU GUYS! SRSLY.

That is all.