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Friday, November 2, 2012
Zzzzzzzzzzzzz Sometimes I Crave Shitty Food, Sometimes I Crave Shitty Music
Posted by Megan Seling on Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 11:59 AM
- MCR photo: Featureflash / Shutterstock.com / Nacho photo: michael@ngelo via Shutterstock
- My Chemical Nachos
You know how you'll be sitting at home, reading a book, watching TV, looking at pictures of animals dressed in dapper outfits on Reddit, whatever, and then suddenly you get the urge to eat a big plate of nachos or a banana split or tater tots drenched in mayonnaise/ketchup dipping sauce? Your mind and body become fixated on this craving—you must eat something salty or sweet (or both!) RIGHT THE FUCK NOW even if it's midnight, even if you're not hungry, even if the only food you have in your house is a frozen bag of peas and a jar of mustard that expired in 2011. The only way to quiet the craving is to give in—to put on pants, walk to the store in the middle of the night, and then go home to gorge yourself on cheese or ice cream until you feel like a bloated, gross jerk.
We've all done it. Don't lie.
Sometimes that happens with me and music. Sometimes my brain gets so fixated on hearing a song or an album, even if it's absolutely the worst piece of music that has ever existed, that the only way I can make the urge go away is to give in. Last week I had to listen to Lisa Loeb's "Stay." (Not a bad song, guys!) Today, it's My Chemical Romance. My Chemical Romance!? YES. I don't know why. I'm not proud. BUT IT HAD TO BE DONE. My Chemical Romance are the sonic equivalent of midnight nachos. I feel gross, but it was physically impossible to ignore the call.
Some say food cravings are a signal that your body is lacking certain nutrients—protein, calcium, etc. I wonder what my body is lacking to make me have to listen to My Chemical Romance this morning.... iron? Eyeliner? Dignity?
Does this happen to anyone else? Please tell me this happens to someone else.
Fuck. Now I want some nachos, too. Nachos are delicious.
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Right now.
Mmmmm.
Try humming "Call me maybe".
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That said, florentines and the Spice Girls.
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Also, Lisa Loeb's "Stay" fucking rules.
I ended up buying an entire Pilot cd just to have the song Magic. Pilot was a 1970s glitterish pop band from the UK. They're slightly less cheesy than The Bay City Rollers. Although I was able to find the song on iTunes, it had been remastered and thus destroyed. Still, I had to have it so I ordered a whole cd that's just unlistenable, not even worth describing but for Magic.
I can also add Pitbull, Usher, The Dixie Chicks and Lucinda Williams song: Passionate Kisses (covered by May Chapin Carpenter which is really the embarrassing part since Williams isn't hack and the song wouldn't be hack but for the production values).
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