Like a Koala to a Eucalyptus, MBMBAM is My New Drug.

In ninth grade it was Xanga. In tenth grade it was Myspace. In my junior year it was Youtube. In college it was Facebook. (well it's still Facebook) But now, in this very moment, it's podcasts. I was never the type of person who was the listening sort. I've always been a more visual and physical learner. Like I would always have to use all of my mind powers to really focus on a class lecture, and I've always learned better when there were cool power points to look or even a kick ass hand outs to follow along with. So when my friend told me I should listen to this podcast that he's been listening to, you have to understand my imediate hesitation.

Like I said, I'm just not a good listener when it comes to the JUST listening part. I hate audio books because my mind always drifts and I always end up going on the Internet and reading something else or I just fall asleep, and then the audio book is all lost on me. Not to mention the person reading the book is usually just creepy to me. like the dude who reads the Harry Potter novels reads it so weird, and that is not the voice I want to hear when imagining the very precious Harry Potter universe. So when he said I should listen to this podcast I didn't think I could physically and mentally listen to this podcast. I thought it was going to be so weird listening to these guys blabber on for 30-60 minutes. I just never really understood why people would listen to podcasts. And I'm not gonna lie, I always thought podcasts were for people all into politics and stuffs, or for people who need self confidence boosters, or they needed knitting or crafting advice. But I decided what the heck, my friend has never wronged me, I'll give it a listen.

I downloaded the first episode and I was pleasantly surprised at how enjoyable it was. These dudes were funny as shit and I was super, mega (Jesup), ultra, entertained. So I downloaded a couple more episodes to listen to when I had nothing else to do. And the thing is the shows got better and better as it went along. I was hooked, addicted, obsessed by episode two, and it went beyond only listening when I was bored, I was listening like it was my new drug and I would carve out time in my day to listen to... Ready for the name of the show... Wait for it.... My Brother, My Brother and Me. (or if you are a true fan MBMBAM, that's pronounced ma-bim-bam)

So I had about 30 episodes to work my way through, and they usually do a show once a week (usually Mondays), so I was quickly running out of shows to listen to. It was like a huge double edged sword where I could listen to all the shows and enjoy them over a shorter period of time, or I could stretch it out over a longer period of time. The thing is, if I caught up with their shows, then I'd be in the loop. But if I caught up with the show, I'd have to wait a whole week before I can listen to a new episode. It was my Sophie's Choice, it was me wanting to have my cake and eat it too. But me being me, I live in the now, in the present, and I went into a show coma, and I just ate them all up like a deliciously moist cake not caring about the calories that would be on my proverbial hips, and I was soon out of episodes to listen to.

It was like finishing the last Harry Potter book, I almost didn't know what to do with myself. I felt like well now what? I can't wait for four more days (I started on a Sunday and finished listening to them all on a Thursday)for a new episode. So like the obsessed fan that I am, I stared listening to my favorite episodes again. Yes, I'm one of those people. I'm one of those people who re-read books, re-watch movies (especially Tangled) and who now, re-listens to podcasts. It's not that I don't remember what happened, it's the fact that I enjoyed it so much that I'd like to experience that joy over and over again. I mean I've re-read Ender's Game so many times the pages are brittle and are starting to fall out of the book. and don't even get me started about the Harry Potter serries. Every time a new book came out, or a new movie, I NEEDED to re-read the whole serries from the begging. Not to mention all the times I've just read the whole serries just to read it.

So yes, I re-listened to some of the podcasts until the next Monday. And even now I'll re-listen to older episodes, waiting for the new podcast. But no matter how many times I listen to an episode, they never get old and they never disappoint. There are always episodes were I can't help but chuckle or smile to myself. And I'm always listening to MBMBAM in the most public places, like on a bus, walking to class, in a store or waiting in the doctor's office, and I probably look like a psycho killer walking around seemingly smiling and laughing to myself. Or I try to hold back my smile and I look like I'm either really constipated, or like I'm holding back a fart. In either case I don't think people want to be around me while I'm listening to my MBMBAM. But at the same time I really don't care because it is freaking HILARIOUS!

And it's all thanks to MBMBAM that I'm all into podcasts. Because of MBMBAM I've gotten hooked to another podcast, Judge John Hodgman, and it is wonderful! I'm like a podcast listening freak now. Instead of my once obsessed self of listening to music I'll gladly choose an older episode of MBMBAM any day. When I don't have access to a DVD player to watch me some Tangled, MBMBAM is my choice background noise. And I'll continue listening to the podcasts until the new one comes out next Monday. Then I'm all over that new one, like a koala to an eucalyptus.

MBMBAM-bino for life! *fist chest bump*

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The AI Robots, Dug Holes in My Tangled Up Heart

So I recently got a new DVD and I honestly just can't stop watching it. In the past like five days I think I've watched it at least 20 times. And I even lent out the DVD to a friend for a day... Granted I watched it at her house one and a half times.... But... I mean I went a whole night without the DVD.... But I made sure I got that shit right back the next day... Hahahahaha...? I mean it doesn't seem normal to be watching this over and over again... And when I mean over and over again, mean quite literally the second it's over I'm hitting the replay button to start the movie again from the start.

So I'm crazy(what's new right?), but ya'll must be thinking WTF YO? What DVD is this where you are watching it over and over again and just can't seem to get enough of it? Well, before you make any judgments I just need to say, I have no f-ing clue! I don't know why I have such a need to be constantly watching this movie! And I also have to say I'm not watching-watching it the whole time... I mean I'm doing other things while watching this fine DVD, like typing out this post for example, or playing a game on my iPad, or like browsing Facebook. So I mean it's not like I'm glued to the screen watching-watching this movie. It sort of kind of just plays in the background of my life.

With that said, the DVD I've been watching like a crazy maniac is... Tangled. Yup, you read right, the Disney version of Rupunzel. Uggggg.... I know right?!? I'm like a six year old girl who is obsessed with a Disney princess. I really honestly have no clue why I feel so compelled to watch and watch...

Okay confession time, I know exactly why I'm so compelled to watch and watch, it's because I love the music, and I think all the characters are so lovable. And who doesn't sometimes feel like a person stuck in a tower, with no where to go? Who doesn't have dream that they want fulfilled? And who doesn't want to fall in love and live happily ever after? I'll tell you who, robots. That's right soul-less robots who have no human emotions, unless you live in some alternate "Artificial Intelligence" universe, where suddenly robots can feel and in that case it's apocalypse now bitches! (that's right I made an AI reference, deal with it.) But now I can never tease anyone ever again for obsessing over a movie.

I remember the summer before I entered high school my cousin and I went to go see the movie "Holes". It was a good movie and to this day I still think it's one of the best book to movies I've ever seen, but my cousin LOVED this movie. Well it was a little more than love for her. She made me go see it with her again and again(she was lucky it was playing at the dollar theatre or else I wouldn't have gone to see it with her)... And then when it came out on DVD, forget it! She admitted to watching it everyday when she came home from school. I remember thinking gah, isn't she sick of that movie yet? luck for her though, she out grew this phase and no longer watches the movie "Holes" everyday.

But now it's like 8 years later and now I'm the person watching a ridiculous movie over and over again. Well actually it's a very good movie, it's just ridiculous how overly obsessed I am with it. Hopefully like all other things, I'll get over this weird ass obsession in a week or two. We can only hope.