Selfish Love Songs

This past weekend, Carmen and I went up to Lava Hot Springs with Grandma June (Dad's mom) and my sister, Marissa.  Mark went to his friend's brother's wedding in Boise.  It was a lot of fun to have a girls' weekend out, playing games and reading books and watching game shows on TV ... it brought back lots of good memories.

For example, my grandma *loves* to watch The Price Is Right.  I started watching it in kindergarten, after Marissa introduced me to it.  I was a retarded kid - I think Marissa introduced me to everything cool (even Pokemon) and figured out everything first (you know how much it sucks when your sister runs up to you in the hall and proclaims "THE EASTER BUNNY ISN'T REAL!  AND DAD IS SANTA, TOO!" ??)  She was even the first to ask my parents about birth control.  What the heck!

Anyway.  The Price is Right.  We *always* watch it when we visit Grandma.  We used to record the episodes in the morning, then watch it again in the afternoon and yell at everyone and tell them what to bid.  "NO NO NO YOU'RE OVER!"

Why do we love watching game shows?  I have no idea.  Maybe it's because we like to think, "Hm, I wonder what it would be like to have that cool hot tub/car/Hawaiian vacation?"  Then we watch Deal or No Deal, and we're like, "$64,000?  I'll take it!" while they're like, "No freaking way - I want the $200,000!" and then they get it.

It makes me glad my TV's upstairs in our room and we never watch it.  Otherwise, I could easily turn into a ginormous couch potato who watches crappy daytime TV all the time.  Instead, I hang out downstairs and cross-stitch all day and dance to Billy Joel/Nickelback/whatever.

ANYWHO.  On the way home last night, Marissa and I were listening to the radio and some of our favorite girly songs came on, like Miley Cyrus' Party in the USA (you hate it but it's so addictive, you know? I'm noddin' my head like yeah, movin' my hips like yeah ...) and Taylor Swift's You Belong With Me.

It reminded us of a concept one of our friends introduced us to last year: the Selfish Love Song.  Basically, you take any old love song and switch around the I's and the you's to you's and I's.
I like what it does to Close To You by The Carpenters:
Why do birds suddenly appear every time I am near?
Could it be they want to be close to me?

We got a kick out of this when we applied it to You Belong With Me.  It makes the song sound so ridiculous.  Then the next song started playing on the radio and Marissa and I burst into hysterics.  It was Don't Wanna Miss A Thing by Aerosmith.  I think I reached a new level of Selfish Love Song Nirvana.  "Every moment spent with me is a moment you treasure!  You don't wanna close your eyes, you don't wanna fall asleep, 'cause you'll miss me, baby, and you don't wanna miss a thiiiiing!"

XKCD shares my sense of humor:

Oh yeah.  WE think we're clever!!!