Fast Women

First off, I’m going to be a Sunday School Teacher at Vintage Faith for the 2nd & 3rd graders, woo hoo!

So I saw this really terrible band this weekend that I felt like everyone else in the audience loved, except me. It was a very weird experience, the music didn’t hurt my ears and I think I even heard one song that was actually kind of good, but the more I think about it I think it was the band’s attitude/vibe/image/aura that was bumming me out on a subconscious level. Sorry No Bunny, not a fan.

I’m not impressed when you start every other song you play with a recognizable guitar solo just to get the crowd to cheer and then transition that immediately into you groaning your lyrics over generic power chords. Also when the lead singer plays in nothing but American Apparel underwear and a bunny mask why don’t more people call bullshit? I don’t understand; everyone was super into it, packing the space and dancing like crazy while singing along to all the songs. Also, and I’m not sure how many other people notice this stuff, but not once did anyone in No Bunny smile during their set and instead opted to look super cool the whole time.

The more I think about it the more I think that my favorite thing to see musicians do when their playing a show is smile, and look like their having as much fun as their music is. My friends in the band before No Bunny are a great example; they’re all smiling, winking, pointing people out in the audience and letting friends pour beer in their mouths mid bass solo. My friend said it best: When the band makes you feel like you’re friends with the band you’re going to like them and you’ll keep going see them.

I think I got pissed because I feel like No Bunny was trying to lie to me. You want me to think you’re as cool as you’re trying to portray but I’m not going to buy it. I shared this sentiment to my friend’s brother outside after the band played and I asked him why he thought so many people were into the music and he said “The bigger the lie, the more people will believe it.” When I asked him if I could quote him on that he warned me that I might not want to because Adolf Hitler originally said it.

So, ready for the practical application? It might seem like a stretch but I still think it works pretty well. Just like No Bunny I feel like all too often I portray myself differently than who I really am, I don’t lie, I just don’t often share the most important things about myself upfront and instead choose to only focus on the parts that the other person will think are “super cool”. I’m going to start fasting women, starting tonight, and going for at least a week or two. I’m still going to maintain all of my current platonic female friendships but I’m not going to flirt with anyone or asking anyone out. Like I was saying in last week’s entry, I rely too much on a successful love life for general happiness, and lately I haven’t been real enough anyways. I’ll let you know next week if it was hard or not and like a true fast if I’m able to trade all the time I would be pursuing girls and trading it for time with the Lord.