Friday, April 13, 2012

I confess...I hate leather seats

   A few months ago, I went car shopping.  My husband and I decided to stop by the Lexus dealership that is near our house despite knowing that was out of our range.  The salesman was insanely nice and not pressuring at all.  We sat in one of the cars which of course had leather seats.  I mentioned something about the leather seats and my dislike for them which came as a surprise to the salesman.  
   Where does my hatred come from?  Leather seats in the winter are frigid.  Now I'm fully aware of seat warmers, but I still think that leather is colder than just cloth material.  In the summer, leather is insanely hot.  Recently, they've added air conditioned seats to cars.  But I still don't like leather.  
    Skin sticks to leather.  If I'm in a skirt or shorts, my legs stick to the seat, which just is awkward.  Plus leather condones sliding.  You turn the corner, and your butt slides to the side.  On top of sliding, it produces a sound that just sounds unrefined---in a luxury car.   No thank you.  I'll take cloth.  


Friday, April 6, 2012

I confess...I think Bob Dylan has a horrible singing voice

   My husband and my brother both are in love with Bob Dylan.  They love his lyrics and my husband loves to play him loud on his record player.  I think if Bob Dylan were to try out for American Idol he would be on the list of people that they put in between the good people to make you laugh.  He wouldn't even make it through the first round of people who get the golden ticket.
   His voice is horrible.  It's not even singing.  It's really just talking with some inflection.  I demonstrated this to my brother one day in the car while Bob Dylan was playing and talked and just changed the inflection every phrase. The best part is that I really sounded like Bob Dylan and I had my brother laughing hysterically in the car.
  They both come back after my mocking of Bob Dylan that he is an excellent musician and his lyrics are amazing.  While that may be true, his voice is lacking.  I have a small problem with understanding lyrics the first time I hear songs.  It usually takes me 100 times of hearing a song to actually realize what the lyrics are saying, despite the fact I can usually sing a long with a song by that point.  My appreciation for Bob Dylan and his musicianship stops as soon as I hear his voice.  I can't get past the wretched sound.
  I'll take the word of my husband and brother that he has really good lyrics and that he is a good musician minus the voice.  I still hold that Bob Dylan has a horrible voice and probably always will.

  There's gotta be someone else in the world that shares my views of Bob Dylan.