487. "New Slang" The Shins

"New Slang"
The Shins
Oh, Inverted World
2001

I heard this song for the first time around November of 2003, and it has changed my life in following ways:
- Turned me from a single man into a married father of two
- Magically aged me from 27 years old to 36 years old
- Made me stop watching "Scrubs" (I guess that was mostly due to the show getting cancelled)
- Forced me to quit working on my script for Ocean State, a coming of age story about a guy who returns to Rhode Island for a funeral, then meets a manic pixie dream girl who puts headphones on him and makes him listen to "Lola, Stars and Stripes" by the Stills
- Made me start drinking and smoking again
- Circumcised me
- Turned me from "not a fan" of chicken salad to "definitely a fan" of chicken salad



This is good song for Natalie Portman.