Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Obsessions



Photo of Guster from here

I think my journey into life began with music. The discovery of new bands has led me to begin a journey of self-awareness. It's helped me to realize what people mean when they say that a song speaks to them. And it's helped me to come into my own- caring not what others think but creating a path for me. It urges me to break out of this state of complacency and to learn about the world, myself and others.

In my head, this blog has tons of followers that are dying to know what my favorite summer songs are....well have no fear dear. Copy away

Guster- "Rise and Shine".. I'm pretty sure this is about dying, purgatory or something i'm not deep enough to get. I just like the soothing harmonies.

Lupe Fiasco- "Show Goes On"... Who has 2 thumbs and learned the words to this whole song off of azlyrics.com? This girl.

Artic Monkeys- "Fake Tales of San Francisco"... Doesn't this song make you want to jump around like crazy? Anybody? Just me? Great- it's awkward now.

Billy Idol- "Rebel Yell"... I'll redeem myself with a little Billy Idol. An oldie that begs to be belted out.

Foster the People- "Pumped up Kicks"... another catchy song with a distributing message. I think I'll re-think going to this concert- at least not until I dye my hair black or something. As a blonde, I'd be the first to go!

MC Solaar- "Caroline" - I'd like to think that if we moved to Paris, I'd be cool enough to sit in a coffee shop where this guy was. Oh yeah- and I would know what he was saying.

The Faint- "The Geeks Were Right" - Just plain funny to me.

Bruno Mars- "Count on Me" - For my hubby.

Black Keys- "Everlasting Light" - no commentary needed. It's the Black Keys for goodness sake.


ok.. i'm tired now. You get the jist...I like a random group of artists. Shocker, I know.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Beauty in the Small Things




Pictures from here here here

A young couple sits on the floor of their house listening to the rain. The doors wide open, windows propped up and the breeze of the sudden storm is cooling down their sweltering house. The A/C is off - as is the power- but that doesn't matter since the A/C is broken anyway. Broken it will remain until $3,000 magically appears in their account. Even if it did, they'd just blow it on a trip to Costa Rica instead. Priorities, people.

But it's ok. It's moments like this that makes them realize how satisfying it is to find joy in the little things. Like a cup of coffee made seconds before the power shut off. And a bowl of Cheerios found on the top shelf of the pantry (dinner). And the laughter that comes with a spontaneous game of "Would You Rather".

I love us.