Tunes for Tuesday

Ok so I have been at the beach for a while, so I haven't blogged. I was just too beachy. But while I was there they had a lifeguard competition between the lifeguards from various beaches around the area. The beach I got to didn't win, but we got second!! So anyways the only reason I watched was because this concentrated section of the beach was overflowing with HOTTT SEXXXY tan men. They all were white, but who gives a damn?!? [Although I do kind of like Diversity.] I've been YouTubing an Australian show called Rove that is hilarious. Anyways on to tunes for tuesday.

So here's my list of tunes for Tuesday that I've been listening to alot.

1. Aqueous Transmission by Incubus
2. Hurricane Jane by Black Kids
3. Epic Last Song by Does It Offend You, Yeah?
4. On Verge of Something Wonderful by Darren Hayes
5. Emotions by Destiny's Child
6. Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division
7. Sexy Ladies by Justin Timberlake
8. Prototype by Outkast
9. Banquet by Bloc Party
10. Superconnected by Broken Social Scene

And my top 3 album covers are:

1. Black Kids - The Wizard of Ahhs











2. Family Force 5 - Dance or Die











3. Santogold - I Believe in Santogold













P.S- I'll post more shit that I've written. Soon.

Thoughts for Thursday

I was browsing YouTube in my lackadaisical pre-academic stupor and I came across this song performed by Sean Foreman of the amazing upbeat band known as 3OH!3 and Marques Toliver a stunning violinist. After seeing Foreman at Warped Tour screaming out lyrics to songs like "Holler Til' You Pass Out" and "Chokechain" and busting out break dancing moves with bandmate Nat Motte I was suprised to see a sentimental or serious side to Foreman. So cute... and Nat too! I don't know what the song is called, but the video title is "Sean Foreman of and Michelle Michelle of 30h3!".

I have named it "Broken Stone" for the hell of it and here are the lyrics.

“Broken Stone”

There must be something in the wind

on that day

sang to them

in their graves

and you were screaming so loud

I added to that voice

and sang so proud

and we're counting crows

I'll take these hands down

remove the cemetery

to pick up the things you said you hear

in this town

these throws

kept close and so can I

no, I never found out what you did

and you were lying in the sand

you took my hand

into yours

and made it sand

and I won't ever let you go

after all this time

I made a plan that we all die

our hands, darling

pick up the cemetery

to find up the things you said you hear

see this town, these kids

wont never let you go, ever

with the things they say

I'll take this broken stone

around my neck

and I'll cast it

into the deepest part

of the Atlantis

and you were screaming for the crowd

on that day

say goodbye to him

before he braved

the cold and the darkest night

that he'll ever find

lost in dawn

it's alright

my friend you're gone

I'm not afraid to take your hand

and walk on through

it's this place as this close

and the department store is locked

but we'll find out where to go

oh I'll take this broken stone

around my neck

and I'll cast it

into the deepest part

of the Atlantis

this stone around my neck

and I'll cast it

into the deepest part

of the Atlantis

Tunes for Tuesday

I have a list of tunes for Tuesday that I've been listening to alot.

1. Dance or Die by Family Force 5 ♥
2. Sleep by Azure Ray
3. Dark Blue by Jack's Mannequin
4. The Best Thing by Relient K
5. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill
6. I'm Mikey by The Cool Kids ♥
7. The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore by Keane
8. Goodbye by Asobi Seksu ♥
9. Island (Float Away) by The Starting Line
10. Shake It by Metro Station

And my top 3 album covers are:

1. Relient K - Apathetic EP












2. The Starting Line - Direction













3. Alicia Keys - As I Am












P.S. Ah asolut penq tutto dase cantach. Pronon odio su mes tast, Grasoo.

Musical Monday

I made music today! I don't like to sing in front of people, even though I sound pretty damn good. So I just played the bongo.

Saintly Sundays

I went to church today after getting literally 2 hours of sleep. NO JOKE. I went to sleep at like 5 and had to get up at 7 and needless to say I was not pleased. AT ALL. I think I'll still go to church in college, but I want to go to a less demanding church. I know that sounds heathenish [so not a word] but I want to be able to wake up later and still have curch be the same length. Cause if I were to go to the later service at my church it would be 10:30 to 1:00. NOT HAPPENING. Why can't I compromise?!?!?

Status Saturday

So alot of shit has gone down since I last blogged. It's been around a week. I went to orientation, loved it, met nice people, and chose my classes. I'm taking Italian, Child Psych, Sociology, English and Cultural Text. I cannot fucking wait until I start doing shit again.

I also went to Warped tour, which was AMAZING. Although I didn't see all the bands I wanted to [in order to do that you have to go alone and all for one one for all] I got to see most of them so it's all good. Here's some pics I took:

The Higher













Matt Thiessen of Relient K ♥













The Color Fred













Sean Foreman of 3OH!3 ♥













Soul Glow Activator from Family Force 5 ♥












I was able to see The Higher, Relient K ♥, Oreskaband, 3OH!3, Family Force 5 ♥, Jack's Mannequin, The Color Fred, and Shwayze. In addition to those bands I wanted to see Angels & Airwaves, The Academy Is. . . , The Audition, Between the Trees, Anberlin, From First To Last, Cobra Starship, Say Anything, Forever the Sickest Kids, A Cursive Memory, and Gym Class Heroes. But I had SO much fun so it's all good. I can't wait till next year when I'll be legal so I can party with the ppls after the last band is finished performing.

So lately I've been looking for a job, but with the state of the economy it is gonna be a challenge to find work, which it has been. But once I get a job I can relax more with my money situation when I go to school. Also my parents will get me a new phone. I'm trying to decide between:


Blackberry Curve












Glyde ♥











Blackberry Pearl










Alias











Dare ♥











That's it for my status update I guess. More about how 'saintly' I am tomorrow.

Peace

Status Saturday

Bored. Want to start school already.

Freaky Friday

I was just chillin with my peeps after a boring ass vacation. What IS freaky though is that I went back to see my high school with the 2 peeps with whom I was chillin, and I got the weird flash of nostalgia remembering the ... 'fun' I had in high school. F it. I flippin hated high school and I never want to go back again. some people say 'high school is the best time of your life and it will go buy so fast, and soon you'll want to be back in high school.

1. That shizz DID NOT go by fast enough. The whole time it felt like it would never end. Of course looking back it may seem like it went by fast. That's only because, of the things one remembers, the bulk of the boring ass time spent doing pointless things or the hours watching the clock waiting for the day to end, all that time put into those craptastic tasks is not remembered.
2. I never want to set foot in a high school AGAIN. It doesn't matter where the flip the school is. They all bring back mostly bad memoried. The one and only reason I will set foot in that hell hole again is to get my medal from states from my coach, and to say hello to my favorite teacher EVER [she's the one who was able to bring me to Italy this spring, BEST TIME OF MY LIFE {I want to go back and live there} and I love her to death].

So there's my immensely condensed version of my I HATE HIGH SCHOOL speech. Thank you for listening. lol

Where? On Wednesdays

Where.... HOME!!! I go home tomorrow so I can finally make some money and be productive. I have orientation next week, AND WARPED TOUR!!! For those of you who don't know what WARPED TOUR is, It is an amazingly spectacular day full of concerts. There are a long list of artists preparing to rock it out on one of the many stages presenting rockable mosh pits, fierce dancing circles and the kind of sweat that'll keep you moist for days. Of the various big name concerts like Bamboozle, or Virgin Fest I am a faithful lover of the the paradox that is WARPED TOUR!!!!

So where will I be next wednesday? Sweating til my body glistens, screaming my vocal cords to mute, and dancing the night away. You should go when it hits near your town.

Tunes for Tuesday

I have a list of tunes for Tuesday that I've been listening to alot.

1. Rocky Took a Lover by Bell X1 ♥
2. Pogo by Digitalism
3. Do the Panic by Phantom Planet
4. Holler Til You Pass Out by 3OH!3
5. Yeah You by N.E.R.D.
6. Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley
7. I Keep by Jill Scott
8. The Way I Feel Inside by The Zombies♥
9. Shove it by Santogold♥
10. Bamboo Banga by M.I.A.

And my top 3 album covers are:
1. Bell X1- Flock









2. M.I.A.- Kala










3. Fleet Foxes- Ragged Wood

Mainstream Monday

Today I updated my Zune software. YAY!!! No offense to iPODs... I just don't like them. What about you? I've never had one and I don't want one. I like the format and style of the Zune better than the iPOD. I also like the size of the screen and the video quality. I have the brown 30GB one. But when I have filled up all the space in the one I have now [I've already used 19GB and I got it in November] I'm gonna get a black 80GB one with a design and my name on the black. But I have A TON of saving to do before that can happen, because I need a new phone [I really like the Glyde for some reason] that'll cost at least $100. Then the Zune I want adds $270 to that, and THEN I have to have money for college. Why the hell are jobs so hard to come across these days? I've applied to SO MANY PLACES, but they all have horrible hours, or some other scheduling constraint. By that I mean they have very little hours for me to work.

I bad feeling bad, and by bad I mean guilty because when I was at home all I did was absolutely nothing and now on vacation I'm doing the same. And by nothing I mean staying inside all day, being the night-crawler I am and going to sleep at like 4AM for no reason, and waking up at 12. That may be the ideal summer for many but lately I've been feeling too bored with my life. And for once I want to do something with my summer. I want to graduate early so I think I'm gonna try and get credits over the next summers. Wow. Easy solution to my problem.

This may sound stupid, but I have my life practically planned out. I know that most likely my plan's not gonna play out the way I want it to but whatever. I want to graduate early [I'll be 20 if that happens] and get my masters in psychology and english by the time i'm 25. I also want to have published my book by then, and be married by the time I'm 27. In between this time I hope to record an album I've written [I write songs, some of which I will post soon], and try my hand at acting of some sort. And I want to have all my kids by the time I'm 30. Because for my 30th birthday I'm getting my tubes tied. I want 2 at most 4 kids and one of them will be adopted. By the time I'm 35 I want to have started my own private practice, and published 2 books. I also by then want to have tried my hand at writing for a movie or a TV show. I want to retire by 60.

It's alot of shit, I know. I may not be organized [cuz I'm a serious mess] but I if things go my way...
I was just thinking. What the hell does what I just said have to do with being mainstream?

Saintly Sunday

I didn't go to church today... so yea.

Status Saturday

I saw Wanted today, and I have to say I thought it was REALLY good. I love when Morgan Freeman says "shoot that mothafucka!" even though to say m-effer is not nice. LMAO. And I was watching Pushing Daisies on ABC.com. Can I say Lee Pace is flipping HOT! He reminds me of someone I know.

So back to status... BORED AS HELL. GIMMEEE SOMETHING TO DO!!!

I can't wait until I start school. I need nice/cool people to talk to, and work to do. I need change.

Freaky Friday

Lemme think... I really don't have anything freaky to talk about. So I'll just wish everyone happy 4th of July.

OK nevermind. I was thinking about how we [in America] as a society idolize abnormality. Not positive abnormality, I mean like the celebrities who have family troubles, or drug problems, etc. I don't see the purpose of making fun, or putting on blast these people who are seriously f-ed up. Like with Britney Spears's breakdown period. People were constantly talking about her then and how she had 'drug problems' or how she was 'insane'. But realistically if any chick off the street was doing the stuff she did she would be locked the F up. AND she would lose all custody and visitation of her kids.

I mean come on let's be serious her 'celebrity status' saved her life. I have a feeling that the future of that whole family is not going to be too bright. And that's only coming from speculation according to the facts put out there. So back to idolizing abnormality, I think it is SICK and DISGUSTING to do that to people who really need help. When it comes to how to treat others I believe that you should treat other people with the respect you would give a family member.

Would you embarrass your brother or sister? If you would then that's sad.

Thoughts for Thursday

Realistically it's Friday, but technically for me it's Thursday. I'm a night crawler what can I say? Anyways my thoughts for Thursday... Well I'm in Delaware at the beach with my family for the $th of July celebrations. I have to admit I'm mildly depressed because from my point of view the bond my relatives worked so hard to create is dissolving. Much like a friend who you were inseparable with until you got older and realized they weren't as special as you made them out to be. All my years growing up I was a sheltered and admittedly privileged kid, so when I "grew up"-I consider leaving home for chunks of the year 'growing up'- and prepare to depart for college [YAY!!] I am discovering the well kept secrets my family worked to hide from us 'children' to keep as many people as possible happy. Great fun huh?

Anyways no more tangents. Being in DE again reminded me of an incident that made me think. Basically my mother was jogging in the morning and was called the N word by some white guys passing in a car. When she told me this my initial reaction was 'HEADS WILL ROLL WHO WERE THOSE M-Fers?!?!? WHAT DID THE CAR LOOK LIKE?' After I had calmed down I was thinking about how the N word in the black community was supposed to have been buried and never to be used- or at least as infrequently as possible- among other black people. And I began thinking why should a word that is rarely spoken in a negative connotation within the community in which it is used be essentially banned? I understand the controversy because of the offense taken when people who are not of African descent use the word, but I see the use of the N word in the black community as a way of taking some thing the 'white man' tried to use to degrade us and making it 'acceptable' in our own community. I do agree the banning of the N word though, don't get me wrong. because I am tired of hearing rappers and sometimes R&B artists talking about their bitches hos and n*ggas making an impression on the world that most if not all black people are ignorant, but I question the banning as well because when I would use the word in the past, or if i were to say it now it would be referring to someone as one would say he, she, or it.

I guess my point is how effective can the banning of the word be if there are MANY people out there who still think of me as a black women a n*gger, or and asian as a ch*nk, or a latino as a sp*c etc.?

Where? On Wednesdays

Today is the day after I got back from FloRida, so WHERE for today? Florida. There's tons to do in that 90+ degree peninsula. I for one was at Disney, and desired to go to Universal Studios but was unable to due to time constraints. I have noticed that Disney has become VERY disorganized. On no less than 3 occasions during the 6 days I was there my family and I had to wait over 30 minutes for the bus we needed to take to come around. On the 5th day we were there we waited over an hour for a bus and right when the correct bus came the staff decided to inform the groups at the bus stop that they had labeled most of their destinations incorrectly. Also, when in line for certain rides, there would be no attendants present to give instructions of where to go and what to do, so myself and a few others were almost struck by doors that swung automatically. I as well noticed that the much of the staff they have employed is very impatient and borderline rude when it is an environment made for children who deserve if not demand much patience. Other than the above and a few other negatives, the experience was enjoyable and I would definitely go again.

I just got back from Disney World in Flo Rida and now I'm sipping peach cider from South Carolina out of a Pluto mug reading WOOF! At first I was reluctant to go on vacation with my fam because of the way the relationship between me and my family members was going. It was constant arguing, and still after my spaceship has landed back on earth the vibe is the same riddled with too much arguing, and not enough personal space.

From now on I'm gonna start this:

Mainstream Mondays

Tunes for Tuesdays

Where? On Wednesdays

Thoughts for Thursdays

Freaky Fridays

Status Saturdays

Saintly Sundays