Semi first post



Testing this blog thing with an old post from my other blog.......






Realizing just how freaking long the last post was, will try to keep this one short.

Thai food w/ mum and sis was very good. Spent far too long in the supermarket marveling over neverending options for potential meals, made my little splurge on some extreneous 2.99 smoked salmon, watched Sixteen Candles together. My mom liked the Donger. "Au-to-mo-bile???"

Am starting to think I will stick w/ this creative writing gig. I think my work will be good enough....bought me books today (at an independent store!! gasp!). Trying to get a head start as the other classmates look like they're heck of a lot better readers than I am. Am starting off with Art Spiegelman's In The Shadow of No Towers. Only read a small section of Maus but am very excited...


Recommended Tunes For Today:

+ Joy Division - Decades
(still trying to find out what the clackey noise in the back is)

+ Nouvelle Vague - The Guns Of Brixton
(wonderful album of covers by these Frenchies)

+ The Earlies - I Must Have Been Blind
(Hmmm am starting to really get into Tim Buckley's songs)


+ James Moody - I'm In The Mood For Love
(idiot me thought this was another version when in fact this is the original. Almost as shocking as finding out Chaplin wrote Smile. Am totally in love with this song at the moment)


+ Nat King Cole - Smile
(The only version I have. Actually I don't know why it's so shocking. Its quite chaplinesque)

+ A Tribe Called Quest - Lyrics To Go
("When it comes to days like this, I got lyrics to go"

+ M83 - Run Into Flowers
(One day watching a commercial I said "why does that song sound so familiar"? I'm still a little pissed they sold the song for a car commercial. But whats "selling out" nowadays? When even Dylan has done it, all bets are off)

+ The Cardigans - Marvel Hill
(Usually I immediately erase all the cds, my sis puts into my iTunes while updating her pod but hmm, this is actually pretty good)

+ John Doe - Heartless
(When it opens with the kick drum and steel pedal guitar, yeah. Then his voice comes in, oh yeah)