I think my roommate is way too cool and talented.
I think my neighbor is way too opinionated.
Both are admired, yet I can talk to my neighbor more than I ever can talk to my roommate without feeling intimated.
I have issues.
I think I was wrong to write about how much impact a certain year was having or was going to have. I am starting to realize that with everything, you gain something and you lose something. This year, I got to experience something very trivial in the summer but from a different perspective. I also am going to get to re-live my freshmen college year. Both are quite exciting but of course, are not on the same level as other things I have been excited about in the past.
I am just glad that I tried my best when it came to this year and while there will be days when I will hate everything and other days when I will have a huge smile on my face, I am just have to remember that everyday is a learning experience and I am okay with being a student. Now if I could stop anticipation and worrying about stuff beforehand, then life would be swell. Otherwise, no worries.
Quote from Gilmore Girls (a rerun I got to catch a few days and it just stuck)
TAYLOR: Oh no, just look at that arm!
RORY: It’s fine, really.
TAYLOR: Does it hurt?
RORY: No, not much.
TAYLOR: Well, I hope you’re not getting addicted to painkillers like those Hollywood people do.
RORY: Um, I’m not, don’t worry.
TAYLOR: Good, because pain is your body’s way of saying ‘I’m not okay now, but I will be soon.’
RORY: I will remember that.
TAYLOR: You don’t wanna shut your body up too soon. That’s called death.
I made a few mixed CDs last winter but I forgot to mention them. I still have some of the playlists saved somewhere but I thought I would share this one. One way to sum it up would be "Inevitable" by Shakira, so I uploaded that. Since I did not want two images here, I included the album cover of the mixed CD (did not do anything at all this time, other than adding text). I realize I could have been more creative but when I get personal, I really lack talent but rather cover it with cheesiness. Also, I do realize how the tracklisting did not include Shakira's Inevitable but that is to avoid coming off redundant.
The theme of this mixed CD was love, finding it, feeling it, and then losing it. I tried to include a lot of songs as my way of making an "epic" CD, since to many people love is quite big. Obviously this would not represent the ideal mixed CD for many but that is where the personal touch comes in. I tried to include songs that would portray my feelings as when I started to fall in love to the part where I would be angry that I did, since that is the time you either cannot have them, they find someone else, or you guys just drift apart/hate each other. The next mixed CD will be featured sometime near the end of this summer.
Total Time: 1.4 Hours or 84 Minutes
The tracklisting:
01. Wallflowers - One Headlight
02. Paramore - Crushcrushcrush
03. "Weird Al" Yankovic - White and Nerdy
04. Tsunami Bomb - Take The Reins
05. Lights - I Owe You One
06. Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
07. Kaki King - Pull Me Out
08. Men, Women & Children - Who Found Mister Fabulous?
09. Headlights - Cherry Tulips
10. Neon Neon - I Lust U
11. Lykke Li - Little Bit
12. Foo Fighters - Long Road To Ruin
13. The Moldy Peaches - Anyone Else but You
14. Róisín Murphy - Primitive
15. Sara Bareilles - Bottle it Up
16. Bell - Echinacea
17. The Veronicas - Someone Wake Me Up
18. Snake River Conspiracy - Breed
19. Fear Factory - Back The Fuck Up
20. Nine Inch Nails - Capital G
21. Rivers Cuomo - This Is The Way
22. Dandy Warhols - We Used To Be Friends
23. Rihanna - Take A Bow
File: Inevitable.rar - Size: 129MB
As for one of the worst movies of all-time, The Mist probably takes the cake (for now). Not only was the story and character cheesy, the overall execution was not that much better. I guess
Now, another movie that I really enjoyed: Enchanted. I know how much people have wanted to see it and how almost
I have been watching a lot of shows lately and it seems I have taken away all internal and external energy and used it to keep myself hooked to television. In a way, I am trying to go back to my roots by allowing myself time to read, do well in class (which I am still working on), and write about things that may be pointless to converse about (especially if no one else watches the shows I want to talk about) but at the same time, know that I can survive without interaction. While it is television that has helped me step away from my social desires, it shall be everything else that shall keep me away (for the most part). I am not against people but I just want to be less into interacting, especially since most of my conversations are awkward.
First off, I missed Reaper's return last night, so that really stinks. I might either wait for the rerun or catch up online. I doubt the latter though. However, I remembered to watch Make Me A Supermodel on Bravo and man, I hate that whenever I want someone to go, they do really well. My favorites in that show are probably Ben, Ronnie, and Shannon. However, those three are always the one that happen to be in the bottom three, or two in the latest episode. I think Perry is arrogant and nothing special. Holly really seems fake and while she can pull off cute, she just annoys me. However, since I do not want them to win, they probably will.
Actually, last season in America's Next Top Model, the one person I really did not want to win won the whole thing. Even when she was criticized, Saleisha won. This season, I don't have a favorite but I would love to see Lauren, Whitney, Fatima, and Clair do well. Clair actually makes me think of Julia Stiles, haha. I think the only show that had a winner I wanted was The Shot where Maria seemed the most talented and she just happened to win. Too bad I forgot to watch the finale and totally missed it. Maybe if I don't watch a series, my favorite will go far? :p
I am glad the rest of the shows are coming back from the writers strike though! The Office... can't wait to finally see how amazing Jim and Pam are together while having dinner with Michael. How I Met Your Mother, just cannot wait to eventually find out about who the mother is. With 30 Rock and My Name Is Earl, I am just waiting to see new episodes, since each seems to only complete Super Thursday's awesomeness. The only thing not awesome is realizing how this is the last season for Scrubs and it was already cut down real short. I used to love the series before it started to go downhill around season three, where I thought was the peak for Sarah Chalke's character. Actually, my favorite episode with her still remains to be episode 3.01, where she changed from a weak shadow to one who helped out her friends the most.
Speaking of shows that are ending, apparently About A Girl (a show the N had picked up) has been dropped after one season. That really stinks since it was just starting to grow on me and I liked the overall synopsis of a girl living with four guys. Maybe they might bring it back? I hope so. If nothing else, there is Unhitched, which seems to be out four friends who are single and one of them happens to be a girl, so it sort of has the same feel. The humor is a lot different though. Also when it comes to new shows, I cannot wait for the second season of Chuck! Oh man, Chuck is almost a guilty pleasure because what girl would not mind a guy like Chuck? Well, I know I wouldn't, but that is beside the point. The show seems to be fun, sort of have an alias-feel to it and have enough drama for it to not be totally random. Unhitched is sort of similar but it is not as fun. In fact, compared to Chuck, it seems mediocre at the moment but that might be only because I like how the corniness of Chuck, as well as how it is a guilty pleasure for me.
I know I watch too much TV seeing this is really not everything on my mind but it is enough for now. Maybe I will comment on other shows later? If not, maybe something on the news or politics? Just to throw it out there: I hate super-delegates and the electoral college :)
P.S. The image to the top-right represents an amazing moment during the writer's strike. This was a few weeks after all three late-night talk shows came back and I think they just could not handle having no writers that they made a really pointless argument that ran through all three shows for days. After Huckabee's success, Colbert said that he had made Huckabee with his Colbert Bump (tm) seeing Conan was saying that he made Huckabee because he made Chuck Norris who seemed to support Huckabee. When Colbert made fun of Conan, Conan tried to say that he made Colbert by having him on his late night show. A few episodes later, Jon Stewart made an appearance on Colbert Report with an old tape saying that it was The Jon Stewart Show that made Conan who made Colbert who made Huckabee. Therefore, Jon Stewart made Huckabee. To continue the fun, they all decides they would fight it off and on January 21st 2008, all three made appearances on each other's show and finally "fought" during Conan's show. Amazing.
What's the best late-night TV talk show?
Jay Leno has amazing Headlines but I think after Conan's fire alarm incident, he has to have the best late-night TV talk show.
Anyway, hello! A few days ago was my birthday and this weekend my parents are visiting for Parents Weekend, is that not exciting? Yes, yes it is. My roommate moved in last Monday. My situation with some friends is more complicated than ever but at least it seems to be going as well as it could? Grades are okay but I really need to step up and do better on my following exams/assignments! Other than that, I have gotten more used to this area and have come to even appreciate the region. There is even a free gym behind my Residential Hall for students!
If you have not yet tuned in to a tv station or the live webcast, I demand you do it now! :-p
London's webcast already started. New York's start in a few hours. Japan is showing it's webcast again. Catch it! I will be sure to edit this later with my opinions... as well as an actual update on my life.
liveearth.msn.com
| NEW YORK CITY, U.S. at Giants Stadium KENNA KT TUNSTALL TAKING BACK SUNDAY KEITH URBAN LUDACRIS AFI FALL OUT BOY AKON JOHN MAYER MELISSA ETHERIDGE ALICIA KEYS DAVE MATTHEWS BAND KELLY CLARKSON KANYE WEST BON JOVI SMASHING PUMPKINS ROGER WATERS THE POLICE SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA at Aussie Stadium BLUE KING BROWN TONI COLLETTE & THE FINISH SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM GHOSTWRITERS PAUL KELLY ESKIMO JOE MISSY HIGGINS JOHN BUTLER TRIO WOLFMOTHER JACK JOHNSON CROWDED HOUSE TOKYO, JAPAN at Makuhari Messe GENKI ROCKETS RIZE AYAKA AI OTSUKA AI XZIBIT ABINGDON BOYS SCHOOL COCCO LINKIN PARK KUMI KODA RIHANNA ANTARCTICA at Rothera Research Station NUNATAK | LONDON, ENGLAND at Wembley Stadium GENESIS RAZORLIGHT SNOW PATROL DAMIEN RICE AND DAVID GRAY KASABIAN PAOLO NUTINI BLACK EYED PEAS JOHN LEGEND DURAN DURAN RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS BLOC PARTY CORINNE BAILEY RAE TERRA NAOMI KEANE METALLICA SPINAL TAP JAMES BLUNT BEASTIE BOYS PUSSYCAT DOLLS FOO FIGHTERS MADONNA JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA at the Coca-Cola Dome THE SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR DANNY K BAABA MAAL ZOLA THE PARLOTONES VUSI MAHLASELA ANGELIQUE KIDJO JOSS STONE UB40 WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. (not representative of order; TBA) GARTH BROOKS TRISHA YEARWOOD BLUES NATION KYOTO, JAPAN (not representative of order; TBA) BONNIE PINK MICHAEL NYMAN RIP SLYME UA YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA | HAMBURG, GERMANY at HSH Nordbank Arena SHAKIRA SNOOP DOGG ROGER CICERO MIA SASHA STEFAN GWILDIS MARQUESS MARIA MENA SILBERMOND MICHAEL MITTERMEIER SAMY DELUXE JAN DELAY ENRIQUE IGLESIAS KATIE MELUA REAMONN LOTTO KING KARL REVOLVERHELD MANDO DIAO JULI CHRIS CORNELL YUSUF SHANGHAI, CHINA at the Oriental Pearl Tower EVONNE HSU ANTHONY WONG SOLER HUANG XIAO MING WANG CHUAN JUN AND WANG RUI 12 GIRLS BAND JOEY YUNG WINNIE HSIN PU BA JIA SARAH BRIGHTMAN WANG XIA OKUN EASON CHAN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL at Copacabana Beach XUXA JOTA QUEST VANESSA DA MATTA MV BILL MARCELO D2 PHARRELL WILLIAMS O RAPPA MACY GRAY JORGE BEN JOR LENNY KRAVITZ |
The reason why I am posting this and I am posting this so late is that Chaz reminded me of how I made certain mix CDs. Granted, I have not made any in a while, but this is the latest one that I forgot to share. I made this around February (around my last Mix CD post, in fact) and tried to incorporate both spring and valentines day.
The reason why it was called Springing Heart was for just that... spring and hearts. Also, the word "springing" could work with "dancing," since the focus was sort of that too.The picture, however, was of a classmate with paper skirt, wings, and a flower on her head in front of the teacher. I photoshopped it to work with both winter ending (the white) and valentines day (the red).
The playlist:
01. Beck - We Dance Alone
02. Aaliyah - Are You That Somebody?
03. Ben Folds feat. William Shatner - Rockin' The Suburbs (Over The Hedge version)
04. Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon
05. Phoenix - Congratulations
06. Mary Griffin - We Can Get There
07. The Apples In Stereo - Energy
08. Sally Shapiro - I'll Be By Your Side
09. Primus - Groundhog's Day
10. Lily Allen - Naive
11. Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks
12. Clarissa and the Straightjackets - Wishing for Rain
13. Mike Doughty - Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well
14. Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply
15. Shakira - Octavo Día
16. The Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
17. Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On
18. The Flaming Lips - Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
19. C&C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
The File: Springing_Heart.zip
I might actually consider making another one sometime this summer, perhaps next month? I guess we will see.
Incubus w/ a capella group in the beginning > Social Distortion > Tim Armstrong > Linkin' Park > Peter Bjorn & John > Korn > Tiger Army > The Bravery > Rise Against > Silversun Pickups > Interpol > 30 Seconds To Mars > Plain White T's
I did not see two artists, Queens and Religion, so that is why they are not in the ranking. I do realize I missed out but I enjoyed what I did end up seeing ^_^
It was great to see Incubus as a surprise. In fact, they took the timeslot The Killers were originally set to perform, but due to Brandon Flowers being ill, apparently they called over Brandon from Incubus. Not a bad move, at all. I did not mean to miss Queens and Religion but it ended up working that way, so no worries there. Overall I definitely enjoyed the show. I am looking forward to the next webcast, KROQ Inland Invasion.
