A month.

I told myself I wouldn't go over a month without writing a post in here. It has been one month and one day since my last post. DAMN.

I have been busier in the past three and a half weeks than I have ever been in my life, I think. Nope, I KNOW. A night class, two internships, and a two hour drive each way, four days a week. And for the first time since high school, I only have a two day weekend. :[

But to be honest, I'm really happy. I feel so much older than I did a month ago. In less than four months, I'll be twenty, and no longer a teenager... at first that thought was scary and sad, but right now, I feel like it's already here. Also, I love everything I'm doing right now (minus the four hours in the car every day). I am enjoying both of my internships and learning a lot, and my class is EPIC-ly good. The professor is amazing. He kind of reminds me of those teachers in films who end up changing everyone's life, like Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society. Well, he's not changing my life, but the way he teaches is equally as enthusiastic and creative, I love just hearing him speak, and it's almost impossible to not pay attention. It's a lot of work, but not too hard. In fact, I stopped in the middle of writing a paper for that class to write this.

I wish I had more free time, but I'm usually to busy to even notice. (I do wish I could ACTUALLY USE my Disneyland annual pass, but whatevs...)

I don't want to ramble on too much, I should probably finish my paper so I can get other shit done (today is my ONE DAY off), but I made a Summer 2010 playlist that inspired me to write this post.

Since I spend so many hours in the car, and there are only so many books on tape or "This American Life" radio shows I can listen to, so I've been listening to a lot of music during my drives. My iPod doesn't hold much, so I tend to listen to the same things again and again. I made a playlist of the songs that I think will remind me of this summer when I listen to them in the future.

Here's a glimpse of what it looks like:

-The Black Keys- a few songs off the "Brothers" album... self explanatory, it came out at the beginning of summer and has been in consistent rotation (although I guess that phrase doesn't work with mp3's...)

-Buzzcocks- songs off of "Love Bites" and "Another Music in a Different Kitchen." I saw them live two weeks ago or something, and they played straight through both albums. SO SICK. Nostalgia and ESP were probably the best. And Late For the Train, because I love that song and I didn't even think they'd play it, and they ended with it, with an epic drum solo at the end after everyone else left the stage.

-Mimicking Birds- I found them a few years ago, when Isaac Brock first signed them to his label and I really liked them. I mean, I put them on my iPod, which is a pretty selective collection. Anyway, I hadn't listened to them in a while, but I listened to them when I was with some friends in Phoenix, and it renewed my love for them.

-The Smiths- Had to put some on, they're one of my favorites! And they're fun to sing along to in the car. Especially I Started Something I Couldn't Finish.

-The White Stripes- not only are they one of my favorites, but I got this idea... well I don't want to write about it on here, don't want anyone to steal my idea, duhhhz. Let's just say I've been listening to them probably more than anything else.

-Minus the Bear- I was going to miss them by like a day or two in both Phoenix and So Cal. Luckily, they cancelled their Pomona show, and rescheduled for the day after I came back to Pitzer! HOW LUCKY IS THAT. It was a good show (too much OMNI, but what are ya gonna do!)

-Infected Mushroom- EDC a week from Friday. 'Nuff said.

-Black Moth Super Rainbow- they're more second semester of last year, but there's a good reason they're on here. It's kind of a long story... one for my next post perhaps?

-Del and Atmosphere- Love both rappers (but especiallyyyyy Del). They're really rewarding to sing along to because their words all sound so sharp. Do you know what I mean? I don't know how else to say it. (Especially: And They Thought That Was Hell, Pet Peeves, Guns and Cigarettes)

-Say Anything- Another rediscovered band. I love them in 8th and 9th grade, but they're still SO QUALITY. There's so much attitude in their songs.

-Those are the bands that have more than one song on the playlist, the rest are some randoms, including Rage Against the Machine, Cold War Kids, Man Man, ELO, Dresden Dolls.

Nobody reads this, and nobody would care about all of this information besides me, and I don't really care. I might just start keeping my own journal not online? I feel like since people CAN see it it encourages me to write more often. I'll keep this for now.


That is all.