Summer Tunes

♫ Listening to: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Audiobook

(Yes, I listen to audiobooks, and yes, I LOVE THEM)

I thought I would enlighten everyone on the music that I am currently listening to and also on songs/artists that I have always loved:

Artist: Stars

Favorite Songs: Wasted Daylight, Dead Hearts

I only recently heard of Stars and I have never ceased to stop listening to their smooth flow of dream-like melodies.

Artist: Camera Obscura

Favorite Songs: French Navy, Honey in the Sun

These retro songs evoke feelings of happy summertimes free of worries. I would check out other Camera Obscura songs - they all have a similiar funky vibe.

Artist: Sara Bareilles

Favorite Songs: King of Anything

This new hit from her upcoming albumn is one of my favorite songs! This song is a classic fu** you song and what girl couldn't use more of those? I love the chorus - it's very fun and upbeat.

Artist: Apollo Sunshine

Songs: Singing to the Earth, Breeze

I like lounging outside, curling up with a good book, and listening to Apollo Sunshine. I would describe their songs as mostly intrumental, experimental, and cheerful. You can catch moments of pure bliss in the melodic guitar strums and upbeat rhythms.

Artist: Rosie Thomas

Songs: Farewell

I recently discovered this song and although it's a very sad, nostalgic sort of song, it's completly beautiful in every way. I love songs based on piano and this is one of them. This is overall just a great song not to mention Rosie's voice is awsome!

So that's about all the new music I've been digging these couple of weeks ! Enjoy!

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♫ Listening to: Katharine McPhee - Brand New Key

Now I'm sad. Is no one reading my blog?

"Hello world, are you listening?"

I have so much uncertainty about the future and my life it's not even funny. Whatwhatwhat am I going to do with my life? :(

Anyways, the choir trip was super duper fun, but now I'm in the routine boredom of school again. Alone. Blehblehbleh. I should be doing homework right now, but you know...

I'm going to see Alice in Wonderland this Sunday and I'm going to ask someone to go, but I don't know who. I have a couple of ideas and I hope one of those people says yes. Because I would hate to go alone. And in April I hope to go see Owl City and Lights in concert. :) What an exciting life I have. Full of happiness, excitement, etc. That was partial sarcasm. ! Don't forget to watch the Big Bang Theory episode that aired a couple of days ago. You would never miss that... right? :) Got to go now!

Semi-Giant Music Post

♫ Listening to: Nutcracker Jingles (a choir song that's REALLY GOOD)

Hey! I wanted to do this post specifically on music because if I wrote about my life, it would overflow this box. ;) So, basically, I listen to a wide variety of music. I have every single genre you can think of, so I'm pretty open minded. I listen to mostly rock/pop/electronic/country music and I listen to other genres as well but not as much. I'm going to make two lists of songs. One of songs that I really love right now at the moment. And another list of songs that I could listen to for the rest of my life, in other words, I LOVE LOVE LOVE these songs!

List of songs I love at the moment: Norah Jones - Chasing Pirates, Kelly Clarkson - Long Shot, Mutemath - Spotlight, Tokio Hotel - Human Connect to Human, Little Boots - Remedy, Song from a secret garden, Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment, All Lights songs

List of songs I will eternally enjoy: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody, All Beatles Songs (my favorites being Hello Goodbye, Love Me Do, Here Comes The Sun, Ob-la-di Ob-la-da, The Ballad of John and Yoko, Hey Jude), All Simon & Garfunkel songs (my favorites being A Hazy Shade of Winter, Sound of Silence, I Am A Rock, Homeward Bound), also Martina McBride - Independence Day, Adam Lambert - Mad World, Tokio Hotel - Monsoon, Marissa Nadler - River of Dirt, and lots lots more.

Other Artists I LOVE: La Roux, Owl City, The Veronicas, The Postal Service, Delta Goodrem. Check them out!

If you have any questions comment please. :) Enjoy!

Craving for Books and Music

♫ Listening to: The Carpenters - Sweet Sweet Smile
Two of my favorite groups of singers of ALL TIME are Simon & Garfunkel and The Carpenters. I love every single one of their songs! There's not a lot artists where I like all of their songs. Probably The Veronicas is one of them and The Beatles and Lights. Simon & Garfunkel have such a unique vibe and it makes you nostalgic and their lyrics are amazing. I can listen to their songs everywhere and anytime. On the other hand, Karen Carpenter (The Carpenters) has a gorgeous voice. They have some sad ballads and some more cheerful upbeat songs as well. Lalalalalalala. Anyways....

Have you ever been addicted to a book series? I have this very awkward situation at hand. I really like a lot of series like Gilda Joyce (I can quote those books from memory!) , but they're in the children's section and it's kinda awkward when I'm a teenager and I walk around among people half my age and size. Am I supposed to grow up and not read these books anymore? These books are like dear friends to me and I would like to keep reading them, but they aren't the thought-provoking books that most adults or teachers would prefer I read. Reading is more of a relaxing thing for me, when I read I want to be having a good time. I don't want my thoughts to be provoked. Those are snooze books for me.

Chocolate and Country

♫ Listening to: Lady Antelllbleleuhoweveryouspellit - Need You Now

Chocolate oranges are the best! If you've never had one, I deeply recommend you try one. Don't eat the whole thing at once. Eat like 2 slices a day. It's my daily chocolate fix. I got mine at Trader Joe's for $2.49 and Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreen's probably have them too. I think you can also order them online too. If you don't like oranges, you might as well stop reading this. If you don't like chocolate, well, get out! :)

Did I mention, I watched the CMA's yesterday because I had no school and I finished all of my homework. Taylor Swift awesome, but at school today, I felt a lot of people criticized her. People said that she didn't know how to sing and that she sounded bad live. Well, I thought she sounded pretty good and I think she definitely knows how to sing! The only problem I have is that I think she flipped her hair to much and the hair flipping seemed a little forced instead of natural. I don't think that made sense. Oh well.
Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley hosted. Carrie looked really pretty, but in the beginning she kept tugging her dress shoulder up and that was a sign of nervousness. We all get nervous but it was a little weird seeing someone so famous exhibiting nervousness.
I just realized that I think of celebrities as perfect people, which I know they are not, but they always seem perfect - on screen at least. Most of their personal lives are messed up though. Anyway, Carrie's dresses were really pretty, I like the ruffly orange one the best.
And Lady Antebellum's performance was really gooooood. Oh and just saying, I'm not that big of a fan of country music. I have a fair share of country songs on iTunes, but I'm not crazy about it. What I do like are award shows though. :)

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♫ Listening to: Mandy Moore - Only Hope

"There's a song that's inside of my soul

It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again

I'm awake in the infinite cold

But you sing to me over and over and over again"

Tomorrow is a choir festival and I'm not looking forward to it much. :/ We don't sound blended and I hardly know anyone in choir. I think for a musical group to really sound good, we should all at least know each other!

Also, I've been trying to buy a guitar. My mom and I checked out some auction sites relating to guitars and we placed a few bids. I hope we win because I would like to learn how to play the guitar. A guitar is so cool because you can bring it anywhere. Not like a piano, which I would be crazy to try to roll around.

Good news! The brown pelican is now officially off the California Endangered Species List! Yay!

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♫ Listening to: The Cardigans - Love Fool (fool me fool me go on and fool me ♥)

I have a lot of homework, but right now I'm revisiting old songs that I listened to a while back. It brings back sweet memories. :) It's so interesting how certain songs make you remember certain things or people. I have a song for each of the guys I had a crush on and when I listen to the song it just feels nostalgic. haha
Tooooooday, Muse's new album, The Resistance came out! It's probably a great album (I haven't listened to all the tracks) and I'm happy to see that sales are going good! In honor of their new album the colored words are rainbow. Yay! Also, Hannah Montana I mean, Miley Cyrus has this song called Party in the USA and it's soooo annoying. I have no problem with Miley Cyrus (although many of my friends hate her, so it's probably rubbing off), but when such a bad song like that is #1 on iTunes for like 5 months in a row, it makes me really mad! The ratings are horrible, but it kept staying at #1. Seriously, what talent do people see in that song?

Upcoming Albums

♫ Listening to: Lilly Allen - Not Fair

Upcoming albums that I'm excited about:
1. Hot Mess by Cobra Starship (August 11)
2. Evacuate the Dancefloor by Cascada
(August 18)
3. Love Drunk by Boys Like Girls (September 8)
4. The Resistance by Muse (September 15)