Well,
today brings a really relaxing weekend to a close.
Today was spent mostly indoors—I spent my time
organizing all of my music on my computer, practicing piano, eating somewhere
in there, reading, and talking with friends.
But I think it was mostly a musical day.
I got a boatload of new songs… new OLD songs that is (: Oldies, but goodies. I added a bunch of Beatles stuff to my
collection (it’s been so long since I’ve heard “Eight Days A Week”!) and when I
obtained John Lennon’s “Imagine”, I couldn’t help but go run off and learn it
on piano. Songs like “Imagine” and “Give
Peace a Chance” really set my mind on a path towards the past. I tried to picture the way life was back then…
(when the music was good and people didn’t have auto-tune, that’s for
sure) Don’t get me wrong, there are a
lot of things I love about today’s music.
There’s definitely a HUGE variety, and the technology has granted artists the ability to add lots of interesting and cool effects to
their music. But sometimes the “club
music” gets a bit old. You don’t always
need a heavy bass and synthesized electro-sounding notes—sometimes you’re fine
with just a regular set of drums, a couple guitars and/or a piano (and in the
case of many Beatles songs, a tambourine) (: Moral of the story, older music is just as
good if not better than the music we have today, and it’s definitely a window
to the past.
It’s Day 2 Without The Boys! All the normal
chores… less dishes to do, I guess… and less laundry. Tomorrow, however, we’ll go back to a
somewhat busy week-day schedule.
Ruski:
Camp at 9am
Joy: Summer school
Mom, Boo and I have just been chilling at home for
the past few weeks with the occasional errand or place to be. And tomorrow’s Monday—J’s mom’s
birthday. I want to be the good
girlfriend and make her a card and get her a little something, but they’re
getting back really late tomorrow… I
mean, I could still do something… And for the record, I knew it was her
birthday tomorrow because of J—and I promptly put the date on my calendar. Not Facebook. (; Psh, Facebook’s just cheating…
OH and I think I’ll be getting my haircut this week… so that’s fun. I don’t bother going to Hair Cuttery or
whatever anymore, because my mom can do just as good a job, and for FREE. So ha.
Take that, economy! Plus, which is more important? I think I’d rather have money to eat/go to
college than for my hair to be cut. It’s
all about choices… I could spend my money on designer shoes and clothes, but
does it really matter? As long as I’ve
got the basics: food, clothes and shelter, I’m set. I mean, sure.
I love to go shopping for cute stuff every once in a while, but it’s not
a necessity. It’s a luxury. Ha,
now I’m just ranting about my monetary choices.
Hm… I
guess I’ll leave y’all with a few songs that I really recommend you listen to
that I enjoyed falling in love with all over again when I was dealing with my
playlists today! (This is just a
mish-mash of everything; it’s just a
list of random songs I was like “oh yeah! I remember getting this!”/”Man, that’s
a great song!”) Enjoy!
“At Last”
Etta James
“Imagine”
John Lennon
“Eight
Days A Week” The Beatles
“I Write
Sins Not Tragedies” Panic! In The Disco
“Concrete
Angel” Martina McBride (teary-eye
alert!! This is such a sad and lovely/powerful song!)
“Help!” The Beatles
“Love Me
Do” The Beatles
“I Saw
Her Standing There” The Beatles (sorry
to bombard you guys with Beatles stuff, but they’re so great!)
“Penny Lane” Beatles
"Thinking of You" Katy Perry
“American
Pie” Don Mclean
“I Would
Walk (500 Miles)” The Proclaimers
“I Just
Wanna Make Love To You” Etta James
“Endlessly”
The Cab (beautiful intro and
message!)
“Foolish
Beat” Debbie Gibson
“Karma
Chameleon” Boy George and The Culture
Club
And I’ll
bid y’all goodnight for now!
Xoxo