Oldies, But Goodies

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