Merry Chrismakah!

I recently watched the 1st Season of The O.C. to get me into the Christmas spirit. I for one love The O.C. Seth Cohen is my idea of the perfect guy. He's into pop culture, music like Death Cab for Cutie and The Shins. Also Kavillier and Clay (Awesome Book! just fyi) and Comic books. (Nice!). After watching The O.C. and recovering from a crazy aweful cold that left me disheveled for days afterwards, it was Christmas! I pissed off my parents and woke everyone up at 7am because I was starving and wanted my dad to cook me something delicious. After being pissed off and giving me hell for acting like a five year old and waking him up my dad did make me buiscuits, bacon and eggs. Then, we opened our Christmas gifts and I took a nap. We had a great Christmas! Now, I am at my farm with my cousins and we are cleaning out my aunt's very crowded house because she recently moved from a five bedroom house to a fully furnished two bedroom and things are very chaotic over here. However, we are having a great time and its pretty chilly outside. I had some awesome pie at lunch and a delicious turkey sandwich with cranberry-mustard. Now, I am sitting in the kitchen next to my aunt's worm farm which is currently on the kitchen table.(gross!). Time for antiquing in the small town of Brenham, Tx.
P.S. I just inherited some awesome Blink 182 posters from my cousin. Totally cool huh? I simply couldn't let her throw them away they are very sentimental to me. I think one of the first cd's I ever got was a Blink cd. Also, Blink is supposedly coming out with a new album soon. Yesssss!

Chill Out

 I've been majorly stressing about my final exams...

Only 1 more to go then it's Christmas Vacation! Yesss!

Today, I finally got some time to relax so I picked up the latest Nylon with Mila Kunis on the cover. This Nylon is a double issue this month full of all the hottest music and more that has hit the indie scene lately. A cool website to check out and get free music downloads all the time is called StudentDrivers.blogspot.com. I am a fan of this site and have gotten a lot of great music from them. Also in this issue of Nylon is Sofia Coppola, Wite Lies, Skins, die antwoord, gus Van Sant and the polar bears. There is also a really cool  indie girl group from Japan and their band name is the suzan. Other cool bands include, Pixie Zowie(an electro-punk band from New Zealand) and Out of Africa ( a hip-hop group from South Africa).

More Bands to Note:

Home Video their album is called The Automatic Process <------ (cool stuff! very interesting)... another band is called Death their album is called Spiritual, Mental, Physical.

Black Sheep Come On

Song Of The Day Is:
Black Sheep By: Metric. (Absolutly love this song and music video. Emily Haines is such a Badass! Check out the video on you tube.
Today, was sooo fun! I woke up at noon, enjoyed some left over PF Chang's and watched  a Christmas movie on the Hallmark channel. Then, my friend Hannah and I went to the movie theater to see Love and Other Drugs starring Ann Hathaway and Jake Ghyllenhal. What a great movie. It was dramtic, sad, happy, and it had such wonderful acting. It was also very thought provoking which I liked. This evening my mom and I went antiquing at her antique booth as well as some others on antique lane. Tonight they were having a Christmas get together for all their customers to shop and enjoy some good holiday food. At the shop nextdoor to my mom's I found a really old Alice in Wonderland book, I think it is from the 1950's. I was so excited because I love to collect Alice in Wonderland stuff. I also found a mason jar full of fun baubles, that I am going to set out on my dresser as decor. Support vintage shops and thrift stores... you never know what you will find. One person's junk is another person's treasure.

Music & Magazines

Magazines to check out this month include: Nylon for girls & Nylon for guys, Alt. Press, Filter(which has the code for a free music sampler within the issue.) Also, for those into home decor and Architecture check out Dwell and Architectural Digest.

A cool website to check out is: Filter Music Mags website dedicated to "A Good Music Guide" (SO COOL!) on this site you can download short mini Filter Mags all about the hottest indie music & more. Here's the URL: http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/good-music-guide/

Also, Check out Adele's song called "Rolling In The Deep". I saw her peform this song live on Ellen's talk show this afternoon and it was amazing. She is so talented.
                                                                 
                                                                                                     

Music Is The Only Thing That Really Makes Sense

I like to research music/ bands as well as read music books and magazines. Music is the only thing that really makes sense to me and the only thing I am really passionate about. I love all types of music and going to awesome live shows. I've seen Pepper, Rebelution, Slightly Stoopid, Say Anything, Eisely, Roger Creager, Blake Shelton, Lion Rivers, New Found Glory, Circa Survive and many others. Going to Live shows have been some of the best times of my life. The music is just so electrifying and I feel so free when I am around music or playing music. I can talk about music all day everyday because there is always something new to discover within the realm of jams from all kinds of bands. My ipod is loaded with a variety of talented artists who I have a lot of respect for because the work they do is amazing. Ultimately, I would like to write for a music magazine, but for now, I am majoring in communication media studies and hoping to get a job in advertising. Hopefully, advertising for a music company or music magazine such as Alt. Press or Spin. My dreams are big, but you don't have anything if you don't have dreams.

Music Of The Day:
The Drums
Brit & The Calvalry
White Belt Yellow Tag
White Lies

Blah! Blah! Blah!

Today has been a rather boring day. In my media class we discussed the movie "Crash" which is a dramatic film that has won several awards. I have never seen this movie, but from the clip I saw in class it looks like an intense movie with a dynamic plot. I encourage anyone who is into dramatic films to watch this one.
In other news, I had a wonderful sandwich this evening. It was Subway's Italian BMT on Italian Herb & Cheese bread. It was the best sandwich. I had it toasted with American cheese, lettuce, bannana peppers, bell peppers and Italian dressing. Yum! Yum!

Music

Jay-Z just released a new album called Decoded
Ben Folds also released a new album called Lonely Avenue
Daft Punk has a new cd coming out on Dec. 7th called Tron Legacy
I also just discovered this band called Shrag. Their album is called Life! Death! Prizes!
Also a band called Oberhofer which is a synthy- indie-pop band from Brooklyn
John Vanderslice also has an EP out called Green Grow The Rushes
 Be sure to check out a hip-hop group called Down With Webster, and Lissie a bluesy type singer/ songwriter. Also check out Dale Earnhart Jr. Jr. they are a synthy-pop duo from detrioit and their music is great!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree!

The holidays are near. Today marks the beginning of my favorite month. Yes, December. I love all of the festivities and hanging out with family. Only one more presentation and two finals, then I am on Christmas break yay!! Today, I went to one of my favorite stores, Target and was browsing around for a few things when I came upon Taylor Swift's Christmas album. I have loved all of Taylor's CD's especially her most recent one Speak now, so I knew I just had to buy her Christmas CD to get the Christmas Cheer going. This is a great cd for the holidays. Besides the fact that it is more current than some of the other Christmas songs out there, her cd is also remakes of some Christmastime favorites such as White Christmas. This album just came out recently and is deffinitly worth a listen. Also Coldplay has a Christmas song out called "Christmas Lights" and The Killers have a holiday song too, it's called "Boots." I hope you and your families have a blessed holiday season. Happy Holidays!