I just spent 3 hours trying to figure out how to use paint.net to create my blog header.... Is this how our parents felt when we tried to teach them to do "simple" things like using Facebook and sending a text? You'd think using a photo-editing application wouldn't be that hard....I'm scared for myself in 10 years.
As excruciating as it was, I am very pleased with the outcome, and after fiddling with colors, fonts, etc, I can now sit back and enjoy my blog. Except...I haven't updated in a while, and I'm sure people have stopped checking.
SOOOO I have created this new post just so my creative endeavors can be appreciated by others :-p.
No really, I do have something substantial to say:
Currently, I find myself extremely drawn to music. I have always liked music, but literally, in the past 4 days I've downloaded about $50 worth of songs and albums off iTunes. My music is constantly on and I find myself playing the same songs over, and over, and over. Surprisingly, most of the stuff I've been getting is by bands that I've never even heard of. But OMG I am obsessed with all of them now.
Two particularly have a very mellow, "indie" kind of sound, which I really really like. One group is called the XX. They did the awesome instrumental for the Apollo Ohno AT&T commercial during the Olympics. They are from South London and their sound is really unique. I bought their whole album. I especially like "Infinity". For some reason, it reminds me a little of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game". And I LOVE that song :-p
The other group, Civil Twilight, is from South Africa. They are freaking amazing. I bought their whole album also. They currently have a song on the radio called "Letters From the Sky" which I immediately fell in love with. The rest of their stuff is just as good or better. "Human" and "On the Surface" are my favorites. The thing I like most about this band is that they are very "real". I don't really know how to explain that other than by saying that it "speaks" to me in ways the rest of the crap on the radio doesn't. And Steven McKellar's voice is intriguing.
Other (maybe more known) bands I've been downloading include: Alphanaut, Silversun Pickups, Metric, Phoenix, and LOTS of 30 Seconds to Mars.
Check them out and let me know what you think! What are you listening to these days? Any good suggestions?
2 comments:
I'll check em out. I love 30 sec to mars and Jared Leto....hotness. I need an ipod as mine is ancient and doesn't really work so it is no help on the workout front.
yay! about time for a new post! I love the new header! Very, very cute! Good job!
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