my life is pretty much perfect. i'd like to see someone who has a better life.
i am having an amazing college experience.
i have a boyfriend that i love and who loves me.
i have fabulous clothes.
my music collection keeps on growing.
i have friends and family who make me smile everyday.
please, rain on my parade.
i'll ring the bitch bell at you.

listen to these songs.
01. the verve: bittersweet symphony
02. the national: apartment story
03. the weepies: world spins madly on
04. jump, little children: cathedrals
05. alanis morissette: that i would be good
06. kanye west: champion
07. kelly clarkson: can i have a kiss
08. pj harvey: white chalk
09. m.i.a.: world town
10. rachael yamagata: be be your love [live on kcrw]

everyone should love life as much as i do.

since i have less than two weeks before i leave for ball state, i felt that i should go ahead and share with you what my summer has consisted of. this summer has been a weird one. if last summer was the party, this was the hangover that came after. it wasn't all bad, but it definitely didn't live up to the last. still, here's what tickled my fancy.
01. starbucks [obviously].
02. roller blading.
03. running.
04. the 8 films to die for [oh my!].
05. harry potter and the order of the phoenix [i saw it twice the day it came out; lame].
06. rereading all of my harry potter books.
07. interpol in concert ["carlos, give me a hug!"].
08. washington, d.c.
09. tennessee.
10. chicago.
11. h&m [i think that i easily spent $400 in this store over the summer; not lame].
12. arby's in the early hours of the morning.
13. catching candy worms in my mouth [in arby's].
14. cigars.
15. chris gore.
16. rereading all of david's books [only for the millionth time, but whatev].
17. family video [every night of my life].
18. ball state orientation.
19. six feet under.
20. the average american male by chad kultgen [crazy book].
21. the color of water by james mcbride [assigned reading from ball state].
22. tool in concert.
23. the promise ring.
24. patrick wolf.
25. "mistaken for strangers" by the national.
26. "the underdog" by spoon.
27. "cold days from the birdhouse" by the twilight sad.
28. "your 8th birthday" by cloud cult.
29. "there's no 'i' in threesome" by interpol.
30. "dvno" by justice.
31. "north american scum" by lcd soundsystem.
32. "pipe" by christie front drive.
33. "world town" by m.i.a.
34. "give it to me" by timbaland [featuring nelly furtado and justin timberlake].

the year is a little bit more than half-way over. let's do a quick recap of patrick's opinion of the cream of the crop so far from 2007.

best albums.
01. patrick wolf: the magic position

02. the arcade fire: neon bible

03. klaxons: myths of the near future

04. peter bjorn and john: writer's block

05. modest mouse: we were dead before the ship even sank

06. the twilight sad: fourteen autumns and fifteen winters

07. bright eyes: four winds ep

08. amy winehouse: back to black

09. lcd soundsystem: sound of silver

10. bloc party: a weekend in the city


best songs.
01. cocorosie: rainbowarriors
02. bright eyes: reinvent the wheel
03. the twilight sad: cold days from the birdhouse
04. patrick wolf: bluebells
05. the arcade fire: (antichrist television blues)
06. peter bjorn and john: up against the wall
07. feist: so sorry
08. bloc party: waiting for the 7.18
09. amy winehouse: you know i'm no good
10. cloud cult: your 8th birthday

it will be quite interesting to see how this list changes by the end of the year! leave ideas/thoughts/questions/criticisms.

i'm bored, so i am taking a last.fm quiz


name your top 10 most played bands on last.fm:
01. bright eyes
02. patrick wolf
03. antony and the johnsons
04. elliott smith
05. stars
06. death cab for cutie
07. modest mouse
08. fiona apple
09. cursive
10. rilo kiley


now answer the questions according to the numbers:


01. what is the first song you ever heard by 06?
the first one i really listened to was "death of an interior decorator".
02. what is your favorite album of 02?
it depends on my mood, but either wind in the wires or the magic position.
03. what is your favorite lyric that 04 has sung?
"i'm a junkyard full of false starts
and i don't need your permission
to bury my love under this bare light bulb"
04. how many times have you seen 06 live?
once.
05. what is your favorite song by 07?
"teeth like god's shoeshine" or "trailor trash" or "gravity rides everything". i can't pick just one.
06. what is a good memory you have considering the music of 10?
i don't know. i remember listening to rilo kiley a lot around christmas two years ago.
07. is there a song of 03 that makes you sad?
"candy says." but it's my favorite as well. basically antony is sad.
08. what is your favorite lyric that 02 has sung?
"it's a wild stretch of land, such a sad place to be, when the night comes heavy down, and the sands turn to sea, many saints have lost their love, many a pilgrim died unseen, in that wild stretch of land, in that fire to be free."
09. what is your favorite song by 09?
"gentleman caller".
10. how did you get into 03?
downloaded his album and fell in love. end of story.
11. what is the first song your heard by 01?
"the center of the world." thanks sarah m.
12. what is your favorite song by 04?
"thirteen", which is funny because it's a big star cover. ha.
13. how many times have you seen 09 live?
once. and i got to talk to tim kasher and it was amazing and at the point where i was furthest away from him, i was twenty feet away. ha. top that.
14. what is a good memory you have concerning 02?
any time i listen to him really. there was this one amazing time where i listened to "wind in the wires" all night long. it was so beautiful.
15. is there a song of 08 that makes you sad?
"paper bag" kind of makes me sad in a weird way.
16. what is your favorite album of 05?
nightsongs. hands down.
17. what is your favorite lyric that 03 has sung?
"my womb's an ocean full of grief and rage, and still you're coaxing me to come out and live, well i'm a crippled dog, i've got nothing to give, i'm so broken babe, but i want to see, some shining eye, some of my beauty, my lostest beauty."
18. what is your favorite song of 01?
it changes all the time. probably overall, though... "a song to pass the time".
19. what is your favorite song of 10?
"paint's peeling".
20. how many times have you seen 01 live?
once. in bloomington. i got to meet willy mason. errrrmazing.
21. what is your favorite album of 08?
i don't really have one. i more or less just listen to specific songs over and over.
22. what is a great memory you have considering 06?
going to see them in concert with sarah, whitney and sarah m.
23. what is the first song you heard by 07?
mmm.... probably "gravity rides everything."

01. opening credits: rufus wainwright: cigarettes and chocolate milk

02. waking up: the postal service: sleeping in

03. first day of school: amy winehouse: fuck me pumps

04. falling in love: patrick wolf: the magic position

05. fight song: yeah yeah yeahs: black tongue

06. breaking up: death from above 1979: blood on our hands

07. prom: fergie: fergilicious

08. life: broken social scene: cause = time

09. mental breakdown: cursive: the casualty

10. driving: death cab for cutie: title and registration

11. flashback: promise ring: make me a chevy

12. wedding: ray lamontagne: can i stay?

13. birth of a child: bright eyes: first day of my life

14. final battle: modest mouse: stars are projectors

15. death scene: a perfect circle: three libras

16. funeral song: antony and the johnsons: candy says

17. end credits: bright eyes: easy/lucky/free

okay, so i decided that the couples should not be the only people remembered on v-day.  as a a single person, i too like to be honored, and so i honor myself and my countless single friends with an anti-valentines day mix.  fuck love.

01.the avalanches: since i left you
02. beyonce: me, myself and i
03. fiona apple: not about love (the jon brion version)
04. lily allen: smile (obviously)
05. belle and sebastian: to be myself completely
06. wolf parade: grounds for divorce
07. the shins: gone for good
08. abandoned pools: mercy kiss
09. brand new: jude law and a semester abroad
10. criteria: the coincidence
11. cursive: the martyr
12. death cab for cutie: for what reason
13. death from above 1979: blood on our hands
14. the long blondes: once and never again
15. feist: let it die
16. damien rice: rootless tree
17. the good life: inmates
18. stars: your ex-lover is dead

valentines day really can be fun for everyone.

comment if you're downloading!

up to twenty-five people can get each of these songs and they'll be here for a week - have at them.  enjoy.  you may need iTunes to play these.

1. ellen allien: trashscapes
2. girl talk: smash your head
3. jenny lewis: rise up with fists!!
4. the elected: a response to greed
5. antony and the johnsons: my lady story[live]

my summer has consisted of....

...yoga
...running
...the y
...the river bluff trail
...the meadow
...water
...whit
...sarah
...sarah m.
...buzbee
...meghan
...megan
...ap books
...nick drake
...regina spektor
...hot chip
..."promiscuous" by nelly furtado
...naked swimming
...liberations
...being naked
...finally getting a job
...lifetime movies
...breakfast club
...heathers
...young democrats
...infinite momemts
...shakespeare parties
...choriqueso
...hotfudge and cookie dough sundaes made with frozen yogurt
...double cheeseburgers with bigmac sauce
...and as sarah m. reminded me: ted leo

yeah, i think that about covers it.  damn it that it's all over.