Song Spotlight, July 31: Sleepyhead

holy shit

i was at my cousins house yesterday, and she put on this song that i vaguely recognized. the song, my friends, was Sleepyhead, by Passion Pit. Now, the reason that I recognized the song was because I had downloaded it for free a very long time ago from rcrdlbl.com. now, I listened very very closely to the song, and I actually fell in love. I downloaded Passion Pit's album, "Manners" and now im thoroughly obsessed with this band. They aren't even the standard genre that I listen to, but for some reason I can't stop listening to them. Their sound is so different to me that i don't know, I feel free, even liberated, by their songs, especially the songs Little Secrets, Moths Wings, and especially Sleepyhead.

its something i needed to share with the world. or at least with the 3 people who read my blog.

SUSHI

sooo i dont know what to write about but i think this time im going to just say how much i like sushi. sushi is so awesome. i always used to go to sushi with my friend Diesel after school, because we love love love it. my favorite roll is probably spicy tuna, though i love cucumber rolls and shrimp tempura, even though tempura is so so so bad for you(its literally all fried, and if jordi is reading this, then i would suggest to you that you try this type of sushi because it is fried and most of the 7 foods you eat are fried. maybe you will like it). i absolutely love california rolls too, just because of the cucumber and the avocado that is inside. ugh this is making me so super hungry for sushi right now. good thing that it is fucking 12:35 in the morning. (that was sarcastic, because, why would it EVER be a good thing that it is too late to order sushi?)

anyways.

ugh now i want sushi

i think i will ask my aunt and my little cousins to go out to lunch with me tomorrow. i dont know whether they have ever had sushi before (the younger one has, she is very open to trying new foods) but i am going to make them try it.

you know what's so annoying? occasionally, when i ask people if they like sushi, i sometimes like get a look from them, and they say something like, "just think about it. why would you ever want to eat something as disgusting as raw fish" and i just stand there thinking, you've probably never tried it, so you have no fucking idea what its like. and i also feel like saying, if its good sushi, there's no risk of getting sick because as long as the fish is super fresh and not fucking disease ridden, you will be COMPLETELY FINE.

ugh that's one of the most annoying things about people is that sometimes, they look down upon people who eat sushi. even though it is delicious.

so that is all.

can't believe i just ranted about people who don't like sushi. do i have a life?

woww

okay so i havent posted on my blog in such a long time! i dont know really what to write about so i will just say something about Leadership Quest! I went to this program called leadership quest at my college for four days it was so much fun. we did ropes activities, listened to presentation by the deans, had a barbecue, weeded for community service, and what i'm most proud of, a 24-hour project in which we prepared a five minute presentation on how we would modify the campus tour to make it more enjoyable.

anyways i met a ton of amazing people who im definitely going to hang out with again once school starts.

the only awful thing is, that i lost my camera so there's no documentation of how much fun we has together. also, im really sad because i had other pictures on there too, ones from my graduation party and other important times of my life... like prom! ugh whatever... hopefully someone finds it cause the pictures are what are important to me.

so i thinkkkk my girlfriends and i are going camping at my country club tonight, cause they have like this annual camp out, but i have no clue if we are going to end up staying because as of right now, it is about 95 degrees outside and my mother and i struggled setting up our 10 person tent. so im not sure what our plan is for tonight. i hope that we get to at least spend a little time outside, but knowing us we will end up inside like we have for the past two yearss. it doesnt matter though i know we will have an amazing time no matter what. now i am seriously famished. i dont think i have eaten anything today so i should probably go eat something. hm. im pretty lazy i may just stay up here in my room. that sounds like a viable option for at least another half hour.

oh and btw i really like this song by coheed and cambria, you should listen to it cause coheed is awesomee

I LOVE MELISSA

stuff to do in the summerr

◊ Slip'n'slide!

◊ YARD SALES

◊ sidewalk chalk

◊ make mudpies

◊ jello shots?

◊ stargazing

◊ spraypaint something

◊ design shirts, then make them

◊ make ice cream

◊ tie-dye

◊ picnic

◊ COLOR WITH CRAYONS

◊ make popsicles

◊ play scrabble with fake words

◊ run in sprinklers

◊ PONG

◊ go skinnydipping

◊ drunk twister

◊ watch the sun rise

◊ break things

◊ play hopscotch... with real scotch

◊ play with dry ice

◊ TP something

◊ write little notes and stick them on cars

◊ invent a new type of pizza

◊ DANCE

i wanna celebrate and live my lifee

okay so the new song by taio cruz, dynamite, is phenomenal. i think it is destined to be my favorite new song for summer. i wish there was a music video to it though, because all of the youtube versions are just the song with a picture of taio cruz serving as the video. pretty boring. as i am writing this, though, i realize that there IS one pretty good music video out right now. youre probably gonna laugh when you read this, but i think that the California Gurls video by Katy Perry ft Snoop Dogg, is so much fun. tough it has garnered a lot of criticism for "looking nothing like the California I know and love" i think that the video is a creative way to look at the state of california as a place where anything can happen, even something as ridiculous as a world that is a giant game of Candyland. Plus, the outfits are adorable, and Katy Perry is half naked through the whole thing... who could complain about that? (and if youre gonna complain, just dont watch the fucking video. it is that simple. really.)

anyways, here is dynamite, by taio cruz.

k so my little cousin showed me this site called polyvore, its a site where you can make collages of different merchandise and show off your creativity and design skills. i just made the design above with a lot of floral prints that i really like cause theyre pretty vintage looking. (i love vintage floral!) so yeah check the site out if you want its sorta fun to design layouts and stuff

i am so confused. he said he would walk to me. he tried. and i said i loved him. i do. and now i dont know what will happen. we know we want to try this and we are scared of the consequences. it has taken two years to establish a stable friendship. and i wouldnt call us stable. we are the least likely pair, yet we fit so well, like two puzzle pieces, one made to slip neatly next to the other. and is what we have ruined by one small step out of line? i hope not. i said i loved him. and i meant it.

stairs

his teeth

are seashells,

bleached by the summer sun,

they glint when he smiles. He keeps in time

a pendulum ticking ticking back and forth and back again.

Sincerity

radiates from his face

he stares so sweetly, he reaches

deep inside, where my emotions rest.

run my hands through his curly hair. So close

that I can distinctly smell the detergent he uses for his clothes.

Hands gentle

eyes smiling and happy.

whispered secrets tickle my ear

as we crawl away, giggling all the while.

We hide out in our secret place, a place where only we go

in order to hold each other in our arms, walls glowing at our happiness.

And there are no lies.

None. There is nothing kept inside.

The truth doesn't always yield smiles but

When he decides to grin I am shocked. I am puzzled.

Perplexed, by his perfect smile. For how could he smile when his heart was mine?

yay fourthhh

okay so yayy fourthh

ive been down at my shore house for the past couple of days, it is a ton of fun! i have been hanging and chilling with my little cousins who are super awesome, swimming at the beach, literally getting so tan — you should SEE my tan lines ;) — and sleeping. a lot. i don't know why i have been sleeping so much, but i have taken an average of like two 2 hour naps a day for the last couple days, excluding today cause this morning i had a cup of coffee and i didn't have to nap at all and i actually just realized how much this is a run on sentence haha

so anyways like yeah

went to see the fireworks tonight they werent that impressive but that is okay cause i just saw fireworks last week and i have the rest of my life to see fireworks. phew why am i literally only typing in run-ons? Cherylin would be very angry with me.

then we did sparklers and it was super funnn

okay and we are about to watch aristocats so i will cut this short, aristocats is SUPERRR

um listen to this songg chicago is awesomeee :)