Oh, how it clings to me

I have been unable to stop listening to Passion Pit for the last few weeks.
After getting their new album, Manners, it has been in rotation an embarrassing large number of times.

Tonight they played at the National, a place i'd never been to, but was kinda impressed with. Slanted floors= shorties bein' able to see! Once Passion Pit was preparing for their set, a few of us went to the center of it all to claim a good dancing spot.

Passion Pit was able to translate their energy fairly well through their live performance, I mean, I never stopped dancing, which is a rare sight. I'd like to thank my dance partners: Deepa, Bernie, Annam, and Jon! :)

Such a great experience, I am ecstatic.




P.S. Happy Birthday to Rob! :)

Full Moon

For some reason (cough*fullmoon*cough), Bernie and I were a bundle of ridiculousness yesterday. Target, getting hit on by two old dudes in a charger (they took pictures! Creeps..), Priscillas, Ice Pirates, and Photobooth.




We rule.

Truths XVII

I am impressive.

Pretend to be Fearless

Being severely apart from the Richmond music scene, I'm not up to date on any new emerging bands. Feeling super bummed on all of my over played music, I've taken matters into my own hands...

...I'm starting a band!... JK!

I came across Bitter End a few days ago and they blew me away. They are so pulled together and to the point, it's sick! Climate of Fear came out in 2007, so I'm a little behind on their hype. Right now their song I can't get enough of is Terrified Eyes.

Minutes:
-First minute, so simple, but so brutal, I will never understand how bands can but that together. Makes it so much more intense when it shows back up at 3:20-end.

There are some other fantastic songs on the album, sometimes they throw in a guitar solo that I don't agree with, but all in all, GOOD!

Lightning

When I was home, my Dad gave me his old vacuum. So stoked, because that meant I could do all the cleaning that my house was in dire need of.



Feeling adventurous today, I decided to take it on a test run across the 3 inches of cat hair accumulated on my sofa. No sooner had I thought, "Man, this is awesome! Look how good this looks! " My power goes out.

Immediately, nightmares of last Summer come rushing back. Many weekends were spent in the dark due to a breaker box behind a locked basement door, and one too many lights on. I remembered me hunting around public places for an outlet to charge my phone, seeking late night plans to stay out of the house, and getting dressed and being scared of what I actually looked like once in day light. *Shudder*

Maybe I will set up a tent in my house...

Everything's easy when you never had to choose...

I dug out my old headphones/ earmuffs the other day, I love being able to hear every crack and downbeat that gets lost through my car's speakers.

Sunshine

After my second morning began, I immediately started anticipating my adventure to the river.

Around 2pm, Deepa, Kelly Jean, and I met up, grabbed our slurpee supply, and off we went to Texas Beach.

Contents of my backpack:
-1 towel
-1 bottle of water
-1 tube of SPF 50 sunblock (so high!)
-1 bottle of "mega bubbles"
-1 camera
-1 book: Naked by Sedaris

We walked along the river bank and passed by a few rock spots and found our happy place that was secluded and flooded with sunshine. Little did we know, it was a valuable walkway between the two banks, which made for some funny scenery.



The ladies and I spent some wonderful hours jumping between rocks, blowing bubbles, and frankly, being damn cute.

Currently my skin is tingling and looking a little less see through.
I have a feeling the river and I will be getting along swimmingly.