Backyard

I just found my guitar pick in my sister's bedroom. I really can't help but wonder what the fuck it's doing here, since she doesn't play guitar. But, also, the guitar is here too. Maybe the guitar and the pick were playing themselves? Mmh... maybe they were covering some Remember Maine songs? *note to self: buy new strings*

Today. So, today I was supposed to go out with my dear Kris. I texted her twice, called to her cellphone twice, and there was no answer. I called to her house and there was no answer either so I guessed they went out and she forgot to take her cellphone. I still love you, and I know you would've not go to Starbucks with me so it's ok, we can still go out some other day and I promise I will not make you go to Starbucks. You can stay outside while I order my coffee xD. Still, I went out on my own. I desperately needed caffeine, so I went to Starbucks and bought a Vanilla Latte. Venti of course, I needed a lot of caffeine. I took a walk to this thrift shop and bought a shirt. There was a The Academy Is... shirt to my surprise. But it was too small for me. And it didn't have the "..." so there was no use to buy it to my friend either. Then I walked to a used books fair. But it was far away so I walked like 10-15 minutes. Which was actually really cool, cause I had my coffee with me. Though it's summer so I got a lot of wtf stares. But whatever. I eat ice-cream when it's winter. With Kris. While I was walking this guy came up to me and asked me if I could give him a minute of my time. I stopped, put the coffee on the floor, put the plastic bag into my bag, took my coffee off the floor and stared at him. He thanked me, and said nowadays nobody listens. He handed me a paper were there was this poem written on and he started talking about his writer's group and art and such. I told him, as an artist (writer/photographer) myself, not even my parents take me seriously. Which is sad, cause they're my parents. But I still do it. Then I just kept walking. And walking. And there was a red light so I stopped. And then I walked some more. More. Kept walking. And ... then I got where I wanted to go. So I started walking and taking a look at the books, and I was getting sad cause I'd found none of my interest, and suddenly I came across this one called The Best American Magazine Writing 2003, and it seemed interesting so I bought it. The first journal is about Pernkopf, a nazi austrian anatomist who used the dead bodies of Jewish people, and many talented artists who drew and painted parts of the bodies, to write his very own anatomy book, which is now forbiden I think. It turned out to be really interested so I'm happy I bought it. Now I'm gonna have something else to do, other than knit and watch movies. Right after that, I walked to a park and kept walking until I found a bench far away from making-out couples. On my way over there I started a song and when I finally found it I wrote it on my sketchbook! so I'll post it later. I sat down and read a little bit. Then I realized it was almost 8pm and that I should get home, because I was also getting hungry. So I took the subway and listened to Living In America by The Sounds. Really good band. Really good album. But it killed me that I couldn't dance in the subway. I mean, I could have, but I didn't. So I just tapped my foot to the beat. I got home and ate some watermelon in the backyard. My parents and my brother were there and we had a little "family" time. Or not really, since my brother was playing Diablo on the notebook, and my parents were reading the newspapers. But I sat down with them anyway. We talked a little bit and then my uncle, my aunt, and my two cousins showed up and we had a little real family time this time. We ate dinner like at 10:30pm. That is another thing I like about being on vacations. I wake up at 7am, fall asleep again, wake up at 11am (like the Incubus song) and take a 5-10 minutes cold shower, then have lunch, then do whatever, drink a lot of water, maybe watch movies or go out, I forgot to say I wake up earlier actually to go to the gym, then I always eat dinner really late, and stay up late at night trying to fall asleep, and finally fall asleep at 4am. That's a normal day on vacation for me. Usually after vacation, when you go back to school everyone talks about what they did on vacation. Usually, what everyone says is that they went out every night to a party and got really drunk and just kind of almost killed themselves drinking. Then when it's my turn and I say "I slept" they don't get it. Why didn't I party? Did I even drink? Yeah sure, but vacation for me is to sleep what I did not in school time. On vacation, I actually sleep more than my usual 3-4 hours. And that's what I've been doing lately. Where was I...? um... oh yeah, dinner. Then I came upstairs and I've been here on the computer (it's a desktop computer!) in my sister's bedroom writing about my day.

Maybe I'll do this more often... since my camera is being weird and it's not letting me take pictures. It's either the camera or the bateries, but there's something wrong and I haven't been able to take pictures. Which gives me an excuse to tell my dad to buy me another one. Hope he does. So yeah, maybe I will write about anything more often. I mean, isn't that what blogging is about?

Music recommendations:
-The Shoe Jena Malone singing reminds me of Regina Spektor, except out of key and maybe crazier and more random. Really cool.
- The Fold they remind me of another band but I can't remember which one at this moment. But they sound good.
- The Films I love It's Christmas (What's The Difference). Really good title and even better song.
- Program The Dead download their albums for free. And listen to them. You won't regret it.
- And of course, if you haven't downloaded it already, go get Howl NOW. For Free (that's why they're broke).
- Also, listen to a song called My Yard by Jamie Cullum. It's beautiful. And if you're into jazz, get his albums, he's one talented pianist and singer.

Here, watch this, a beautiful High And Dry cover, by Jamie Cullum of course.


If you do like him, check out I Get A Kick Out Of You, Twentysomething, All At Sea, and any other song. Those are some of my personal fav.

Another band that can make really good long songs and amaze the crowd is Incubus. Check them out, maybe watch some live videos, especially of Pistola, Sick Sad Little World, and Have You Ever, those are the songs that are usually played longer live. Maybe buy their dvd Look Alive, they were in Europe (and Israel, Iceland, and Dubai)when they recorded it so it also shows really beautiful landscapes. Maybe some footage of their show in Chile would've been in it, but Mike had surgery so they had to change the date, and we didn't get to be in the dvd. But a national tv channel recorded the whole concert, and it's on youtube now. Maybe watch it too. It's amazing.

It's 1:38am already, so G'night!