Monday, May 19, 2008

Female seeking life. No Exp. Necessary

It's been a while. I've been home since Tuesday night and I've been very busy. Of course, it took me like 5 days to finish unpacking. It was Kristen's birthday this past week and we attempted to celebrate and have three parties for her so it was a busy party planning week. Friday, I'll be on a plane heading for California. I have so much to do before I head out west.

One thing I wanted to talk about is how amazing the internet has evolved. I mean, now I can't seem to live without it and I've been using it for years obviously. It seems my generation has gotten adapted to it but it's more than that. Five years ago, no one I knew had myspace. Three years ago, I had never heard of facebook. Blogging is now the cool new thing to do. I was reading an article in the newspaper today about how this one girl who graduated from College used facebook to get a job. What's one thing no one really thinks of is that employers actually do look at facebook and myspace as background check to see what kind of person you are. It's amazing how we have made the internet so personal. All of the most recent photos of me are on the web posted by other people. It's a frightening real thing. Many of the people I am friends with won't realize it for another year or so when they're looking for jobs how it really could affect them. And why shouldn't employers used it? I bet it tells you more things about a person than just checking if they had a felony. But it's scary. I know there aren't any pictures of me on there of being wasted but some of them could be misleading. I'm not too worried about it now but one day, I should definitely go through and delete any suspicious pictures of me.

I never knew what craigslist was until recently. Before I took my one final, these two girls were talking about how they found a job on craigslist. I had vaguely known what it was before. But actually, that's how my roommates and I found our house. Is there anything more shady than craigslist? Apparently, my generation has become the generation of the black market. Nothing will be done in newspaper or professional printing anymore. Our news come from bloggers like myself, classifies from creepy people with their own objective and any information you want on a person from facebook. What will the internet bring in the next 5 years? Who knows.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Goodbye to North Philadelphia.

One more day and I'll be done.

Of course, nothing is ever that easy to say your just "done". There's a lot to say goodbye to. I'm going to have my own house in this city next time I live here. I'll be an official resident. I'll have to meet the neighbors, as my mom puts it, "so they will know to murder me first."

I'll take a lot of things from Philadelphia with me back home. One of them is going to be this nasty cough and no voice I've been carrying around with me for days. I go to the doctors today and the nurse doesn't know what to do with me so she takes me to the head doctor, who seems to be completely amazed at my medical history. It was kinda funny. They looked at me like I was a medical marvel but they could not solve the mystery of my whooping cough. So, apparently cough drops and nyquil will have to just solve all my problems for now. My mom told me this funny story where she didn't warn this nurse about my medical history when she went to look at me or look at an X-ray or something and my mom said she completely freaked out and started screaming "This baby has been cut in half!!!" Well duh, I had open heart surgery. They had to cut me open. But it's fun when I go to the doctors. I'm a little bit more special than the rest of you.

So, I have two finals I have not studied for yet. And my dad and I have to load up everything I have here and then we're stopping by my house before I head home tomorrow night. Long day indeed. I haven't packed so much as a toothbrush yet. So much for enjoying my last day here! It's just ironic when you need a minute to breathe and be nostalgic - but you don't have time because you gotta pack your shit up. It don't matter. By the time I'm unpacked at home, I'll be on a plane heading for California.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

I Kissed a Girl and Liked It!

So I go through phases of music. One day, there's nothing I ever feel like listening to. The next day, I'm discovering 20 new songs I absolutely love to put in a playlist. I figure I'd list a few songs that I can't get enough of:

1. Coldplay "Viva La Vida" - Coldplay is one of my favorite bands and they've linked two new songs before their new album is coming out. Violet Hill was the first and I thought that was good, but Viva La Vida is godly.

2. Robyn "Be Mine" acoustic - Robyn is a swedish artist who came out with a song like 10years ago called "Show me Love". Well she's back with some crazy techno stuff. It's all kickass - but the acoustic cover of Be Mine is one of the most heartbreaking songs I've ever heard.

3. Robyn "Handle Me" This is an example of her kickass techno

4. Katy Perry "Your so gay and you don't even like boys" I love fun music and Katy Perry has the most fun songs I've heard in a long time

5. Katy Perry "I Kissed a Girl (and liked it)" This is another fun one. It's not nearly as funny as "Your so gay" but maybe it's just my sense of humor. The beat is off the hook.

6. Kylie Minogue "All I see" - Okay, I've been listening to some of the songs off of Kylie's new album and this is the album that Madonna (or Madge as they call her in England) should have made! I've pretty much loved all the songs but this is easily the standout. It's so hot. I just wanna dance to it in the club right now!

7. Boyce Avenue "Change Your Mind" - Back to my acoustic rock roots. I mean, I through phrases of whatever and mostly, I like mellow stuff. This guy's voice is like magic.

8. Kate Voegle "It's Only Life" - It's pop and I like it.

9. MIA "Paper Planes" - Yeah this is the hottest rap song I've heard in a long time

10. Leona Lewis "Bleeding Love" - Who doesn't love this song?

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Thoughts to get by with:

I'm going into the final stretch of my sophomore year of college. I have one more class left, 4 finals and 1 film project standing in my way of summer. I'm spending a part of my summer in California with my 3 best friends which I'm greatly excited about. I mean, I always dreamed of going to Cali and perhaps living there one day - but what really makes it special is that I have 3 great friends who share this desire and dream of mine. I consider myself a very lucky person. Some people search their whole lives looking for the boy they want to spend out the rest of their life with. As of right now, I'm not even thinking about that nonesense because who knows if it really exists. I have friends who I wake up for everyday and always find amazing things to do with.

With that said, for my last week here in Philadelphia - I just want to be alone.

I think I could have a split personality because half the time, I love having endless days with the best people I know and the other part of me, loves curling up by myself, not being with anyone except for maybe Kitty and watching movies. I know everyone has those days but I wish those days would last for weeks. I like being by myself. I like to get things done. I read, I watch movies I always meant to watch. I work on screenplays and outlines. I spend hours making the perfect mixs of music. I play N64. I geek out about comic book movies on message boards. I literally have a blast when I'm by myself.

I don't understand people who can't be alone. There's so much to do and so much to get done! Don't get me wrong. Ihang out with my friends a lot but whenever I'm not with them, I'm still really enjoying myself. I don't get depressed. I don't worry the next time I see them because I figure, that's probably only going to be another 12 to 24 hours away.

I really can't wait to be home. It's going to be amazing. I can't think of anything I'm more excited about than California. A little piece of my dreams are coming true just by being there. My heart flutters when I think about it. But I don't want to think about it. I don't want to be completely distracted. I have a week go to and I want to stay focused and there are so many things I want do finsih before I get summer started. I have about 10 more hours of editing to put into my final film. I have finals to prepare for. I want to finish the Subtle Knife before I get deep into summer reading with weekly library visits. I want to make the best damn summer 08 mix before it actually starts. I want to watch a few movies inbetween my studies so I can relax. I want to geek out about Iron Man until the next big blockbuster comes out. I want the part of me who likes to be alone get all the time in before the other part of me gets to spend endless summer days with her friends.

Yesterday, I spent 9 hours doing editing. Today? I'm taking a breather for myself. I went to the tech center with the thought of doing my project and every computer with final cut had been taken. I didn't feel like waiting around. When you sit down and work on something, you have to want to. You have to give 100 percent. Today, I feel like reading. Today, I want to watch a few movies. Today, I want to sleep. Tomorrow, I'll get up early. I'll spend a good 5 hours at least listening to the same sounds over and over again. Tomorrow, I'll be studying for a biology quiz. Tomorrow, I'll be sitting in race class in the middle of a beautiful day copying down review notes. Today I'll be alone. Tomorrow, I'll be alone. But soon, one of these tomorrows, will be summer. And that means tomorrow is soon today. At least, this is what I tell myself.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Why so serious?

So summer movies kick off on Friday and Iron Man looks like a lot of fun but what really interests me this summer is of course The Dark Knight. The marketing campaign for it has been really incredible. Heath Ledger seems to be pitch perfect as the Joker. I am seriously pumped for this. On one of the very many campaigns they've done - they had a contest and gave away 12 free reels of the un-released trailer at a trailer screening. Little did the winners know that they were going home with a jokerized verison of it. I love it. It's brilliant. The HD trailer will be online by Monday, but I think this is the neat one. Whenever they can do something fresh and new with a movie, then I'm there.