well, I redesigned my blog, for about the ninety-third time (approximately). so goes finals week. my most productive week of the semester, because I have nothing to do, and yet a million things to do. I accomplish plenty of what I don't need to get done, and not much of what I do need to get done. Finals week is also a great time to find new movies, music, and television shows. (oops.) so, because I'm so sure you all were wondering, here's what I'm doing during this oh-so-productive week.
listening:
Ben Howard's Every Kingdom album is really a great, great thing. As usual, I'm about a year behind on cool music, but that doesn't make it any less cool. The whole album is incredible, but you really should start at the beginning, with Old Pine. Then you should go on to Everything. But you should actually listen to the whole thing.
side note: if you want further proof as to how great Ben Howard is, I present this:
When studying, I'm a huge fan of YouTube playlists, because Spotify rips artists off, and Pandora bores me– WOW that totally made me sound like a hipster, which I am absolutely not. I just like simple, and YouTube playlists are about as simple as it gets. Anyway, Michael Castro's channel is basically perfect. He has incredible covers, really good original songs, and he's beautiful.
watching:
I have been saying for months that I wanted to start watching The Mindy Project (entire episodes, not just the first 3 minutes that I get at the end of my DVR recordings of New Girl). I planned to watch it over Christmas break, but hey, no time like finals week!
It is a rare thing when I sit down in the middle of the day to watch an entire movie, but today I finally watched Celeste and Jesse Forever, and I sort of have mixed feelings on it. It was probably the cutest movie I've seen in a while, and by cute I just mean Andy Samberg. Also I kind of have a girl crush on Rashida Jones. This movie was precious, and sad, and funny, and real. But on the other hand, there was a lot of language, and some really inappropriate stuff, so I can't actually recommend it with a good conscience. so I don't know. If you don't mind that kind of thing, it's a great movie.
reading:
well, during the week, my reading doesn't get much further than Grantland and Entertainment Weekly. I hate that I never read books anymore, at least during the school year. So here's my anticipated reading list, for Christmas break.
The Baseball Codes, by Jason Turbow
Bread and Wine, by Shauna Niequist (I am so embarassed to say that I've started this book, by my most favorite writer in the universe, about six times, but I've never finished it. MUST. FINISH.)
Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer, by Warren St. John (yet another I've started but not finished.)
and, let's be honest, I'll probably read too many magazine as well. I've got about three months of Southern Living waiting on me at home, plus about fifteen Sports Illustrated, plus you can't NOT buy the People Best of 2013 issue! (It's like a rule at my house. You must get it.)
listening:
Ben Howard's Every Kingdom album is really a great, great thing. As usual, I'm about a year behind on cool music, but that doesn't make it any less cool. The whole album is incredible, but you really should start at the beginning, with Old Pine. Then you should go on to Everything. But you should actually listen to the whole thing.
side note: if you want further proof as to how great Ben Howard is, I present this:
When studying, I'm a huge fan of YouTube playlists, because Spotify rips artists off, and Pandora bores me– WOW that totally made me sound like a hipster, which I am absolutely not. I just like simple, and YouTube playlists are about as simple as it gets. Anyway, Michael Castro's channel is basically perfect. He has incredible covers, really good original songs, and he's beautiful.
watching:
I have been saying for months that I wanted to start watching The Mindy Project (entire episodes, not just the first 3 minutes that I get at the end of my DVR recordings of New Girl). I planned to watch it over Christmas break, but hey, no time like finals week!
It is a rare thing when I sit down in the middle of the day to watch an entire movie, but today I finally watched Celeste and Jesse Forever, and I sort of have mixed feelings on it. It was probably the cutest movie I've seen in a while, and by cute I just mean Andy Samberg. Also I kind of have a girl crush on Rashida Jones. This movie was precious, and sad, and funny, and real. But on the other hand, there was a lot of language, and some really inappropriate stuff, so I can't actually recommend it with a good conscience. so I don't know. If you don't mind that kind of thing, it's a great movie.
reading:
well, during the week, my reading doesn't get much further than Grantland and Entertainment Weekly. I hate that I never read books anymore, at least during the school year. So here's my anticipated reading list, for Christmas break.
The Baseball Codes, by Jason Turbow
Bread and Wine, by Shauna Niequist (I am so embarassed to say that I've started this book, by my most favorite writer in the universe, about six times, but I've never finished it. MUST. FINISH.)
Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer, by Warren St. John (yet another I've started but not finished.)
and, let's be honest, I'll probably read too many magazine as well. I've got about three months of Southern Living waiting on me at home, plus about fifteen Sports Illustrated, plus you can't NOT buy the People Best of 2013 issue! (It's like a rule at my house. You must get it.)