Frankly, I’m exhausted. This CD has completely drained every ounce of energy that I had. Some CD’s come together no problem. Others are hell. For the longest time, nothing seemed to fit right, and I ended up agonizing over the placement of two songs that try as they might stuck out like the proverbial sore thumb. Finally, I got this sucker together, and surprisingly I think it’s rather fabulous.
However, it is noticeably different than my previous mix tapes. It’s not nearly as peppy, but I’m done with that. I know that Summer and Spring Break seem to need upbeat, happy songs because they are upbeat, happy times, but that logic is killing me. Two out of the three CDs I make in a year cannot be geared towards the super happy stuff. It’s just not an accurate representation of my taste.
Secondarily, this CD is not as up to date with current indie music, and for that I apologize. Blame McKay and fucking chemistry. A lot of these tracks were songs that had been cut off of other CD’s that I pieced into one hell of an eclectic hodgepodge. Only about half of this is really NEW material.
This school year has probably been my favorite to date. I know: shock, awe. The girl who once dubbed 2007, the shittiest year known to man, has said something positive. Reasons why:
1. Juan de Pareja (Euro kids FTW.)
2. All of the late night awesome weirdness that occurs when everyone has procrastinated on Euro hw. (ex. the infamous Russia timeline and those unit questions that Nick and I did together at 2 in the morning.)
3. Mrs. Manning and her voice (ex. Pasta Noooooodle, etc.)
4. New friends (ex. Meghan, Hillary, Nick, Jared, etc.)
5. Old friends (ex. Sam, Kelly, Anya, etc.)
6. Bowling
7. Crappy teen television (ex. One Tree Hill, The Vampire Diaries, Secret Life of the American Teenager, Make it or Break It, etc.)
8. Seeing Broken Social Scene live has been checked off of my nonexistent Bucket List.
9. Greatest 16th Birthday Party ever.
10. ReyHerme Book Club (Don’t fuck with us.)
All in all, not too bad. Onto Columbia this Summer for hopefully a matching best Summer ever. I’ll try to keep you all posted on that front.
Tamar
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