The Paper

I had to write a paper for my history class. It was on the California Law Review from 1950 to 1975 and its interpretation of the 14th amendment. Every word in that sentence I hate with the fury of a nova. The paper took me roughly 18 hours and 49 minutes of pure work. I started it on Monday and did not finish until this morning ten minutes before class, including pulling an almost all nighter last night. I know specifically how long it took because of the albums I listened to. For this paper I listened to 23 unique albums which consists of over 282 songs. Here are the albums that I heard:

1. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
2. EL-P - I'll Sleep When Your Dead
3. Battles - Mirrored
4. Black Dice - Load Blown
5. Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel
   
6. Deerhunter - cryptograms
7. Deerhunter - Fluorescent Grey EP
8. Jesu - Conqueror
9. Black Lips - Good Bad not Evil
10. No Age - Wierdo Rippers twice
11. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
12. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum
13. Blonde Redhead - 23
14. Interpol - Antics
15. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrsing
16. The Mae Shi - HLLYH
17. Caribou - Andorra
18. The National - Boxer
19. Arcade Fire - Funeral
20. Cat Power - The Greatest
21. Burial - Untrue
22. Death From Above 1979 - Your a Woman, I'm a Machine
23. Silversun Pickups - Carnavas

Not a bad list. I think this may be a potential FMH. Now I need to go to sleep.

Spring Break

So I haven't bloged'd in a while so I decided what better way to do it then a double whammy: a real post and a playlist. I am currently freaking out over a paper and a geology exam but I did well on my Poli Sci test which is good. Here are the highlights of the break:

• A crying baby and a delayed plane the size of a limo
• Sprinting through Houston
• 24 B
• Getting Picked Up By Shareen
• Shareen missing the turn for in-n-out and nearly missing exit for my house
• Visiting Concordia with Ethan, its actually really nice
  
• Harold and Maud with Thai Food
• Cheesecake Factory with Shareen
• Horse Show with Mom
• Going on Hikes
• Getting burnt but not as bad as they think
  
• Hot Tubbing with Shareen
  
• Corona
• Going to the Tourney and th Google Box
  
• Agreeing that I was born to be the Stanford Tree
• Frisbee
• Sleeping in a size appropriate bed
• Finding out that I bring the most annoying traits in all of Colin's Friends
• Eggs Benedict the morning before my flight back

So those were the great moments. Here is the latest (feel my heat):

Strange Times - The Black Keys
Conquest (Acoustic Mariachi Version) - The White Stripes
Ghetto - Oh No*
Time - Pink Floyd Dark
Inertiatic Esp - The Mars Volta
Heavy - Oh No*
Skullflower - The Sounds of Animals Fighting
Nothing Like This - J Dilla
Ox Broil - Oh No*
Angel - Massive Attack
Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
Two Can Win - J Dilla*
Gravity - John Mayer
Impossible Germany - Wilco*
Bouncers - Oh No*
My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker
Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
Dime Piece (Remix) - J Dilla*
Angel - Jack Johnson
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
Last Donut of the Night - J Dilla*
Somebody's Baby - Jackson Browne
Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
Memorial - Explosions In The Sky*
It Beats 4 U - My Morning Jacket
Better Man - Pearl Jam
Shadow of a Doubt - Beth Orton
Alive Alone - The Chemical Brothers*
Massive Nights - The Hold Steady
Teenagers - My Chemical Romance
Won't do - J Dilla*
Counting Down The Hours - Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb - Spoon
Dry the Rain - The Beta Band*
Steal My Kisses - Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
The Scientist - Coldplay

*Rants Raves and Roars

Metal Health

So the past weeks have totally sucked for me. I am getting smacked around by my classes, which is never a pleasant feeling. I want out of Ohio more then anything. And I am just generally run down. I have now been hit with a presentation on the Thursday before I leave, which is on top of the Mid-term I have due on Monday which might be the hardest of my life and the Political Science Midterm I have the day I leave. And then once I finally get on break I have a 10 page paper for history due and I have a take home quiz for geography due the week I get back. So my break is not really a break but a time when I can fret in a different state. In short I want to just drop out, maybe the homeless guy in the park has it right. He is smiling, has no teeth but he is smiling. Anyway this is mostly a rant.

Music has been helping me through it. I have been listening to a lot of more pop-y music. Jack Johnson has been getting serious spins. So have Pearl Jam, Mars Volta, John Mayer, and Ben Harper. I have grown tired of indie, which might be due to me not getting the new music job. I got rejected for less than fair reasons I believe but I do not know for sure obviously.

Anyway hope everything is well for you all. I might be writing for a culture blog soon. I will let you all know details as they appear.

(feel my heat): Revenge

September Gurls - Big Star
Alison's Starting to Happen - The Lemonheads
Tribulation (Original 1975 Mix) - Bim Sherman*
Baby Britain - Elliott Smith
New York, New York - Ryan Adams
For Nancy - Pete Yorn
I'm Not Ashamed - Culture*
Bad Reputation - Freedy Johnston
Mrs. Rita - Gin Blossoms
I've Been Waiting - Matthew Sweet
Knight In Shining Armour - Deborahe Glasgow*
Given to Fly - Pearl Jam
have love will travel - The Black Keys
The Bucket - Kings Of Leon
Jah Live - Luciano*
Gravity's Gone - Drive-By Truckers
Picture of You - My Morning Jacket
The Greatest - Cat Power
Am I The Same Girl - Winsome*
Night is the Notion - Dax Riggs
Stop, I'm Already Dead - deadboy & the Elephantmen
Dirty Hands - Black Lips
Scientist's Winter Dub - Roots Radics Meet Scientist And King Tubby*
Bikini Girls With Machine Guns - The Cramps
Can Your P***y Do the Dog? 3:23 The Cramps
Dead Flowers - The Rolling Stones*
Amanda Ruth - Rank And File
Marie, Marie - The Blasters
Don't Worry Baby - Los Lobos
Get Up Stand Up - Bob Marley & The Wailers*
Going Underground - The Jam
Rudie Can't Fail - The Clash
Spanish Bombs - The Clash
Lost In the Supermarket - The Clash
Flip Ya Lid - Nightmares On Wax*
Herbal Jazz Cigarette - Nightmare Of You
The Great Escape - Boys Like Girls
The Future Freaks Me Out - Motion City Soundtrack