Blogspot/Google is reeeally gettin' on my nerves -__-

After about 30 minutes of trying to log into this dang site, I have finally made it! When I came to do my first update since being back last week, it also took me a while to log on. For some reason, google wouldn't load this page and then it kept taking me to the my.belmont page to log in then it wouldn't let me log out of my belmont account that showed up when I was in google...it is just a mess. So i'm guessing this all might have to do with the fact that I have 2 google accounts. One that is with school that is connected to a pop account and then one that I have on my own...and also the fact that I don't even use my google account to log onto blogspot, I signed up with my yahoo e-mail address! haha. But, I digress. I just had to get that out because it has been reeeally frustratin' me and who am I kiddin' it isn't like anyone reads this thing anyway, haha. In spite of that last comment, I will still spare anyone the boredom of my update about Monday night (when I went to an amaaaazing show by Butterfly Boucher and Katie Herzig (two of my new favorite artists) and saw Missy Higgins there. ...cause anyone who reads this must be aware with my obsession appreciation of Missy.) (which, by the way, she left Nashville today...thought I should add)

Ok, so, I have a couple of topics I feel I could write about, but I feel like I have already written enough about these subjects (the future, school, a career) the past few months and wouldn't want to bore you even more. However, I am interning right now and literally have nothing else to do (other than input cd's, but how easy and un-time consuming is that? exactly.) So I feel the only way to consume my time at the moment is type. (although I guess I could try to look over some of my finance homework but, that isn't due for another 5 days so, who am I kidding? ...also, wrote an ethics paper earlier today that is due tomorrow so, got that out of the way...now what?) OH, OK, I thought of a topic.

I'm so excited about so much new music coming out soon! (three of which I have already mentioned just two paragraphs up, it shouldn't be too hard of a guess) But there was a cd that came out yesterday that is great and I would really recommend! Also, seeing as so many people are dumbfounded by the fact I don't listen to country to much anymore, I believe this is a good socially acceptable cd that would be a good example of the music I am in to (since everyone/anyone i've ever shown Missy Higgins to hates her -___-) SO ANYWAY, here it is, you ready? The cd that I bought today iiiis: Ben Rector. I listened to it on the way to, from, and once I got back from class. It really is a great cd. Actually, I need to correct myself, the cd is actually entitled Something Like This, byyy Ben Rector. But anyway, if anyone has an extra minute, they should go find it on iTunes and listen to the little snippets of the songs. Or, I will include a little youtube video on here of a preview of the cd...although it isn't that long or a preview of much of the songs so, I still recommend checking out iTunes. ;)

Alright well, THAT'S ALL FOLKS. I won't bore you any longer. You're welcome.

I've Missed You, But I Haven't Met You, Oh But I Want To

So, today we have a double header since I can't decide which of these songs I would rather post...and seeing as I haven't posted in a while, I figured posting 2 wouldn't be unbearable...and especially seeing as I just kinda make these little blogs for my own entertainment cause no one else reads them, I can do whatever I want. so there. ha.

Anyway, both of these songs are by The Civil Wars. I really quite enjoy this duo. They are just two people that write great music, play, and sing by themselves...not to mention they are awesome at it. So, these songs kind of have the same theme and can go together, which is also why I figured it would be ok to include them in the same blog update. The first one is entitled "To Whom It May Concern," the second song being "I've Got This Friend." ...and I guess I like these songs cause I can relate. I'm at the point in my life where, well, lets just say of the first 4 cousins on the Reese side of the family, I am the only one that is single...and probably will be for the rest of my life...and sometimes I can't help but feel like I will be the loner/let down of the family. I have been single for approximately 20 years, and with little friends for most of that too, so I can't help but relate in the first song when it talks about waiting for someone to walk into your life...and missing that close relationship. I mean, I want that too. And then on to the second song. I really love this song, and partially because I feel like I am the friend...both the male and female friend. (and you will understand this more when you listen to the song.) I originally have had in mind for a while now to add "To Whom It May Concern" onto my list of blog updates, but the more i listened to "I've Got This Friend," the more I thought about adding this song instead...so I ended up posting both, but I think if you only have time for one, check out I've Got This Friend. So I guess without further delay, lets listen to the song shall we:



Why are you so far from me?
In my arms is where you ought to be
How long will you make me wait?
I dont know how much more I can take
I missed you
But I haven't met you
Oh how I want to
How I do
Slowly counting down the days
Till I finally know your name
Ooo the way your hand feels round my waist
The way you laugh
The way your kisses taste
I missed you
But I haven't met you
Oh how I want to
How I do, How I do
I missed you
But I haven't met you
Oh how I missed you
I haven't met you
Oh but I want to
Oh how I want to
Dear whoever you might be
I'm still waiting patiently.



I've got this friend
I don't think you know him
He's not much for words
He's hid in his hardened way

Oh I've got this friend
A loveless romantic
All that he really wants
Is someone to want him back

Ohh, if the right one came
If the right one came along
Ohh, If the right one came, along

I've got this friend
I don't think you know her
She sings a simple song
It sounds a lot like his

Oh I've got this friend
Holding onto her heart
Like it's a little secret
Like it's all she's got to give

Ohh, if the right one came
If the right one came along
Ohh, if the right one came, along

It'd be such a shame
(If they never meet)
She sounds lovely
(He sounds right out of a dream)
If only
(If only)
If only

Ohh
Ohh, if the right one came
If the right one came along
Ohh, (I've got this friend) if the right one came
If the right one came along
Ohh, (I've got this friend)
If the right one came, along

That's okay, you don't need to win anyways...

Bad day, looking for a way,
home, looking for the great escape.
Gets in his car and drives away,
far from all the things that we are.
Puts on a smile and breathes it in
and breathes it out, he says,
bye bye bye to all of the noise.
Oh, he says, bye bye bye to all of the noise.

Doo doo doo doo doo noo noo
Doo doo doo doo doo noo noo noo noo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo noo noo noo

Hey child, things are looking down.
That’s okay, you don’t need to win anyways.
Don’t be afraid, just eat up all the gray
and it will fade all away.
Don’t let yourself fall down.

Doo doo doo doo doo noo noo
Doo doo doo doo doo noo noo noo noo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo noo noo noo

Bad day, looking for the great escape.
He says, bad day, looking for the great escape.
On a bad day, looking for the great escape,
the great escape.


Not that i've had too terrible of a day, but I did work just a hair over 8 hours, so i guess i'm just in the state now where I just wanna lie in bed and be on my computer and do absolutely nothing. Although, when this happens I tend to find myself stuck on Tumblr for hours on end and then my mind starts to wonder and think...and that is never good for my self esteem. ever. haha. And then I realized I hadn't been listening to music this whole time! What theee. So i open up iTunes, press play and this is the first thing that plays. i haven't heard this song in a while, but for some reason when it started to play just now i really loved it. It was/is mellow and peaceful and a little bit comforting. I don't really know what exactly it is, but i like it. 
Although, this is how i've felt a lot during this semester. With school, interning, and work, it can wear a person down...and make you look for a great escape, away from the things that I am (student/intern/shift leader/friend). And then bye to all the noise...those are my favorite moments. Every now and again I find myself driving outside the city between the big houses, nature, and fields, away from all my weekly duties I have and I can feel free for a minute. A minute to picture life without all your responsibilities and how enjoyable that would be. But sooner or later you need to turn the car around and head back to the city, noise, and your jobs. bummer.  Although, i do find myself thinking on these drives...how my life currently is and about the future, how i would want my life to end up or whatnot; which is basically the second verse. "Hey child, things are looking down. That’s okay, you don’t need to win anyways. Don’t be afraid, just eat up all the gray and it will fade all away. Don’t let yourself fall down." This is what i need to remind myself. The more I think about the song, the more comforting it is and the more i like it. 
Looking for the great escape...

Sometimes I Wish I Lived In An Airstream...

I know it is only 1:28 and the number of songs I have yet to listen to today is many, but I wanted to go ahead and pick a song of the day. (And mainly because I am at Borman right now and half of the office is gone in Vegas at the ACM awards and have nothing better to do, haha) So anyway, in light of the ACM Awards, today we will have a country artist. I was looking over a magazine here overviewing the ACM awards with nominee's and whatnot, just talked about the show and events around it. It also talked about the hosts. Blake Shelton will be joining Reba for the hosting duties. This. Will. Be. Funny. I haven't been into award shows to much lately, probably because there seem to be a million in the country genre specifically, but looking at this magazine made me excited for the show! And I know you might be thinking, Amy, we don't care...but then again, not sure why you are on here in the first place...and i digress. So anyway, Miranda Lambert was in this magazine and after thinking about it, she is really the only country album I still have on my ipod. In my change of music taste in the past few months, manly country tunes have been deleted, and mostly just because they were old stuff that I had already grown tired of for the sheer amount of time they have been on my ipod. But one country artist out of all that has the most songs present is Miranda Lambert, which is kind of surprising. I realized today how much I really do like her and her music and I really hope she wins female vocal of the year Sunday night at the ACM's. But forward bound! Whilst sitting here at Borman one of her songs came on my ipod I hadn't heard in a while and it used to be one of favorite songs! It is entitled Airstream Song. I love the little instrumental at the beginning, it is calm and a little soothing and I like the instruments...but then it picks up the pace a little and from here I appreciate the lyrics. I love the lyrics of this song! I agree with pretty much all the words. Well, enough rambling about the song, i'll let you enjoy it for yourself!



Sometimes I wish I lived in an Airstream
Homemade curtains, lived just like a gypsy
Break a heart, roll out of town
‘Cause gypsies never get tied down

Sometimes I wish I lived on a mountain
Drank from a stream instead of a fountain
I’d stay there, top of the world
But I was born a red dirt girl

Unbridled or tethered and tied
The safety of the fence or the danger of the ride
I’ll always be unsatisfied

Sometimes I wish I lived by a pier
In a lighthouse with a chandelier
I’d watch everybody’s ships come in
And then I’d sail away with them

Unanchored in the storm
Or safely on the shore
If this is all I need, why do I want more

Sometimes I wish I lived in an airstream
Homemade curtains, lived just like a gypsy

So there you have it. In honor of the ACM's, Miranda Lambert, and the only country album I still enjoy, haha.

Update:
If you are extremely bored and care to read about my take/interpretation/feelings toward the song and lyrics, it can be viewed here>>. Or, if  you are viewing the blog and not just this specific post...you passed it to get here and just need to look/scroll up. :)

I've Been Waiting For You, To Pull Me Through

Well, it has been about 2 weeks, but I've not had much to say...well, nothing new at least. But, I was listening to this song today and it had a lyric I really enjoyed. You see, i've always loved lyrics. It's hard for me to listen to a new song without reading along with the lyrics, because for me, the lyrics are everything...well, for the most part, ha. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy some songs with just a catchy beat and nothing to the lyrics, but, there is just something about a song that if i can connect with the words, i will like it. So anyway, I recently started to write down on the notes application of my ipod any lyrics that I really liked while listening to music. My list at this point isn't very extensive, but it will forever be a work in progress. So anyway, not to copy my great friend Annie (found here: http://agpartay.blogspot.com/) but I think i'm gonna start posting songs along with their lyrics. And today, although I have listened to a lot of music, I will post the song that first made me want to start this new little subject matter. And the song: "Violin" by Amos Lee.




Lately I, I've been headed for a breakdown
Every time I leave my house
Well, it feels just like a shake down
Between the street sweepers and the pushers, or the lawyers
Who may as well be butchers
Between the small timing hustlers who all seem to feed upon each other

[Chorus]
Oh God why you been
Hanging out in that old violin
While I've been waiting for you, to pull me through

Lately I, every time I try to lie down
Oh, my mind just gets away
I can't even close my eyes now
Between the big fish and ambition, and the lovers
Using words as ammunition
Between the warped planks I've been pacing, and this
Impossible dream that I've been chasing. 


[Chorus]
Oh God why you been
Hanging out in that old violin
While I've been waiting for you, to pull me through


Now, I know these aren't the most uplifting lyrics but, it fit my mood at the time I was listening to it. And it could be because I feel like crap now with the little cold I seemed to have caught, the impending projects that I should be working on now (one of which, I give my presentation in the morning...great) or a combination of all these things but...that's just how it is. Actually, now that I think about it, those ^ really aren't the root causes of my connection to this song, I probably would've posted it regardless. So anyway, today I present to you Amos Lee...love this guy.