Refreshed and Ready

Well, here we are, slowly sliding home into the month of February. I’ve been back in Alaska for  close to a week now, and I almost can’t describe the amount of joy that the California sunshine brought to me. Normally at this time of year, I feel like a slug. I say “f*** it” to everyone and everything and turn into a bum. But this year, I feel the opposite. My sleep schedule has changed; I no longer have to set 4 different alarms to get up in the morning. I’ve been waking up promptly at 7am.  I find myself to be showing up early to classes and work, and being excited to study and do homework. I’m choosing to go with it… Don’t wanna freak myself out.

I have so much music to share with you all! I’m very excited. I practically have an entire playlist of music I either discovered or rediscovered during my vacation, and that’s all thanks to my uncle, who listens to some of the whitest music I’ve ever heard. HOWEVER… It somehow fit quite well into the everyday flow of things while I sat under the palm trees, peeled fresh oranges, and chatted with elderly family friends. The music I’m about to post is quite different than what I usually listen to, but I found peace and understanding in these songs, so maybe, you will too.

CALIFORNIA OLDIES

Solitude	Billie Holiday
It Never Entered My Mind	Miles Davis Quintet
Help Me Rhonda	Beach Boys
Love Me Do	Beatles
Handy Man	James Taylor
Johnny B. Goode	Chuck Berry
Emmylou	First Aid Kit
Dancing Queen	ABBA
On the Sunny Side of the Street	Louis Armstrong
Alright With Me	Lotte Mullan
Come Fly With Me	Frank Sinatra
Lilac Wine	Nina Simone
Runaround Sue	Dion & the Belmonts

Hopefully, you haven’t given up on me yet. I’ve still got more music to give you!

This is just about everything I’ve recently acquired and am currently listening to. There are a lot of really fun songs to nod your head to, and some slower songs to chill to (most of these can be found at Camelbackmusic.com). Have at it.

Refreshed and Ready

Terrified	Among Savages
You're Gonna Love Again (Extended Mix)	Avicii & NERVO
Everybody Nose (Feat. Johaz & Fashawn)	Blu & Exile
The Scientist (Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman Need Howie’s Thin Mint Cookies Mix)	Coldplay
UFO (Keljet's Hawaiian Remix)	Coldplay
Even If It Breaks Your Heart	Eli Young Band
Emmylou	First Aid Kit
Don't Gotta Work It Out	Fitz & The Tantrums
Almost Gone	Graham Nash & James Raymond
Alright (Fred Falke and Alan Braxe remix)	Jamiroquai
Drank In My Cup	Kirko Bangz
Of The Soul	Mac Miller
Fixing Titanium	Mashup-Germany
Good Feeling	Norwegian Recycling
Midnight Run	Sammy Adams
Big Lights	Sammy Adams
Watch Out (Produced By JOB)	Sammy Adams
Call Me	Shinedown
We 'Bout Love (Rihanna Remix)	Sunny (of Aer)
Tomorrow	Tayyib Ali
Mr. Yeah	The-Dream
I Luv Your Girl	The-Dream
Same Old Song (Paper Diamond Remix)	The Weeknd

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From Anchorage, AK

Hey everyone,
I'm currently blogging to you from Anchorage, AK. I have two hours left until my next flight; final destination being LA. Then comes the two-ish hour drive to La Quinta, where I'll be spending the next 11 days soaking up as much Vitamin D as my body can handle.
I saw an awesome blood-red moon rising this morning as I flew out of Fairbanks.

This is me, sitting in the airport, lovely snow and mountains in the background. The next picture of me I'll post will probably be me either hugging a cactus or a palm tree, whichever comes first.

Alright, my butt's starting to fall asleep.
Bye.

Oh, by the way. Check out my previous post, the playlist. It's keeping me company.

Desert Escape 2012

I'm leaving -40 degree Alaska for an escape to SoCal, about 60 hours from now.
...Words cannot express the amount of colorful, glittery excitement coursing through my bones.
It looks something like this.

Anyway, about a week or two ago, I made a playlist of songs that I can imagine myself lounging, tanning, swimming, shopping, and de-stressing to. As much as I would love to take you all with me, I can't. I can, however, instruct you in the following ways, in order to have a similar experience.

1. Download Playlist.
2. Preheat the oven to 80 degrees F.
3. Add in a cactus, pan of water, sand, iPod, headphones, and as many outlet malls as you can fit.
4. Set the timer for 12 days.
5. Get in.

See? Not so bad...

Put these in any order you like, I just listed them alphabetically by artist to make them more organized, because some of them are new, and some are old. There are some amazing artists to note in here, such as The Airborne Toxic Event, Asa, Carousel, Circa Survive, Mansions, Walter Meego, and The Xx.
Seriously though, this playlist is one to relax and have a January-summer romance to. Get to clickin'.
(Favorites!)

None Shall Pass	Aesop Rock
Changing	The Airborne Toxic Event
Fine By Me	Andy Grammer
Bamidélé (Ba'Mi'Délé) (Bonus Track)	Asa
All Your Life	The Band Perry
Cinema	Benny Benassi Ft. Gary Go
Two Is Better Than One	Boys Like Girls Featuring Taylor Swift
Blackout	Breathe Carolina
How I Roll	Britney Spears
It Will Rain	Bruno Mars
Got To Move	Cake
Sick of You	Cake
The Thrill	Carousel
Get Up	Carousel
Games	Carousel
The Crave	Chris Young The Rapper
A Thousand Years	Christina Perri
Stare Like You'll Stay	Circa Survive
Everyway	Circa Survive
Is It Love (Prod. by Sex Ray Vision)	Collin McLoughlin
Before the Light Takes Us	Darkness Falls
Naked (feat. Enrique Iglesias)	Dev
Good Feeling	Flo Rida
Look After You	The Fray
Hangover	Hey Monday
I Like It Like That (Feat. New Boyz)	Hot Chelle Rae
Goodnight And Go	Imogen Heap
The Moment I Said It	Imogen Heap
Going Up	Infant Sorrow
Bangers, Beans and Mash	Infant Sorrow
Flightless Bird	American Mouth
Perfect Day	Jim Jones
Bedshaped	Keane
Somewhere Only We Know	Keane
Dig Up The Dead	Mansions
Never Gonna Leave This Bed	Maroon 5
Sunny (Mercury Edit II)	Marvin Gaye
Unwell	Matchbox 20
Say You're OK	Meese
Bandits	Meg & Dia
Tonight Is The Night	Outasight
Finally Moving	Pretty Lights
Almost Familiar	Pretty Lights
Scar Tissue	Red Hot Chili Peppers
Hazy	Rosi Golan feat. William Fitzsimmons
Hey Alli	Runner Runner
How Could You?	Saliva
Broken (feat. Amy Lee)	Seether
Rise Above This	Seether
Today	Smashing Pumpkins
Elevator Love Letter	Stars
Your Love Is A Song	Switchfoot
Enough To Let Me Go	Switchfoot
Hello Hurricane	Switchfoot
Always	Switchfoot
Sweet Disposition	The Temper Trap
Santa Monica	Theory Of A Deadman
Rainfall	Upper West
Forever	Walter Meego
Vcr	The Xx
Crystalized	The Xx
Islands	The Xx
Stars	The Xx
Daddy's Lambo	Yelawolf
My Body	Young the Giant

Well, there it is. Some of these are links to either download or the YouTube video. Next time I blog to you, it'll probably be from an airport, or sunny Southern California.
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Thank you to all of my readers, and hope everyone is having a great 2012 so far! Enjoi.