Fear of Final

This is it, the week before Finals....Gahhh. It's almost the end of the Fall Semester as well as almost the end of the Harry Potter series of movies.  And I've just turned 19, I know I'm not old but I feel like it's also the end of my childhood. I truly miss Michigan and the moments from the memories of old friends. Nothing perks my mood like Harry Potter though, it semi-distresses me from my pre-med responsibilities. I have also been stressing out over my pre-med curriculum and with research and volunteering at the hospital on top of all that. I am basically running from one thing to the next, and never having time to just sit and think and rest, until after midnight I wish I could just apparate into the Harry Potter Universe, and like a total nerd I actually do by reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (for a second time). And since I don't have a whole big family here in the states, in a concentrated area at least, my winter break will probably just be me in a room....doing nothing! Perhaps if I bring my guitar and be more proactive about writing and drawing, this break will be a great, more accomplished one with the creative work done. Alright now I am going to immerse myself in a magical world in which there is a boy who lived and defeated the dark lord, ok I'll also be toning down my nerdiness for my New Year's Resolution

Summer; filled with incubus, paint, and my own music

            In the middle of July I had a musical reawakening. Now that I recall I can't exactly remember why I even started listening to them. The first song was love hurts, but it was a cover version by Marie Digby that I had heard in 2007, and around that time I had also stumbled upon their website for their latest album Light Grenades. When I listened to Love Hurts I liked it, but apparently not enough to listen to all their material. So this time around I, all of a sudden, listened to their second album, S.C.I.E.N.C.E. Then on to Fungus Amongus (It was trippy; all those songs were influenced by pot{and probably most songs started from it), I guiltily liked it. I could not contain myself, I stayed up all night, until the sun came out at 5am, listening to the Make Yourself, Morning View,  A Crow Left of the Murder...,  Light Grenades, and  Monuments and Melodies (greatest hits and rarities) albums.

This summer has been the best because of Incubus, I cannot get enough of their sound, which has roots in funk, metal, rock, it's just something else, there is no genre to put them into, and I like that. When I first listened to anna molly a couple years ago, i didn't attach myself to it, but now I have to listen to it every day( as well as rogues, paper shoes, the warmth etc.). Their exotic, exhilarating songs seep into my bones, and brain. I've never really listened to music before I go to bed but now every night when I try to fall asleep I listen to incubus to make me dream of something other than sheep.
           I have also, inexplicably, rearranged the furniture (and I just assembled an end table that was crappily-made {is that a word?no, ok}) and decorated my room with paintings, drawings, and posters. I've gone back to my sketchbook with a blank mind and pencil (I should try a pen next time {"My pen is a pistola"}).

I've repainted/glorified my paint-able toms shoes (if you buy a pair, they donate another pair to a child in need) from a fading (due to water exposure) blue sky and cherry tree to a black, navy, and dark blue colored shoe, with a sun-yellow colored accent which including some small anchors.

I have also started a frustrating, fun, exciting, nail-biting project of making an album (wha wha what?!), recorded on my mac; very amateur, I know. BUT, since the fifth grade I have been writing lyrics/ poems, I have expressed myself though song, like err singing in my choir in middle school, and playing the flute (queue inappropriate jokes, I've heard them all), violin in elementary school, and piano inconsistently for the past ten years. I've forgotten the violin, but I'm pretty okay at the piano and flute, I can read music thankfully. And this summer, I've begun to learn to play the guitar, (ALL BY MYSELF, YEEE).
         So hopefully by the end of the summer, you can listen to this breathy, girlish voice of mine, set to melodious music with some "drummer-bassy". I'm cringing just thinking about the criticism I'm going to get but as I'm grinding my teeth, I'll try to forget it (that's going to be haaaarrd).
         Alright, it's August, the moment it hits me that I need to be rushing to finish reading my books and getting my thoughts sorted out. Now here I go....

rill rill not ring ring

Have you ever heard of the noise dance/pop band duo called Sleigh Bells?

-- yes! Sweet!!

------- no? well then you should!, because they are skyrocketing in the indie music scene. Which was full of buzz about them even before alexis krauss (formerly of a girl group called Rubyblue) and derek miller (formerly of hardcore band Poison the Well) recorded an album. Their unlikely meeting at a restaurant Miller worked at lead to their band formation. Through their myspace they released their songs of LOUD guitars and pop screams and whispers through the interwebs.

Before Treats, their first album released through M.I.A.'s record label NEET, I was constantly playing their songs like "Crown on the Ground", "Infinity Guitars", and "Rill rill" which was what some people and I thought was ring ring based on the song's lyrics but whatever. All the songs are meant to be played loud, some scream like "infinity guitars", while others are soft and sweet like "rill rill". Their album released May 11, 2010, and I am loving all the tracks. So....

 The Bottom Line                                image courtesy of Stereogum.com

This is a neat-o (I'm bringing it back just like rachel ray) band whose music needs to blow out speakers at a party or on the dance floor. The lyrics are so catchy, even if you don't know what they quite mean; the melodies are still stuck in my head. So you better check out this upcoming band; they are now opening for/touring with Yeasayer (who I saw live at my school and they were pretty good). Gosh-darn-it! I really really want to see them Live, I bet they'll blow my socks off!

                                                                                    image courtesy of indiebandguru.com

Late Night

Throughout college I have stayed up very late, on a weekday I once stayed up until three. And it's all for the grades. Right now is one of those nights but I think I'll go to bed in ten minutes, my eyes are paining me. So why the late nights? studying of course, intermingled with "surfing the net". So away I go into the soft embrace of my pillow and blanket. Good night.

Role MODEL

Being of Indian origin, it has been difficult in respect to fitting in with the American system. I'm the opposite of the blue-eyed blonde-haired beauties. There aren't many people like me from where I grew up, in a mostly white suburban town, and I didn't have many people to look up to, of whom had gone through my experiences, nobody I knew could fit into the same pair of shoes that I wore. But now I have discovered a fun, quirky girl who seems just like me. Her name is Jameela Jamil and although she is from England I can still look up to this girl as inspiration to who I want to be or what I want people to see me as. I love her style and her charm, I can relate to her, I, like her always have to try to say something funny especially during the serious moments because I dislike when things get so stuffy and tight.  I don't really look like this tall, looks-like-a-model type girl, but her personality definitely shines bright like mine, I guess she is my role model.

Ladakh

I have always wanted to visit the mesmerizing, raw northern Indian area of Ladakh. The people, the culture, and the immense beauty of the region are something that must be taken in firsthand by the eyes and ears. I long to stay here for whatever amount of time I can hope for. I think I may have found my own Shangri-La.

Wish List

I love clothes. I love jewelry, things that sparkle and shimmer, that stand out. I would look very theatrical if I could wear whatever I wanted. I like a mix of Urban outfitters, Forever 21, stuff from India, H & M, Marchesa, Native Americans and people in Asia and the Middle East, and things that I've made. I like the style of Natasha Kahn of Bat for Lashes, Marina Diamandis of Marina and the Diamonds, Lily Allen, Zooey Deschanel.


         Natasha Khan                                          Marina Diamandis                               Zooey Deschanel

 oo random thought: J.D. Salinger passed away last Wednesday. Hmmm I always wanted to send him a letter before he passed away. I wanted to know why he was so reclusive and why he didn't publish some of his works.


I want these shoes, forever 21 about 23 bucks.
A great site that I basically have to check everyday is http://lookbook.nu

These Marchesa dresses are stunning. If I could afford a dress from this label I would definitely buy it from them for whatever formal or fun occasion. I love the beading and sequins, tiny mirrors, and bright colors that Marchesa flaunts. This line is exotic, a work of art, and gorgeous. Ok I should stop gushing. Clothes do matter, this I have learned. In middle School I always wore the same thing, jeans and a sweatshirt. Maybe sometimes I wore my hair differently, or put on a different blouse. But it was always drab and in black and boring. Towards the end of High School I started to wear different things, more feminine, and in better quality. Now, in my freshman year of college I'm making a big effort to look unique and being creative. I put barrettes or pins in my hair, wear headbands or bows. I can sometimes go nuts with the jewelry. Usually though, since it's always cold here in Boston, I wear my tops with a cardigan or sweater and definitely a scarf. Someone recently asked me if I really like fashion, well I guess I do, and I'm glad.

Listen to Battle of Evermore by Led Zeppelin

 

Dear little (despite me being the shorter one) brother

So i always lag behind, and i know the work that I have to do shouldn't be an excuse for not keeping up with this blog, cuz its not, I just don't have motivation, nobody really reads this, maybe my brother, yea i know you do. Anyways guess who came to my campus a couple weeks ago little brother. OBAMA MAMA!! haha sorry, to formally put it, President OBAMA!! Now I am not a democrat (or a republican) so why should I be excited you may ask? Well gee golly gosh, i don't know, it's the president and a historic one at that.

So me and two friends waited in the bitter cold since around nine am (others were in line as early as 4am). We "camped out". Blankets on the ground a laptop playing music and with a hot drink in hand, we chatted with other students, people took pictures and videotaped and interviewed people, there were protesters and people handing out flyers about God or the environment. The line grew and stretched as time went on, maybe a half a mile long. As 1 pm, the time that the doors would open, approached. We stood up in the excitement and fervor. The line got wider though, people from the street cut others in line. So as we approached the front we found out that no more people were allowed in. We were angry, sad, but mostly disappointed. The police shouldn't have better controlled the crowd, the University should have placed the event in a larger area. Although the announcement of the President's arrival was sudden there still should have been more organized planning.

Still it was incredible to see the huge amounts of people, passionate about politics. Whether it was the republicans for Scott Brown or the democrats for Martha Coakley. Yet I was disgusted of the people who degraded the President and the intense angry arguments. Many were also chanting "If it's Brown flush it down" an some other funny demeaning phrases.
I spent the whole day in this political war zone. The President's presence and speech though didn't help Coakley. Scott brown won. The weekend was quite interesting though. I won't forget it.

listen to  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvy0wRLD5s8

it's a good review of the presidents from GW to Clinton, it's funny, plus the 90's were incredible!!