Kate

Can we blame it on the weather? It seems like things are changing in the land of livejournal. It's been on my mind a lot.

the problem: I am living with Jen this summer and it is almost inevitable that she will find this journal. Sharing a computer makes for dangerous territory. & quite honestly, I don't know how to explain 120 friends. I feel a little overwhelmed & so kazzu will soon be gone. I am keeping a small friends list for a friends only journal (soon to be announced). I have a tentative list in my head of who will stay on the list, but please tell me now if you TRULY want to read my journal. I won't feel bad if you don't. I just want an idea of who really REALLY wants to stay on the list before I make my final decisions.

Don't take anything personally. I just have to play it safe.

Ok & so:

I am doing a musical essay for my short story class. I am discussing the importance of both form and content, and to demonstrate it, I am going to use songs that basically talk about the same things, but because of their form (ie: the words they use, the style of the song, if it's fast or slow, etc) leave you with quite a different feeling. So, this is where I need your help. I need songs of a WIDE variety of genres that I can compare. I need songs that are about similar topics.

If you can, give me two songs that are about the same thing, but sound completely different. Or, if you can only think of one, let me know what it's about and then i'll find something to compare it with. The first thing that popped into my head was Tori's "me and a gun" because it is so haunting, and I thought maybe there was some other song that is about rape or sexual assault or abuse that somehow, despite it's tragic content, sounds lighter. Give me love, give me loss, give me relationships, give me death, give me any single life event that you can think of in song form. PLEASE. I want this to be an amazing presentation and I know many of you are major music junkies.

Okay, NEW fun idea, since you were so kind to answer my funny teeshirt question:

like, you know, if you wanted to, or something, you could MAKE ME GRAPHICS TO PRINT OUT AND PUT ON TEESHIRTS. Post 'em here or email them and I will love you forever.

give me the funniest/best things you've seen on teeshirts, or sayings that SHOULD be on a teeshirt.

At the library now, quite bizarre not having unlimited internet access for such a long time. I don't have long to type, once again, but my last entry was incredibly brief.

More detailed updates:

1. I did absolutely horrible at school this semester. Oddly enough, I tried harder than any other year but managed to come out with my worst marks ever. Everything was between B-C, which is not where I wanna be. This coming semester is going to be a very productive one. I need to STUDY and go to the gym and eat well and go to church and have quality bonding time that doesn't involve being drunk.

2. Went to the show-bar with Chris on Saturday nite. Not as many she-mullets this time, but dancing-o-plenty! Chris honey, you are looking fabulous, all glam-rocker. It was great to see you.

3. Am currently living in a beautiful penthouse in uptown Saint John, with a real christmas tree and a king sized bed for me. Christmas was deliteful. Lots of pink and red clothes, which is exciting and sovery me. My dad is home from Baltimore and is staying until New Years Day. It will be hard to see him go.

4. Jen is coming with me to visit my dad on Spring break! We are quite possibly going to Atlanta, and I cannot wait! I can't believe she is coming with me. She's never met my dad which seems bizarre because they are both among to the top 5 most important people in my life.

5. I cannot motivate myself to visit anyone or to call anyone. Except Connie. I miss her and am aching to see her. But she is always hard to locate.

That is all. The library is closing. byebye.

I haven't showered and am quite gross, really. I want Friday to get here. Finished exam number three today, only two more to go, but one of them is Biology and it's worth 80% of my mark. I'm scared. I haven't had time, nor will I have the time, to study, until tomorrow after my psych exam. Which leaves me less than 24 hours to study for an exam that is worth 80% of my final mark. Holy Friggin Crap.

But of course, i'm putting off studying right now. I feel I deserve at least an hour or two of Kate-Time before hitting the books again. I need to make the booklets for the CD's i'm giving Jen for Christmas. I finished one, but now I have to find & print all the lyrics to all the songs on the second CD. And knowing me, I won't be able to study until I do this... i'm easily distracted and it will irritate me that I haven't gotten it done yet.

I really hate people who wear headphones but the music is still loud enough that I can hear it well across the room. Shut UP.

okay, kids, it's time for song recommendations:

Making CD's for Jen as part of her Christmas present. Looking for songs that fall into either:

A.) Bed time Songs
B.) Mellow/Laid back songs.

thinking something along the lines of John Mayer, Pete Yorn, etc.

please do help.

songs for a winter day. suggestions?

This is going to become Friends Only. If you want to read, comment here & tell me who you are.

My world lit class is cancelled. I didn't know this when I got up at 7:30, hopped in the shower and ran down to the caf to meet Jen for breakfast. She didn't show and I heard someone say the building my class was in was closed again today, due to a fire yesterday (minor damage, everyone is okay). I then realized she's probably sound asleep, warm in bed, while I'm sitting in the cafeteria with an English Muffin and my "Concert of Voices" textbook. At least this means I am up and awake and can be productive for the rest of the day. Yes.

A tired girl I am though, and the snow hasn't stopped for 3 days. It's beautiful and makes me feel good about staying in my room to make a mixtape for my little sister, who turns 18 today.

Wandering around art of the mix. Mixtapes have become a craving lately.