Soundtrack #29

I heard a snippet of this song and had to find the whole thing. Country and bluegrass music have a way of making me feel grounded. This is my soundtrack today.

HALLELUJAH - Reeltime Travelers

Ghost Towns

I know I've posted this song too many times, but it's how I feel today. So here it is.

GHOST TOWN - First Aid Kit


Sometimes I just feel like I spend my days, my long moments, passing through ghost towns.

At Sea Soundtrack #28

Every time this song comes on the radio I've got to dance. And since I only listen to the radio when I'm in the car, this means executing some tricky shimmies while steering, signaling, and shifting gears. In fact, this song has probably improved my coordination.

LIGHTS - Ellie Goulding



And this song? Well, I just love it. That's all.

OURS - Taylor Swift

Let's just take a moment

and talk about how cute Blake Griffin is:



Don't you just want to make that kid a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and then take him bowling or something? I know I do.

Birthday cake for you! ...and me!

Just have a birthday so I can bake you a cake. We can eat it together and wear party hats and blow those idiotic horn blower things. Then I'll make you a friendship bracelet with leftover streamers. For there will be streamers.

Just choose a cake from here: OH HALLELUJAH

Conversation Starters

Charles Barkley has lost weight, hasn't he? No more Taco Bell commercials for that guy.

Midnight in Paris, Soundtrack #27

I watched this movie tonight and I could not stop smiling. This is my kind of cinema. It made me remember how I repeatedly fell in love with literature and art. With the nasal grind of the workday and the acidic taste of things like finances and time management and politics, it's easy to forget the romantic view.

The wealthy, disenchanted Americans, the yearning for another time to ease the cement-and-chain-link-fence-feel of the present, the humanness of it all. I liked very, very much.

The soundtrack!

Owen Wilson was pitch-perfect. Rachel McAdams was utterly believable.

And Marion Cotillard! So lovely. So beautiful!

This film made me want to learn French. Made me want to go back to Europe. Made me want to fall into the sentiment that convinced me English was the only major for me.

A little music from the film: