Bombs Away Playlist

      This sort of has a double meaning, seeing as Bombs Away is a song that I really really like, but I'm reflecting--a little late, okay--on the whole bombing scene at the Boston marathon on Monday. I'm not going to go into how sad and crazy the whole fiasco really was, and I'm instead going to put forth a new playlist to, well, capture all them feelings for me! Hope you guys enjoy and comment on your thoughts about the song selections, the bombings, or the epic guitar solos.

*Behind Blue Eyes: The Who
*In the Meantime: Spacehog
*Dead Walker Texas Ranger: Sleeping with Sirens
*Bombs Away: B.o.B (dur!)
*My Name is Jonas: Weezer
*Coming Home: P. Diddy
*Pain: Jimmy Eat World
*Minority: Green Day
*Wavin' Flag: K'NAAN

Airporting It

Once again, I sorta abandoned ship for a while, but I had a legit excuse--I was, and still am, in Florida on break. Vacation was pretty great! And hot, and full of painful sunburn, but I guess that's to be expected. Anyway, I hope you guys had a great spring break too, even though we're sadly deprived of sleeping in now. I'm currently in TPA, waiting for my flight back home. AAAH, why must I wake up at 7:20 in the morning?!?

Fashion Feature: Bandannas

    I just want to comment on the fact that all my life, I've been spelling this accessory "bandanna," but it seems that the more prevalent spelling is in fact "bandana," with only one n. NOOOO, I've been WRONG! Anyway, I wear these all the time and they keep my hair out of my face. Just a quick Fashion Feature post, au revoir.

Tomboys R Us

       Yeah, I'm sick. But whatever! I'm seeing Annie tomorrow on Broadway, so it'll totally make up for it. So today I'm going to introduce a sort-of style icon of mine, as of today--from the movie My Girl, Miss Vada Sultenfuss. Behold a completely Vada-fied outfit... denim, big ol' leather belt, baggy shirt, and, obviously, blue bike with streamers. I just LOVE this kid! So without further ado...           
OUTFIT:
Hasta la vista, baby! Rhea

Playing the Piano

     A different kind of playlist today! These are songs that I can play/am aspiring to play on le piano, which I've recently fallen in love with. Sorry, guitar! But we don't need another guitarist in "THE BAND," so I guess a keyboardist would be pretty handy. Anyways, here y'are! Heyyy, today a new and terribly convenient contraction was made--y'are. I'm surprised no one came up with it before, but sometimes there's no hope for humanity.
-Let It Be: The Beatles
-Where is the Love?: The Black Eyed Peas
-*opening of* Seven Seas of Rhye: Queen
-*opening of* Tiny Dancer: Elton John
-Drops of Jupiter: Train
-Ghost in the Machine: B.o.B
-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: Elton John
-*opening of* Lose Yourself: Eminem
-Winning: Schmoyoho
-Buddy Holly: Weezer
-Halo: Beyonce
-Where are You: B.o.B
-Miscellaneous songs from music class

That's Gold, Jerry! Gold!

We Both Reached for the Gun

    SO GUYS! I'm just bursting with enthusiasm because yesterday I went to see Chicago on Broadway and it was so great. We sat on the second level of Ambassador Theatre, right at the ledge, and a silly girl kept talking about how her uncle told her about someone puking right above her on the second level, and how she would bring an umbrella next time. Nasty side conversations! But then the show started, and it was just stellar... obviously, I spent a lot of my day today listening over and over to the soundtrack on iTunes, YouTube, and 8tracks--especially the puppet song, PAHM! Such a work of art. This I can now add to my growing list of Broadway shows. I'm going to write type this list all out, because you all care soooo much about all of the playbills I've collected over the years. Now, have fun!
          BROADWAY SHOWS I'VE SEEN, YA KNOW
*Billy Elliot
*Lion King
*Chicago
*Mary Poppins
*Wicked
*How the Grinch Stole Christmas
*Mamma Mia!
*soon Annie, later this month
*I feel like I'm forgetting something...
*The Nutcracker at Lincoln Center, like that counts
         I am so lucky! I just realized that. All of us people living near NYC are so lucky. Not trying to gloat, but not too many people get the chance to see this many Broadway shows. And, well, relatively speaking, I'm barely past my single digits, and I've seen 7--soon to be 8, whaat?--shows already. That's so insane! And lucky. I feel pretty spoiled now.
         Moving this discussion away from morals... I loved Bob Fosse's choreography (so roaring 20s!) and obviously the score; I loved Roxie, and Billy Flynn, and Cell Block Tango (one of the only songs I already knew), and not Velma because she was a little bit creepy. But she had a cool voice. I loved when Amos sang "Mr. Cellophane" because his voice was pretty much the antithesis of Kurt's when he sang it on Glee. Basically, I thought it was uh-MAZING. Also, happy early birthday to Jezebel! Good day, and *ugh* back to school. If you see a boy named Richard who is really short and goes on his neighbors' swings, alert Tess immediately.