music needs to flow out of me

[gentlyweeps]

i guess since i rarely ever listen to the radio (and when i do, it's only when i'm home in michigan listening to oldies 104.3), i missed out on a couple good things that have happened in the pop music world (a while ago). since i listen to pandora all the time now, i hear stuff, and i'm like, "wow, this is really good! oh, it's somebody that everyone knows about except i never listened to before!" for instance, the vocal stylings of corinne bailey rae. well, i knew about her before & had heard a couple songs (and my former roommate brynne actually compared me to her about 2 year ago). she's got a great style and a really beautiful voice going on. and then there's john legend, who i guess was probably huge. and i did happen to go to a live concert of his in central park a couple years ago (by chance because my friend albert was going and i happened to be with him). but i kind of forgot about what his music was like...i'm sure i thought it was good and appreciated it, but hearing it lately has been different. like it's really good. those are two singers who just somehow evoke this genuine quality in their voices. it's kind of slaying. you just pause and pay attention to what they're saying.

i guess i'm just slow on the uptake.

i bought christmas lights yesterday and put them up in my room. the small white kind. they're really for year-round use, in my opinion. i didn't get them with the intention of christmas-decorating, i got them to add ambient lighting to my room. i love christmas lights. they make any room better, in my opinion.

i can't wait to go home for christmas. goodnight.