que sera sera
so i went to target last weekend or something and bought this box of sangria. it was cheap... like $16 or something and it contains four bottles worth of alcohol. i thought it was a good deal. they had smaller containers of the other varieties of wine (merlot, cabernet, etc.), however not a smaller version of sangria. so, i bought it thinking "how bad could it be?" initially, i thought it was horrible, but now that i think i'm more than halfway through it i can say it has grown on me. haha. lately i've been getting home from work and i go straight to the box wine and pour myself a pint glass worth of this liquid happiness. after i'm done i'll usually pour myself one more. i'm generally good after that. i suppose it doesn't help that leah's new schedule is practically the opposite of mine, so i have to find ways to entertain myself in the evenings. wine is making a comeback y'all!
so with all this free time i have now i've taken up making mix cds. well, my interest in this was initially sparked by a dear friend to whom i've promised a mix for years (i think) and one day i actually got to it. however, i felt like the one i made for her was genre specific (kinda) and so now i'm making the same general mix in a different genre. some background on these mixes... so when i was going to UH somebody sent me an email asking me to make a mix and call it my life soundtrack. i don't remember who it was, but i thank that person greatly. it has made the mix making process quite enjoyable. anywho, it goes like this:
opening scene:
dreaming about someone scene:
waking up scene:
happy friends scene:
driving scene:
action/fight scene:
chase scene:
happy love scene:
choreographed dance scene:
mellow scene:
sex scene:
angry/bitter scene:
breakup scene:
evil/revenge scene:
contemplation scene:
sad/breakdown scene:
death scene:
funeral scene:
nostalgia scene:
closing credits:
the order is kind of weird, but it generally works out. the initial mix i made still holds pretty true as far as my favorite happy love scene and what not. however, the ones i've been making recently are based on "present day" situations or contain more present day songs of interest. the one i made for the chum was more indie-ish and the one i'm working on now is more along the trip hop/r&b/soul tip. good chill tunes that have been making me bounce my head up and down for at least nine years. they touch my heart quite deeply as well as i associate them with specific people who have impacted the way i see the world and the way i interpret the things i encounter.
anyway, my vacation starts today. i was supposed to be off since monday, but because i had no plans to go anywhere i decided to give back some days. however, i've been regretting that decision since monday. the post office has been asshole-ish and i've worked 40+ hours so far (our work week starts on saturdays, but vacation starts on monday. it's stupid). nevertheless, i'm free! plans for the free days: hang out with mindy (she just moved back yesterday. happy times!), breakfast at town, art projects, shopping for wedding attire, go to my best friend's wedding (and every other event she has going on this weekend), birthday karaoke party for jenni, bike around, take pictures, drink... alright, so basically the things i would do on any day off...
... so let the fun begin.
so with all this free time i have now i've taken up making mix cds. well, my interest in this was initially sparked by a dear friend to whom i've promised a mix for years (i think) and one day i actually got to it. however, i felt like the one i made for her was genre specific (kinda) and so now i'm making the same general mix in a different genre. some background on these mixes... so when i was going to UH somebody sent me an email asking me to make a mix and call it my life soundtrack. i don't remember who it was, but i thank that person greatly. it has made the mix making process quite enjoyable. anywho, it goes like this:
opening scene:
dreaming about someone scene:
waking up scene:
happy friends scene:
driving scene:
action/fight scene:
chase scene:
happy love scene:
choreographed dance scene:
mellow scene:
sex scene:
angry/bitter scene:
breakup scene:
evil/revenge scene:
contemplation scene:
sad/breakdown scene:
death scene:
funeral scene:
nostalgia scene:
closing credits:
the order is kind of weird, but it generally works out. the initial mix i made still holds pretty true as far as my favorite happy love scene and what not. however, the ones i've been making recently are based on "present day" situations or contain more present day songs of interest. the one i made for the chum was more indie-ish and the one i'm working on now is more along the trip hop/r&b/soul tip. good chill tunes that have been making me bounce my head up and down for at least nine years. they touch my heart quite deeply as well as i associate them with specific people who have impacted the way i see the world and the way i interpret the things i encounter.
anyway, my vacation starts today. i was supposed to be off since monday, but because i had no plans to go anywhere i decided to give back some days. however, i've been regretting that decision since monday. the post office has been asshole-ish and i've worked 40+ hours so far (our work week starts on saturdays, but vacation starts on monday. it's stupid). nevertheless, i'm free! plans for the free days: hang out with mindy (she just moved back yesterday. happy times!), breakfast at town, art projects, shopping for wedding attire, go to my best friend's wedding (and every other event she has going on this weekend), birthday karaoke party for jenni, bike around, take pictures, drink... alright, so basically the things i would do on any day off...
... so let the fun begin.