Recommend me some good music!
I'm immersing myself in waves of nostalgia, listening to the radio hits I favored before I discovered indie music. They're not so bad, or maybe I'm just too sentimental.
I've been so busy with school, I haven't had time to listen to a new artist or read a good book. So I'm in the middle of trying to remedy that now: I just finished reading Dai Sijie's "Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch" and I'm currently in Jhumpa Lahiri's "Interpreter of Maladies" (which I think I like better; it resonates with me more, emotionally. The other one is still interesting though, more so because of its references to psychology and other things that interest me than anything it made me feel). Reading makes me feel so much more alive! haha. I feel tons better, back to normal, before I had to spend so much time on school. Funny thing, when I started spending more time on my schoolwork and less time reading for my own sake, I think I stopped learning as much. Actually, that theme of the magic of reading appears in Dai Sijie's first novel, "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress". I might decide to read that again, it's been a while. Maybe I'll like it this time. ;) Oh my gosh, I think I own it. I half-remember buying it on impulse at The Little Professor (which sadly, now exists only as a beloved memory), just because it was a novel about Chinese people, written by a Chinese author. Oh yeah, and it was a New York Times bestseller, so I figured it had to be good. Where is that paperback...
Tell me, what else feels as good as scratching an itch? What are the simple pleasures of life? (cracking creme brulee with a spoon, perhaps? Dipping one's hand deep into a sack of dry goods? Or taking out the entire contents of one's toolbox/purse and putting everything back in again?) Unless you've seen Amelie, you probably think I'm weird. That's okay.
I've stopped listening to old radio hits and am now listening to new radio hits, namely Shakira :) Not that I listen to the radio of course (indie rockers are too good for that), I just heard this song when they played it at prom, and really, really liked it. I suppose I don't totally suck at dancing, if I hear the right music..
My parents are watching a Chinese soap opera right now; I can hear Chinese pop music from the living room. It sounds good enough but generic and uninteresting.
My aunt, uncle, and two out of three cousins arrived from Atlanta today, it should be a pretty fun week.
To quote Shakira, Mi casa, su casa..
I've been so busy with school, I haven't had time to listen to a new artist or read a good book. So I'm in the middle of trying to remedy that now: I just finished reading Dai Sijie's "Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch" and I'm currently in Jhumpa Lahiri's "Interpreter of Maladies" (which I think I like better; it resonates with me more, emotionally. The other one is still interesting though, more so because of its references to psychology and other things that interest me than anything it made me feel). Reading makes me feel so much more alive! haha. I feel tons better, back to normal, before I had to spend so much time on school. Funny thing, when I started spending more time on my schoolwork and less time reading for my own sake, I think I stopped learning as much. Actually, that theme of the magic of reading appears in Dai Sijie's first novel, "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress". I might decide to read that again, it's been a while. Maybe I'll like it this time. ;) Oh my gosh, I think I own it. I half-remember buying it on impulse at The Little Professor (which sadly, now exists only as a beloved memory), just because it was a novel about Chinese people, written by a Chinese author. Oh yeah, and it was a New York Times bestseller, so I figured it had to be good. Where is that paperback...
Tell me, what else feels as good as scratching an itch? What are the simple pleasures of life? (cracking creme brulee with a spoon, perhaps? Dipping one's hand deep into a sack of dry goods? Or taking out the entire contents of one's toolbox/purse and putting everything back in again?) Unless you've seen Amelie, you probably think I'm weird. That's okay.
I've stopped listening to old radio hits and am now listening to new radio hits, namely Shakira :) Not that I listen to the radio of course (indie rockers are too good for that), I just heard this song when they played it at prom, and really, really liked it. I suppose I don't totally suck at dancing, if I hear the right music..
My parents are watching a Chinese soap opera right now; I can hear Chinese pop music from the living room. It sounds good enough but generic and uninteresting.
My aunt, uncle, and two out of three cousins arrived from Atlanta today, it should be a pretty fun week.
To quote Shakira, Mi casa, su casa..