Summer Soundtrack `10

A lot of dance, a lot of soul, and some rock n roll.

1)Dragonette - Pick Up the Phone
2)Operator Please - Logic
3)Marina and The Diamonds - Shampain
4)Aerosmith - Dream On
5)Robyn - Dancing on my Own
6)Miike Snow - Sans Soleil
7)Sebastien Tellier - L'Amour et Violence
8)Penguin Prison - A Funny Thing
9)Grum - LA Lights
10)Sky Ferreria - Stand Back
11)Calvin Harris - Flashback
12)Jay-Z - On To The Next One
13)The Presents - If I Know You
14)She & Him - You Really Got a Hold on Me
15)The Plasticines - Barcelona
16)Beyonce - Why Don't You Love Me
17)Annie - Bad Times
18)Scarlett Johansson & Pete Yorn - Relator
19)Chromeo - Fancy Footwork
20)Deadmau5 - Faxing Berlin


*see 2009 here

This Ain't No Seals and Croft Bullsh*t!

Its a little late but hey you know what they say...

Summer Playlist Recipe: Healthy spoonfuls of electronica, a pinch of pop, with a sprinkling of folk.

1)Girl and the Robot by Royksopp
2)Revolution in the Head by Girls Aloud
3)Dancer by Woodhands
4)Earthquake by Little Boots
5)Far Away by Cut Copy
6)Love Calls You by Name by Leonard Cohen
7)Soft Shock by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
8)Atmosphere by Joy Division
9)Morning Dreams by Ladyhawke
10)Parallel Lines by Junior Boys
11)Tell All Your Friends by LCD Soundsystem
12)New in Town by Little Boots
13)Going on by Gnalrs Barkley
14)Outro With Bees by Neko Case
15)Everyone's at it by Lily Allen
16)Lightsonic by Groove Armada
17)California by Josh Ritter
18)Tomorrow by Ladytron
19)Summer of Love by The Presets
20)Halfway Home by TV on the Radio

The Hard Goodbye Pt. 2

So Alice is gone. I wrote her a letter, like actually hand wrote her a letter that I slipped into my copy of World War Z and told her not to read it till after the plane took off. Sentimental? Cheesy? Ok, yea it totally was but all the things I wrote were things she needed to know. To have such a lack of support from her parents, she needed to know what she was doing, was right and not to have ANY regrets or worries. Hopefully my letter gave her piece of mind, because that was its purpose. I know she'll have an amazing time.

Celeste is here! I saw her on Friday. We spent the day in and around the Eaton's Centre because that's a tourist hotspot with Dundas Square and the bronze cowboy. So now its essentially my duty to be tour guide and entertainment organizer which I don't necessarily object to. It will force me to get out this summer and do more than just work and stress about the upcoming school year. I must say though it does not feel as if its been four years since Celeste and I saw each other. I thought it would be awkward because she's the super Sydney club skan- uh go'er and I'm...not. However, we did pick up where we left off: her saying crazy things and me being left flabbergasted. Good relationship, I say!

My summer job is starting up. We're having meetings and trainings and this year we have a new supervisor and with a new supervisor come new changes. She seems nice enough (through emails because we have not met yet) but there are some changes that are a bit perplexing. For one thing, the parents don't need newsletters, its summer camp. I'm sure this is a welcome respite from the constant newsletters and information packages that are sent home with their kids during the school year, AND its not exactly in line with thinking green since we all know where said newsletters will end up. Plus with our camp, we don't necessarily have a plan. That's not to say that we have no idea what we're doing day in and day out but if a particular group of kids can't do a drill or aren't enjoying an activity, I'm not going to force them to do it because that's the plan. Its more of a guide than a plan but we'll see what happens. I'm thinking I'm going to have a lot to say at our meeting on Friday...although she probably won't want to hear it because I missed the first meeting because of my other job and I'm going to miss our last meeting before camp starts because I have my road test that day. I'm sure I'm her favorite already.

Summer, it has arrived

Summer

This is essentially how I'm feeling right now.

We can make it rain again I'd feel like I belong
Let's make it cold again I'm not ready and it's wrong
We can put the outdoor chairs back in and lock the door
Go back to walking all heads down and put our coats back on

The summer's come too soon and I'm still missing you

We can stay at home and draw the blinds and light a fire
Pull the covers high and go to sleep early for hours
Don't want to be too hot and there's no way to cool down
Don't want to sit outside all night or even leave the house

The summer's come too soon and I'm still missing you

I don't want to sit and drink in parks and watch the sun go down
Don't want to put my feet in water and lie back in the grass
I don't want to watch the planes go by or hold anybody's hand

The summer's come too soon and I can't come back to you
The summer's come too soon and I'm still missing you

And if the sun would go down stop reminding me now
If we ever had a choice, I don't mind now
And if the sun would go down stop reminding me now
If we ever had a choice, I don't mind now