So currently, I am sitting in my mother's kitchen typing up this blog. It feels so good to be home. It's not like I don't like college, but my family are my best friends. I talk to them all the time, and its good that I am able to spend an entire month with them before I go back to school.
I recently got my final grades back. I currently have:
COSC 109: A
TSEM 102: A-
BIOL 190: B
MATH 115: B+
This puts me at like a 3.4, which is good because I am on the right track to getting into the Nursing Program. I really just wanted to right this blog so I can just share the good things about my life. It seems as though my last blogs were very down and cynical, so I wanted to counter balance that with all the good things happening to me. I have my health, my loving family (including my two dogs), and good grades to start the new year off right.
So, thats it. This post is short because we're getting our Christmas tree together and making dinner. I probably won't write anything most of the time I'm home, so if I don't see any of you during the break Merry Christmas (or whatever you celebrate) and Happy New Year!!!
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Overexposed 2011 [No. 9]
Hello! Time for another addition of Overexposed. And finally something that I actually think has been extremely overexposed in 2011.
OVEREXPOSED NO. 9
THE ILLUMINATI
I really don't want to start my ramble on about the illuminati. I really don't. Because if I do, I'll get people who will come on here and say You need to open your eyes. Your being controlled by the illuminati. Their doing things and you don't even see. Look, I really don't give a flying f%$@ about anybody's illuminati. I don't. I really think people who believe in the illuminati are just really over paranoid people. I'm not going to sit here and say it doesn't exist, because who knows, it might.
My whole issue with people and the illuminati is when you just assume that an artist is apart of the illuminati. My first question is, why them? Why a celeb? If there really is an illuminati controlling people, wouldn't be the top 1% of the world? The richest people? Not some lowly artist who wouldn't even compare to the money they have? I really get sick and tired of people over analyzing everything. And people who believe that artist are in the illuminati over analzye everything an artist does. When I see the illuminati subject come about I really want to ask: Why do you care? If they are, what the hell do you really think you can do about it?
They can't just all of sudden mind controll you. I just don't understand. Maybe someone should really sit down and explain it to me. Because I really, REALLY don't see it. Who actually sits and thinks that pop stars and rappers are planning to take over the world?! PLEASE, I REALLY NEED SOMEONE TO EXPLAIN. It just doesn't make sense at all. And even if they were, don't you think they would have done it by now? Music is extremely shitty, and you can become famous from just doing not too much of anything. I really think that if they were planning to take over the world, it would have been done by now. People have been talking about the illuminati for years now, so isn't it said that once you oust someone in a secret society, that would have to kill you? Wouldn't they?
If anyone is in the illuminati it would probably be the people your voting for, if the illuminati is even real. And in this context, I seriously doubt it.
Please, educate yourselfs and find out what the illuminati actually is, before you just go over analyzing and believing everything you see or hear.
Seriously, if they were, wouldn't you think the lyrics would be something about taking over the world in a sinister manner rather than "All the single ladies!"..... Just think about it.
Overexposed No. 9.....The Illuminati.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Expectations
So, I was just on another blog, (won't put the name out, because I don't think she wants people to know about it) and she was talking about expectations. The many expectations people have for you or the many expectations you have for others. I wrote like the longest comment of life on there and I decided to transfer it over because it pretty much sums up how I feel about most of the people who I interact with on a daily basis.
"Okie dokie. Lots to say here. So I completely agree with the two sides part. I can equally relate: people either think I'm "Holier than Thou" or a complete "Bitch", which is not true. I have many sides of me, just like everyone else and its only those who are really close to me who know the REAL me. I can be those 2 people and many more, if others would be open to getting to really know me, and not judging me by my reactions to a few situations.
Also, with the high and low expectations part. I mostly get the high expectations from my family (or my professors as well), which is more of a stressor than any other person could put on me. I want to be the most perfect person (which I know can't be attained) for my parents, so they can be proud of me. But, I never really stop to think that they already are. I keep pushing and pushing to make sure that they know that I AM the best child they will ever have. (Seeing as though I am an only child.) Like for example, I just failed one of my biology exams recently, and my dad said something like "That's not like you." Now, right there, its him EXPECTING me to be absolutely perfect and get the perfect grades, when that is not the case all of the time.
And low expectations. Those mostly come from my friends. They expect me to be the "bitch" all the time, never taking into account, "Yes, I do have feelings like the rest of you." Probably moreso. I'm just extremely sensitive to EVERYTHING and so when you make a ignorant or nasty comment, I react on an extreme level. I try to work on it, but I've conditioned myself to behave like that because I don't want to get my feelings hurt when I let my guards down for people. I constantly get (especially from Donivan when I see him) "Your so much nicer now." I've always been this way. Its just your so stuck in seeing me in one light that you can't fathom that I actually have more sides than just the "bitch" or the "perfect little girl."
All in all, I completely get where your coming from on this one."
I just feel pretty confined to one box or the other when I'm around certain people. When its with the friends I hang out with the most its the "Bitch" box, and when I'm around family its the "Holier than Thou" box. Can't people understand that there are more than just one side of people?
I'm not saying that I don't deserve to be put in those boxes, because my behavior has shown accordingly. Many need to realize that just like you, I have a side that I don't like to constantly show. I never cry in front of people or show any type of sadness, and if I do, to most its perceived as anger. I will say this time and time again, I am EXTREMELY sensitive. Any little backwards comment you make in relation to ANYTHING about me, my friends/family, or anything that I have gone through or people close to me have gone through, I'm going to react, and not in the manner that is always appropriate.
My anger is more commonly shown to people because that side of me who is very fragile, I will not show. To anyone. Maybe my parents. But, I've been through enough disappointment in people, with the way they treat me or the things they've said about me whenever I let that side out. I guess in order to show the person I want to show to people, you have to earn it. But, who really wants to wait that long? Should I keep on my "Bitch" face forever? Or come with my sensitive side and wait to see how people really treat me?
She also made a post about the expectations of people. I think I've lost that. I think its really sad that with the exception of maybe my grandparents, I don't put anything past anyone. Even my own parents. I recently found out something really shocking about one of my parents (I don't think I should share because its personal) and it just kind of solidified the already solid boulder of "Don't trust anyone. Don't expect people to be the person you thought they were, because they aren't." People will do you dirty quicker than shit, especially the ones who you think wouldn't. I understand people have flaws and are human, so showing any type of expectation for anyone, even myself, just seems futile. They'll prove you wrong time and time again. From being a child disappointed by my own parents, to being a teen disappointed by my closest family member (so I thought), and been a young woman sometimes disappointed in myself, I find it pointless to but an expectation on anything or anyone, because life will always throw you a curve ball to fuck you up.
I don't know. This topic hits home to me on so many levels. I want to say more about it, but I really think I've done it justice.
Post your comments! Have you ever been confined to one box before? Do people really know the real you?
"Okie dokie. Lots to say here. So I completely agree with the two sides part. I can equally relate: people either think I'm "Holier than Thou" or a complete "Bitch", which is not true. I have many sides of me, just like everyone else and its only those who are really close to me who know the REAL me. I can be those 2 people and many more, if others would be open to getting to really know me, and not judging me by my reactions to a few situations.
Also, with the high and low expectations part. I mostly get the high expectations from my family (or my professors as well), which is more of a stressor than any other person could put on me. I want to be the most perfect person (which I know can't be attained) for my parents, so they can be proud of me. But, I never really stop to think that they already are. I keep pushing and pushing to make sure that they know that I AM the best child they will ever have. (Seeing as though I am an only child.) Like for example, I just failed one of my biology exams recently, and my dad said something like "That's not like you." Now, right there, its him EXPECTING me to be absolutely perfect and get the perfect grades, when that is not the case all of the time.
And low expectations. Those mostly come from my friends. They expect me to be the "bitch" all the time, never taking into account, "Yes, I do have feelings like the rest of you." Probably moreso. I'm just extremely sensitive to EVERYTHING and so when you make a ignorant or nasty comment, I react on an extreme level. I try to work on it, but I've conditioned myself to behave like that because I don't want to get my feelings hurt when I let my guards down for people. I constantly get (especially from Donivan when I see him) "Your so much nicer now." I've always been this way. Its just your so stuck in seeing me in one light that you can't fathom that I actually have more sides than just the "bitch" or the "perfect little girl."
All in all, I completely get where your coming from on this one."
I just feel pretty confined to one box or the other when I'm around certain people. When its with the friends I hang out with the most its the "Bitch" box, and when I'm around family its the "Holier than Thou" box. Can't people understand that there are more than just one side of people?
I'm not saying that I don't deserve to be put in those boxes, because my behavior has shown accordingly. Many need to realize that just like you, I have a side that I don't like to constantly show. I never cry in front of people or show any type of sadness, and if I do, to most its perceived as anger. I will say this time and time again, I am EXTREMELY sensitive. Any little backwards comment you make in relation to ANYTHING about me, my friends/family, or anything that I have gone through or people close to me have gone through, I'm going to react, and not in the manner that is always appropriate.
My anger is more commonly shown to people because that side of me who is very fragile, I will not show. To anyone. Maybe my parents. But, I've been through enough disappointment in people, with the way they treat me or the things they've said about me whenever I let that side out. I guess in order to show the person I want to show to people, you have to earn it. But, who really wants to wait that long? Should I keep on my "Bitch" face forever? Or come with my sensitive side and wait to see how people really treat me?
She also made a post about the expectations of people. I think I've lost that. I think its really sad that with the exception of maybe my grandparents, I don't put anything past anyone. Even my own parents. I recently found out something really shocking about one of my parents (I don't think I should share because its personal) and it just kind of solidified the already solid boulder of "Don't trust anyone. Don't expect people to be the person you thought they were, because they aren't." People will do you dirty quicker than shit, especially the ones who you think wouldn't. I understand people have flaws and are human, so showing any type of expectation for anyone, even myself, just seems futile. They'll prove you wrong time and time again. From being a child disappointed by my own parents, to being a teen disappointed by my closest family member (so I thought), and been a young woman sometimes disappointed in myself, I find it pointless to but an expectation on anything or anyone, because life will always throw you a curve ball to fuck you up.
I don't know. This topic hits home to me on so many levels. I want to say more about it, but I really think I've done it justice.
Post your comments! Have you ever been confined to one box before? Do people really know the real you?
Overexposed 2011 [No. 10]
***Hello again! Last post of today I promise. Um..quick updates in my personal life. (If you don't mind. Which I'm sure you don't. If you do.......your just rude.) I took 2 finals this morning/afternoon. I think I did pretty well on my food politics final. As for biology, I think I got most of the material right. The multiple choice got me a little bit, and the essay was a bit tricky, but all in all I think I did well. Lots of my friends are home already, and I can't wait to see them all! I come back home after everyone else: the 21st. But that's okay. Gives me a little space between today and my next final and then its on home for me! Also, if anyone cares: Chris Paul got traded to the Los Angeles Clippers and Kobe Bryant is getting a divorce. (I always thought that marriage was SET. Especially after his whole rape court case thingy, but I guess you never know what happens behind closed doors.)***
If you don't know, (and I'm going to tell you) I frequent Youtube a lot. Entirely too much. I like the people I watch on there, whether its for news (Sxephil), gossip (Sweetaddictionstv, TheSkorpionShow), or just for laughs period (ItsKingsleyBitch, Bee318ti, MuchLoveFromKY, JennaMarbles, etc.), I love me some Youtube.
ItsKingsleyBitch, or Kingsley for short, is doing the things, events, or people that were overexposed the most this year. Last year he did something similar, and Justin Beiber came in the #1 spot for the person most overexposed in 2010. So, since 2011 is now coming to a close, I decided I would hop on the bandwagon and release a blog post everyday commenting on what Kingsley's subscribers have said is the most overexposed thing for that day. Today, I'm starting with #10, but Kingsley has 2 previous videos chronicling numbers 12 and 11. So here we go!!! {I'm super excited! =) }
If you don't know, (and I'm going to tell you) I frequent Youtube a lot. Entirely too much. I like the people I watch on there, whether its for news (Sxephil), gossip (Sweetaddictionstv, TheSkorpionShow), or just for laughs period (ItsKingsleyBitch, Bee318ti, MuchLoveFromKY, JennaMarbles, etc.), I love me some Youtube.
ItsKingsleyBitch, or Kingsley for short, is doing the things, events, or people that were overexposed the most this year. Last year he did something similar, and Justin Beiber came in the #1 spot for the person most overexposed in 2010. So, since 2011 is now coming to a close, I decided I would hop on the bandwagon and release a blog post everyday commenting on what Kingsley's subscribers have said is the most overexposed thing for that day. Today, I'm starting with #10, but Kingsley has 2 previous videos chronicling numbers 12 and 11. So here we go!!! {I'm super excited! =) }
OVEREXPOSED NO. 10
BEYONCE
Now, I love me some Beyonce, and I really don't think she was too overexposed this year when she released her album like she was when I Am...Sasha Fierce came out. (Single ladies anyone?) But, I guess I could see how she has been overexposed. First, she's been on break forever, and all of her fans have been waiting for her comeback album, myself included. (But, I'll get back to the album later) So earlier this year, Beyonce was caught up in the Gaddafi drama, with accepting money from his son to perform at private birthday parties and such. Now, I really don't think that her doing a performance for Gaddafi, seeing as though our government has been in talks with Gaddafi on a friendly level before, needs to be a story on CNN, but I guess.
Then her first single "Run the World (Girls)" leaked, and I was not happy with what I heard. Many weren't. It seemed like a song that Willow Smith would sing, not a woman who is almost 30. But, the video made me change my mind, and the song started to grow on me. "Run the World" was not a success on the Billboard charts, not even making it in the top 10, when people like Rihanna (Who have shitty songs. Let's be real.) make it in the top 10 everytime they release a single. People were beginning to speculate that maybe Beyonce's time was over, and that she really needed to sit her a$$ down and give Jay-Z some babies before he rots to death.
She perfomed everywhere this year. Oprah's final show, the Billboard awards (and was the best performance of the night), Good Morning America, Glastonbury, everywhere.Then, her entire album leaks. ( I didn't pay for the album either, but whatever.) The entire album. UGH...another way to mess up her era this time around. But the album was really good. Surprisingly enough, because I didn't like the singles she came out with (Run the World, 1+1). I think its one of her best, so listen to it if you haven't already. I really think its one of the best albums of the year. (Kinda mad that the Grammy's didn't give her any nominations for that album AT ALL. I Am...Sasha Fierce was shitty compared to this album and this album gets NO nominations. *Forever side eye at the Grammy's*)
Beyonce all of a sudden starts releasing videos left and right: Countdown, Love On Top, 1+1, Best Thing I Never Had, Party, End of Time, and Dance for You. I'm secretly thinking "B...are you just releasing these videos to get your buzz up on this album? I mean it did good, not a good as Lady Gaga, but you sold more than Rihanna, so that does it for me."
Then, the coup de grâce, Beyonce performs at the MTV VMAs. She did Love On Top, and I thought, "Okay...that suit is going to come off and she is going to KILL Run the World." But no, she sings the entire song, which she did good, and right before the end of the performance I was like, "Is that it? Damn B..."
BUT THEN SHE HIT ME WITH THE MORTAL KOMBAT "FINISH HIM" TYPE MOVE. She opened up her coat and showed that she was pregnant. Yep. Pregnant. I was literally jumping up and down for joy, ran to get my computer and checked to see if it was true. And sure enough, Beyonce was preggers, a lot more than I thought actually, probably around 4 months. Twitter and Facebook blew up with the news of her pregnancy, and she's been all over the blogs strutting her baby bump. Beyonce's baby bump-gate became topic, when in an interview, it looked like her stomach deflated (To some people who have too much time on their hands. Like why are you so worried about what's going on in her uterus?) and many questioned if her baby bump was real. AND DAMNIT IT IS. Jeez.
So whether it was the many road bumps it took to get that album out, 50,000 video releases, performances everywhere, or even a new baby, Beyonce has been all over the damn place this year.
Overexposed #10.......Beyonce.
Studying Playlist Part II
***Today, I really don't feel like giving a synopsis on why I like each song. It just seems like a lot to do. So instead I'll just put the songs in a list, and you just make your own opinion on why I like the song.***
Hello again! Back to do part 2 of my studying playlist. Firstly, I'd like to thank everyone who actually looks at this damn thing when I post the link on Facebook and comment on the blog posts. You guys are awesome! So without further adieu...The Studying Playlist Part II
15. Frank Ocean - Swim Good
16. Frank Ocean - American Wedding
17. Tyler, The Creator - Yonkers
18. Tyler, The Creator - French!
19. Tyler, The Creator - Sarah
20. Tyler, The Creator ft. Jasper Dolphin & Taco - Tina
21. John Legend - So High
22. John Legend - Ordinary People
23. John Legend - Heaven
24. Sade - No Ordinary Love
25. Outkast/Andre 3000 - She Lives In My Lap
26. Lauryn Hill - When It Hurts So Bad
There you have it! My Studying Playlist Part II. Hopefully you like the songs I picked, and if you have songs you listen to when doing work or studying leave it as a comment!
*BTW: I did listen to Beyonce's 4 album most of the time I've been here to get work done, but I decided to create a playlist for everyone's ears. And for those who really don't like Beyonce.*
Hello again! Back to do part 2 of my studying playlist. Firstly, I'd like to thank everyone who actually looks at this damn thing when I post the link on Facebook and comment on the blog posts. You guys are awesome! So without further adieu...The Studying Playlist Part II
15. Frank Ocean - Swim Good
16. Frank Ocean - American Wedding
17. Tyler, The Creator - Yonkers
18. Tyler, The Creator - French!
19. Tyler, The Creator - Sarah
20. Tyler, The Creator ft. Jasper Dolphin & Taco - Tina
21. John Legend - So High
22. John Legend - Ordinary People
23. John Legend - Heaven
24. Sade - No Ordinary Love
25. Outkast/Andre 3000 - She Lives In My Lap
26. Lauryn Hill - When It Hurts So Bad
There you have it! My Studying Playlist Part II. Hopefully you like the songs I picked, and if you have songs you listen to when doing work or studying leave it as a comment!
*BTW: I did listen to Beyonce's 4 album most of the time I've been here to get work done, but I decided to create a playlist for everyone's ears. And for those who really don't like Beyonce.*
Please Clean Your Ears
***Well I was supposed to update that playlist from Wednesday, but you know how studying goes. Yesterday (when is where my whole dilemma starts) I had a computer science final, which was very easy, and I got an A on it! Be proud of me! =) Then that night, I was studying for my biology final and seminar final which were at 8:00 am and 12:30, respectively. I should be doing something on the most overexposed things in 2011 (in favor of Kingsley on youtube), and putting up the second half of that playlist. So you guys get a lot today. YAY!!! Now, to this post.***
Chile, if I did not go through one of the most annoying things in my life today, I swear I wouldn't be making this a post at all. Let's start with a disclaimer. I do clean my ears. Everyday. Once I'm done in the shower, I take my washcloth and clean behind my ears and on the inside. Now, your not supposed to stick anything in your actual ear, so I guess you could say, I never clean that part because I was always under the assumption that it just cleans itself. Oh...MY.....GOSH was I wrong.
So starting well early yesterday morning, I rolled over in my bed just like any other person would, and my right ear popped. Yes, popped. You know that sensation that your ear goes through when you fly in a plane, or (for those who use the subway) when your in a tunnel and your ears get pressure and unclog themselves? Well thats what my right ear was doing, while I was laying in my bed. I seriously had no idea what to do, but just rolled over and thought nothing of it. So, as I'm getting up to take my 8:00 computer science exam, it popped. Again. I went throughout the entire day with my right ear popping when I would yawn, when I would burp, when I swallowed, even if I stretched too much. Yesterday night, I figured I'll just sleep it off and be fine in the morning. WRONG AGAIN. (Gosh, I'm wrong a lot in this story.)
So this morning, my ear pops again as I'm getting up. I decided (and excuse my language) I'm sick of this shit. I'm going to the health center and see if they know whats wrong with my ear. I had looked online early this morning, around 4:00 to see what the hell was wrong. The internet gave me: liquid in your ears or earwax. I was really hoping it was earwax so whoever was working on me could clean my ears and I could be out of there. So, I went and took my 8:00 biology exam, with my ear popping throughout the entire test. I hurried up and turned in my test, with an extra 30 minutes to spare (you know they give you 2 hours to take a final) and rushed my butt to the health center. When I got there, they did the preliminary stuff: height, weight, blood pressure, family history, etc.
When I went to see the doctor, I told him my ears have been popping and I have no idea whats going on. He looked in my ears and told me I have an extreme build up of earwax that was actually blocking him from seeing my eardrum. I still thought nothing of this. I thought if they do some zapppy thing and clean my ears out, I can be out of here. WRONG ONCE AGAIN.
The lady who cleaned my ears did something called irrigation. Which is:
Now don't get me wrong, it didn't hurt at all, but it was just something you don't want done. So the point of this post is to tell you guys, please clean the inside of your ears. It really helps your hearing (seeing as though I can hear really well now), and prevents you from going through the popping, partial hearing loss, or ear irrigation. All you gotta do is take perioxide from the dollar store and warm water, mix them together, and put like 2 drops in your ear once a week. That's it! And your free from any other health risks as far as your ears go.
This story may be gross to some, but I really needed to share. The doctor told me earwax buildup is the cause of many young people who have hearing loss, and sticking in headphones makes it worse, because it pushes the earwax and compacts it in your ear.
So, I know what I'll be doing every Sunday night from now on. I surely do not want to go through that EVER again. =)
Chile, if I did not go through one of the most annoying things in my life today, I swear I wouldn't be making this a post at all. Let's start with a disclaimer. I do clean my ears. Everyday. Once I'm done in the shower, I take my washcloth and clean behind my ears and on the inside. Now, your not supposed to stick anything in your actual ear, so I guess you could say, I never clean that part because I was always under the assumption that it just cleans itself. Oh...MY.....GOSH was I wrong.
So starting well early yesterday morning, I rolled over in my bed just like any other person would, and my right ear popped. Yes, popped. You know that sensation that your ear goes through when you fly in a plane, or (for those who use the subway) when your in a tunnel and your ears get pressure and unclog themselves? Well thats what my right ear was doing, while I was laying in my bed. I seriously had no idea what to do, but just rolled over and thought nothing of it. So, as I'm getting up to take my 8:00 computer science exam, it popped. Again. I went throughout the entire day with my right ear popping when I would yawn, when I would burp, when I swallowed, even if I stretched too much. Yesterday night, I figured I'll just sleep it off and be fine in the morning. WRONG AGAIN. (Gosh, I'm wrong a lot in this story.)
So this morning, my ear pops again as I'm getting up. I decided (and excuse my language) I'm sick of this shit. I'm going to the health center and see if they know whats wrong with my ear. I had looked online early this morning, around 4:00 to see what the hell was wrong. The internet gave me: liquid in your ears or earwax. I was really hoping it was earwax so whoever was working on me could clean my ears and I could be out of there. So, I went and took my 8:00 biology exam, with my ear popping throughout the entire test. I hurried up and turned in my test, with an extra 30 minutes to spare (you know they give you 2 hours to take a final) and rushed my butt to the health center. When I got there, they did the preliminary stuff: height, weight, blood pressure, family history, etc.
When I went to see the doctor, I told him my ears have been popping and I have no idea whats going on. He looked in my ears and told me I have an extreme build up of earwax that was actually blocking him from seeing my eardrum. I still thought nothing of this. I thought if they do some zapppy thing and clean my ears out, I can be out of here. WRONG ONCE AGAIN.
The lady who cleaned my ears did something called irrigation. Which is:
- Protect your clothing. Water is EVERYWHERE.
- Mix together a solution of warm water and perioxide
- Take a large syringe-like device and fill it up.
- Stick in ear and push ALL that damn water out.
Now don't get me wrong, it didn't hurt at all, but it was just something you don't want done. So the point of this post is to tell you guys, please clean the inside of your ears. It really helps your hearing (seeing as though I can hear really well now), and prevents you from going through the popping, partial hearing loss, or ear irrigation. All you gotta do is take perioxide from the dollar store and warm water, mix them together, and put like 2 drops in your ear once a week. That's it! And your free from any other health risks as far as your ears go.
This story may be gross to some, but I really needed to share. The doctor told me earwax buildup is the cause of many young people who have hearing loss, and sticking in headphones makes it worse, because it pushes the earwax and compacts it in your ear.
So, I know what I'll be doing every Sunday night from now on. I surely do not want to go through that EVER again. =)
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
New Blog and College Finals
Well, well, well....Here I am again. I call myself opening a new blog to calm myself/procrastinate from studying for my first ever set of college finals. I'm nervous just like the rest of my peers, trying to find any time to study for the final exams of my fall semester in college. Nervousness, anxiety, worries, almost-wanting-to-rip-your-hair-out-ness, and everything in-between starts to come into play when finals week comes around.
I have talked to my friends a lot more recently, and hearing their stories of all-nighters, studying for exams, doing projects and 5-10 papers, has got me thinking that college is extremely hard. (Well not really A LOT harder than high school, in my opinion, but just a lot more work.) So, to kick off my new blog, I have decided to share what helps me focus when I study. MUSIC.
I swear, music can make me focus on just about anything. Music and willpower, because if I don't want to do it, I won't. So in light of finals and my love of music, I have decided to share my personal studying playlist. The playlist is 28 songs long, so I broke it up in 2 parts.
Here we go: ( As I type this, I am actually listening to the playlist now :P )
2. Esthero - I Drive Alone Not a lot of people know about Canadian singer Esthero. I actually started to listen to her music on accident. I didn't know who she was or what she looked like, but I knew I loved this song when I first heard it. Another slow-ish kinda song. I got to hear her sampler over the summer working for my cousin and this woman has serious talent. I wonder why she hasn't blow up yet? (BTW...she sings the song Wikked Little Girls. Ya know "wikked little girls, kiss the boys and make them cry...something, something, something.")
3. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Outta My Head Now I know everyone has at least heard this song sometime or another. I love this song. It makes me wanna dance in some rave type club! Its on my list because its a bit up tempo from the previous two songs. And just because I like the song so much.
4. Maxwell - Whenever Whereever Whatever Another slow song from Maxwell. This song is just to calm me back down from all the dancing in my seat from the previous song. And I just like the song because its one of the only songs I liked as a kid that my mother would continously play.
5. Trey Songz - Can't Be Friends One of the only Trey Songz songs (that was awkward. Songz songs..okay) that I like. All his other songs have become repetitive. "Ooo girl, let me show you how good I am in the bedroom." Boy that ship came and went with R.Kelly. Let's please get some material to your music. This song is one of the few gems that he has that no one really pays attention to. So I like the song, not because I relate to the lyrics, but because it actually has substance compared to his other songs.
6. Destiny's Child - She Can't Love You Now, I only think real Destiny's Child fans would know this song. From their album Writings on the Wall. (If you don't know that album...I officially have no words for you. ESPECIALLY if you are a Beyonce fan. No excuse for you not to know this album) Well this song, is one that is definately not a single from that album (unlike "Bills Bills Bills", "Jumpin, Jumpin", or "Say My Name") but still a great song.
7. Sade - By Your Side Another artist that my mother would play that I hated, but grown to love as an older young person. I like this song because its really easy to sing long to and makes you want to be like the people as concerts with the lighters swaying them back and forth. My mom actually went to go see Sade in concert recently. I heard she puts on a helluva good show! =)
8. Sade - Cherish The Day Another Sade song. I like this song for the guitar (I'm pretty sure that's what instrument I hear) and is another song to easily sing to.
9. Outkast/Andre 3000 - Take Off Your Cool My FAVORITE album if I could ever have one. Male or female artist, this album is the best of the best. The Love Below is seriously overlooked now. In its day it was the best album out, but since Andre 3000 has only made little apperances here and there and not with his own album I guess we can say this is his best. I do feel though that if he does come out with another album, it won't top The Love Below. But that's just my opinion.
10. Outkast/Andre 3000 - Love in War Although its a short song, another one of my favorites off of The Love Below. Hell, I might as well say the whole album had songs you could appreciate. Well this is one of them.
11. John Mayer - Your Body is a Wonderland Even though John Mayer is a racist SOB, he does make good music. Well acutally, I can only judge one album, Room for Squares. That was the CD my mother bought of his and the only one I've heard my him. I remember listening to this CD while trying to beat my video game on Xbox...I actually won too! Well this song is obviously his most known song and its a really good listen.
12. Beyonce - I Miss You Off of her newest album 4, this song stuck out to me when I first gave the album a listen. I remember playing this song over and over before listening to the rest of album. It's written by Frank Ocean (who is also on the playlist) and is really calm and a likeable listen. I actually think 4 is one of Beyonce's best albums. It SHOULD'VE BEEN nominated for Grammy's like I am...Sasha Fierce, but I won't get into that.
13. Monica - Love All Over Me This song is the only song I honestly paid attention to off of Monica's recent album release. I like it because it reminds of R&B from the 90s.
14. Frank Ocean - Thinking About You The last song in part 1 of my playlist. I first listened to the song in the summer after finding out who Odd Future is. I actually didn't like Novacane when I heard it (and still don't) but I actually liked this song when I first heard it and decided that Frank Ocean is okay with me. =)
I have talked to my friends a lot more recently, and hearing their stories of all-nighters, studying for exams, doing projects and 5-10 papers, has got me thinking that college is extremely hard. (Well not really A LOT harder than high school, in my opinion, but just a lot more work.) So, to kick off my new blog, I have decided to share what helps me focus when I study. MUSIC.
I swear, music can make me focus on just about anything. Music and willpower, because if I don't want to do it, I won't. So in light of finals and my love of music, I have decided to share my personal studying playlist. The playlist is 28 songs long, so I broke it up in 2 parts.
Here we go: ( As I type this, I am actually listening to the playlist now :P )
***PART 1***
1. Maxwell - Lonely's The Only Company Now if you don't know anything about anybody's Maxwell, you live in another era. This song is one of the only songs I loved when my mother would play Maxwell when I was a kid. I remember being little, when I used to live in the apartment in District Heights and my mother would play Maxwell to death. I hated it. But now that I'm a bit older, I can appreciate his music. This song is actually from his first album released in the early 90s. A really slow song, but it's calming enough to get me to focus.2. Esthero - I Drive Alone Not a lot of people know about Canadian singer Esthero. I actually started to listen to her music on accident. I didn't know who she was or what she looked like, but I knew I loved this song when I first heard it. Another slow-ish kinda song. I got to hear her sampler over the summer working for my cousin and this woman has serious talent. I wonder why she hasn't blow up yet? (BTW...she sings the song Wikked Little Girls. Ya know "wikked little girls, kiss the boys and make them cry...something, something, something.")
3. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Outta My Head Now I know everyone has at least heard this song sometime or another. I love this song. It makes me wanna dance in some rave type club! Its on my list because its a bit up tempo from the previous two songs. And just because I like the song so much.
4. Maxwell - Whenever Whereever Whatever Another slow song from Maxwell. This song is just to calm me back down from all the dancing in my seat from the previous song. And I just like the song because its one of the only songs I liked as a kid that my mother would continously play.
5. Trey Songz - Can't Be Friends One of the only Trey Songz songs (that was awkward. Songz songs..okay) that I like. All his other songs have become repetitive. "Ooo girl, let me show you how good I am in the bedroom." Boy that ship came and went with R.Kelly. Let's please get some material to your music. This song is one of the few gems that he has that no one really pays attention to. So I like the song, not because I relate to the lyrics, but because it actually has substance compared to his other songs.
6. Destiny's Child - She Can't Love You Now, I only think real Destiny's Child fans would know this song. From their album Writings on the Wall. (If you don't know that album...I officially have no words for you. ESPECIALLY if you are a Beyonce fan. No excuse for you not to know this album) Well this song, is one that is definately not a single from that album (unlike "Bills Bills Bills", "Jumpin, Jumpin", or "Say My Name") but still a great song.
7. Sade - By Your Side Another artist that my mother would play that I hated, but grown to love as an older young person. I like this song because its really easy to sing long to and makes you want to be like the people as concerts with the lighters swaying them back and forth. My mom actually went to go see Sade in concert recently. I heard she puts on a helluva good show! =)
8. Sade - Cherish The Day Another Sade song. I like this song for the guitar (I'm pretty sure that's what instrument I hear) and is another song to easily sing to.
9. Outkast/Andre 3000 - Take Off Your Cool My FAVORITE album if I could ever have one. Male or female artist, this album is the best of the best. The Love Below is seriously overlooked now. In its day it was the best album out, but since Andre 3000 has only made little apperances here and there and not with his own album I guess we can say this is his best. I do feel though that if he does come out with another album, it won't top The Love Below. But that's just my opinion.
10. Outkast/Andre 3000 - Love in War Although its a short song, another one of my favorites off of The Love Below. Hell, I might as well say the whole album had songs you could appreciate. Well this is one of them.
11. John Mayer - Your Body is a Wonderland Even though John Mayer is a racist SOB, he does make good music. Well acutally, I can only judge one album, Room for Squares. That was the CD my mother bought of his and the only one I've heard my him. I remember listening to this CD while trying to beat my video game on Xbox...I actually won too! Well this song is obviously his most known song and its a really good listen.
12. Beyonce - I Miss You Off of her newest album 4, this song stuck out to me when I first gave the album a listen. I remember playing this song over and over before listening to the rest of album. It's written by Frank Ocean (who is also on the playlist) and is really calm and a likeable listen. I actually think 4 is one of Beyonce's best albums. It SHOULD'VE BEEN nominated for Grammy's like I am...Sasha Fierce, but I won't get into that.
13. Monica - Love All Over Me This song is the only song I honestly paid attention to off of Monica's recent album release. I like it because it reminds of R&B from the 90s.
14. Frank Ocean - Thinking About You The last song in part 1 of my playlist. I first listened to the song in the summer after finding out who Odd Future is. I actually didn't like Novacane when I heard it (and still don't) but I actually liked this song when I first heard it and decided that Frank Ocean is okay with me. =)
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