I have always loved the coupling of the colors teal and brown. Now that I have the chance to redecorate my bedroom, I'm finally able to use these colors as a base.
As I was searching for various duvet covers online, I came across a website devoted to all things brown and blue!!
The Chocolate Blues has a great listing of things from comforters and duvet covers to plates and dishes to furniture.
What I really, really want is this but it can only be found in a twin size :(
Alas, the search continues....
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
My December
The list of CDs that I can listen to the whole way through is a very short one. I’m not talking about “greatest hits” or “best of” CDs either – I’m talking about studio albums. For years, the list did not change. It consisted of “Janet” by Janet Jackson, “Thriller” by Michael Jackson, and “Nevermind” by Nirvana.
While these were amazing albums and I still listen to them, I could never really relate to them. “Thriller” and “Janet” both came out when I was young and while I enjoyed the music and understood the content, I could never really relate to most of the songs. I remember blushing and almost cringing when I would hear “Any time, Any Place!”
And when “Nevermind” came out, I was 9 years old. I was 12 when I actually started listening to it and while I enjoyed the music, couldn’t really understand the angst.
It’s been a while since I’ve come across an album by an artist that is truly an album – a collection of songs related to one another. And, with the advent of applications like Napster and iTunes it’s possible for people to purchase single songs. We can now pick and choose which pieces of an album we want. For the most part, this has been very convenient since most mainstream albums that come out today are a loose collection of songs, most of which are meant to be radio hits.
However, I’ve recently discovered two albums by the same artist that I can listen to the whole way through and for the first time, they are albums that I can completely relate to.
Back in 2004, Kelly Clarkson released “Breakaway.” I was able to relate to most, if not all of the songs on that CD. I had just experienced a terrible breakup, had just graduated from college and was on my own for the first time – trying to figure out what my niche was in the world. I remember loading that CD up onto my iPod and listening to every song, over and over again on the metro and while I was running. I remember thinking “oh my God! She knows exactly how I feel!”
And now, Ms. Clarkson has once again produced an album of music that I can relate to. Unlike “Breakaway” her new album, “My December” was completely written by her. And most of the songs, while ridden with anger and sadness (she’s writing about a boy who broke her heart) are ones that I can completely relate to. Almost every single feeling she describes in the lyrics are feelings that I am experiencing now.
There is something very comforting about hearing my very thoughts expressed by someone else – knowing that while I feel completely alone, my experience is a shared one and that things WILL get better.
While these were amazing albums and I still listen to them, I could never really relate to them. “Thriller” and “Janet” both came out when I was young and while I enjoyed the music and understood the content, I could never really relate to most of the songs. I remember blushing and almost cringing when I would hear “Any time, Any Place!”
And when “Nevermind” came out, I was 9 years old. I was 12 when I actually started listening to it and while I enjoyed the music, couldn’t really understand the angst.
It’s been a while since I’ve come across an album by an artist that is truly an album – a collection of songs related to one another. And, with the advent of applications like Napster and iTunes it’s possible for people to purchase single songs. We can now pick and choose which pieces of an album we want. For the most part, this has been very convenient since most mainstream albums that come out today are a loose collection of songs, most of which are meant to be radio hits.
However, I’ve recently discovered two albums by the same artist that I can listen to the whole way through and for the first time, they are albums that I can completely relate to.
Back in 2004, Kelly Clarkson released “Breakaway.” I was able to relate to most, if not all of the songs on that CD. I had just experienced a terrible breakup, had just graduated from college and was on my own for the first time – trying to figure out what my niche was in the world. I remember loading that CD up onto my iPod and listening to every song, over and over again on the metro and while I was running. I remember thinking “oh my God! She knows exactly how I feel!”
And now, Ms. Clarkson has once again produced an album of music that I can relate to. Unlike “Breakaway” her new album, “My December” was completely written by her. And most of the songs, while ridden with anger and sadness (she’s writing about a boy who broke her heart) are ones that I can completely relate to. Almost every single feeling she describes in the lyrics are feelings that I am experiencing now.
There is something very comforting about hearing my very thoughts expressed by someone else – knowing that while I feel completely alone, my experience is a shared one and that things WILL get better.
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