Just a couple of days ago I bought two tickets to go see Foo Fighters in Cleveland on July 25. Right in the pit. I'm going to make sure I fight my way close enough so I can be drenched in Dave Grohl's sweat. Anyway, they're my favorite band, Grohl is my hero, and it's going to be nothing short of mind-blowing, that much I'm sure.

Exactly a week from today, I'll be seeing Spoon, The Walkmen, and White Rabbits down in Pittsburgh. In the past half of a year or so, Spoon has worked its way near the top of my favorite modern bands, topped only by Foo. I've taken quite the liking to the other two bands these past weeks as well. Being only FIVE rows from the stage (and in aisle seats, mind you), it should be an amazing concert.

Nothing else worth blogging about in my life, really. I've been writing for my university's weekly newspaper for a few months now and just today they offered me the paid position as the sole Arts & Entertainment editor next year. I haven't made up my mind yet, but I might have to turn it down, since my workload is going to be insane next year, between field experience, student teaching, and my waitering job (which starts up here again in a couple of weeks actually - it will be nice to be making money again, but it's nice having the freedom of every weekend off these past couple of months).

Speaking of my teaching stuff, it's really starting to truck along. I'm in the process of getting clearances, since the second half of next semester I'm going to be teaching actual classes - something I didn't realize until just last week. Anyway, criminal record check, FBI fingerprinting, Act 151 child abuse, tuberculosis tests... they go all out to make sure I'm safe. Hard to believe that in about a year and a half I'm going to be a teacher, out in the real world. A year and a half ago I had just started my first semester at Edinboro as a sophomore. They ain't kidding when they say the older you get, the faster time goes by.

But that's about all. Life is just weird lately. I'm pretty discontent. If I had the money, I'd transfer somewhere just away for my senior year. Sticking around for another year isn't a big deal, but I look forward to leaving, to moving on. Sometimes I'm angry with myself for ever coming back from Florida. I'm angry for not going out to California after I graduated, like I originally intended. Ah, such is life.

Here's the mix of now. Listen to 'em in your browser or just 'Right Click, Save Link As.'

1. Oasis - Acquiesce
2. Why? - The Vowels Pt. 2
3. Eric Clapton - Old Love (Unplugged)
4. MGMT - Kids
5. The Decemberists - Summersong
6. Cat Power - Wonderwall (Oasis Cover)
7. Jimi Hendrix - Bold As Love
8. Lenny Kravitz - I'll Be Waiting
9. Bloc Party - On
10. Death Cab for Cutie - Title and Registration
11. Ben Lee - Gamble Everything
12. The Walkmen - All Hands and the Cook
13. White Rabbits - The Plot
14. Spoon - Everything Hits at Once
15. Foo Fighters - Walking After You
16. Foo Fighters - Still


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I don't know what it is
that makes me feel alive.
I don't know how to wake
the things that sleep inside.
I only wanna see the light
that shines behind your eyes.
-Oasis

Another spring break has come and gone. While I decided it wasn't in the best interests of my bank account to go to Germany or California (isn't this always the case?), it was still an enjoyable, busy, relaxing(?) week, full of nights that never ended before four a.m. and mornings that never began until noon. The end of the break also marked the end of Samuel's extended visit. We failed in convincing him to stick around (or maybe it was those icy roads that convinced him otherwise), so he's back in NC for the remainder of his six or so months with the Marines. Then we can go to India.

In other news, I'm more than likely going to see Eric Clapton this summer. Since he's easily one of the greatest guitarists ever and a musical god, this is obviously pretty cool. I was going to go see Tom Petty again (I still might), but since I've seen him twice already, Clapton gets the priority here.

The mix of the moment is below. As always, listen to these in your browser or just 'Right Click, Save Link As.'


1. Jonny Lang - If We Try
2. Keane - We Might as Well Be Strangers
3. Bob Marley - Stir It Up
4. Ben Harper - Walk Away
5. Bloc Party - So Here We Are
6. Snow Patrol - Run
7. Keane - The Way You Want It
8. Oasis - Don't Go Away
9. Beirut - A Sunday Smile
10. Band of Horses - Ode to LRC
11. Ben Folds - Sentimental Guy
12. John Mayer - Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
13. John Mayer - Dreaming With a Broken Heart
14. Glen Hansard - When Your Mind's Made Up
15. Jonny Lang - Goodbye Letter


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Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nastiness, and fabulous flashes of glory in the conjugal conspiracy. It was time when they both loved each other best, without hurry or excess, when both were most conscious of and grateful for their incredible victories over adversity. Life would still present them with other moral trials, of course, but that no longer mattered: they were on the other shore.
- Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez