Bitch Dan't Kill My Vibe

I love having a blog.  I didn't think I'd like having it as much as I do!  It's been a constant outlet for all of my procrastination in school the past year and I've been able to share ideas and music with friends.  I'm even a little bit impressed with how much I actually kept up with it, even though some months have been a little dry.  I originally started it so that I could practice writing.  Words do not come easily to me in real life so I thought maybe this could be a nice place to channel what I really want to say when I can't do it face to face or I guess, as a gal that's more reserved, prefer not to do it to people I am not completely comfortable with.  I know that my audience is super small, and that's great for me!  However, I recently considered going outside my comfort zone and for my one year blog anniversary, announcing to Facebook that this thing really exists, because I'm pretty sure there's a mere 6 people who read it on the regular.  But fuck that.  The thought of certain people viewing my opinions and words stresses me out, and why cause myself more stress?  On the other hand, my New Years Resolution for the past a million years has also been to care less what people think and to just dzo what I dzo when I dzo it, y'know?  This thang isn't that great, I basically just discuss what music makes me feel, and memories tied to it, and that isn't just biznazz I wanna share with anyone.  But maybe I shouldn't care if someone knows what I think.  OH CONFLICT.

So what I'm trying to do here, after 2 huge glasses of wine after work, is
a) thank y'all who read my blog for doing so, and
b) make a lil promise to myself that now, without school (I officially graduated today!) I will keep up with this blog, and maybe even take the time to make it better and hopefully more diverse.


There's a bunch of shit coming up soon that I have to look forward to.  First Christmas and friends being home, packing my shit, moving to Winnipeg and in with m'lady m'Katy, going to Europe, degrading myself by "hitting the pavement" and looking for jobs in Winnipeg, (applying for jobs is THE WORST) and fingers crossed, still waking up every day reading music blogs and trying to listen to new shiz, as well as trying out new little crafts and projects around my new home that I can blog!  Goodnight lovely friends!

Best Albums of 2012

So it's the end of the year, and everyone is coming out with their best of 2012 music lists.  I guess since I have this blog and everything, I can do the same!  These are my top 12 of 2012 in no particular order, except I'm pretty sure Frank Ocean deserves that #1 spot:

1.  Channel Orange - Frank Ocean

 

2.  Born to Die - Lana Del Rey

 

3.  Confess - Twin Shadow

 

4.  Cruel Summer - GOOD Music

 

5.  Visions - Grimes

 

6.  Sun - Cat Power

7.  A Thing Called Divine Fits - Divine Fits

8.  Shields - Grizzly Bear

9.  Good Kid M.A.A.D City - Kendrick Lamar

 

10.  Give You The Ghost - Polica

11.  Kill For Love - The Chromatics

12. 2 - Mac Demarco

Best Traxxx: coming soon when I'm more ambitious

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(get real with that do', drake)

Scrub.

You know when my favorite time to do crafts & projects is? When school is at its craziest and I'm stressed out, feeling like there's not enough time for everything, trying to juggle shifts at work, drinking way too much Bailey's on the regular and going in between all nighters/going to bed so early so I can "study more the next day." It's totally a way to get out of doing homework, or justify not doing it, but this is what happens Every. Single. Year.

Yesterday I made a body scrub (so I could relax and de-stress in the tub, duh.) and it is wonderful! It smells amazing and gets rid of all the nasty winter-time dead skin. You feel a little bit oily when you get out of the tub or shower, but the coconut oil eventually soaks in and makes your skin all sessy.

I didn't really measure anything out cause I'm a shlub but here is my very rough recipe.

*Keep in mind you can put whatever you don't use in the fridge for next time, so it's not a big deal if you make too much!

- Coconut Oil - Sugar - Limes

I put the juice of half a lime in with about 3-4 tablespoons of coconut oil. Next add sugar, and mix up. I added a lot more sugar than I did coconut oil to make it nice and scrubby. Scrub this stuff all over in the shower or bath, and rinse. YAY 4 COCONUT OIL!

Me and My Friend Neil

This song is by Majical Cloudz, who collaborates with Grimes on her "Nightmusic." This is the first solo song I've heard from him, and to my surprise, he sounds like an electronic version of Adam Green (one of my favs) with his simple lyrics and lazy singing. And I always love when boys write friend-y songs. 2Kewt! Katy, lets cover this, it makes me think of you!