So Spotified!

Today when I checked my email I received an invitation to download Spotify! So far from playing with it, they really have a ton of artists that I have had difficulty finding on other websites! I am definitely impressed. Basically it is a program similar to itunes where you can import your own music, but the main idea is that you can favorite and stream full songs for free. They have all the latest albums that you can imagine! Like The Summer Set just released their new album this week I think.. and I have already go to hear it on Spotify :)

Only thing I would like to see improve is the top charts from Asian countries..
also it was kinda confusing when I went to share songs with specific friends from facebook...which is another cool feature!!


In other news, I watched a very hilarious and brilliant video... how in the world do they do it so perfectly?
yea... I was checking out my subs and I saw that Michael Buble made a vlog, which is out of the ordinary, since his channel is mainly his music vids and what not, so I checked it out and this is what I found..

Sniffing Adventure

I got some homework where I had to choose 3 manly scents that I enjoyed out of a whole list of them.

Got my list got my list: (learned about more enjoyable smells)

1. Chanel: Platinum Egoist

2. Chevignon: Che

3. Yves Saint Laurent: L'Homme

4. Chanel: Bleu

5. Armani Code

What are some scents you can't get out of your head? What about female scents?

I got to watch an awesome indie movie that changed my life:

It was about this girl who has a superpower, and ended up in a love triangle between her arch nemisis and boyfriend, but they were brothers or something...what happens? who does she end up with? Oh I cannot sayyy...all I can say is that I wish I was medium cute like the Dakota Skye.

Got My List by melmusica

Butcher the Bar

I felt like listening to some mellow tunes, taking a break from my K pop frenzy and switch on some Folk.

Simple beats, strong melodic motifs, and gentle and airy vocals reminded me of a stroll in the park.

This past weekend I had my first job orientation at Aeropostale, I am hopeful that they will give me a good work schedule and that my co workers will be friendly and forgiving. A good sign was , as I was filling out the final paperwork, the song that came on in the store was Fefe Dobson's new song Ghost. At least I will be able to work with good music playing.

heartstrings

Yesterday, my baby guitar's D-string broke. I am not amused. Would someone please fix it for me? I was suggested to go online to learn how to string a guitar, we shall see how desperate I am to play.

In other news, I was volunteered to petsit for a friend's dog. The dog's name is Sarah and she is a black chihuahua mix, and I am honestly having mixed feelings about it, because I don't think Sarah likes me very much. I have wanted a pup all my life, and I absolutely adore dogs, but Sarah is different. She seems to always want to bite me, snarling and growling at me with her canine teeth.

-shiver me timbers-

Today I had a dream about an old friend, how strange that of all the people in my life that friend was there. Because of that dream, I decided to call my friend up and we got to go to dinner and catchh up like old times! :D ... and funny thing is that in my dream I really believed that my friend was mad at me and was ignoring me, oh silly imagination.

I HAVE BEEN TYING MY SHOES INCORRECTLY MY WHOLE LIFE!!!

Gosh do I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE TED TALKS

In another TED TALK I learned about creative ways a programmer learned to connect people from all over the world with music projects. Like Wilderness Downtown which is a song by Arcade Fire, and what is special about it is that you can get your own customized music video by typing in your address. It is a really awesome and interactive music video that is played on different windows that pop in and out of your desktop/computer screen..

I also learned about artificial artificial intelligence, through Amazon's Mechanical Turk. I have made 3 dollars so far by accomplishing silly tasks. Through mechanical turk this guy created large artistic projects, like recreating a 100 dollar bill mosaic painting. Where each individual would just copy a square through online painting and then submit it...etc... every square would be completely a different style.

Aurora

As I sit here, distracted from my studying.. i encountered an amazing video!

The Aurora from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.

Which reminds me of a cool movie I watched last month with my mom.

which I highly recommend!

Oh well... back to my studying..

New Friend

think pink!

I think I will call him/her/it mikey..

Mikey changes colours.
Freshman year is also almost over, yay, time to plan for the summer!

Asian Appeal

This is Anthony Neely, he was a contestant on Taiwan's version of American Idol, One Million Star.

With a new album out and HIM International Music promoting him, he has come a long way from his life in California.

Like Wilber Pan and Wang Leehom and many other ABC (american born chinese) talent, he made his way over seas to establish a career. Shouldn't the competition be about the same.

Neely has a very warm voice and what is more impressive is his Mandarin when he sings! It is not easy to accurately form the right tone while carrying a tune, but he does it as if it were his mother tongue.

I think his cover of Damien Rice's Blower's Daughter was absolutely raw and heart felt. Sounds almost just like Damien's voice.