Fall Out Boy has been a band for over 10 years. Negativity has been thrown their way whatever they do; they’re too poppy or too screamy. Too laden with eye-liner or too hard to understand. Their lyrics don’t make sense. They’re sellouts. As we grow older, music taste changes, just like hairstyles, friends, or the … Continue reading
Includes many required British lit. books I am a little too excited to read for the trip. That list has Henry VI: Part II by Shakespeare, Wise Children by Angela Carter, Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, A Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, and the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by … Continue reading
Hey y’all! Probably should have announced a slight blog break but… It’s the summer of 2013! For me, that means working, watching my sister graduate, researching internships, and STUDYING ABROAD IN GREENWICH, UK. Watch out for the months of July and the beginning of August as I take to the streets and schools of Greenwich. … Continue reading
One of my very favorite things is listening to live music. I love the quiet rush that comes before an artist starts singing. I like that feeling of camaraderie between members of a crowd. I have a love/hate relationship with musicians’ banter. Everything about live music is just joyous to me. When I went to … Continue reading
Thanks for sticking with SLSRSS during the March of silence, I missed you all! I run a Book Club as a part of an on-campus organization. Although we’ve only read 2 books, we’ve had (or tried to have) 6 meetings. Here are some tips and tricks I’ve picked up from running a successful and epically … Continue reading
I have already written a review of John Green’s masterpiece, The Fault In Our Stars. That review is kind-of fangirly in the best of ways and a sort-of summary of the themes that really stuck with me as I read. But, like I tend to do with all things I love, I revisit stories that have … Continue reading
1. Laura Marling. HOW AMAZING IS HER VOICE? Many commentators of her style and presence spout that she’s so good she doesn’t even have to show emotion on her face while singing, her tone does it all. Here’s one of my favorite videos, Alas I Cannot Swim, performed in a church. She sounds so amazing … Continue reading
**A little note, I plucked this right from the pages of my Goodreads, I’m doing a YA Lit class and read this little gem. You might notice this is more formal than my usual posts. Don’t be alarmed. It’s supposed to be professional! I present, Unwind by Neal Shusterman. Unwind, the first of a series … Continue reading
Let’s start off with a music post. I’ve said that I’ve loved 8tracks before, and I will sing it from the mountaintops. Here’s my favorite playlists for jammin’ (or more likely, sleeping). Sweet Serenades This playlist is music to my ears because it’s all really slow ballad-y songs about love, which is obviously my favorite … Continue reading
If Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events was a play on the gothic novel, (evil, evil, really evil antagonists, scary architecture, and mysterious places) Who Could That be at This Hour? is a play on the mystery genre. WCTBATH features more interesting places: a run-down town once known for producing ink, now know for producing nothing but has … Continue reading
