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Saturday 25 December 2010

Fix your accent.


The small cup is suddenly a medium, and the weather is almost always in the double digits, even if it feels cold. These are the signs of being in America. I'm currently in Florida, on a family vacation. Normally, I would never take a trip with my mother, my two bratty little sisters, my aunt, her granddaughter, my nephew, my other aunt and her two sons, but since being in Canada (specifically Winnipeg) was making my hands feel like sand paper that's never getting softer even after constant use, I decided to get some sun. A part of me secretly wanted to visit Disney and Universal Studios again, it has been 13 years since my last visit and I adore rides.

Florida really is a swamp. The water tastes like it's straight out of the sewer. I attempt to keep my mouth completely closed when showering because I am constantly gagging.

Everywhere you go in Orlando, there are numerous restaurants and stores with wood as opposed to glass for windows. Closed up, probably due to the recession. West Palm Beach does not look as affected - its restaurants and shoppes are packed. But the senior citizens definitely overpower the amount of youth and so do the Lexuses and Mercedes.

*Photos taken in West Palm Beach

Friday 24 December 2010

This...is...the...countdown: UPDATED

I'm currently in Florida, with limited to terrible internet access that I am squeezing through freelance work, personal projects, and visits to theme parks, but it's important that I end off the year 2010 with a top music playlist. Last year, I compiled a list of songs that were descriptions of my feelings during every month of '09. This year, I'm being lazy, mainly because 2010 passed by so fast I can't even remember how I felt every month and what I had on loop, and also because the past four months have been confusing to say the least. Regardless, here's my list. Some of these may not have been released in 2010 but, whatevs. Happy Holidays!

*Songs are in no particular order.
**I just noticed that the 2009 post was posted on December 24, 2009.
***I AM GOING TO BE POSTING A DOWNLOAD LINK AS SOON AS I GET TO SOME DECENT INTERNETS, BUT THAT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN UNTIL JAN 1, 2011. IT SEEMS THE INTERNET WORKS IN FUNNY WAYS AROUND HERE. IT'S SLOW/FAST, FAST/SLOW. DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE PLAYLIST HERE.
****SORRY FOR THE caps.
  1. Ariel's Pink Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round (I know, I know, I'm agreeing with Pitchfork)
  2. Miami Horror - Holidays
  3. Tokyo Police Club - Favourite Colour (PUNCHES Remix)
  4. Atlas Sound - Wild Love
  5. The Radio Dept. - Heaven's On Fire (acoustic)
  6. Black Strobe - Me & Madonna (The Twelves Remix)
  7. Justus Kohncke with Alexis Taylor - Sorry
  8. Jolie Cherie - Insomnie
  9. Azari & III - Into the night
  10. Girl Talk - On and on
  11. Girl Talk - This is the remix
  12. Summer Camp - Round the Moon
  13. The Narcicyst - Mister Arab
  14. MGMT - Congratulations (Erol Alkan Rework)
  15. Jupiter - Starlighter
  16. Cocteau Twins - Sugar hiccup
  17. Twin Shadow - At my heels
  18. Tamer Hosny - Yana Ya Mafesh
  19. Elissa - Masdoma
  20. Jens Lekman - Maples Leaves (EP Version)
  21. Broken Social Scene - All to All
  22. Kavinsky - Nightcall (Breakbot remix)
  23. The Pipettes - Our Love Was Saved by Spacemen
  24. Caribou - Odessa
  25. Thieves Like Us - Never Known Love
  26. Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours
  27. Passion Pit - The Reeling
  28. Blue Scholars - New People (Empire Remix)
  29. Hussein Jasmi - Seta El Sobh
  30. Toro y moi - Talamak
  31. Deerhunter - Helicopter (Star Slinger Remix)