Playlist of 03/26/06 Radio Show

Built To Spill -- "Goin' Against Your Mind"
Pavement -- "Major Leagues"
Essex Green -- "Don't Know Why (You Stay)"
John Vanderslice -- "Bill Gates Must Die"
Loose Fur -- "Pretty Sparks"
Dismemberment Plan -- "What Do You Want Me To Say?"
Mason Proper -- "Mr. Charm"
The Television Personalities -- "My Dark Places"
Islands -- "Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby"
Ted Leo -- "Since You've Been Gone + Maps (Live Version)"
The M's -- "Going Over It"
Echo & The Bunnymen -- "The Killing Moon"
YYYs -- "Gold Lion"
Chad Van Gaalen -- "Clinically Dead"
Fiery Furnaces -- "Single Again"
Faint -- "Worked Up So Sexual"
Eagle*Seagull -- "Photograph"

it's a small world

Today was the press conference down in Philadelphia and apparently I was on the nightly television news channels. (thanks to all of you that sent IMs and phone calls.) I'm glad I decided to participate in it even though it made me realize that sometimes I am not the best public speaker.

Right now I'm on duty, (aka death on a Thursday night) and I'm eating my leftover steak from my lunch with my dad at Chilie's earlier today. I am usually not a fan of Chilie's at all, especially their steaks, but it's pretty damn tasty. Oh, and since I was going to be jobless for the summer I have decided to fix that for once and all.

I have just accepted a job with the Press of Atlantic City newspapers. (aka the 7th largest newspaper in NJ.) I will be interning with their "At The Shore Guide." It shall be grand because I was looking to get more experience in the journalism field, plus I will be closer to my friends and my sir! AND I will be getting in touch with the souf Jersey scene and hopefully attending some pretty sweet events in Atlantic City.

My sir and I booked a vacation to Disney and I'm super excited! We are going from May 24 - May 28. We are thinking about going to Gator Land if we decide to bother renting a car.


I also am thinking of hitting up a spa and I'm thinking of either going to The Spa at Disney's Saratoga Springs or The Wyndham Palace Resort & Spa just because I think the Ritz-Carlton Spa in Orlando is going to be way too expensive.

Does anyone have any suggestions on other things I should not miss out on while down there?

let's duke it out at kilkenny katz'

News Update:

I have no housing for this summer so I have to move back into my parents house.
I will no longer be working at FMQB after mid-May.
I will no longer be music director of WYBF after mid-May.

Playlist of 03/19/06

Ariel Pink - - "Creep Show"
Loose Fur -- "Hey Chicken"
Eels Live With Strings (@ Town Hall) -- "Trouble With Dreams"
Rogue Wave -- "Publish My Love"
Envelopes -- "I Don't Even Know"
Ambulance Ltd -- "New English"
Mates Of State -- "Fraud In The 80s"
Caroline -- "Sunrise"
Sound Team -- "The Fastest Man Alive"
Appleseed Cast -- "February"
Her Space Holiday -- "A Match Made In Texas"
National Eye -- "Waves Of Love"
Elected -- "Would You Come With Me?"
Centro-Matic -- "Triggers And Trash Heaps"
Editors -- "Munich"
Band Of Horses -- "Wicked Gil"
Duke Spirit -- "Cuts Across The Land"
Eastern Youth -- "The Hill Of Hope"
Matt Pond PA -- "Spring Provides"
Calexico -- "Yours And Mine"
Vague Angels -- "The Princess & The Newt"
Magneta Lane -- "Broken Plates"
Stereolab -- "Vodiak"
Measels Mumps Rubella -- "Algorithm of Desire"
Mason Proper -- "A Chance Encounter"
Eastern Conference Champions -- "Nice Clean Shirt"
Sounds -- "Queen Of Apology"
Wolfmother -- "Dimension"

being sick = listening to mates of state all day

Ever since I was young, I hated being sick with a passion and things haven't changed.

On Wednesday while working FQMB land I felt like my brain was exploding and a hacking cough didn't make the fact that I was trying to rush to get things done so Joey O. could interview Karen O. of the YYY's by 5. Let's just say, I'm glad I was sick because I felt like I couldn't accomplish anything properly - and I really didn't accomplish anything properly.

But on a sadistic side note, enjoying being delirious due to a high fever can have it's fun points. For example when I later took a shower that night, it was an intense experience of multiple dimensions...you actually feel each drop of water beating down on you, and then you start to think the water going down the drain is making kind of a song. (Note: when I took my temperature this morning, I was still feverish..so please ignore the weirdness in this post.)

Anyhow, I guess the moral of the story is that since I am banned from leaving my apartment from suffering a fever + hacking cough + a million other things I can complain about, I might as well try to find something positive to my illness. AND I get to listen to the new Mates of State album all day, because seriously...how could one feel sickly and unhappy when listening to the musical stylings of the happiest couple I know?

Although I have been banned from leaving my room for a while, I did venture out for a bit to meet up with someone from the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation yesterday night. (Yes, that's right I said the Marine Corps)

Don't worry, I'm not going to enlist or anything...my dad actually was a Marine for 2 tours during the Vietnam War and as a result I was eligible for receiving scholarship money for college from the Foundation.

I met up with the member of the Foundation because I was chosen to be a spokesperson for the Foundation this year. I will be making a speech at a press conference at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Plus I will be attending their annual ball, and it's a black tie formal event, tickets are $200 (or else I'd throw out an invite for people to come with me.) I guess once I get better I better haul ass to the King o' Prussia mall and find myself a pretty new dress.

oh. so. delicious.

A Place In Displacement

After a in-depth discussion with my dear friend Kayla, I've realized that I am becoming an old lady at such a young age. Not old as my age because everyone will agree that being only 20 years young should be the least of my problems. It is definitely the way I act that is alarming.

It wasn't until examining my life as of recently when I came to the conclusion that I have become old and boring in my ways. I haven't been to a show in weeks. (This is a bad sign because I used to average at least 2 shows a week this time last year.)

More evidence to me being an old lady was a recent conversation with my lady friend Ayden last week:
Ayden: "Christine, will you come to SXSW to help out with the Fader party?"
Me: "Umm, is there a place for me to crash in Texas with some other people?"
Ayden: "Yeah, we have a condo for everyone."
Me: "Oh geez, this is too much for me to digest...let me get back to you later."

I later texted her back to say I didn't have enough money for a plane ticket. (which is not a lie...I'm broke as shit and still don't have enough money to afford the things I need - see post below.) But the sad thing is that last year I would have a way; sold some body parts, borrowed some money...Anything to get my ass down to Austin and see my dear friends.

Is it that I'm giving up on the dreams I once had this time last year of conquering the music industry and finding a sweet job? Or maybe is it that my aspirations are changing because instead of going to some conference I'd rather sit in my apartment and set up job interviews for real jobs. I think my career goals are choking me and the scary part is that I still haven't realized what exactly my careers goals are.

Whatever I'm doing (being music director, being A&E editor of college newspaper, working at one of my various jobs) I think I'm always being under appreciated. I think people aren't quite understanding what it is I'm trying to achieve.

Case in point...The bulletin board I just spent a better part of my afternoon making. (*gasp* Yes I am also a resident assistant at my college *gasp*)



Will anyone really notice the screenshot of Franz Ferdinand from their latest video (see upper-right-hand corner in below picture) I included?


Of course the students at my school wouldn't appreciate that, and the reason why is because half of them probably don't even know Franzy upon sight.

Which brings me to my next point that Kayla and I realized...We are stuffing our brains with useless information. As a result of us knowing that Diego Garcia is in fact a very sexy Argentine man and a military island...And as a result of us both owning "The Great Indie Discography" have we made ourselves unable to communicate with our peers?

The truth is that I should have seen this coming. I actually enjoy sitting in my apartment at night and reading Shakespeare for fun. I actually pile my CDs into little piles on my desk at work with each pile having a category of: "Things I Enjoy" and "Things My Co-Workers Will Enjoy" and "Things I Am Forced To Enjoy So I Can Write Happy Reviews Of Them For Work." And God knows that my "Thing I Enjoy" pile is getting smaller and smaller.

Although this seems like just a lot of bitching, there is some good news. Things for me are about to take a major turn in a whole new direction. I can't divulge the details right this second, but believe me...Good days are sure to come. I swear.

I Turn My Camera On

These are my new Versace glasses:I had to sign up for a new credit card just to afford them. Although they were mighty expensive, I think that's just the price you have to pay to be fashionable nowadays.