January 2011
7 posts
“Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world...”
– Norman Vincent Peale (via libraryland)
Smith Westerns/Dye It Blonde/Fat Possum/2011
Dye It Blonde is Chicago’s own Smith Western’s second studio album. Retaining their roots in the area of lo-fi, garage band-y sounds, Dye It Blonde continues to prove that the Smith Western’s are carving their own space into the current indie music scene. Every track is melodic and memorable; and the lyrics somehow manage to be sweet without being...
secret heart
maybe yer just acting tough
or
maybe yer not man enough
unbearable lightness of being.
“Does he love me? Does he love anyone more than me? Does he love me more than I love him? Perhaps all the questions we ask of love, to measure, test, and save it, have the additional effect of cutting it short. Perhaps the reason we are unable to love is that we yearn to be loved, that is we demand something (love) from our partner instead of delivering ourselves up to him demand-free...
so far in 2011
i fell in love;
worked through baggage with an ex;
and got asked out on a date (even though it was via the internet, it still counts)
[today is jan 3! 11 is a LUCKY NUMBER]