Primordial Chaos

I've deviated from my usual theme of using titles/lyrics of songs. It stems from a conversation I had at school a few weeks ago. I bought these Converse shoes (seriously, I'm addicted to Converse, if you can't think of a gift for me, a brightly colored pair of Converse is like one of the best gifts ever) and they are silver glitter. Not just silver though, but kind of like the surface of a CD that reflects all sorts of other colors kind of silver. (I know at least one of you is going to flip over a CD to see what I mean.) When I'm walking in the shade, they basically look like silver glitter and grey from a distance. When I step into the sunshine....just wow. They really sparkle and shine, and people do double takes when I walk by because they're REALLY glittery and attention grabbing. Anyways, I was strolling to class in the sunshine wearing my shoes for the first time, sparkling with every step (as I do), smiling, and a friend of mine spots me (yeah, like that's hard). He comes up and tells me my shoes are pretty awesome and that they are very me. I jokingly asked if I reminded him of Liberace's closet, and his reply, which I'll never forget, is this:

"No, because with every step it's like you are dancing on stars, and THAT is very you."

That still makes me smile. Anyways, there's the long winded and sorta boring story of where I got this title from.

It's funny that I didn't title this from a song because it's another soliloquy about music. Something about me and music that I only never noticed until recently.

Basically where I am AND what I am doing dictate the genre of music I prefer. My musical base is definitely funk/funk rock, RnB, a little bit of hip hop, soul, acid jazz, and whatever the hell you can label Jamiroquai as. A large majority of my music collection is from these genres. This is the music I like to listen to when I'm working on homework, getting ready in the morning, winding down in the evening, it's my music for me in my "ground state". However, when I'm walking around campus or out running errands (seriously, I'm never without my headphones), I can't stand the slower paced music or Jamiroquai. So it's usually funk/funk rock and upbeat hip hop, but throw in alternative as well. A bit of a deviance from my base, but hey, I'll go with it.

In my car, I ONLY listen to rock music, or what I like to call driving music.It is THE ONLY TIME I listen to rock, really. Barring looking for new music/artists, but as far as just straight listening, ONLY in my car. Major deviance from my base, and it kind of shocks people who know me and my "usual" music. This also includes large amounts of Hendrix, you have a great chance of catching me listening to Foxy Lady or All Along the Watchtower as I drive by, I heavily favor those. The only non-rock song I listen to in my car, this will surprise no one who has known me for a while, is Cosmic Girl by Jamiroquai. I run the range of rock music, at least 20 different artists currently in my car, and I've recently added Oasis to the mix. This is fucking strange because outside of my car, there's like 3 songs I can tolerate. Inside, ALL OF THEM are good. I figured this out on accident because I grabbed the wrong stack of CDs I'd burned (and didn't label) on my way out the door.

In my car or when I'm out and about walking around are the only 2 real anomalies. If I am sitting somewhere (on campus on my netbook for example), or at home, the music and the lyrics directly reflect my mood, as I mentioned in a recent post. If I'm pissed, it's a song about being pissed (I have a lot of those, hmmm....) sad to sad, happy to happy, you get the idea. Music is just integral to who I am. Even the pace of my step and the beat of my heart set a rhythm and a melody.

I talked to my dad earlier, and I think at SOME point I'll just have my own damn website. I'd like to combine all my online presences into one place, plus have a place to maybe post some of my writings. Pics here, blog there, twitter, I update this one but not that one, just bleh. I wonder if I could program a feature to where I can post updates from my phone....(I'm a nerd what do you expect?)

I like how I consider THIS post a "short" post. Guess I'm a bit long winded and verbose. :)

Now if you will excuse me, I need to get back to conquering my world.

~A.