civil wars

ever since i graduated finding music has been difficult. ive turned into an fm radio listener. ive listened to all the top tracks on spotify and ive hoped that something strikes me. strikes me in the way that ryan adams' music first did as a freshman at iowa. that lame love of music that attracts youths to hang out inside during their high school years. listening over and over to the tracks that really just fucking "get me."

and, im happy to report back.

the civil wars' barton hollow just fucking "gets me." and it feels so good.

give a listen to "poison and wine" if you want to hear what works.

5 good things

1. red lipstick
2. waking up sans sinus issues
3. chai tea
4. bt time
5. comp'ed tickets.

5 things i love

1. sleeping
2. chapstick
3. phone calls from my family
4. unexpected plans happening when i had no plans
5. invitations

france

today i spoke french with a coworker. granted, he doesn't speak french, and i no longer speak it well. we tried for a few minutes though, nonetheless.

france me manques. les autres? vous la manquez?

5 things i love about france:
1. le jurancon sec white wine
2. paris, lyon, normandy and how small town feel they all are
3. roundabouts
4. high speed rail

5. surrounded by the language

from my time in paris - - -

mad men.

"I love red heads, their mouths are like a drop of strawberry jam in a sea of milk."Roger Sterling, Mad Men

5 things. june inspired.

1. multiple improv shows
2. ice cream all the time
3. how i met your mother (not really june inspired, still good though)
4. flowers
5. bike rides

5 things

1. waking up just before my alarm sounds
2. unapologetic obsession with the kardashians
3. clean anything
4. red grapes
5. unnecessarily almost completely unbuttoned shirts on tim lyons