Not Actually That Happy

Do people ever grow up? When does the middle school shit end?

That's all.

It's been a long time since I've written in this thing.

Damien Rice Again

At 2:50 in the morning.

~!@##%^^&&*^%^&*&^$*))(*%$%$

I have a philosophy midterm tomorrow- I can't take this nonsense.

That's all.

MIDTERM WEEK MIX

Mix #1- Midterm Week Mix


Everyone hates midterm week. It's like finals week, but with the added fun of jobs, extracurriculars, and normal classes! These are the songs I've been listening to in order to keep me pumped up and/or introspective on my walks to and from class. I highly suggest just listening to the mix at is at my youtube site (http://www.youtube.com/user/thehappyemogirlblog) as well as looking up these songs. It goes without saying that you should listen to these songs in order, as they are a musical journey of my warped midterms consciousness and should be appreciated as such.

OKAY! Here we go!

1. "Do the Panic"- Phantom Planet
2. "Stop Your Sobbing"- Pretenders
3. "Gotta Get Through This" (UK version)- Daniel Beddingfield
4. "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"- My Chemical Romance
5. "The Phrase That Pays"- The Academy Is
6. "Livin' on a Prayer"- Bon Jovi
7. "Round Here"- Counting Crows
8. "Walking With a Ghost"- Tegan and Sara
9. "No Sunlight"- Death Cab For Cutie
10. "What About Everything?"- Carbon Leaf
11. "Long Walk Home"- Bruce Springsteen
12. "Section 12 (Hold Me Now)"- Polyphonic Spree
13. "This Year"- The Mountain Goats


I tried embedding the mix, but it didn't work that well. Instead, I direct you to this link. Click, and have a listen.

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=thehappyemogirlblog&view=playlists

Mood Mixes- An Introduction

So. I decided that my blog should serve a higher purpose (besides being my extremely self-indulgent soapbox). After all, people aren't at all interested in what I have to say about everything. I want to provide a service.

That service will be weekly (at a minimum) mood mixes. If I had a penny for every time I've tried to get Mr. Internet to help me find more songs to go with a particular mood or mix or idea or concept, I would have hundreds of thousands of dollars in a bank account somewhere. Thus, I shall help others! I'm so very generous.

The first mix will be posted today.

New Year, Same Song

It's funny how the years change but nothing else really does. This time last year I started listening to this song on repeat to stay sane. One year later (down to the week, as a matter of fact), I find myself listening to it again.

I'm going to make it through this (academic) year if it kills me. . .

BAD IDEA

It is a very bad idea to put a lot of youtube videos of something you like to watch in one place. You watch them again and again and again.

I want to be Yu-Na Kim

I've always loved ice skating, but I've never geeked out like this before about a figure skater. Or any athlete, to be brutally honest. I can't stop watching this girl- and she's not even American! She's Korean! When the Olympics roll around, I'm going to be a horrible American and root for Yu-Na Kim to win gold. It's unavoidable.

The ISU World Figure Skating Championships begin March 22nd, and I am already arranging my Friday schedule so that I can watch the ladies short programs live on March 27th. Saturday the 28th, same thing with free skating.

My fascination with Yu-Na is in part due to her intense rivalry with Japanese skater Mao Asada. These two girls are the best in the world. No contest. In terms of repertoire, the technical difficulty of their jumps, the beauty of presentation, these two girls blow everyone else out of the water. Ever since they emerged on the worlds stage, they've been neck in neck, edging ahead of each other in one competition or the other. They each have set records- Asada is the only woman to have landed two triple axels in a competition, and she holds the world record for best combined score in a competition. Both young women are held up as examples of Korea's and Japan's best female athletes and the two are national celebrities. Yu-Na Kim, in particular is a media figure of great national interest due to South Korea's limited supply of world-class athletes. Yu-Na is known as the "little sister of the nation" and "Queen Yu-Na"; Asada is spoken of as "Our Mao" and "Queen Asada."

The real question is, who will be the queen in Vancouver in 2010? I don't know! I can't wait to find out!

I have embedded examples of the beauty and glory that is Yu-Na Kim. Her most recent programs are towards the bottom, but all of these are fantastic. She's currently the world record holder for short program and free skate. She is a BAMF. Long story short.

Did I mention that they're both 18, and 5'5? Yeah, my height, practically my age, world champions. * Sigh *

Yu-Na Kim skating in the 2007 World Championships- Short Program "El Tango de Roxanne"
(This is the short program that held the world record for highest score under the ISU judging system until she beat it in 2009)


Yu-Na Kim skating in the 2008 Worlds Championships Gala- Exhibition "Only Hope"
(I. Love. This. Song. )


Yu-Na Kim skating in the 2009 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships- Short Program "Danse Macabre"
(This program currently holds the world record for highest scoring short program. She beat her own record.)


Yu-Na Kim skating in the 2009 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships- Exhibition "Gold"


AND- FOR COMPARISON-

Mao Asada skating in the 2008 Grand Prix Figure Skating Final- Long Program "Masquerade" (This is the one where she lands the two triple axels!)


Who do you like better?

~THEG