Knotty Pine

First off I'd like to open with the fun news that I got an interview at the Ogunquit Playhouse for a summer position being a marketing administrator! Who cares if it's poor pay! I need experience, and what better way to spend the summer but with a pretty reputable theatre group on the beach?! Exactly.

Music?? New stuff people, so listen up!

Currently I can't get enough of Noah and the Whale, their lyrics have a touch of emo, but the melodies are hard to forget and the instrumentals sing a song of their own. Beirut comes in at number two, with their acordian and french singing...I can't get enough of them! They sound eerie, but I love it. A mixed effort between friends Kendra and Ryan got me into the New Pornographers and also My Morning Jacket; I'm still feeling my way through these two bands, but so far so good. Kendra also just sent me a ton of stuff by Gregory Alan Isakov, I have yet to sit and solidly listen to the full album That Sea, The Gambler but from what I have listened to I like. I find that I am very attracted to folk music mixed with the alternative...folk alternative if you will. I can't help it, I love me a fiddle.

ALSO...I love Dolly Parton. I know my sister will leap for joy hearing me finally admit this, but I love her. Not to the extreme where I'd be going to Dollywood anytime soon, but maybe one day. Classics like Jolene are constantly in my head! Plus, I can't get enough of her and Kenny Rogers singing Islands in the Stream. I was a huge fan of the Feist and Constantines remake, but nothing compares to the upbeat and fun loving duet that Dolly and Kenny sing together.

Rilo Kiley and White Rabbits along with Feist and Bon Iver making huge combacks this week in my most played category. I'm usually a playlist kind of girl, I like knowing what's coming up, but lately I've just been putting my iPod on all songs shuffle and seeing what I get. I like all of my music so I really can't go wrong with it, but it's hilarious sometimes when I hear the hidden gems that I haven't listened to in upwards of 4 years....like N'Sync "Two of Us"...I love this song and heard it this morning on the way to Concord.

Other things to keep in mind:
Dark Was The Night--a 2 disc compilation of indie/alternative bands and artists who made a compilation just to make one, it's really awesome
Spoon--always a favorite
Cat Power
Dirty Projectors&David Byrne
Grizzly Bear

as always, check out blogotheque.net and check out klav and bb's site mackay.hivefire.com for actual music news and more artists to keep an eye out for

LA BLOGOTHEQUE

LA BLOGOTHEQUE

i love this site!! Take a look at the Take Away shows, my favorites up right now are White Rabbits, Rudie Fails, but there is also some awesome Bon Iver, Phoenix, and Vampire Weekend clips! Also take a look at the St. Vincent clips, it's just really good live music!

I'm just bad news

I am on a whole new music kick, and I love it. For the last couple of months I've really been trying to explore the Alternative world of music, in doing so i was opened up to the world of LaBlogotheque, a french blogging site that posts videos and shoots of up and coming bands or bands that are just awesome that come through Paris on tours. It's really awesome, Ryan and I first found them through youtube looking at some Phoenix shows, but I found some incredible bands on there.

Some new loves that aren't that new to the music world:
Phoenix
Matt & Kim
White Rabbits
Vampire Weekend
Bon Iver
Fruit Bats
Rilo Kiley
Neko Case
The New Pornographers
Andrew Bird
Avett Brothers

take a listen to any of these, you won't be let down!

Friday I'm in love

I must say, this internship is pretty kick ass. I am learning a lot about things I've never done before, some more office/desk work like to be expected in an internship, but some other things are really cool. Currently I've been researching different group itineraries for grout tours, like what people could do on an arts and theatre tour or maple sugaring, so basically I've been researching my days away. It seems like it would be boring for someone to do this 3 days a week, but I must say, I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I don't do much besides reading spanish and watching and analyzing films, so this marketing and research thing is completely new to me! Film school is definitely on my radar, but not for another couple of years. What I really want to do in the meantime is move to a differnet country and work there, maybe marketing people to come to the US?? I don't know, I really like the marketing side of tourism, and who knows, maybe it'll be in my immediate future after graduation in may.

Posting blues

Bah, sadly I'm almost positive that this blog is never read, which...let's be serious, isn't that surprising. All I do, normally, is complain a lot about most of the things going on in my life. I am a complainer. 2010 resolution: stop complaining as much and think of the good things that happened during my day!

It was about a year ago that I was frolicking in Liverpool. That is just wierd to think about! I can't believe it has been one full year since I was beginning my semester in Granada. I wish I was back there, but I really love the new things that I am beginning to do here as well. Mainly I just want the warm weather and beach back in my life,haha! But seriously, it's sort of nuts how much can change in one year. Where will I be next year? I'm excited to see where '10 brings me.

Big things happening this semester at the good ol' UNH. Here's a list of the most exciting/things that will be keeping me busy this semester:
-interning with the NH Division of Travel and Tourism Development
- tutoring two highschoolers in spanish
-babysitting a 2 yr old and a 5 yr old
-working at the mailroom
-3 classes complete with lots of reading

I need to a good and busy semester, it will make graduation that much sweeter! (p.s. I cannot wait for that day, may 22 can't come soon enough!!!!!) I just want to get out there and be done with it, I love college, but I really just want to be able to be on my own and get stuff done my way and not really have to worry about what grade I get on the next test.

Now, because I procrastinate and it is Sunday, I must do some homework!!!!!!! I hope people actually start reading this, I'll try and find better things to write about to draw attention.

HAPPY 18, ANTHONY!

i. need. a. break.


all that's left is one class tomorrow morning at 8am, an 8 page paper due sunday night about Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, and 2 spanish finals (one for intro to latin american literature and thought and the other for advanced grammatical structure).

dear god,
get me through hell and i will do whatever.
signed,
allyson

Real Life? Say WHAT?!

For real? I have an interview with the NH division of travel and tourism development on monday and I'm pretty nervous. I didn't think that I would be this nervous, it's only an internship opportunity, but still, I'm feeling those butterflies. This monday just seems like it came up really fast! I thought I would have more time to prepare, but no! I don't know what I'm going to wear, how I'll answer questions, what are my strengths and weaknesses?! I don't know! It is a marketing and communications internship, neither of those do I have any experience with, so I really need to sell myself for the qualities that I do have and the experiences that I do possess. It's quite nerve racking, this real life crap. Thankfully, my amazing friend Steph is bringing me to the interview so I won't be alone on my way there and I will be able to freak out to her and she can quiz me and things like that. I hope I get this, it's an hour away, but I really think that I can do it. I might have to switch some schedule things, and I need to keep applying to other places, but I really really hope that I get this opportunity. I know I probably shouldn't be telling the world that I have this interview, an interview isn't the job, but I am really excited about it!!

Back to undergrad problems, I have WAY too much to do in way too little time. I was stupid and procrastinated, so now I have nothing accomplished when I need to actually have EVERYTHING imaginable accomplished, good job me. facebook is just too alluring. not just facebook, but my bed. I really enjoy sleeping at night, by midnight if I'm not in bed, I'm angry. I couldn't ever be one of those people who stays up all night to do work because nothing would get done, I need to do it in either the library or my room and not have internet near me. or my bed. preferably in a room with not bed, only a desk and a bean bag. haha, I truly hope that when I have kids they aren't like me in this way.