Melanie Martinez

I love this song that isn't so much a song but more of a... creepy voice humming...?  I don't know.  Just listen to it.
Anna

Music

A Massive List Of Songs

A Song For You All

Holy Shit... this song....

Song...

Anna

Studying. -_-

Anna

Guys. You need to listen to this.

Anna

Well I'm Back!

If you are a regular reader of this blog, I would like to apologize for the last couple of posts.  I have been under a lot of stress lately and have not had the mental capacity to write an actual blog post.

 A song to make you laugh (and possibly forgive me?)

So I happened to find the band Songs To Wear Pants To today... okay, fine.  I didn't find them.  This chick did.

Image credit to this website

They're now officially my band for when I'm sad.  Or happy.  Or... just in a weird mood.



Anyways! I miss you guys :( I haven't posted in forever mostly because I went on break, so I just shut my head off and hid in my room for 7 days.  It was brilliant.  I did a lot of TV watching, spent a lot of time on Tumblr, and found some new (for me) bands.  I also rediscovered some bands I used to like a while ago, like Young London.

 They're... I don't know how to describe music.  They're kinda pop-ish or dubstep.  I guess...?  I saw these guys open at a concert last year, and they're kinda really fun live.  I also got to hug the drummer :) Listen to them and tell me what you think please!

This is their cover of Jimmy Eat World's song. I re-discovered Never Shout Never over the break, mostly because of this awesome chick.  Very extremely happy band, but enjoyable if you're in the mood for it.  I saw this band at the same concert I saw Young London, and he's hilarious live.
Another song by Never Shout Never.

Let's see... I went to the Regional Debate Tournament on Tuesday.  I had a lot of fun, and it was definitely a learning experience.  The people in my grade that are going to State are as follows: Resident Oratory Genius; PF Munchins One, Two, Three, and Four; and finally our Little Impromtu Ninja!  I'm kinda sad I didn't do as well as I had hoped, but most of my rounds were close so I'm still happy :)  I'm sending my good luck (as much as I have) to these brilliant Novice Debaters who competed against Open Debaters and won!

So that's my quirky music and update for the week! Enjoy the weekend and see you next time,
Anna

PS- If you didn't notice I put a lot of links in this post, and I would just like to say all of the people that write these blogs are just really brilliant so you should totally check them out.

So I suddenly became a non-loud music person for about six seconds today and found this. You've probably heard it :)

Have a good day guys.
Anna

I finally figured out how to get the link in again.  Unfortunately it's not working for Motionless In White.  So... Falling in Reverse.  They're going to Warped :)

 Well I guess that song works :)
I'll give you another one.  Kinda represents my mood.

Have a good day,
Anna

This song is running circles in my head... too catchy guys.  Too catchy.

Anna

Not breaking down at 11pm at night... and My Chemical Romance

I'll save the mental breakdown for about 2am, after I finally realize that I need to work on my actual homework.  No,  I'm not going to break down at all... right? I'm totally mentally stable guys.  Yup.  I'll give you a list of the things that may or may not result in my eventual doom.

Welcome. 

1. This blog post.
I have currently six different posts half-way written because I'm way too critical of my own writing. The only way I get any of these written is because I'm half asleep and slightly on a coffee high.  I am way too good at procrastinating... so I'm doing this now.


2. Sleep
What? Me? Sleeping? No.  I haven't slept at all this week guys... so I'm kinda high on lack of sleep and really tired.  This is not helping me deal with stress.  At all.  I'm having issues doing cognitive stuff.  So after I submit this I'm going to lie in bed and stare at my ceiling and think of all the things I have to do until morning.


3. Debate
I have an LD case that is kinda falling apart at the seems that I have to debate tomorrow.  I need to fix this, find evidence, and structure counter points.  While on less than 3 hours of sleep.  I don't really have a plan on how that's going to work out.  Debate's also another reason I'm writing this now, because I won't be able to submit it at the tournament.


4. School
Guys... really?  Honestly I think you're trying to kill me.  I cannot take another pop quiz or retake of stressful test.  I love learning... but not at the cost of my (always relative) sanity.  I would love a break from school please... without a dramatic drop in that all-important GPA.

I realize that everyone has heard this song, but I still love it.

5. Shtuf
I feel like this list needed a fifth bullet point so I'll just comment on the fact that the (98% pure awesome) Kimball Art Center  volunteering is not really helping with the stress level here.  I would also like to add that TaeKwonDo, however enjoyable and amazing, is a substantial amount of time spent not working, Kimball-ing (a real verb), or LD-ing (also a very real word).

In closing:

I hope you guys have a great week.  :) Loves to you all,
Anna

Source from this awesome Tumblr Blog

Shtuf

Apparently I offend some people by being me.  This post is going to be crazy clique probably, but I'm going to go through my thoughts anyways.

We are told to be ourselves.  We are informed that we can be whoever we want.  We are told to follow our dreams, to not change for anyone.
Yet, it seems these statements have quite a bit of hidden clauses and fine print.

Be yourself *as long as we like you*  
Be who you want *just make sure you are exactly the same as everyone else*
Follow your dreams *as long as you want to be a doctor, teacher, or something productive to our society*
Don't change for anyone *unless you're doing life wrong*

Honestly, I'm kinda done with the invisible fine print.  I've tried that route.  I've worn the "right" clothes, and said the "right" things, and taken the "right" courses, and generally just tried to conform with society's expectations.  Now, I have to warn you that this plan is going to  fail epically.  It'll most likely end with a psychotic breakdown from yours truly.  I'm going to try through.  I'm going to start right here.
Here.  A song.



The surface meaning of this song just kinda tells you what I'm trying to say with this blog post... maybe you'll hate it.  Um... administration don't listen if you're offended by expletives.  Whatever.  Anyways, I'm going to try this thing where I don't care whether you hate me, the song, or about your opinion on me in general.  Wish me luck! :D

Or you don't have to, because I don't care whether you do or not.  This is kinda complicated... hmm... I might have to go through the logistics of this whole not caring thing. In the meantime, another song!

Most people hated that one.  Oops.  Hehe :)
I love that song.  It was one of those songs on permanent repeat for about... a month.  I know pretty much every word.  *blushes awkwardly*  Wait... that didn't warrant a blush, because I don't care about whether you thought that was weird.  Oh dear... I'm going to have issues with this.  So... song!

Oh my god! I just want to share all the songs with you guys!! Excitement!! But... I can't.  Too many.  I'll portion myself.  I will have you guys listen to all of these though... they're brilliant. I'll probably get into Motionless In White and others in my next post.  If I remember.

I'll leave you with Between The Trees as a bit of an apology in advance to those who are not a big fan of my type of music.
Loves!
Anna

I have no idea what I would call my music taste... but I loved this.  So I got it from here.

Sleeping With Sirens!!!

My friends Audrey, Amanda, Lucy, and I all went to a Sleeping With Sirens concert last night at The Great Saltair. We were all super excited and probably came off as really dorky fangirls, but we were all determined to have a great time.  We got in really easy after waiting in line for a while we were let in early because we already had our tickets.  

Image credit goes to: Amp Musicians

We made it up to the front by the stage about the second song into Our Last Night's set.  When I say "we made it up to the front" I am referring to the shoving, elbowing, and swearing it took to get most people to move.  It took forever to get up there and we were all already dripping with sweat, but with electric guitars and screams echoing through my ears I didn't really notice that much.  This was one of the moments I hated being 5'2" because I had some issues seeing/surviving throughout the night.  Anyways, I wasn't expecting Our Last Night to be that great but they were really good! Everyone got really excited and the band was very enthusiastic which pumped us all up for the next band, Issues.

Our Last Night Image Credit goes to: Infectious Magazine

Issues was really disappointing after Our Last Night.  They were just a little too close to the pop-rap spectrum for my taste.  The crowd was really crazy during this one and it got kinda dangerous if you couldn't hold your own.  Even though Issues wasn't one of my favorites being so close to the stage somehow made their music better.

Image credit to: Highlight Magazine

Anyways, Breathe Carolina came on next and they were amazing.  Everyone was so psyched by now and we were so packed in that it felt like we were grinding with the entire Salt Lake county.  It was so much fun.  You could smell the enthusiasm and anticipation in that room. Actually it was probably the weed, but still.  The four of us tried as hard as we could not to get separated and just attempted to survive while enjoying some amazing music.

Image Credit goes to: A Website I've Never Heard Of

Sleeping With Sirens was up next, and we were four people away from the stage.  It was going to be amazing!  Except for one small issue. Everyone behind us was pushing and shoving and screaming to get to the front.  This is where the 5'2" thing came in.  Most of the people in the front were either really tall muscular guys or teenage girls with frizzy hair.  The last one accurately describes me at this point, which wouldn't be an issue,  except for the fact that I physically couldn't breathe.  My rib cage was being crushed from either side by two men, while my face was unwillingly shoved into someone's thick hair.  The whole room kinda started to sway slightly and the place where a crowd-surfer had landed on my neck suddenly started to send panic signals towards by brain.  I was determined to make it through Sleeping With Sirens.  After all, they were the main reason I was there. My breaking point was when, almost as one, the people behind us shoved as hard as they could.  This had been happening all night, but this time I had a chick's elbow in my back and no air to breathe.  I had to get out of there.

Image Credit of a Concert at the Saltair goes to: UVU Review

Getting out was slightly difficult, but eventually we made it to a safer area with less crazies (but more drugs).  We then listened to Sleeping With Sirens from there.  They were fantabulous.  Kellin introduced each song with a surprisingly inspirational speech and some humor.  This is the setlist that they played:

Here We Go

Congratulations

Low

Free Now

If I'm James Dean You're Audrey Hepburn

The Best There Ever Was

A Trophy Father's Trophy Son

These Things I've Done

Scene Five

Do It Now Remember It Later

Satellites

If You Can't Hang

Image Credit Goes To: Facebook Covers

The whole experience was awesome! Even though I will feel dirty for the next three years and only got three hours of sleep because of it, the concert was totally worth it.  Audrey and Amanda also posted stuff on last night if you want to check out their blogs too!

SO MUCH JOY IS SEEPING FROM EVERY PORE IN MY ENTIRE BODY THAT I THINK I AM GOING TO DIE FROM A LACK OF OXOGEN BECAUSE THERE IS JUST TO MUCH JOY IN THE SURROUNDING AIR!!!!!!
-Amanda

"Kellin Quinn's voice sounds like an angel peeing in your ear."

-Audrey