I love to listen to my ipod on shuffle. It makes me appreciate songs I forgot I had and listen to songs I doubt I've really heard before. And it's made me realize how much freaking linkin park is on it, for some odd reason. And most of all, I love the randomness of it, a love song played after death metal. Death Cab for Cutie and then Converge and Michael Buble. I've always liked my world neat and orderly. Planned and scheduled. I hated when people sprang their plans on me without at least a day or 6 hours in advance. But I thnk random events, little surprises make life interesting, and those spontaneous moments are what I remember most.
Like trips to visit mainstreet Parker, sipping Italian sodas at Borders, or even playing Gauntlet Legends for hours, even though it's quite a weird game.
I think it's made me think about what I want to do in college. And looking back on high school, I tried a lot of different things. But the thing I think i most regret is the fact that I drop some stuff that I really loved. Track and field in middle school, and soccer after freshman year. Sports, in general. I used to be pretty athletic and a serious runner, and I miss that, I really do. So I've decided that I will do some sort of sport at CU. Maybe not a club sport because I'm too stingy and refuse to pay the insane $125 or whatever fee for soccer, but maybe intramural soccer. Intramural coed soccer even. Or maybe try the intramural ice hockey team, if I ever learn how to skate backwards. With a stick in my hand too. I dont want to stay the complete nerd with only a majority of my trophies coming from math and debating. I want some athletic ones too.
I'm sad to realize that I don't have much more of my summer left, especially with my trip to Toronto coming in the middle of it. Erg. But I've decided that I've been far too serious a person for as long as I can remember. So I'm going to put my world on shuffle, and see what randomness comes up next.
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i agree, spontaneity sometimes makes life so much more interesting. and you know what spurs spontaneity? living in this city where you have to be creative when ur bored. i'm so sick of going to the movie theater and the mall...i want something new. that's why sipping italian sodas feels like such a break from the frikkin regular routine.
i really hope you do sports in college because i think you'd be very good. i might even take up something like fencing.
oh, and btw, i looooove death cab for cutie. they're such good music and they're cd is one of those where the whole cd is good and you can listen to it straight through.
Hey Hey,
Actually, now that you mention it, I hardly ever use shuffle on my iPod. I always go to all the songs that I want to hear and can listen to over and over again. (Like Death Cab for Cutie!) Out of all of my songs, I bet I don't listen to at least 1,000 of them. It's kind of ridiculous. Occasionally, when I do put it on shuffle, I hear an old song that ends up triggering a memory, and then I become all nostalgic. Haha.
Spontaneity definitely adds excitement to our lives. I love just calling someone and meeting at the mall or coffee shop at that moment. I hate it when people plan like three weeks in advance who they are going to hang out with on the third Tuesday of the month! That is so boring. This is why I really need to get my license this year, so I can be more random.
You should have totally stuck with track in high school. You would have been amazing! I really want to become more athletic before I'm 18. That's my goal. It's kind of a drastic one, because my diet tries failed twice. Miserably, I might add. Curses!
Kelsey, you better enjoy the rest of your summer, because you're starting college soon! WOOHOO!
XOXO ;)
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