Time Capsule

I got my Old Man's ipod over break, he got a brand new one, his is old but it holds way more music than my nano. Almost 5,000 songs.

I read somewhere that scent is the strongest part of out memory or something like that. Well sound has got to be a close runner up. My computer at home collects the music of my Dad, sister, and I. We like and dislike each others music to a point. If I had a bigger ipod in high school it would be half full of only my music. (the whole I gotta be different thing) When I got this ipod I had all my music in it, but with so much space, most of the music is my Old Man's. Besides the fact that in my fathers expansive music library had undeniable artists: Bob Dylan, Neil Young, R.E.M, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits that you let yourself share, even when you're an independent teen. I found myself attached to the many songs and artists I swore I would never listen to.

Maybe I was brain washed into liking them over years of playing or maybe my new/old ipod is musical time capsule of nostalgia. Stuff I grew up on like Steve Earl, John Hiatt, and John Prine being blasted out of our post-divorce shitty house of F & S Grade Rd while he mowed the lawn with a cigarette hanging from his mouth and me playing with G.I. Joe's and X-wings. (Tasha is one of the only people I know that relates to the John Hiatt thing, Amanda and many people relate to growing up to the Boss.)

Now I even like stuff he doesn't listen to anymore, mostly stuff him and my mom listened to when they where together.

It also struck me how much cooler he is then me. Well he has had 28 years on my to get cooler. But when I think about it he's introduced most of the world's best music to me, and laid down a music history for me, that influences my taste now. Also he can where insulated crocks and rebuild a trailer and not know how cool it is. Maybe it's that almost 50 year old man coolness that sets in and makes up for being such a loser in high school, but really you're the coolest one there just no one knows it yet.

How taste does change, what was discovering then and now

Sophomore year of high school

• Nirvana
• Pearl Jam
• The Cure
  
• The Pixies
  
• Social Distortion
  
• PUSA
  

Sophomore year of college

• Natalie Portman's Shaves Head
• The Blow
• M.I.A
• Cat Power
  
• Wilco
  
• Ghostland Observatory
  

First CD I bought on my own: Smash Mouth

Obama Oh Mama!

Barack Obama won the Iowa Caucus last night. That's cool. My Old Man and I actually got caught watching politics and not football. Obama's my man so I'm pretty excited. If a politician's speech can give you goose bumps they've got my vote.

My neurotic personality got me stranded at home another day. I kept on putting off leaving and then a big ass storm with 90 mph winds rolled in. Oh well it probably wasn't a great idea to drive the midnight express home. I'm getting itchy feet, I mean i love my family and friends, but it's time to leave. I miss Evergreen. I am a little tired of the rain though. 

My buddy Donovan talked about getting a house with me in Olympia next year. That's badass, best of both worlds. He goes to Skagit, doing the whole EMT/fire fighter thing. I wonder how he's adapt to Olympia. Being an RA is a pretty sweet deal, but I CANNOT wait until I get a house or apartment. Some of the 4th floor kids and I talk about living in a big house together, that would be amazing, but unrealistic to pull off. I just want a kitchen to cook in. I joke about becoming a stay at home Dad, honestly I wouldn't mind this. I took a quiz and you had to pick what would be your dream job. It was between Artist and Entertainer/actor, I'm still not sure about my decision but I picked the entertainer/actor. None of these is a teacher. Again I am doubting my future. 

I reorganized my ipod nano. It's to small(2GB), so have to pick and choose my songs which is a tedious process. My music taste have grown more and more happy/upbeat since high school. My ipod officially has Jay-Z on it(thanks Corbin). I also try yo keep my ipod more upbeat because I plan on working out with it more, also improvised dance parties. I keep my record collection pretty mellow.