On the road.........

I can't wait. I get to get out of town for a few days. I'll be making my way down to Mobile tomorrow afternoon. What will I be listening to? I replaced the cds in my car with the ones below.....

-Sunny Day Real Estate: The Rising Tide
-Death Cab for Cutie: You can play these songs with chords
-Stina Nordenstam: And she closed her eyes
-Mike Knott: Strip Cycle
-My Bloody Valentine: Loveless
-Our Lady Peace: Spiritual Machines
-Viva Voce: the Weightless ep
-The Smashing Pumpkins: Rotten Apples/Greatest Hits
-Pixies: death to the Pixies
-Radiohead: The Bends
-For Squirrels: Example
-Weezer: Pinkerton

Books: I've started reading again. You must first understand that this is a big deal. Somehow I got through middle school, high school, and college without really reading anything. I think the only books I read were C.S. Lewis and that was for my own enjoyment. I wish that I could apologize to all of my English teachers from the past. Well, I started really reading in February 2003 to help me deal with all the time on my hands while I dealt with a major breakup. I've been listening to Our Lady Peace's Spiritual Machines a lot lately and it has inspired me to finally read George Orwell's 1984. I'm really enjoying it so far. Here are some of the books I've read since the start in February 2003.....

-Jack Kerouac: On The Road
-Janet Fitch: White Oleander
-Virginia Holman: Rescuing Patty Hearst
-Anne Lamott: Traveling Mercies
-Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray
-David Guterson: Our Lady of the Forest

I'm trying to feed myself with literary, cinematic, and musical inspiration since my artistic inspiration has been smothered for some time. I hope that these things encourage me to create again one day.

I love you all. Be awesome. Love God. and love the hopeless tonight.

Cindy