muse77

It pays to have an open mind when it comes to music – if you hear something that has a quirky hook or it just really hits you, write it down, and it doesnt matter if you heard it on mainstream or alternative radio. Really, music should unify, not divide people. I’ve learnt to embrace all kinds of music – obviously I’ve got the genres I like and music I dislike, but when someone says theyre a fan of a very poppy song, and it is actually really catchy, I’m not afraid to agree. You make more friends when you dont take yourself too seriously: one of the coolest friends I’ve ever made admitted he was a bit of a Justin Timberlake fan. Before, I wouldve tried to be “Cool”, but instead I said ‘Yeah, I dont mind some of his stuff.’ He said he liked that song ‘Senorita’ and I said, without thinking, ‘That’s off Justified, the debut album…’ and he said, with a grin, ‘See, everyone’s a closet JT fan.’

I found:
-Jens Lekman
-Vampire Weekend
-The Black Keys
-The Mess Hall
-That justin timberlake song thats so catchy off his second album, LoveStoned :D

I try to smile at everyone, because I’ve learned smiling is contagious, and I’ve become more comfortable with doing it, and with being cheerful. I think sometimes its just a bad habit, to see the negative in everything, and then you start doing the little things, like smiling more, and you realise its not so bad, and people are much more friendly and sincere than you think.

I need to learn to appreciate the friends I have and not wish I knew other interesting ones. Not that I dont like these ones, I’m just always looking for someone a bit more like me. The problem is I’m always searching, and I’m missing out on the good and beautiful things in these friends, in everybody, and then when someone exceptional comes along I’m too afraid of what they’ll think of me, and be balancing between holding too much back and giving too much away. I feel like an alien sometimes, I dont think I’m the only one to feel that a bit; its like I’ve just been dropped in the middle of the world and I dont quite understand how anything works. Why isnt there an instruction book for people and the dozens of “looks” and friends and conversation and everything that makes people so…. confusing.