I-90 East

I am now blogging to you from my new apartment in central New York State. Despite all of the trouble I thought I would have - no stove, one sink, no living room - it's really cute and just my size. (And it has room for a five inch high cactus named Merve. How nice is that?) I've just put up all my posters and pictures, said good-bye to my parents ( :-( ) and took a turn about the neighborhood. I had to find a convenience store to buy a lighter so my new candle could start counteracting the smell of Fantastik in this little room I now call my studio apartment. You know what? It's clean, it's close to campus and my car is parked in the garage right across the street ($800 later...). I think life is going to be good here! Additionally, lucky me gets to see Meg tomorrow because she's pretty durn close to me doing "Damn Yankees." I'll give my report on how that goes after I see the show Sunday!

Yesterday my dad and I had a full day. Between making deposits at the bank and picking up things like stamps, we managed to see a pretty cute movie and grab some cheap and friggin' awesome tunes. 

I'm listening to Ryan Adams' "Heartbreaker" right now, a yesterday purchase and recommendation from two illustrious Gannon Knight editors (shoutttts Ab!). Though a 2000 release, the hubby of Mandy Moore is new to me. I first caught wind of him around The Knight office and then he popped up on my "Waste" (Phish) station on Pandora. It's like Bob Dylan met Johnny Cash, had a baby and that baby met Griffin House and produced Ryan Adams. He's got that old-time feel of classy country crooners and a modern sensibility that would probably translate to a rock audience as well as it does to the CMA crowd. I'm loving it, particularly "To Be Young" - which made me cry as I pulled away from my house - and "Come Pick Me Up" - which made me dance on my way through the torrential downpour on I-90 East.  

I also picked up "Reflections," a collection of Carly Simon's greatest hits. Now, I would never turn down a listen to Simon in my dad's van, but I have very little of her catalogue and so would not call myself a fan per se. I must be now! From "You're So Vain," classic, to "Jesse" and "That's the Way I Always Heard It Should Be," I feel like she and I could have been friends, thinking about the same things. I can concede that she did it much more eloquently than I can in song, though :). Her songs are conversations with her audience, something that's pretty unique as artists usually seem to write for an audience, but aren't necessarily asking for anything back. Simon's songs seem to ask for that as if she needs us as much as we need her songs. 

As for the free Snow Patrol album I got, "Final Straw," I didn't expect much. I got it because it was buy one get one and I love the song "Chocolate." Yep, that's the best one on the album, which isn't a bad one, it's just not as good as "Eyes Open." I think polish is the difference.

I've got to get back to reading my AP Stylebook. Yes, reading, not consulting. Tomorrow, things really get going!