I am a high-schooler who just survived mid-winter exam week on a new schedule and has actual responsibilities. And when I'm not scatter-brained over my school work, I'm freaking out over extra-curricular stuff. Then, there is a lovely phenom you will experience called: "I am so tired that I'm about to fall over and the only thing keeping me alert at this point is the latest episode of {insert television/radio series here; my preference is Cabin Pressure}". It's a beautiful thing.
So, there's my excuse.
Feel free to call BS on it because I already am.
And it's snowing here... so it's bloody cold. I feel like this is the point in the school year where we should be learning about the Gulag or the Russian revolution. I bet you my *checks phone* 14 degrees is balmy to Red Square denizens.
And if you live in Moscow or anywhere in Eastern Europe for that matter, I'd like to know what "cold" is for you.
My friends and I have mapped cold out this way: England's "cold-and-dreary", then Northern Pennsylvania's "February", then Wisconsin's "Winter", Canada's "chilly", then Russia's "brisk", and finally the Arctic Circle's "draughty". Pretty succinct summary.
My life motto currently:
I'd be one of those burrowing owls or a really adorable pygmy - like Pig in Harry Potter.
Exam playlist:
1. Plenty - Guru feat. Erykah Badu
2. See Line Woman - Nina Simone
3. The Believer - Common feat. John Legend
4. Padam Padam - Edith Piaf
5. Submarines - The Lumineers
6. Le Temps de l'Amour - Francoise Hardy
7. Express Yourself - Labrinth
8. Breaking Down (MTV Unplugged 2012) - Florence + The Machine
9. Criminal - Fiona Apple
10. Transatlantique - Beirut
11. East Harlem - Beirut
That's all I've got because this I've actually got plans... astonishing, I know.
My school's big into celebrating holidays everyone else gets off for. So I had school on MLK day and the teachers are getting ready for Black History Month. Somehow, I got commissioned to draw people from the Black Freedom Struggle*. The theme is Motown, so Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye and the Vandellas and Stevie Wonder are currently watching me from the sketches scattered on my bedroom floor... might want to colour them or finish them...
I'll post pics when I'm done.
Cheers,
Carie Lea
* "Black Freedom Struggle" and "African-American Rights Movement" are both more acceptable terminology than "Civil Rights Movement". While CRM is generally associated with the African-American struggle, historians actually recognize it as an umbrella term for every social-change movement ever, but usually centered around the 20th century. So, this includes: woman's suffrage, anti-war movement, free speech movement, black freedom struggle, counter-culture movement, et cetra.
I'm only writing this bit because I'm a history nerd and feel the need to set the record straight.
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