Techno Français

I don't know why, but recently I've gotten really into techno, and most of it is French. I'm not really sure why I love this so much...it's just really fun. My favorites are Yelle and Stereo Total. I'm annoyed, though, because Dell is using their song "I Love You Ono" in one of their commercials. GAHH. I hate when good music is bastardized.

I've been finding a lot of really good techno/electronica, both French and otherwise, by using Pandora. Right now, I put in Au Revoir Simone, Yelle, Stereo Total, Kate Nash, and Rilo Kiley to make my station, and I've gotten a lot of cool stuff, like The Blow, Ladytron, and Broadcast.

I'm not really doing anything today. I was going to go to the pool with my mom and siblings, but it's cloudy and not too nice out today. Now, I'm just waiting on Jess and/or the certain person to call me about the carnival or other plans for tonight. A little while ago I went back to the high school to get my working papers, as it looks like my job at the barn might actually come through! I really hope it does, I need money like a bitch.

My mom went to breakfast with one of her friends from work this morning. My mom teaches at a private pre-K thru nine school about half an hour from where we live, so most of her friends are teachers, as is this one. She's an English teacher and is amazingly cool. She gave my mom a few books for me to read, so now my pile of books to read goes like this:

1. I Am The Messenger, Markus Zusak
2. Harry, A History, Melissa Anelli
3. It's Kind of a Funny Story, Ned Vizzini
4. Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey, Chuck Palahniuk
5. Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List, Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
6. 10th Grade, Joseph Weisberg
7. Sloppy Firsts, Megan McCafferty
8. Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger (Summer Reading for AP Lit)
9. The Stranger, Albert Camus (Summer Reading for AP Lit)
   

And I'm not even done with Survivor (Chuck Palahniuk). I better get some considerable pool time this summer, because that's where most of my reading gets done. There's something about the wafting smell of chlorine; harsh, plastic lounge chairs; and the feeling of the sun penetrating my lilywhite skin that is really conducive to reading.

Live long and prosper,

-xo