Snow Day!

Today was supposed to be for sidequests, travel an ungodly amount of time by bus for a CD drive, listen through a couple albums, get kimchi, go to a craft store for some projects. 

Instead, I woke up to at least a foot and a half of snow everywhere.

    Truthfully, not super miffed about it. I had stayed up pretty late with 5/6 of my roommates the night before just talking around our "new" dinner table (it wasn't new by any means, but we had moved it so it could be properly used as a dinner table and it's been a wonderful quality of life update). It was really nice, the lot of us don't have schedules that line up well, so its rare that we've all been together just to chat, and especially without any visiting friends. We were talking through the logistics of an insane scenario, which eventually fizzled into general conversation after roommate number #6 came downstairs to tell us to quiet down so she could sleep. It's the kind of moment I know I'm sure to forget the details of, but I'll always feel the effects of. The feeling of upgrading the group social link, the reminder that I lucked out with the people in my household, my friends.

So really, not too miffed about having a snow day.

     I wish I could say it was a lazy day but I had decided bright and early (11am) that it was the perfect day to finally get around to some crafts and mending that I've been needing to do. Patterning and listening to the albums I had planned to listen to on my bus ride while the room was bright with sun shining off the snow was a very nostalgic mood. The listens were as follows: 

1. Commit This to Memory by Motion City Soundtrack
   My best friend (and sole bandmate) listened through this album and told me it is now one of the bands main influences. As it should be, this albums slaps! Its upbeat, but not entirely happy, melancholy at most, but bright in feeling overall. It makes a very "everything's gonna get better" mood.
2. Time to Pretend by MGMT
   I know nothing about MGMT but it was mentioned a couple days ago (Thanks Peach!) and I decided why not, I like trying new bands on a whim. I did not realize I knew some of these songs. This was the sound of childhood. I'm not even sure I heard these songs during my childhood, but it sure as hell felt like it. This ones staying in my library. 
3. Through Being Cool by Saves the Day 
   I've been meaning to listen to this one for awhile. This album was cited as a major inspiration for Fall Out Boys Take This to Your Grave so I've been curious about it. I love TTTYG, so I'm guaranteed to at least have a good time with this one. It is so odd to hear the exact points of inspiration of an album I love through this album. Bits and pieces where I go "that's just like the thing from the thing!" Because it was absolutely the way the thing on TTTYG came to be. 

Got some good listens in, learned how to use my roommates sewing machine, made some patches to repair my favourite pairs of pants with, made myself a belt bag so I can finally stop worrying about my phone when I wear an outfit with a skirt (that's also big enough for my Walkman!), learned how to sew a button, and finally got around to DIYing pins from the bottle caps I've had in my pencil case for over a year. 

At some point my roommates also settled into the living room and we watched American Psycho, and as I type we've got Guardians of the Galaxy playing. 

Overall, a pretty successful snow day I'd say.