Jul 28 - Agnes Obel / Blood Orange

Next up: home. So I went home. For like the longest amount of time since I probably lived there. My vacation started and ended with a wedding, one in LA and one in London. So originally the plan was to be on leave for like 3 weeks and split the time between home and somewhere in Europe. But then my friend Mathias ended up decided to come to California from Sweden. He's never been to California before and so I ended up planning this whole big trip for us and extending my time in the US. Which still wasn't long enough because he was staying in the US until the day of the wedding in London, so I had to leave him alone at the end.

The first week of the trip was easy enough. I got in and the next day went to pick up Mathias. First stop from the airport was, of course, In N Out. Because I'm a good friend. And because I also wanted it and hadn't had it yet. We had actual plans on the following day, specifically the wedding I came home for. It was for a youth group friend from high school, and so it was also something of a reunion. But it was a weird reunion, because he's kept in touch with a strange mix of people since graduating. At least I think it's strange. Luckily my friend Niki, who I'm still very close with, was also there and also single, so we were each others dates. And there were a couple other people who I was happy to see. Then the rest was just a bit awkward, but totally fine I guess. The weirdest was my high school ex-girlfriend. We actually didn't speak to each other at all. This wasn't on purpose on my side. At first just no good chance to say hi, and then at one point I actually did seek her out in the wedding but couldn't find her. Last time we saw each other, years ago and years after we broke up, there was no problem, so I guess no problem this time? I don't know, but it was kind of weird. Anyway, I got super wasted (as I was told I had to) and had a great time. And then came back to the room and was too drunk to find the remote or figure out how to turn off the TV, but the last episode of Game of Thrones was coming on for the 2nd time and I couldn't be that wasted watching it, so I unplugged the TV. And passed out.

Then for the next few days we were just up and down between Orange County and LA being tourists. Very touristy, in fact. Normally when I have visitors we just kind of drive around, but I did a lot more with Mathias than I usually do. We walked around Hollywood, saw the space shuttle Endeavor, went to the Getty Center and the Griffith Observatory - all kinds of typical LA stuff. And it was great. Even OC was pretty great, because I did activities I don't normally do, even when I have visitors (which is not often these days, usually I'm the visitor and focus on seeing people). The main focus, as usual, was seeing people, so there was also a lot of time spent eating and drinking and hanging out with family and friends, which hopefully wasn't too boring for Mathias. But I have good friends, so I doubt it was boring.

So yeah, pretty chill week and then we started the road trip. We took a big road trip, most of which I'll talk about next time. This time I'll just talk about our first stop: Vegas. This wasn't high on Mathias's list of places to go when he decided to come, but my cousin goes for his birthday every year so we joined in. Mathias was still excited because he's only been once before he turned 21. So it was pretty different this time. It was fun, of course, but just the usual Vegas trip. We saw a show (Zumanity by Cirque du Soleil. Really great show. I love those guys.); we went to a strip club (Hustler club where they have a 2 storey pole and also take an hour to not bring you the dinner you order and make you really hangry), and lots of drinking (which led to Mathias disappearing and me searching for him for half an hour only to find him passed out in the room). Also some gambling and a visit to the pool, and one nice dinner in honor of my cousin's birthday. So yeah, pretty typical, but good times. And then we were off on the rest of the road trip, which I'll tell you about next time.

While at home there is one radio station I listen to. In fact, I get a lot of music from their blog and playlists even when I'm not home. And the standout track I heard from them when I was home is Familiar, the new single from Agnes Obel. I heard about her when she put out her last album and a friend was obsessed, but I didn't get that into her. But this new song is pretty fantastic.





And to just give you one more song and catch up a bit on the music, we'll also hear one from Blood Orange. He put out his new album, Freetown Sound, about a month ago. I think it's his third album. I really liked his last one, but I'm not crazy about this one. There is one song on it that I love, though: Best to You. And it features Empress of on vocals.

Jul 26 - Laura Mvula / La Chica / Moses Sumney

I'm writing this at work! I have a VPN at work again! It's about damn time. Now I can waste all the time I want! This is totally gonna change my blogging game. So let's waste a bit talking about the rest of my family's time here in China. Get ready for a long one!

After Ningxia it was off to Chengdu. Since my sister and I started talking about her next trip to China (a discussion that started years ago) she's been saying she wants to go see the pandas. So ever since I knew she and my parents were coming in June for my friend Rich's wedding, and ever since I started planning my event schedule for the year which included Chengdu, I made sure that the Chengdu event was the week before Rich's wedding so I could take my family there when I had to be there, and work would pay for airfare and accommodation. So that worked out quite well. The only problem is that I actually did have to work, so they were on their own for about a day, but for the most part we were able to hang out together and have a lot of fun.

We had some restaurant recommendations from my friend Jenny, who's a food blogger and chef in Shanghai, and is originally from Chengdu. So of course we tried to fit in as much as possible from her list of recommendations. We started out with awesome Sichuan noodles and a visit to one of Chengdu's main temples, which made for a great afternoon. And for dinner, we went to this private kitchen she had recommended. It's in a refurbished old building, which has been done up and redesigned beautifully into a restaurant and cafe. The restaurant only has like one or two seatings a night and serves a set menu, which I misunderstood from her info, so we walked in expecting to have dinner, then thought we were gonna get turned away. Luckily they had enough ingredients to cook for us too, and we had an amazing dinner. It wasn't Sichuan food, actually, though it did include some Sichuan dishes, but it was amazingly fresh and flavorful. Nothing groundbreaking in terms of trying new things, but every dish was just beautifully and perfectly done. So all in all, good first day.

Then it was work for me and fun times for the family the next day, but while in the elevator at the hotel I spotted a sign for bianlian, a face changing performance which Sichuan is famous for, which made me think we should probably see it. So I got us tickets for Sichuan opera for the evening. Before going to opera though we had to eat hot pot. Because Sichuan. The family weren't huge fans, but they liked it more than what they'd had in the past. Sadly, due to time constraints we couldn't go to the place Jenny recommended, but just found a random one near the opera house. I thought it was pretty good, all things considered. Hot pot also isn't my favorite, but I wasn't gonna let me family go to Sichuan and not have it. Then it was time for opera, which was actually awesome. The place we went to is totally made for tourists. They've got screens on either side of the stage which show translations of what's happening into Chinese, English, Japanese and French. It's probably good for the Chinese too, though, cause they speak some funky dialect in the show and I understood like nothing. Even when I read it it made no sense. Maybe it was ancient Chinese or something, I don't know. The opera consists of the annoying singing that you probably associate with Peking opera, but they keep that to a minimum. Instead they had a bunch of acts showing off traditional Chinese arts, like shadow puppetry and acrobatics and, of course, face changing. If you haven't seen the face changing check it out on youtube cause it's pretty impressive. The whole show was amazing. If you go to Chengdu, I'll tell you where to go. It's awesome.

Then we had one more morning in Chengdu, which we spent with the Pandas, the entire point of the trip. Because we were flying to Beijing that afternoon we had to get up early and get there at like 8am when they open, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise. When we arrived it was still nice and cool, not so many people there, and plenty of pandas out playing and eating. By the time we left at like 10:30 the park was super crowded with visitors (although our taxi drive told us that it wasn't even close to as crowded as it gets on holidays and weekends) and it had started to warm up so when we passed back by the panda enclosures there were a lot fewer than when we'd gotten there in the morning. So we were able to wander around without being too bothered and see a ton of pandas. And we got to see a 2 week old baby in the nursery also. My mom loved it so much we got in line and went to see it twice. It was pretty cute. But the best had to be the red panda enclosure. Red pandas look like red raccoons or something, but apparently they are also pandas and also endangered. And there are a couple enclosures which instead of being like normal zoo enclosures that separate you with a trench, are more like a bird park or something where you can walk through it. The walkways are fenced off from the panda areas, but you can get closer. Also there are holes in the fences, which means the pandas can get out and come say hello to you. Or, in the case of my mother, nibble on your toe. Nothing too mean, just a little nip, kind of like a puppy or something, but enough to shock her and make for a good story. And great pictures. So we left Chengdu on a high note.

Next stop was Beijing for Rich's wedding, the reason that my family was in China to begin with. They had a couple days in Beijing, so Rich and Nana had organized tours out to the Great Wall and Summer Palace for everyone, but I had to commute to Tianjin every day for work. That was not fun. But we did get to have dinners together in the evenings, and we got to eat Peking duck (which my sister said she'd been thinking about for years), and we got to eat it with Wendy, my one and only reader! She got to meet the family! And as expected, they loved her. I mean, she has the advantage that her research basically has her talking to old people all day every day, so talking to my parents was easy. And she's great, so there's that too. And of course I had to take them to Great Leap for the best burger ever. For me, Beijing was really planned around what to eat. Other than Wendy they'd already met most of my friends that are here, and they were going to meet more at the wedding, and they'd all been in Beijing before, so I wasn't too worried about introducing them around or showing them the sites. Plus Nana arranged all the sightseeing. So my job was easy. My job was to be the best man at the wedding on Saturday (and my sister was a bridesmaid). The wedding was at a Yunnan restaurant they rented out. To be honest, I wasn't so sure about it beforehand, but they hired this company to decorate that really did a wonderful job. The restaurant cleared out the ground floor for the ceremony and the decorations really made it feel like we were not just in a restaurant. I was pretty impressed. And the upstairs bit, where we had the dinner party after, was already much more fitting for a wedding reception than the downstairs bit had been, but with the decor it was even better. I don't really know how to describe it other than a lot of flowers and twigs. That sounds lame, but basically it was a very earthy, natural feel, which blended really well with the decor of the restaurant already, and made it feel much more organic than just a restaurant. I also gave a speech. It was fine. I guess I had to mention it, but whatever. I was the best man. That's kind of exciting I guess. First time I've been really involved and first time I've been a best man. So yeah, exciting! Speech, lame. Whatever. I hate that shit.

So post wedding we did a little brunch then headed back to Shanghai for the rest of the week. More work was done by me. More shopping was done by my parents and sister. My Chinese friends took them out to a water town outside Shanghai one day while I worked. More friends were met and favorite restaurants were visited. And then we were done. Good times.

Ok, that was really long. I was originally just gonna write about Laura Mvula today, but I've changed my mind. Since I wrote a lot, I can also share a lot of music. I'm still starting with Laura Mvula though. She just put out her second album, The Dreaming Room. While it's not as good as her first, it's still pretty damn good. There's one standout track, which is Let Me Fall.

 I was thinking I'd share another track from the album, but couldn't really pick, which is when I decided that I have a ton of music lined up to share with you anyway and so whatever I'll just share one song from her and then some other stuff because this is my blog and I'm gonna do what I want.

The next one is Oasis, the first (and currently only) song from La Chica, a Venezuelan-French artist and singer. It came up on my weekly Spotify discovery playlist, and I'm glad I discovered it. Great song, and pretty awesome video, too.




Right after La Chica on the playlist was an artist I've shared on here before who I really like, Moses Sumney. He's a bit weird, but I'm a big fan (after having tried over and over and finally becoming a big fan). His newest single is called Everlasting Sigh and it's wonderful.

Jul 25 - Wye Oak

So much for writing every day this weekend. I did manage to keep myself very busy. Despite the heatwave I was out and about biking and exploring and just not being at home. I would have gotten depressed. I did see some people mostly in the evenings, but during the day was just out and about doing my own thing. I even went to a lecture! I really liked it. I need to go to more stuff like that. And I also met someone, and need new friends, so there's that too.

So when I left you my sister was just arriving. She got in a week later than my parents because she was busy off the grid in Mexico with her boyfriend. Loser. So she got in, we ate dinner, went to sleep, then woke up super early and were off to Ningxia. Ningxia is in western China and it's China's 3rd poorest province which nobody ever goes to. It was a 4 day weekend in China so perfect chance to travel, but that also means miserable crowds everywhere. So my original plan of going to the most popular nature park in China had to be scrapped (that park being Jiuzhaigou, which I still really want to go to). But since that park is in Sichuan and I had to be in Chengdu (the capital of Sichuan) a couple days later for work anyway we had to stay near Sichuan. So I sent my sister a list of neighboring provinces, and Ningxia is what she picked. And I'm very glad she did cause it was new for me too, and, as mentioned, nobody goes there.

We flew into the capital Yinchuan, checked into the hotel, then went to eat. Then went for a walk. There really isn't much to do in Yinchuan, but there is a big temple with a pagoda, so we went to see that, then continued wandering around downtown. Nothing too special, I guess. The main things to do in Yinchuan are just outside town, so we'd hired a cab driver to take us around the next day. Our first stop was the Western Xia tombs. These are tombs of an imperial family that ruled a kingdom way back in the days before China was unified. They have these funky beehive looking tombs, almost like they had built pyramids that had just sort of crumbled over time. So we spent some time in the museum there and around the tombs before heading to stop number two: the Helanshan Rock Carvings. So if the Xia tombs weren't old enough, we were headed even further back. Like 8000 years. Basically there's a canyon with ancient rock carvings all over it. Literally everywhere. Thousands of them. Some of them are pointed out for you, but sometimes you'll just be walking and then see a bunch. Also, there are goats. And a (fake) waterfall (but it still looks nice). And they have the world rock carving museum where you can learn about rock carvings from all over China and the rest of the world, which was pretty cool. I feel like I should say more about these two things, but I'm not really sure what else to say. They were like 6 weeks ago, both very cool, nice outdoors activities that weren't too strenuous (good for the parentals), great weather, different from other things I've done in China... all around really great. But that's all I have to say. Then for dinner we went back to the hotel and I got my parents to eat sushi, and my mom liked it! This was a big moment. We will be eating more sushi together.

Yinchuan was the easy part of the trip. From there it was on to Zhongwei, a small city a couple hours south, just on the border with Inner Mongolia. We went there because it's the edge of the Gobi desert, and it's where the desert meets the Yellow River and you can do all kinds of fun desert activities, like dune buggies and sand sliding and camel riding and stuff. So the plan was to go to this one big desert theme park I'd read about, but when we arrived we found a cab driver who was really excited to take us everywhere and pretty much forced us into crossing into Inner Mongolia for the afternoon. But I'm glad we did, cause it was a great afternoon. He took us to this desert adventure park, with a quick stop on the way to see some ruins of the Great Wall. It reaches way out there, and we saw a couple pieces which would just look like grass covered hills to a regular passerby, but if you see the sign and get out of the car to really take a look, it's actually really old, ruined parts of the Great Wall covered in grass in the middle of a farm. And then was desert adventure. We did all those things I just mentioned and then we got taken into the Tonghu Grasslands to see an Inner Mongolian show. We arrived a bit early so explored the grasslands a bit. It's an interesting place. Just like everywhere else in the area they do all the desert activities, but then for some reason they also have a Texas saloon and a giant Transformer statue. Yup. No idea. China. So we explored those and then saw this show of Inner Mongolian dance and music and horse riding that was actually pretty awesome. I thought it would be some lame thing in the middle of nowhere, but instead it was a really awesome thing in the middle of nowhere with surprisingly high production value. They even had people flying in on high wires and stuff. And it's outdoors in the middle of the desert, so we were watching the sunset at the same time. After the show we went back to town and stumbled across a great restaurant on BBQ street. In the evenings this street comes alive with all kinds of makeshift restaurants outdoors, all making Chinese barbecue, so we picked a busy one, sat down and ate a ton. And we made friends with the locals. Just like every other 3rd tier city in China they get really excited about foreigners, but you add booze into the mix and they were particularly excited (and drunk) and super duper friendly and came and kept talking to us and buying us more food. It was lots of fun.

The next day we were off to Shapotou in the morning. This is the park that we came for. And it was fun and all, and great cause it had the desert and the river (and ziplines over the river! so fun!), but actually the previous day turned out to have been much better. It was just a quick morning stop before taking the train back. The train was the real China experience for my parents. We took a hard seat, and it was not the most comfortable or friendly or fun. But it's how most Chinese live here so I guess at least the family got to experience that. So we just chilled out for the evening at the hotel and were off early the next morning for Chengdu. But that'll be next time.

All we have left for today is music, and today it's Wye Oak. I've written about them before. You've heard them. They just put out their 4th album, Tween. It comes (rather quickly, it feels, but it's been over 2 years) on the heels of their 3rd album Shreik, which I did not enjoy. Shriek was weird. Which is sad because Wye Oak makes some gorgeous music. But I'm happy to report that with Tween, Wye Oak are back. The opening song (not the opening track, that's just like an intro) If You Should See is amazing. This is why I love Wye Oak, because of songs like this.

Am I right? So good. This might be up there as one of the best songs of the year. There are two more on the list at the moment, one of which is already on the blog and one of which is coming soon. I'll let you guess which for now. Anyway, If You Should See is definitely the best, but the whole album is really great. I had read that the songs were all written between 2011 and 2016, so it made sense to me that this would be a return to the old days of Wye Oak. But as it turns out they were all songs which were written, scrapped and now re-worked and released, and most of them are from the pre-Shriek days. It makes so much sense. I'll play you another, but it's hard to pick. The closing track, Watching and Waiting, had a video released. But I think it's kind of poppy and not the other track I'd want to share. Then there's Trigger Finger, which is also great and apparently a single, but I'm not sure I want to share that either. Beautiful song, but a bit slow to follow up If You Should See. So I think I'm gonna go with No Dreaming, the track that actually does follow it. But go listen to the whole album. It's fantastic.

Jul 22 - Tourist

It's Friday! First week back on the job done, and it was mostly unproductive. Kind of what I wanted. And the week has been pretty good, though I did have a pretty serious "I hate China" night last night. But I think it's passed. We'll see.

Anyway, where to begin...

Just checked and apparently my last real blog post was before my family came. Shit. I have a lot of catching up to do. If the VPN actually keeps working, then maybe I'll write every day this weekend.

So I guess we start with my parents. They came for pretty much the entire month of June. Got in on June 1 and left with me on June 24 back to the US. And my sister came somewhere in there too. But I'll probably talk about that next time.

Their first week here was pretty easy, I guess. I had to work, so they just hung out and took it very easy. They went to the mall every day. That was about it. Silly parents. But they were happy so I guess that's what matters. I also sent them to a nearby temple and some restaurants and shops I thought they'd like, which they did. And I also worked from home a bit to have lunch with them, which was also nice. But the weekdays were not very exciting. Of course in the evenings there were dinners so they could meet my friends, at all of my favorite places. But they're not really drinkers so no bars or anything. Just dinners. Beers at dinner, they'll do that, but no partying or anything.

For the weekend I took them to Huangshan. I had my dad look into things nearby for a weekend trip, and that's what he chose. Which is a great choice, cause I loved it when I went like 10 years ago and totally wanted to go again. Although in hindsight it would have been nice and relaxing to spend the weekend with them in Shanghai, I'd much rather they get to see the country. They were already spending so much time in Shanghai doing next to nothing. So off to Huangshan we went. Huangshan is a mountain in Anhui province, not far from Shanghai. It's known for being the setting for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Just imagine the rounded peaks covered in pine trees and mist from Chinese paintings, and you'll know where we went. It's gorgeous. I've been to a lot of mountains in China and I think this has remained my favorite. It's just gorgeous. Our flight going there was pretty delayed, so we just went to the hotel the first night and hung out instead of doing the touring we were supposed to, then it was up early to start the 2 hour drive to the actual mountain.

You can climb all the way up the mountain, but a) my parents are old and can't, and b) I am not so old but also can't (well, don't want to. I probably could, but it would not be easy at all). So we took the cable car up, which was fun because it was super cloudy and we couldn't see anything for most of the ride, and then all of a sudden we broke through the clouds and saw the misty mountains and it was awesome. At the top it was pretty nice and clear, although the weather is always changing. So as we hiked to our hotel, up and down the stairs for a few hours, we kept alternating between seeing lots of mountains all the way down into the valleys, and seeing absolutely nothing. Eventually we made it to the hotel, rested up for an hour, and then continued on to the "Grand Canyon", which is supposed to be the best views of the mountain. Go figure, it was cloudy. But then my mother jokingly blew the clouds away, and it worked. This happened multiple times. Our guide was amazed. For her efforts (walking more than cloud clearing, cause that walking was tough on her what with all the steps) I bought her an engraved gold medal. You would think they'd gouge you for anything on the mountain, but it was only 10 RMB. What a steal! After that it was time to head back to the hotel for the evening, but with a quick detour to watch the sunset. Luckily that wasn't too cloudy, and it was pretty spectacular as you might imagine. Just mountains going off into the horizon, almost infinitely, and perfect views of the setting sun. Weird thing was the Chinese watched the sun until it went under the horizon, then ran off. For me, sunsets are all about watching the sky change colors once the sun disappears, and I'd say that applies to most Westerners. But for the Chinese, it is literally watching the sun set that matters. No clue why. But this time they were right, cause as good as the sunset was, the sky wasn't all that colorful afterwards.

The next day we climbed down the mountain (well, hiked back for another few hours and took the cable car) then got driven to Hongcun. This is one of many historical villages in the area, but this one is famous because it's the only one with water in front, increasing the aesthetic value according to our guide, and also because it was actually a set in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Like, they used the village as a set, not they built the village for the movie. I think the second reason is really why it's so famous, but that's just me. But it is really cute. You get to wander the alleys of this super cool, traditional old town and go in and out of old houses. It's really interesting. I'd actually love to go and see some of the less touristy ones in the area. And there's a ton. They're all over southern Anhui and northern Jiangsu. And it's not just the historical ones. As you drive through the countryside (which is pretty phenomenal in and of itself) even the new villages have maintained the ancient architectural style of the region. It's pretty great. Although honestly I have no desire to visit the new villages. I'm sure they're pretty shitty once you get inside. Anyway, Hongcun is great. Southern Anhui is great. You should probably visit if you come to Shanghai and have like 2-3 days. And you should definitely come to Shanghai.

Post-Hongcun, it was back to Tunxi, the city with the airport, to see an ink stick museum and the old town. My parents actually liked this part much more than I thought they would. The ink stick museum was actually an inkstick factory with a "museum" where they display things you can buy. Granted, the company is super famous and one of the oldest ones in China, and the ink stones and ink sticks are pretty amazing, but still. It's a shop, not a museum. Anyway my mom loved it. She did calligraphy. She used to do English calligraphy, so she was very excited to try it out with a brush, copying the Chinese characters off of a newspaper they gave her. And then we went to the old town, where we spent like an hour in a tea shop completely by chance. My parents thought they might buy some tea as a gift, and we ended up getting a whole big tea tasting thing with the proper tea preparation and everything, which was of course fun for my parents to see since they never had. And there were lots of really delicious Chinese snacks. Like maybe the best I'd ever had. A bunch of sesame stuff, and then all kinds of mushroom chips. Might sound weird, but it was so good. And I've never seen them before. Hopefully I can find them too, cause they were awesome. After buying a ton of tea and snacks, we wandered a bit more down the old street. Of course the street is old but the shops are all new and upscale. But the nice thing about Tunxi was that most of the upscale shops were Chinese handicraft, not like Louis Vitton or anything. And the handicraft was amazing. There really are a ton of amazing things being made in China, but sometimes they're so hard to find amongst all the crap, and this is the first time in a long time I walked into a bunch of stores and was just amazed by everything I saw. Whether it was calligraphy or wood carving or stone carving or clothing, it was all just phenomenal. It made me very happy with China. The stroll ended with dinner, and the airport and Shanghai. And that was it.

Then it was back to the normal lazy Shanghai times for my parents, plus dinner with me and my friends. The standout dinner for them was El Willy, one of my favorite restaurants that I took them to. If you come I'll take you too. And then my sister came on the Wednesday and the traveling started again. But I'll tell you about that later.

Jesus I wrote a lot. So I won't write a lot about the music. Here's the basics: Tourist has released his first album, U. Tourist is the solo project of one of the guys from Disclosure, so that's always a good start. The first song I heard, which was getting much love on my favorite (and the only good) LA radio station (it's all indies, no mainstream shit, don't worry) is Run. It also gets much love from me.





So that was great. Then I listened to the album and bought the album and decided that the next best song is Too Late. So now we're back on the 2 songs 1 artist format of old.

Jul 20 - D.D Dumbo / Leyya

Oh man I haven't written in way too long. A lot to catch up on. I'm finally back home in Shanghai after my family's visit, my trip home, and my quick visit to London on the way back to Shanghai. But here I am, and I'm just gonna give you a bit of music.

Before leaving I wanted to share the song Satan by D.D Dumbo. Fantastic song by a guy who put out an EP a few years ago (which isn't that good and I never heard of but immediately went to listen to after hearing this song), and now has a new song, which is hopefully the first of many. Or at least the first of an album.




And then there's Leyya.  I heard them just before going away, during which time I was very bad about keeping up with music, but I did listen to them. They're from Vienna, and it took a few listens before I decided I was pretty into it. That's for the album, Spanish Disco Deluxe, anyway. But the first song I heard by them, Butter, took all of like 3 seconds for me to know I was really into it.




So those are your songs for today. Now I'm done. And I have a lot of catching up to do, so the next one will start the long catch up on both music and stories.