My friend Amanda bet/dared me to not buy anything but necessities (food, gas, electricity, etc) for a month. No CDs, no DVDs, no monitors, no electronics, nothing fun. It will be difficult, but it will happen. I can do it. I will do it. With all of the money saved, I will pay lots on my credit card.

I think my biggest problem is, I see sales [CDs for 7.99, $4+shipping, etc] and figure ‘Eh, good deal. Better get it while it’s that cheap.’ Unfortunately, there are a ton of good deals and they add up. I guess I should’ve seen something like this coming. I used to download album, after album, after album. I vowed to buy all my music. Now I buy album, after album, after album. The problem being free vs. not free.

I can do it. I will do it.

Oh, everybody who submitted something for the Gmail thing got an invite. Thanks for submitting the new bands for everybody to check out.

I only touched on this band in about two sentences a few months ago, so I’m revisiting the topic. It is worth the revisitation. The Rocket Summer. So good. Oh, so good. The lead singer, Bryce, describes their shows as “Each night’s set will feature songs of joy, heartbreak, victory, failure, love, and Saturdays.”. The CD is great, and is exactly like the shows he described. Bryce (at only 20 years old) wrote every song, and performed nearly every instrument on the recording. I am really digging the songwriting on this album, and of course the hand claps, as talked about in the previous post. I listened to the album three or four times today, and I’m in the best mood I’ve been in in weeks. Is it because of the music? Possibly. I’m sure there are other factors, but the music has had some effect as well. Hooray for happy, uplifting music. I wonder if the next time I’m angry I listened to something like this, rather than my ‘anger is a gift’ playlist, I would get over whatever (usually insignificant) thing is bothering me. Maybe I’ll give it a try tomorrow. (ha)