Song of the Month

I don't really have a song of the month for September. I usually have phrases, where one song or CD is reaching out to how I feel about my life at that moment, but there is no defining song. Though there are no particular songs, there is an artist I just recently got hooked on. So I'd like to change things up for this month and give you an artist of the month for a change.

K'NAAN

I recently went to concert at my school where he preformed, having only known one of his songs and his whole performance blew me (along with everyone else in the audience) away. He had all of us singing along to songs we'd never heard and dancing like crazy to powerful upbeat songs. K'naan comes from Somalia and Toronto (he moved to Toronto awhile ago). Some of his songs are packed with explicit lyrics, something I normally dislike. All of his songs have a powerful meaning, and the more explicit words are there for a reason -other than to sound like a cool bad boy.
Don't be discouraged by his political songs, the beat along with the mixture of genres (rock, hip hop, rap, folk etc) make songs with tough subject matter more energetic and just plain fun.

Songs I like to sing to include; Wavin' Flag and Fatima.
Songs that I like to dance to include; ABC, Bang Bang and If Rap Gets Jealous.

I just bought his latest album, Troubadour and it's fantastic!

I tend to mainly listen to pop and rock, so it might just have been is amazing concert that hooked me but I really think you should check him out(I'm posting the link to his website so you have no excuse not to).

http://knaanmusic.ning.com/

Full Circle

I find it strange how things in life really do come full circle.

The first month of school is just finishing and just like last fall I find myself attempting to see Jersey Boys, last year I think I almost went with the same friend about 10 times but never managed to buy a ticket. This year I have a ticket ( instead of my friend it's my mother and her friend) but I have an essay due the next day so it depends how much work I get done in the next few days. If I manage to make it this year I'll write you about the performance.

However Jersey Boys is just one of the smaller ways life has come full circle. Once again I am living in a new place with whole new issues to deal with. It is still a campus residence but it is completely different from my first one. Last year I had a room. That was all. OK not exactly all. I did have a room with a desk, two chairs and a bed. I was on my own for the first and alone. None of my friends from before, were there and most of my friends had taken the year off and couldn't really relate to any of my new life experiences.

This year my new dorm has a kitchen, a washroom and I roommate. I still have my own personal room with all the luxuries I had in first year too. Having a roommate is great! We became friends in first year so it is not like living with a total stranger but it is still an adjustment. Once again I have to make new groups of friends, for a few difference reasons. Most of the people I hung out with in residence last year are now scattered across campus, so I cant just knock on their doors at any given time for any given thing.

The main reason for needing to make friends all over again is time. It was unexpected. My friends from home and I are still so close, I never would have guessed the small sum of a summer could make a difference but it did.
People I imagined I'd be closest with, I am furthest apart from. Fortunately for me the friends I thought would disappear came back ten times stronger.

My friends that took a year off have started school and it's funny reliving the few weeks I went through every time they mention their life. I don't think all them realize yet, that it is the same thing for every single person out there but it's nice. I laugh every time I think about next September for them and than me.

New classes, new friends, I think it is safe to assume I will have to start again (a least a little start) every year. I was getting discouraged until Friday when I made a few comments in class that made the people around me laugh. Once they laughed or the second time since last year, I realized (cheesy as it sounds) everything is going to be alright.