Relaxing Weekend

Hello to all of you who read this (nobody). I think I'd probably be fairly embarrassed if anybody did take a look at this blog. If you do read this and you think its crap, please don't tell me. Right some kind of response to my posts that sounds really optimistic, like "It has a lot of potential." Remember to leave out the part that implies that the reason it has such potential is because right now it has nowhere to go but up. Excuse while I change this awful song to something more conducive to writing.

There, Cat Stevens, much better. I don't care if his name is now Yusef Mohammed and he happens to have ties to anti-Semitic terrorist cells, I think his music is awesome. So today has been really relaxing and it looks good that this feeling will continue all evening. I got up at a reasonable hour (noon) and got lunch with Steph at the new cafe/restaurant/Belgian bar in my building. If you are in the Netherlands while you read this you should check it out, its called Olivier, and they have very reasonable prices except for the coffee. It reminded me of a slightly older version of Rafferty's, only with delicious beers. After lunch we went to the market, which is always nice when the whether permits. Since then I've been reading and considering what I'm going to do with the rest of the weekend. Tomorrow I will go running and see what the basketball courts down by the Lipsius building look like. I was going to buy a basketball today, but I realized I should wait until I saw the conditions of the courts. I'll see tomorrow, and if they actually have nets I could be shooting around by Monday. The Final Four might have something to do with my urge to play ball, but really its just been a while.

So in honor of the fact that I will in all likelihood be reading the book "High Fidelity" in the near future I'm going to try to put together some top 5 lists. I won't bore you with more than one an entry, but I think its good to actually think about music more than just listen to it. John Cusack's characters got it right. Nonetheless, I'm hoping the book is superior to the movie, because if it isn't I'm just gonna end up watching the movie again (would be the 5th time). So here we are, my first top 5 list. I'm starting with a big one too.

My Top 5 Favorite Songs I've Ever Heard (subject to change by tomorrow, but so what)

5. Iron and Wine- Love and Some Verses

4. Matt Pond PA- From Debris

3. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists- Me and Mia

2. The Shins- Pink Bullets

1. Death Cab for Cutie- A Movie Script Ending

Now I realize that nothing about this list is controversial except to people who care about it, which would probably just be me and maybe two of my friends. Let me explain. First of all, I am more surprised than anybody that Ben Folds missed the top 5, I don't know why. Jesusland might have gone as number 6, but then it wouldn't be a top 5 list (obviously). This could change in an hour. Nonetheless, I thought it incredibly unfair that one band would make the list more than once, and these songs aren't my most played songs, but they are my favorites. If they were my five most played I wouldn't enjoy them as much. These rules wouldn't apply to a top 5 list that wasn't personal preference, but since it is my rules about personal preference apply. So there it is, my first top 5. Download them and listen to them in order from 5 down to 1 and tell me what you think (or how much you think they suck). Until next time, be well.

AC