But if you hold on to what you've got...

I'm certain instant coffee isn't the right thing for me to be drinking right now. Rebel, rebel.

Oh, Ted Leo. If I could watch him be amazing every day, I would not hesitate to do so. Since the El Rey won't let in cameras with removable lenses, I took it upon myself to make a couple of videos. Which, sadly, meant not dancing and screaming along for three songs. But still. You can view them here and here. I can't quite explain it and it sounds so cheesy, but it's so liberating to be at his shows. All the dancing and words my body couldn't string together on its own and it's the most hope I've ever had. And for goodness sake, if it doesn't make you feel whole-heartedly happy to watch the man bounce around with his springy cable and 335 and little boots, you may have a physical condition that they can prescribe something for.

Also extraordinarily liberating? I'm learning this Noisettes song, "Sister Rosetta." If you put all of yourself into singing it, it feels incredible. Seriously, just go find it somewhere, even just on youtube and google the lyrics. Listen once. Sing along the second time. It's major super fun. Especially if you also dance with it and don't scream so hard you hurt yourself.

This week, the truth that was stressing me out regarding school (that truth being that my heart is in singing/writing and not really engineering or production) turned into strength. I'm sure this is very telling of where I am in my youth, but it's amazing how accepting what few facts I can find (or, more often, are pointed out to me by the best people in my life) in myself just makes me feel so much more sturdy and steady.