Debates and Headaches

*Cough Cough* I'm reporting from my sick bed on this dreary day. I can't believe how drained I'm feeling. I drank tea but I think I'm going to holler at a cup of Theraflu before this takes a turn for the worst. Fall, I love you but sometimes you make me sick! LITERALLY! Considering yesterday I misjudged the weather and went out with a tiny little sweater on. Cute sweater, just not cute enough to guard me against the wind. This is all my fault. Maybe I just wasn't ready! At least we can look forward to the beautiful leaves and the awesome scarves I will knit for you (or promise to knit for you). I'm really liking forest green these days

...Or RED AND BLUE!

Dear People,
The presidential debate is tonight. I have my popcorn (Advil) and my soda (tea) ready!! I'm looking forward to listening and judging where these two guys are coming from! See how they handle the pressure of debate! I'm sure they are ready, considering how many challenging questions people shoot at them daily. This is my first election so I'm going to dig deep and figure out whats going on inside of their big ol' brains. Oh Boy, this should be interesting and you know it. I hope you plan on watching, I hope even more that you are registered to vote. Are ya? huh huh? Get it together... This is the President we're talking about! Not just some random guy!

Watch it here tonight at 9PM:

http://www.cnn.com/live/

Happy watching, and pray for my good health because I think I just coughed up a lung!

Oh GOODNESS!

The Electric Maid Benefit show was insane! In a good way...believe me. It was quite amazing. I had a lot of fun and felt really good up there (On stage I mean). There was a lot of energy and all around goodness! How often do we say that word anymore GOODNESS! Pure goodness. As I mentioned in a previous post A Born Idler and Club Scout were just as awesome as I expected them to be or more. Be sure to check out their music and see for yourself!

www.myspace.com/abornidler
www.myspace.com/clubscoutmusic

and us...

www.myspace.com/oakoakokay

The Electric Maid is an awesome space that deserves to live...I'm just saying! So I'm glad we could help out. Plus, I got this really awesome shirt...I will model it in the near future.

Oh yeah, I'm excited!

On another note, well life seems to be still busybusybusy... That has become one word. Can someone tell me the last time they had a day off...yep still waiting...so...
Halloween is around the corner and I think I want to be a person asleep!

No seriously I'm dying to go to a Halloween party this year...

1.There shall be pumpkins!
2....and candy corn (I wont mention my addiction)
3. "Cool" people dressed up like Cool people!
4. Kids getting turned down at my door because I forgot to buy candy.
5. Anything else spooky you can ponder!! MUAHAHA

So maybe its too early to think about Halloween but what else is there...? What can I say? I just love to be someone else at times!

Sleeping Lessons

Sooo...Sleep! Who needs it??

I know I do. This week has been positively crazy if I can complain for just that one second. I have had barely any sleep and Im almost positive everyone else has that same problem. Im running on coffee...and maybe like a dusty paperclip...and I dont know the carbs from dinner two nights ago? Well school work is school work, and work is just work, and everything else makes you want to strangle something! Wheres the love people? Wheres the balance?

I've been thinking...and wondering WHY ARE WE SO STUFFY?! I mean life could be like ten times worst and Im being a dork for complaining. We definitely need to take it easier and laugh at those little things that would normally make us go off the handles. Like "OMG I havent watched TV in weeks and now the remote is missing!!" (I usually burst into tears during those moments...Im just saying) or "Where in the world will I find the time to type these two papers and study?". Well, after all of those things are done, life will go on! If we go on like this we will look like 50 at age 30! Seriously...Get some sleep because ummm...I dont know... you need it!

Look at it this way my cat sleeps like a baby, even when theres no food or water in his bowl...for more than 2, 3, or 4 days. (Just kidding, or maybe not. Look, times are hard!)

Put down the pen and get that cognitive ball a'rollen! All the surgery in the world can't shave off 30 years! mmmkay

Life Outside of my Head (phones)!

Today I realized that I spend way too much time listening to music rather than my immediate surroundings. I finally decided to take off my headphones while I walk home from the train and surprisingly the outside noise isn't so bad afterall. At one point I didnt even know if I had passed my street because I noticed new things that I have never seen before on the way! WOW!! We all probably need to just spend more time listening and realizing what we have right in front of us. Our world is much more beautiful than we give it credit for. Some things I noticed:
1. The train is loud!
2. Theres an awesome tree on my street that is just dying to be photographed.
3. People probably greet me all the time, I just never notice.
4. My mom says unneccessary things to me (which can be a downside to this hehe)

So as much as I am loving PJ Harvey today...she can be placed on pause because the things that happen around me are only going to happen just that one second or nanosecond.

Gosh...Im starting to tear up!

Gosh, You Universe! I Love You!

Hello There,

So Im trying this thing where everyday I wake up and say "today is going to be a great day!" I used to do it occassionally but now I feel its neccessary to do this every day! It makes a lot of difference. Even if it ends up being a crazy day you still wont fret at the end of it because theres anther great day tomorrow! Got it...No...I guess Im alone on this one.

My band Oak Oak Okay is going to DC on Saturday which makes me extremely happy and excited and my usual silly self. We're playing with A Born Idler (myspace.com/abornidler) and Club Scout (myspace.com/clubscout) who just recently got one of their shows reviewed which is pretty darn awesome.

Check it out here: http://dcist.com/2008/09/04/click_click_pash_at_iota_club_and_c.php
They are both amazing bands who shall have everything in the world if they asked for it. It makes me so happy, these things happening around me! Gosh, you universe I really do love you.

Going to see Fleet Foxes on October 2nd at Starlight Ballroom. I couldn't be more excited about that because frankly they are damn amazing. Just to hear them play "He Doesn't Know Why" will probably make me melt...Im just saying! There I go again... Well folks life is pretty awesome...email me if you want to make music...I'll just sing and bang on pots and pans!

State of The Nation

I think I have been living inside my head for far too long. Theres noone in the entire world who has made themselves more comfortable inside their own self conscious as I have. I don't mean comfortable to where nothing gets to me. I mean comfortable like Im not leaving this spot. This kind of leaves me fearful of other people trying to get in. Maybe this is something we all do. I'm not sure if its something of human nature but its extremely depressing...hmmm.
On a better note I am starting to feel a little more in tune with other people. I actually don't find it as hard as I used to, to hold a conversation with someone and not feel like a first grader talking to their distant uncle. You know, what do they have in common? Maybe I have my job to blame for this miraculous happening. Its actually apart of my job to be personable and inquisitive about their lives. Working at a hotel has it's birthday cake moments!
I'm reading "The Bell Jar" right now by Sylvia Plath. Its apparently a "modern classic" according to Barnes and Noble. I have to agree with whatever that means. They compared it to "The Catcher in the Rye" and just reading it to Chapter three I can definitely understand that. I can relate to these characters because I feel like they both live inside their heads and watch the world from the eyes of desperation. I admire Plaths work in numerous ways. I mean she's just extremely talented because these words come out of her without a second thought. Its like when someone is just a natural at a piano. They dont even need theory. They can play by ear. Her work is incredible! I mean that. I wish she was still alive today but you know, it was those experiences and feelings that lead to suicide that sadly made her work so remarkable--so Im kind of saying it may have been neccessary... Everything happens for a reason right?
She is remarkable. I mean how many people in this world are that talented and the world gets to know about it. I mean even though she didnt want this book released in America, it still managed to get in our hands and we are better for it. By we I mean Americans. I highly reccommend this book, even though I myself have not finished it. I also highly reccommend reading her poetry if you feel anywhere like I feel. Living inside my head.
Lets just live our lives...gosh its only life afterall...Why are we all so afraid! Or maybe just me?

-Attia