I’m bored out of my mind in the newsroom right now b/c no one is calling me back and I’m all alone- so it’s a great time to write a blog entry!!!!

  I am crazy about the new mix CDs my cousin gave me. He’s really… unique (in a good way). The songs he gave me wouldn’t be the kind I am normally drawn to, but they are awesome anyway.

  See I go through kicks, like most people do (I guess). About a month ago, I went through a pizza kick. Don’t believe me— ask my boyfriend (I learned that Subway makes a kick-ass pizza sub, but beware of asking for little sausages; that may confuse them…). But I’m pretty sure I’m going through an “awesome mixes my cousin made for me” kick. 

  In high school I was in a “modern rock” kick. You know— when modern rock music was good. Incubus, System of the Down, Linkin Park, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc. Most of my friends listened to that music too, so I’m pretty sure that’s why I was so into it.

  At the end of my high school career, I fell head first into classic rock— 60s, 70s, and 80s rock and roll thanks to 101.1 FM in Lafayette (I think, or BR), before they changed their format. When I got up here, for the first two years, all I listened to was 106.5— The Fox (which that is still the main radio station I listen to). But the fact of the matter is that I closed myself away from different kinds of music.

  Most recently, thanks to my boyfriend, who listens to XM radio station Ethel all the time in his truck, and my awesome cousin who makes me mix Cds just for the hell of it- I am starting to enjoy alternative rock. He also wrote explanations for each song, detailing why he chose it. Like I said— he’s awesome.

  They got some weird shit on the air, I must admit. However, I made the mistake of labeling all alternative music as “shit,” when it is not.

  So thank you Benny-boy for taking a chance and making me this awesomely strange mix CD. It calms my nerves when I drive, gives me something to boogy to at 3 a.m. on layout nights and makes me all around “Happy.”