Hair salons, karaoke nights and Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer has my heart. Seriously. I've fallen in love with his instrumentals. Not just his, but instrumentals in general. I've always enjoyed instrumentals but lately I've just been ADDICTED to them, it's all I want to listen to. I downloaded The Holiday soundtrack. Amazing. Simply amazing. Have you ever listened to a song and you can't really just get the whole effect of the music because you were concentrating on the words so much? In a lot of songs, the words and lyrics are what makes the song beautiful, but what about the music? I also downloaded the Pride and Prejudice soundtrack. It's seriously FLAWLESS. I can't wait to listen to it while I am in the painting or drawing studio at school. To be able to just focus on the rhythms, patterns, sounds and movement of the music of a song is just riveting. I'm loving it. I can't believe I've gone this long without it.

I've had some interesting events happen since I've come home for the three weeks of summer I have. My sister is a huge karaoke singer. Wherever she hears the word "karaoke" she's there in a heartbeat. She took me to this place in Manchester called Coconut Bay where they have karaoke every Wednesday night. Of course, people there drink and sing obnoxiously whenever they're under the influence. I couldn't help but sit back there and laugh at so many of the people. I found them just amusing. Not to mention their singing was HILARIOUS. It was a moment where I wish Erica was there with me. She would have made my night. You just don't understand. My sister sang 5 karaoke songs. But she's actually a good singer. All I know is I kept having flashbacks from the move My Best Friend's Wedding where Cameron Diaz sings karaoke to her fiance (horrid singing might I add.) But in the movie it was precious, because it was something she was doing out of her comfort zone to show how much she loved her future husband. Sadly to say however....... that was not the case at Coconut Bay. None of it was precious.... just hilarious. I've got videos. Oh have I got videos, hahahahahaha.

This week I am going to work at my sister's hair shop, answering her phones and making appointments for her. It helps her out a lot when she is busy and I'm able to spend time with her. You really get the feeling of being in a small town whenever you go to her shop. I feel like I'm in a scene of Steel Magnolias everytime I'm in there. I see people I haven't seen since high school and it's refreshing. And then I do our daily coffee run where I walk down the square and say hi to almost everyone who passes me. You can't find community like that in very big cities. Or maybe you can, it's just not as personal. I know I always talk a lot of hype about living in somewhere like New York, but the truth is I am very proud to have been raised in the south, small town even. I'm happy about where I've grown up at and where I've learned my important life lessons. I wish that everyone felt that same way.