There is a song with that same name by OK Go. Look it up. The music video is incredible. Anyways. I was recently blessed with the opportunity to visit Oregon with my mom to look at colleges. I found one that I’m dead set on attending, but we’ll see how that works.
Anyways, we talked to a professor at this school who does not particularly approve of my current reading tastes. I’ll be honest, I read Self Magazine, The Writer Magazine, young adult books, Jason Mraz and Libba Bray’s blogs, and the occasional humourous nonfiction. I have very low tolerance for dry, boring writing, which is why I can’t read the newspaper and why I can’t read articles in Time if they’re over two paragraphs.
But this professor told my mother and I that I should broaden my reading horizons by reading The New Yorker and The Atlantic. I cringed internally at this, but this Saturday I found myself in Borders at eleven in the morning, sipping a piping hot Americano and browsing through the New Yorker.
Let’s pause it there. “This blog is under music, Bri! The OK Go reference in the title can’t be it!”
Be patient, plebians.
I am the type of person that has a very short attention span, which is why I read for entertainment primarilly. If I’m entertained, I can stay focused. Addmittedly, the first couple articles were ok, but soon the noises of a busy bookstore cafe invaded my concentration. Taking my iPod out of my purse, I flip on the first song available and go back to reading. The song was “Don’t Trust Me” by 3OH!3, and my concentration tanked.
Music is very mood changing. With an upbeat song and complicated lyrics, I couldn’t pay attention to the tiny words on the page of the magazine. Then I turned on Death Cab For Cutie, and it was all better. The much slower tempo and lack of lyrics allowed me to almost ignore it as I continued reading.
When you’re doing homework or reading, listen to Death Cab. You won’t be disappointed.
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SHUT UP MIKE
