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PASTE and things that make me happy

I’m sitting in my dorm room, flipping through recyclable pages of Paste Magazine and realizing people with excellent music taste surround my humble- practically-non-existent-musical-self. This is quite noteworthy.

Note one: Today in my Advanced World Literature course we began discussion on Virgil’s The Aeneid and, as the musical gods would have it, the professor asked us to sing along to U2’s “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”…. What a day, what a song.

Note two: Received an e-mail to pick up a package – this is always an exciting e-mail. About once a month, I get this message and know it can only mean one thing. PASTE. Check it out online or order the magazine for yourself. It’s about $20 a year for a subscription, which beautifully includes a CD sampler with delights such as Andrew Bird, Neko Case, and Josh Ritter.  The magazine also includes reviews and articles discussing film and culture.  A fantastic, explorative read.

Note three: University living is a beautiful thing. I share a quad with five other women and one of them is a hula dancer from Hawaii (I want to grow up to be her) and another is a talent extraordinaire at the violin and piano. My old roommate, and fellow communal friend, Sarah has a band and sings in front of thousands every week with the Campus Praise Band- her talents at home and on the stage make people everywhere stop to breathe. Brilliant! I know, I should contribute some sort of musical happiness to their first-rate and quite talented performances that I’ve come to expect weekly…BUT I only insert my Paste sampler and turn it up loudly, emerging only to hum along to their varied and gifted tunes.

Maybe one day I will inspire college students to read classic literature with music and lyrics, or maybe I will work for a music magazine, or I am destined to mildly participate and recount others’ amazing melodious skills with my-humble-practically-non-existent-musical-self.