fredag 13 Jul 2007, 12:43

I was studying abroad for a semester with Semester At Sea. In the spring of 2007, my life got way cooler.

Most of the people on the ship were jackasses to the extreme. Absolutely. I mean, honestly, out of a student body of 702, you'd expect at least five percent of them to be awesome. Noop.

One person who was awesome was Joe, the videographer for the programme. His job was to record footage of the ship, ship life, the countries we visited, etc etc. He was one of the relatively few people I enjoyed talking to, or listening to. He reminded me of David Cross and his cynicism was spectacular.

Doing what he does:
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Anyway, I was in a random fucking fabulous mood on the day that happened to be his birthday, so I pulled a few songs from my ipod and made a mix I thought he'd enjoy. It only took a few hours to find and organize, and I didn't know too much about what kind of music he listens to, so it wasn't amazing. I put it on his cabin door, anonymously. The next morning, he came up to me and said "thank you."

It looked like this, and that's probably why.

A few days later, while we were talking, he said "I finally got a chance to listen to your cd and I was actually surprised. You put some stuff on there that I really like, and you don't know anything about my tastes. Good job."

It made me happy.

The Playlist:
The Passenger - Iggy Pop
Nietzsche - The Dandy Warhols
Waiting Room - Fugazi
Bone Machine - The Pixies
Electric - Boris
Ccec - Autechre
Clap Hands - Tom Waits
They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV
Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down) - Ween
I'm Your Man - Nick Cave (Leonard Cohen cover)
Drunken Lullabies - Flogging Molly
I Can't Get Behind That - William Shatner with Henry Rollins
Le Jour D'avant - Yann Tiersen
Blue Flowers Revisited - Dr. Octagon
Vordhosbn - Aphex Twin
Teardrop - Massive Attack
Bad Penny - Big Black
Wasting Away - The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Missing My Son (spoken word) - Tom Waits