Sunday, July 5, 2009

Trained Monkey

I've essentially come to the conclusion that my internship...which for those of you who may not know mainly concerns the daily activities of algae in the Chesapeake Bay...is comprised of 3 main ingredients: one part brain, one part manual labor, and one part trained monkey.

For those hours spent as trained monkey I've carefully composed perhaps one of the most perfect play-lists developed by man. And by perfect I mean this ever unchanging sequence of songs may actually endure the remainder of summer before its rich rhythm morphs into a predictable and listless noise. However, keep in mind that this definition of perfect is indeed coming from the mouth of a girl who will tell you the daily activities of Chesapeake algae are thrilling.

So, for those of you who trust my judgment regardless, enjoy.
For the rest of you - algae really is as remarkable as I make it out to be...

really...


Sidewalk Stairs - Yonder Mountain String Brothers
Your Rocky Spine - Great Lake Swimmers
Bottom of the Lake - The Builders and the Butchers
You're a Wolf - Sea Wolf
Boy With a Coin - Iron & Wine
The King Beetle on a Coconut Estate - MeWithoutYou
Wash Away - Matt Costa
Reprise - Grizzly Bear
To Be Alone With You - Sufjan Stevens
Upward over the Mountain - Iron & Wine
The Girl - City and Color
The Dress Looks Nice on You - Sufjan Stevens
Coconut Skins - Damien Rice
Four Winds - Bright Eyes
Strawberry Swing - Coldplay
Every Thought a Thought of You - MeWithoutYou

1 comment:

  1. boo, that sounds sweetas. I'm so glad that your general monkey-ish (jumping around, random screeching sounds, eating lots of fruit) is coming in handy for this internship :)

    I think you could do to throw some classic rock on the playlist, but other than that i presume it's just about perfect for studying algae-whatever that entails.

    Miss you and love you OH so much.

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