Don't Stop Now #9

For me, the best part about the radio show is when I finalize the playlist:

And I Remember Every Kiss - Jens Lekman
To Go Home - M. Ward
Broom People - The Mountain Goats
Rides the Rails - The Besnard Lakes
California - Low
Harmed - Film School
Am I Wry? No - Mew
Give Me More - Matthew Dear
C'mon - A Sunny Day in Glasgow
Unsolved Mysteries - Animal Collective
Houseclouds - Liars
I'll Believe in Anything - Wolf Parade
Else - Built to Spill
Ambulance - Blur
Lake Michigan - Rogue Wave
Phantom Limb - The Shins
Office of Hearts - Guided By Voices
You Drift Away - The Postmarks
How to Disappear Completely - Radiohead
End of Freedom - Wilderness
Vapour Trail - Ride
Consolation Prizes - Phoenix
Elm Grove Window - The Clientele
Rodeo Town - The Kills
Cabin Fever - The Brain Jonestown Massacre
Teen Love - Peter Bjorn & John
Lover's Spit - Broken Social Scene

This was great music, but it was also the most joyless show I've had since the ones right after school had gotten out. Who knows. I expect too much out of my trips to Boston and then get let down, so I should stop treating them like vacations and more like obligations. That way, if I have a fun time then it's a pleasant surprise, and if it's bland then it's simply par for the course. In any case, I spent 80% of my time in the Tech office watching their big screen and really truly killing time. If I could pin down the lowpoint during my stay, it would probably be when I resigned myself to the fact that I was going to have to buy an Anna's burrito for dinner. True to its form, it was nasty. Right now, I am promising to myself that I will do nothing less than eat at a sit-down restaurant for every meal during my next trip. I'll wear an "Eat Strong" bracelet from now until then as an ever-present reminder for myself and others that people deserve quality cuisine.