"And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door, she cried to me 'hey, why not ask for more?' "

[nausicaa83]

September is coming, and I needed a new organizer, so on the way home I stopped at my favourite bookshop and browsed for a longer time than I'm comfortable admitting looking for the perfect organizer to accompany me for the next fourteen months. There just were so many bright, colourful ones! In the end I chose a lovely green one with pictures of rainbows and butterflies and flowers on every page. A happy organizer for a happy Nausicaa. :D

On the way to the register I noticed they had a lot of jazz/blues/chanson cds on sale, and I just had to buy two of them for 10 euros. Meanwhile this beautiful cd was playing in the store, and while I was paying I asked the cashier what it was. She didn't know, so she called a colleague, but she didn't know either. The third one told us it was "Madeleine Peyroux's new album", which made me squeal "oh my god, can I have a copy please, please, PLEASE?!", to everyone's amusement. :D



My cd player is broken (that's the big one in the living room), and lately I've used the Playstation to listen to cds. Since I couldn't wait to listen to Madeleine's new album, and I had to cook lunch, I digged up my old portable cd player and connected it to my jbl speaker. It wouldn't start, so after punching all the buttons, I checked the batteries. I took them out, and got battery liquid all over my hands. Apparently they decided to commit seppuku quite recently, because whatever was inside leaked all over my fingers as soon as I touched them. What the hell. Much swearing and scrubbing later, I'm finally listening to my beautiful new cd (the portable cd player is surprisingly still working) in the kitchen.

She even sings a cover of Leonard Cohen's Bird on the Wire! *_______*

By the way, the Ladies Sing the Blues collection reminds me of a meme I saw on tumblr a couple of weeks ago. Take a song that has the word "blues" in the title and substitute it with "feels". Folsom Prison Feels. Empty Bed Feels. I'm Left with Feels in my Heart. And of course, Lady Sings the Feels.

I'm going to hell for finding it so hilarious, I know. :D



And my Welcome to Night Vale official shirt just arrived! \o/

Comments

[stardust-made.livejournal.com]

What awesome purchases, I heartily approve.:) The diary looks gorgeous!

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

It's so pretty! And every page has a different cute drawing, little birds, butterflies, happy colourful things. *_______*

And Madeleine's new album is incredible!!! ♥

[entangled-now.livejournal.com]

I was certain I wanted the Welcome to Night Vale t-shirt, then I realised that the Glow Cloud one actually glows in the dark!

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

I bought this one way before they released the Glow Cloud one, but it takes more than a month for packages to get here from the States. Now I'm waiting for them to update the store, and then I'll probably buy something else next month. *_______*

[nefertina86.livejournal.com]

The organizer looks great! <3 Are you always use one which contains 14 month? I´m looking forward my new one! It´s every year a very special process to find the right one :) I need a calender on the left side, with all dates and days and on the right page I need empty pages for notes!

I need to google Madeleine Peyroux, I don´t know her. But she must be good, if you like her so much ;)

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

Actually it's my first time in years. During the last few years I used post-it notes and my cellphone to keep track of appointments, very messy. A few months back at the bookshop they gave me a small notepade for free, and I started writing down notes and telephone numbers. It was all white pages, but I realized how much easier it made my life. So coming September I remembered the ol' school days and I decided to buy a good organizer. 14 months because that's what I used back in university. ^^

I spent a whole hour yesterday writing down important numbers, meetings, and all my favourite tv shows' premieres. :D

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqpOFQvMM1A) is one of my favourites by Madeleine Peyroux. If you like Billie Holiday, you'll like her. ♥

[nefertina86.livejournal.com]

I love notebooks and I use them since years! It makes me so much more happy to write it down by hand instead of using my Iphone calendar.

Haha, I also write things like that down! And I also write my To do-lists in my organizer. Looooove to tick them :)

I listened to that song and it sounds beautiful! I have to check out how much a album costs on amazon! I love it, it´s very relaxing and her voice is really touching! Didn´t know her before, so thank you for a fab. music advice :)

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I only discovered her music quite recently, and she's already one of my favourite singers ever! *______*