new week, new attitude, new music

I feel really good going into this week. After a wretched weekend of work and way too much bitching and complaining on my part, I am making a conscious effort to change my mood and how I treat other people. I'm getting so mean at work anymore. I know its stress from the job and from school, as well as missing spending more time with my boyfriend, but I shouldn't be taking it out on people the way I do. I think by having a bad attitude, I'm just creating more stress for myself. I just need to relax and remember that Christmas break is coming up a lot sooner than it seems to be. I need some time off.

I spent last night and this morning downloading all kinds of new music. Actually, its all one kind of music, just by different artists. I've chosen more relaxing adult-contemporary music, as well as being foreign and not mainstream at all. Its having a calming effect on me, which I think I need.

Some of the artists I'm now listening to:

Sia (since last week, I haven't been able to stop listening to her.)
Emiliana Torrini
Flunk
Hooverphonic
Mugison (a bit on the crazier side, I still need some of that!)
Brazilian Girls (a little crazy too. I liked them because of Jique but just grabbed their first CD the other day)

Flunk and Emiliana remind me a lot of Bjork, one of my absolute favorite artists (second only to Madonna, of course).

Just another reason for you to tune to http://last.fm. They will connect the artist that you're listening to with similar artists. I love exploring to see what else I may like. My 30 gig iPod is now at full capacity. I had to uncheck about 300 songs today to add 6 more CDs worth of songs!

Are you listening to anything new this week?