Short Post and a Song #119: Hope you're surprised!

Sorry for my absence last week, Velocininjas. A graduation party and Father's Day kept me busy all weekend. But now I have returned for the next thrilling installment of Looking At A Book I Made In "Build Your Own Book" Class When I Was Eleven!

You guys are getting two pages this week, since we still haven't gotten to the real story yet. In case anyone needs a translation for my terrible handwriting, the dedication says, "I'd like to dedicate this book to my two sisters at camp. Hope you're surprised! Love, Jill".

I am 97% sure that neither of my sisters ever saw this book. Their loss, right?

Next week the story shall truly begin. Are you excited, guys? You should be.

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"Just Jammin'" by Gramatik

I know I mentioned this track when I featured another song by Gramatik, but I decided it should get its own entry as well. Long songs without words are great for writing (or any kind of work you can do while listening to music, really), and "Just Jammin'" is one of the best songs of that ilk I've come across. You would think things would get repetitive during a six-and-a-half-minute-long song like this, but the melody keeps reinventing itself enough to keep things interesting.

Short Post and a Song #118: My name is very fancy, you see

Hey my Velocininjas, I hope you're having a good weekend so far. I am going to be fairly busy for the next several weeks, so for the next few Short Post and a Songs I'm going to be posting the entirety of Amerex: Land of the Unicorns, the book I made in Build Your Own Book class when I was eleven.

That's the cover. I like my choice to make my name cursive while everything else was print. Good job keeping it weird, Lil Jill. I also enjoy how my magical world sounds like the lovechild of America and a Xerox machine. Tune in next week for Amerexian adventures!

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"This Time Tomorrow" by The Kinks

This song is applicable to pretty much any dystopian story, particularly one starring a bunch of a teenagers, so I've been listening to it while working on The Renaissance Experiment quite a lot. It's also just a fantastic song by a fantastic band.

Short Post and a Song #117: Spiders for days

ME: *walks into forest*

SALESMAN: Welcome! Are you in the market for some sticks? We've got sticks, we've got rocks, we've got dirt, we've got leaves! And spiders? We've got spiders for days!

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"The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box" by Modest Mouse

"Float On" has long been my favorite Modest Mouse song, but this guy's come dangerously close to sliding into first place for me lately. It's got a killer intro and suits the section of the second Renaissance Experiment book I've been working on quite well.