I have nothing pithy or interesting to say up here.

I always get so surprised when I mention that someone should listen to a musical soundtrack, and they're all like, "Great, which songs should I listen to?" and I'm like, "What?" and *honest confusion* fills my head.

I just like to sit and listen to an entire musical soundtrack in one sitting. I mean, really, that's what I do. It's easier if it's one I'm familiar with, then I can do other stuff like homework at the same time, but really it bothers me if I don't listen to the whole thing all in one go. Because, I mean, it's a show. It's a story. [scheinzo] gets it, we had a really great conversation about musical theater the other night and it was wonderful.

The first time I listen to a soundtrack is very important, because I can't do anything else while I listen to it. I have to be driving or crocheting or working on a truly mindless school project so I can focus all my attention on the lyrics and the music. But pop music isn't like that. I could name maybe four people I could listen to a whole album of, and even then I wouldn't be attentively listening to it for an hour without doing anything else. So it's not surprising that how I listen to music is different from how other people listen to music.

It just reminds me that not everyone is like that. That's all. Not bad, not weird, just different.