Alrighty, I’m back with another playlist of whatever YouTube chooses from my thousands of liked videos. I’m surprised that I’ve only run into a few repeats over the past several attempts of doing this, and I can only hope that it stays that way. Spotify was always really bad about this when I’d place it on shuffle; I’d just get a run of the same few artists, but it got worse as my list got longer somehow. You’d think it’d be more shuffle-friendly at that point, but oh well.
You know, as I get into my thousands of YouTube likes, I have realized what a weird, eclectic music taste I have, and I am okay with that. I mean, I’m pretty sure everybody is this way? So I’m not tooting my own horn here, but I definitely do not fit a single algorithm. Maybe that’s why YouTube has such a hard time recommending things for me.
And I’m back on my shit, y’all. New playlist, same YouTube likes.
September has always been one of those months that I associate with change, probably because it was the beginning of a new school year (which is such a weird concept to me now that I’m older), and I’ve found myself being a lot more open to those changes. I mean, I’ve just graduated from nursing school, and I’ll be taking my NCLEX fairly soon, which means – so long as I pass – I’ll be officially changing job descriptions from student to nurse, and I’ve reached a point in my life that I am taking a lot more stock in manifesting the life that I want by actually doing things to accomplish it instead of just putting that energy out there.
This has nothing to do with today’s playlist, but whatever.
The songs I’ve chosen for today should give you an idea as to what my mood is, but for those of you who may not know, August 21st is always kind of a difficult day for me. I won’t go too much into it because, well, I’m trying to fully let go of the hurt I’ve felt since 2016. Someday, the 21st of August will just be another day, but it is not this day.
The algorithm is getting better over on YouTube! It’s still pretty heavily influenced by my random searches from when I was exclusively using Spotify for music, but I’m happy with the wider range of songs they’re playing for me.
Anyway, these are the songs I’ve been obsessed with for the past couple of days:
The original text for this post had me all cheerful – it’s Julyyyyyy! – but in light of the past week, I just don’t really think it’s appropriate to feign a positive attitude; I can’t just bury my head in the sand and hope that everything will get better. But I still need to focus on school. I’m headed into a pretty intense six or seven weeks with my final clinical rotation, and that means that I will be in a position to help people with a uterus. I just have to pass the NCLEX.
Sigh.
So I just hit shuffle on my liked videos, resulting in a set of pure randomness, which thankfully had a lot of chill songs. Enjoy.
I am absolutely thrilled that Kate Bush is getting her due. My mom introduced me to her when I was a kid; she has several of her vinyl records, and I remember that she used to wake me up by blasting “Babooshka” (and occasionally “Wild Women Do” from the Pretty Woman soundtrack) at the highest possible decibels her ancient speakers could manage. It annoyed me then, but I can honestly say I kind of miss it?
Anyway, as a celebration of Kate Bush’s successes, I’m doing a whole “on rotation …” of my favorite songs of hers (other than “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)”). Enjoy! And spread the love that is Kate Bush!!
a little more juju 