Wednesday media drop, since I was dead on Monday (I have strep throat)

Amy Poehler at her iMac //

I've got a short list for you this weekend, partly because I've been sick and bingeing Smallville. I'll write about last week's wedding in Ireland (that's why I wasn't writing!) in a bit, but for the sake of this post, two big bullet points are that I got an ear infection the day I left for Dublin and I contracted strep throat the day of the wedding. Which is miraculous, because no one else got it. I was able to get clairithromycin the first full day I had in Castlebar, and my theory is that it took the edge off the strep, but didn't target it directly. And thus I was dead on Monday.

Here's a bunch of media from the past week, and I'm setting the location to where I was when I listened to most of this:

Songs I encountered on while waiting for my delayed flight out of the US

• Hidden Glow - Nitai Hershkovits, Daniel Dor
• Besties - Black Country, New Road
• Chanson légère - Stacey Kent (and a bunch of others), off of her 2013 album The Changing Lights (Bonus Edition), which my friend sent me for my flight

Music I listened to while falling asleep in Castlebar due to jet lag 

A nice little album: My Star (Deluxe) - Junior Varsity 

My favorite track is My Star; I don't really care for Do You Really Like Me? (It feels immature.) It feels youthful, vibrant, cheeky, moody, petulant, selfish, and genuine. 

And this one, Riceboy Sleeps - Jónsi, Alex Somers

The song I listened to on repeat when I got sick at the wedding

On day two of the wedding celebration, I slept in until 2:30 PM (the mother of the groom slept in until 4:00), then moved rooms at the hotel and took a long shower. In the shower, I listened to this song on repeat. It was lovely, and I have no idea what it means. 

Vows - Operelly

I wandered outside by myself after getting ready for dinner and observed the plant life in the hotel garden, Vows stuck in my head. The way music shapes the feeling of a moment never fails to impress me.