This will be a VERY random post but it’s a post so I’m going with it.
Here’s a quick list of the top 3 things I’m obsessed with RIGHT now and I think you should be too. In advance I will tell you that none of these brands are paying me to say this but if they want to I’m totally open to it. HA!
1. Spotify.
It’s an app, it’s music, it’s live streaming music. I’ve done iTunes then I graduated to Pandora, but now I’m totally into Spotify. Well I have been for the past 48 hours at least.
I’m not sure what took me so long, I’d heard about it but I guess I didn’t want to deal with yet another app. Then over this past weekend at our friends’ house they were streaming music and controlling it with their iPad. I was like… umm… WHAT ARE YOU DOING??? Can I play DJ??? And then I wouldn’t stop. I was convinced I’d totally missed my calling as Spinderella’s backup playing tune after tune. I thought I was killing it until my obscure ’90s dance hit selection fell totally flat. (100% Pure Love by Crystal Waters anyone? Anyone?).
So here’s why it’s awesome: you can still have ‘stations’ like Pandora but if there’s a song you want to hear, you can search for it and you can play it right then and there. You can add it to a queue for later, add it to a playlist, and also you can listen to it offline if you want. I’m so hooked. Downside: it is a subscription based service, it’s $9.99/month or $4.99/month with less bells and whistles but I think that’s totally worth it for finding new music and listening ad free.
2. Christmas Lights
I wrote a post last year about how much I appreciate other peoples’ Christmas light installations and what they represent for me. I just reread it and realized it’s a little sombre (sorry) but truth is, it still rings totally true. I’m still totally obsessed with Christmas lights and décor and they make me so totally happy. I am therefore including Christmas Lights as my #2 true current obsession.
The bigger and brighter the better.
We’ve already done a few laps around the hood and were delighted to see some new additions to the neighborhood light festivities. So once again dear neighbors… I salute your efforts and say THANK YOU for bringing me and my kids that holiday joy via LEDs and flashing bulbs.
And then there’s this one (via reddit) that just made me giggle and I had to share:
via reddit
3. The Tudors
Showtime series The Tudors
Told ya this list was pretty random. So yeah, I’m totally into watching the Tudors on Amazon Prime instant video. I have no idea how historically accurate the show is about Henry VIII and am often pausing and looking stuff up on wikipedia (which again is totally accurate right?). It seems like every other episode I’m asking “Did she really get her head chopped off too?!” “What exactly is GOUT?” It’s crazy what went on back then as ‘normal’ and I’m totally aware that this is really just a glamorized soap opera set in a historical content rich setting but I’m completely entranced by the costumes and the absurdity of this monarch’s rule and can’t. stop. watching. If you haven’t seen it you probably should, especially if you have Amazon Prime because well then, it’s free and free is good.
Ok that’s the top 3 three things I’m currently obsessed with. What about you? What are some things you find yourself watching, doing, playing these days? Tell me!