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kelsey.

But She's Shaking Like A Revolution!

About Me

Kelsey M. = my name.
19 = my age.
I enjoy doing stuff.
I like a bunch of things.
I love life.
She's my sister, and she's my favorite.
I was born in Long Beach, California. It's my heart and soul.

I am a journalism major with a concentration in music studies at Indiana University. Best decision I ever made.

I listen to more James Taylor than your mother does.

I am going to London and Liverpool in May to study the Beatles. For reals.


I'm a vegetarian. I feel good about this.

I wish I were more Irish than I really am.

I play Trivial Pursuit like it's my job. Let's duel sometime. I'll dominate.

I really dig the music of the '60s, man.

"A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" by Dave Eggers changed my life. Read it. You'll see.

I've always wanted to be on Jeopardy!

There is a 100% chance that I think Henry Rollins is cooler than you.

I am the co-Music Director and a DJ at WIUX. It's pretty fantastic. And I have reviews up on the site!


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My Interests

Faith.
Music.
Long Beach, California.
Akron, Ohio.
Bloomington, Indiana.
Journalism.
WIUX.
Photography.
Vegetarianism.

Bass.
Beaches.
Books.
Bustin’ a Move.
Carousels.
Cities.
Coffee.
Creativity.
Cuddles.
Gentlemen/Musicians.
Going to Shows.
Hip-hop.
Hugs.
Intelligence.
Kisses.
Learning.
Libraries.
Long Drives and Traveling.
Mozart.
Old Movies.
PCH.
Sing-a-Longs.
Smiling.
The British Invasion.
The Darkroom.
Warmth.
Wit.

I'd like to meet:

Seriously.

Music:

The Beatles.
Bright Eyes.
Mates of State.
Ben Folds (Five).
Against Me!.
Lovedrug.
Mozart.

!!!.
Aesop Rock.
Apes.
Archers of Loaf.
Architecture in Helsinki.
Bad Brains.
Battles.
Bear vs. Shark.
Beck.
Belle and Sebastian.
Between the Buried and Me.
Big Business.
Billie Holiday.
Black Before Red.
Black Flag.
Blood Brothers.
Bob Dylan.
Bon Iver.
Born Ruffians.
Brand New.
Buddy Holly.
Cadence Weapon.
Cap’n Jazz.
Chris Walla.
Chuck Berry.
Cold War Kids.
Commander Venus.
Copeland.
Cursive.
David Bazan.
David Dondero.
Death Cab for Cutie.
Death From Above 1979.
Denison Witmer.
Desaparecidos.
Devendra Banhart.
Eastern Conference Champions.
Eef Barzelay.
Elliott Smith.
Elvis Costello.
Elvis Presley.
Enon.
Every Time I Die.
Fear Before the March of Flames.
Foals.
Frightened Rabbit.
Fugazi.
Gallows.
Georgie James.
Girl Talk.
Glassjaw.
Goldfrapp.
Grand Archives.
Hank Williams Sr.
Haste the Day.
He Is Legend.
Hot Lava.
Howlin’ Wolf.
I Am the Avalanche.
I’m From Barcelona.
Iron and Wine.
Jackie Wilson.
James Brown.
James Taylor.
Jawbreaker.
Jerry Lee Lewis.
John Mayer.
Johnny Cash.
Kentucky Nightmare.
Limbeck.
Los Campesinos!
Mark Ronson.
Marvin Gaye.
matt pond PA.
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster.
Metric.
mewithoutYou.
Miles Davis.
Minor Threat.
Muddy Waters.
Murder By Death.
Muscles.
Neon Blonde.
Okkervil River.
Operation Ivy.
Otis Redding.
Panther.
Pattern Is Movement.
Pretty Girls Make Graves.
Prizzy Prizzy Please.
Q and Not U.
Queen.
Ray Charles.
Refused.
Rilo Kiley.
Robert Johnson.
Rye Coalition.
Sage Francis.
Sam Cooke.
Saturday Looks Good to Me.
Saves the Day.
Say Anything.
School of Language.
Sea Wolf.
She & Him.
Silversun Pickups.
Simon and Garfunkel.
Since By Man!
Spoon.
State Bird.
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks.
Straylight Run.
Sufjan Stevens.
Tapes ‘n’ Tapes.
Teddy Geiger.
Tegan and Sara.
The Alarmists (Calm Down).
The Almost.
The Arcade Fire.
The Beach Boys.
The Billionaires.
The Bird & the Bee.
The Black Keys.
The Chariot.
The Chromatics.
The Cure.
The Doors.
The Distillers.
The Epochs.
The Everly Brothers.
The Faint.
The Format.
The Four Tops.
The Gloria Record.
The Good Life.
The Kinks.
The Myriad.
The Postal Service.
The Ramones.
The Rolling Stones.
The Ronettes.
The Shins.
The Shirelles.
The Smiths.
The Supremes.
The Valley Arena.
The Whitsundays.
The Who.
These Arms Are Snakes.
Tokyo Police Club.
Throw Me the Statue.
Underoath.
Vampire Weekend.
Violent Femmes.
Weezer.
White Hinterland.
Why?
Wilco.
xLooking Forwardx.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Movies:

Casablanca.
High Fidelity.
Reality Bites.
Across the Universe.
Help!
A Hard Day's Night.
Amadeus.
That Thing You Do!
This Is Spinal Tap.
A Clockwork Orange.
Empire Records.
Edward Scissorhands.

Benny and Joon.
Best in Show.
Boondock Saints.
Bye Bye, Birdie.
Citizen Kane.
Fight Club.
Manic.
Night of the Hunter.
North By Northwest.
SLC Punk!
Some Like It Hot.
Thank You For Smoking.
The Aparment.
The Breakfast Club.
The Darjeeling Limited.
The Departed.
The Graduate.
The Great Escape.
The Shining.
West Side Story.

Television:

Project Runway.
The Flight of the Conchords.

Books:

Dave Eggers.
Andy Greenwald.
Chuck Palahniuk.
Chuck Klosterman.

Anthony Burgess.
Donald Miller.
Douglas Coupland.
Henry Rollins.
J.D. Salinger.
Nick Hornby.
Stephen Chbosky.

Heroes:

My Mother.
Molly.
Henry Rollins.
Andy Greenwald.
Dave Eggers.
The Glimmer Twins.

The Best Songwriting Team Ever.

My Blog

Got a Good Reason.

I just feel very happy right now.Sure, these next four weeks are going to be VERY intense and filled with...well, just a lot of stuff to do.But I’m almost done with my first year of college, and...
Posted by kelsey. on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:27:00 PST

Checklists.

So much to do.I guess it's better that I have things on my plate rather than nothing to do at all. It really could be worse.Life is good, but life is extremely busy. Well, maybe not as busy as it coul...
Posted by kelsey. on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:16:00 PST

Its a New Start For Us All.

...And I breathe a sigh of relief.Winter break was just what I needed. I expected it to fly by, but really, it dragged a bit, but in the best possible way. I was able to savor every moment with my fri...
Posted by kelsey. on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:35:00 PST

And I...

...feel like a weight has been lifted.I've shed that former skin, and I'm not the person I used to be.It all kind of makes sense.Everything is new, exciting, and I don't have to (or want to) keep livi...
Posted by kelsey. on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:30:00 PST

Finally...Finals.

I can't believe it's finals week.It's astounding, really.I'm sitting in the basement of the dorm, doing my laundry, but I just can't bring myself to study. That's terrible. I have a large (and presuma...
Posted by kelsey. on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:37:00 PST

Updates and Whatnots.

It's been awhile, hasn't it?I'm down here in the basement of my dorm at 1:11 a.m., and I just finished my laundry. I think I'll stay down here a bit longer, though. It's quiet (save for the trombone p...
Posted by kelsey. on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:26:00 PST

3:30 a.m.

That's right.It's 3:30 a.m. on Monday morning, and I have yet to sleep.You see, this whole weekend has been a bit odd, and my sleeping patterns have been severely skewed, so I guess I shouldn't be sur...
Posted by kelsey. on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:41:00 PST

IU: The First Week.

Okay.So I finally have the time to sit down, relax, and recount my first week (or first few days, to be exact) at IU. It's been super busy--every day is filled with free food, academic meetings, loooo...
Posted by kelsey. on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:49:00 PST

My IU Address.

Sooo when I get to IU, it'd be super nice to hear from all of you!If you'd like to write a letter or send anything:Kelsey McArdleForest West A3281725 E Third StreetBloomington, IN 47406-7509Thanks!...
Posted by kelsey. on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:35:00 PST

Countdown in Ten.

So I leave in 10 days and I'm kind of freaking out.Not only do I have to start packing, but I have so many people I have to see, so many "goodbyes" to say (many of which will be so, so hard), and plen...
Posted by kelsey. on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:31:00 PST