All I do Is Party? Ha ha?

In the midst of massive paper writing - music is what keeps me slightly sane as I attempt to construct coherent phrases and arguments. Surprisingly I do not listen to some mellow Belle and Sebastian, or Keane to keep me slightly focused - I listen to dance music to help me write papers.

I do not recommend or endorse said practice - it has some adverse effects I'll willingly admit.

After many numerous driving adventures (life sure does change once your friends are suddenly upperclassmen and drive to and from campus - seriously when you drive why would you ever walk again??) of course I have become the semi-DJ in avoidance of the mindless commercials that flood the radio airwaves. My friend introduced me to this song "Bounce" by MSTRKRFT.

In doing a google search just for the lyrics to this song, I realized that was such a futile act. Simply stated and without much real grunt work on my end:

"All I do is party? Ha ha ha ha. All I do is party. Ha ha ha ha. So bounce low, bounce high" - repeat a bajillion times and you pretty much have the lyrics to this song. There is some rapping, but that of course gets overlooked because when you're on the dance floor, you're only just waiting for the chorus.

Which brings me to a sad truth that I will bashfully admit: I feel a majority of the "dance" hits that I listen to on my own, are because I hear them from the collegiate-party environment. Have you ever heard Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" and suddenly think, where are my girls, and why am I not dancing to this right now? Or "Sunglasses at Night" and think: Oh, so "fratty".

Unfortunately in the college environment I am product of my own social life - I can't even escape a dance hit as I even compose this entry. Yes, I am now listening to Lady Gaga as I compose this.

There is a sense of empowerment and focus that comes with listening to dance tunes while one composes an essay. I'm the strange one at the library in her cubible mouthing along, and bobbing up and down as I stretch out my tired fingers and slam away at my laptop's keyboard praying for a dazzling thesis.

So head caution - you too, can dance while you write your essays. Throw a dance party in your head as you attempt to pound out that 8 - 10 page paper.