Maybe the director’s turned on us
July 3, 2009 – 5:53 amYesterday, which I called “Friday” even though it was actually Thursday, my eyes opened around 6AM to see the sunlight pouring in my bedroom window. I was excited because it was the last day in the office before a three-day weekend and, surprisingly, I had multiple July 4th party plans.
Instead of getting out of bed immediately, I decided to stay put, but put on M83’s album, Saturdays = Youth.
Released in 2008, it’s an amazingly lush album that would fit in any 1980s-era teen movie directed by John Hughes. It made me imagine myself as the awkward, but lovable heroine who finds herself in a series of “moments” with the gorgeous, yet way out of her league male character.
After listening to the album, I got out of bed and prepared for my day…as the real-life awkward, but lovable heroine.
Alas, there’s no dark-haired, brooding super-jock who notices me in front of my locker with my equally awkward but lovable male counterpart (who loves me, but I don’t know it yet) while trying to be cool in front of his other super-jock buddies.
Now casting…


