You and your high-top sneakers and your sailor tattoos

Okay, first of all...I have a new band to obsess over...
http://www.gaslightanthem.com/site/
A wonderful hybrid of Bruce Springsteen, Jesse Malin, and The Killers. Oh, three of my top four bands? AWESOME. They have fantastic lyrics.
Mary, this station is playing every sad song.
I remember like we were alive.
I heard it Sunday morn' from inside of these walls.
In a prison cell, where we spent those nights.

Come July, we'll ride the Ferris Wheel.
Go round and round and round.
And If you never let me go, well I will never let you down.

Secondly, what am I doing with my life?

Today I was sitting in my American Studies class, thinking about how much I love my American Studies class, and how much I've loved every American Studies class, and if I get my master's in American government, am I selling out and buying into a system that I don't support? I don't know. I think I might be. Sometimes I feel like I would be truer to myself if I got a degree in American Studies. I love everything about it. But I love political science too. And I'm good at it. If I get to grad school and hate it, I could figure something else out, I'm sure. But still, it was a really unnerving moment in my day. That feeling of "oh my god, what am I doing?" is never good. But at the same time, maybe its just because we're reading Kerouac right now, and not only is that at the essence of Kerouac's book, but On the Road is also one of my favorite books ever, so maybe I was just enjoying class a little more than usual.
which brings us to...
YES. I love Jack Kerouac. Yes, I'm a Republican. Yes, this may seem inconsistent, as Kerouac is often seen as one of those "leftist Bohemian hipster beatniks." But, Kerouac didn't really give a shit about the government, at all, and he also really liked Eisenhower. So don't look at me funny for loving Kerouac. He is actually one of my boyfriends.