iPhone Follies: Ellie Goulding Lights Up A Bus Ride

I hate traveling.

I love the places that I go to, whether its college, home, or the mall, where I'm heading now (Green Acres Mall, in Valley Stream, which basically the slightly awkward border of Queens and Long Island). But the actual task of getting there is so irksome to me. Sometimes I just wish I had the ability to teleport, although with my luck I would probably send myself to Timbuktu instead of the mall.



The annoyance of traveling is one of the reasons why my iPhone is a crucial part of what makes the insanity that is me. When my headphones are plugged on, I can zone out the endless chatter on an already irritatingly long (to me anyway) trip to the mall. Just now, a bunch of really loud obnoxious high school student just got on the bus, but did I hear it? Nope, not really, because I had my iPhone on semi-full blast. No need to reciprocate the annoyance, right?

So what song is currently doing it for me at the moment? Ellie Goulding's "Lights". Anyone who knows me knows that I have an affection for electropop ballads, like Girls Aloud's genius "Call The Shots". "Lights" is right up that alley, except a lot more wistful and mystical. Goulding has a very soothing effect to her voice, which is pretty magical when paired with the disco-lite production. This sounds corny, even to me, but it's a song that begs for dancing and dreaming simultaneously.

Since I can't very well dance on the Q85 (yet these high school girls in the back of the bus can scream at each other, go figure), I just allow myself to go the journey in my mind the song takes me.

Side note: these girls screaming in the back are certified hot messes.

Even though these kids, and this ride, should make me want to strangle someone, I'm not the least bit bothered. When you have Ellie Goulding "lighting" things up for you, there's no need to be.

And then there's those times when the music stops and the screaming and cursing slips through the white earbuds.

Songs played during this post;
Lights - Ellie Goulding

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