mixtape – Purple Twirling Kitty

2025 mixtape: whatever the mess, we’ll make the best of it

carrie — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 20:30:29 +0000

One of my hobbies is making annual playlists: songs that were new or important to me in 2025, carefully arranged in a way that makes it a replayable time capsule and shareable with friends. And I like to also write up why, to help others see what I see, and to also help me personally understand and express what I like. Because I’m an English major, I have the vocab to talk about what I like in…

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2024 mixtape: she can dance on her own

carrie — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 17:46:35 +0000

Well! It’s been awhile. Let’s warm up the blog by talking about music. Every year, I make a list of songs that are new to me in that year. (In some cases, there’s some older songs that come back because they’re suddenly more important, but this year all the songs were new to me.) Then I have all of these little memory capsules I can revisit later in case I need a blast of nostalgia.

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Everyone Feels Weird on the Inside: best of 2018 CLR music

carrie — Wed, 22 May 2019 02:44:07 +0000

So now that my blog is officially open, let me talk about music for a bit. As a quick refresher: inspired by a pal Blaine from the original MLP community, I make a mix of my favorite songs every year. They become a time capsule for that year and always magically end up with some kind of theme to them that also matches a Big Mood I had for that year. Lots of these songs are about hating…

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