4/4/25

good morning. I just finished writing a new blogpost about why I love Arcade Fire so much. go check it out! i’m currently trying to think of ways to amp up the carouselthirteen instagram presence. I want to gain an audience here! share with your friends! keep in touch with when we post new stuff! I really miss blog sites and it feels so special and happy and fun that we’ve invented our own little space on this website. leave comments and send us messages! let’s all be besties!

anywayssss… today Sophie and I are gonna go thrifting. I have no expectations of what I hope to find. sometimes it’s best that way because you can’t be disappointed, and other times it makes the whole thing way too overwhelming because I have no direction to guide me through racks and racks of clothing. we’ll see how it goes.

speaking of clothes, i’m trying to sell some stuff on depop if anyone wants to look. i’m kinda an amateur at using depop but i’m learning.

signing off. love maddie.

04/02/25

HIIIIIII!!!!!! Allison here yet again…. I was a major adult today and got many major adult things done like updating my address on my ID and other adult things I’ve been putting off for at least a month. But that’s not even the most exciting part about today… later tonight… I will be seeing… the Book of Mormon!!! Like the musical… not like an event with a bunch of real Mormons or something. This will be my third time seeing it but I have not seen it since 2017 so this is pretty huge. My friend Rachel saw the same touring production a few months ago and said there were some changes made to the script I am NOT too excited about. But that’s okay. We move on. It’s still my favorite musical probably ever. Of course, that ranking is tied with Spring Awakening and Falsettos though but that goes without saying.

So basically yes… This is me coming out as a musical theater nerd. I’m not ashamed. This is my truth. Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. So judge all you want.

kk that’s it. BYE!!!!!! xoxo

4/1/25

good evening. on this fabulous April fool’s day i’ve made a discovery about myself, which is that I think I have auditory-visual synesthesia. I think this because I was describing a very specific “scene” to Sophie that I can see in my head when I listen to “Save A Prayer” by Duran Duran. One of the best songs ever, btw. First of all, I associate it with night time, and rain, and being in the car late at night as a kid, even though I didn’t know the song as a child (or maybe I just have deep subconscious memories of it locked away somewhere?). It’s the same exact sensation with “Enjoy the Silence” by Depeche Mode. But, on top of legitimate associations I make with these two songs, I can see a completely made up scene for save a prayer. Like something that I feel I have a memory of that is completely made up.

The only reason I question whether or not this qualifies as synesthesia is because I don’t really do the thing where I see one specific shape or color when hearing a certain sound. It’s only entire highly detailed images that give me specific feelings, like I’m watching a movie or recalling an actual memory. does this still count as synesthesia?? lmk.

bye bye.

03/31/25

Hi!! Allison here!!

Who’s excited for April fools day tomorrow? I know I am. I have to work in the afternoon so i’m expecting some hijinks to ensue and I WILL be prepared for whatever the day has in store for me. Maddie and I went to Ann Arbor today and I got two cds from the record store… They Might be Giants - Here Comes Science, and the soundtrack for the movie Kids. Which is an extremely eccentric and worrying group of cds to buy. I was expecting someone with a straight jacket to be waiting for me outside the record store, but I made it out without being captured so it’s okay. I have a date later which makes me kind of want to throw up but in an exciting and happy and good way wahoo. Currently watching TPM Vids top 10 animatronic malfunctions to calm my nerves before I must leave.

That’s it! Bye :P

3/31/25

dear diary,

i’m already impressed with my consistency in writing these. three days in a row. I guess I just have a lot to say. Allison didn’t have work today and I didn’t have class so we drove to Ann Arbor because we like to go adventuring there. we got tuna sandwiches at Zingerman’s deli (tuna salad is always best with celery, which is the only instance in which I like celery…besides in the occasional soup). we then got hot drinks to warm us on our walk to the music store, and then we walked back to the car. super eventful. it was freezing out but worth it.

i’m at a time in my life where i’m returning to drinking hot chocolate instead of getting coffee. coffee makes me feel insane. I have to get decaf or else I freak out. so lately i’ve just been getting hot chocolate because it’s not about the caffeine for me, though I do enjoy the taste of a yummy latte. but when you could get hot chocolate why wouldn’t you?

Carousel Thirteen Spotify playlist is official. we’ve decided to make it a rotating playlist that’ll change each month with fresh songs to enjoy! so save it to your libraries, Spotify users! and if you don’t use Spotify, we’re sorry. link to it is on our front page and in our Instagram bio.

love, maddie

3/30/25

Greetings. today we went to the mall (and by we I mean me, Allison, Sophie, and Stella). I like the mall. I like being AT the mall. there’s a feeling to it. But I don’t usually find much joy actually shopping at the mall because I become overwhelmed and annoyed by how not cute things are. but, today was not one of those days.

i’ve been on the hunt for cute knee socks for some time now. and today, a spontaneous trip into free people brought me some beautiful powder blue knit knee socks with some sort of embroidered lace at the top. and some little white ones with lace also. so THAT’S a win. and then, to make things even crazier, we went into urban outfitters and I found a notebook with monchhichi pictures all over the front and a pair of sunglasses. i’d like to say that I don’t like spending money at the two of these stores, because they both make me mad. but sometimes I must give in to shady business ethics for a monchhichi notebook.

not only did I need a new notebook because i’ve actually almost used all of mine up, but I’ve been searching for a pair of sunglasses for quite some time. see, i’m a glasses wearer, and putting my contacts in is usually reserved for special occasions because they’re annoying. however, I think finding the right pair of sunglasses can be really important for a person’s spirit. sometimes I need the sun out of my eyes. and will my use of these sunglasses align with days when I actually put contacts in? mmmm… probably not. but it’s okay, because now I own them and I will never again have to try on another pair of sunglasses at a store wondering if they’re right for me. I found them. and they’ll be there if I need them.

we stopped into Gap as well. it’s not THE Gap anymore, right? idk. but I think the Gap is doing really well at keeping up with what the people want. last night, we went down a rabbit hole of watching old Gap commercials (and by “we” I mean me, Allison, and Sophie), and I was filled with a sense of both hope and dread for the future. hope because the Gap knew how to make good commercials back then. the one with Daft Punk in it?? awesome!! dread because I realized when watching these that nothing will ever come close to the feeling that old iPod commercials give me (that’s where the Gap commercial rabbit hole began). hope again because now one of my goals in life is to guide society back towards the beauty of old iPod commercials. There was a cute powder blue sweater at the Gap that I really liked and I will likely obsess over. I think the Gap is gonna make a major comeback. I feel it. and i’m rarely wrong about these things.

anyways, after the mall we got ice cream. it’s not really that warm yet in MI, but it’s getting there. my ice cream was black cherry flavored and the same color pink as this page. isn’t that cute? I feel happy that I found so many things that i’ve been looking for for a while. it’s satisfying. and the mall was packed, which makes me feel happy. the mall will not die. at least not Somerset.

my next endeavor on this fine Sunday night will be to make a little Spotify playlist to share with you. yes, you! is anyone gonna read this? I am trying to find ways to share more music taste related things. so a playlist is a good place to start. maybe it will become a rotating playlist situation? we’ll see.

bye for now. love, maddie.

ps: I wore my I love NY shirt and my polka dot pants today. just wanted to share.

03/29/25

Hi!!! Maddie showed me the diary she was making and I told her I actually want to do that too so now I did it.

I don’t have a lot to say about crazy things that have been happening in my life because I have spent the last two days at home from my waitressing job watching HBO’s Girls and it’s completely taken over my mind. My close friend Rachel told me that how I feel about all the characters makes sense for my life and who I am as a person (love Hannah and love to hate her, hate Marnie, love love love Shosh, and Jessa looks like Fiona apple). She said what makes the most sense is my new mind numbing obsession with Adam Driver. Rachel can usually read me on these things pretty easily, she knew I would love Dan when I watched Reanimator, and I can’t think of any more examples but that’s a pretty important one. and she’s always right about it. Whenever I am not watching Girls i’m sitting and thinking about Adam Driver and how perfect he looks with his shirt off. it’s an illness I think.

that’s kind of it! la la la everything is awesome. ttyl.

love,

Allison

3/29/25

this is my first diary entry.

As I am approaching the end of my college career, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking on how I will be keeping creative after school is over. I’m currently restructuring this very website, to include this very “diary” area that you’re reading now. for some reason, I have desires to share all of my thoughts online, but I haven’t felt like i’ve had an outlet for where to put them. So now there’s a diary.

I like to write things in a more “official” style too, so the “read” section will remain the same, for essays that we write. But I love the idea of a real, true “blog” where I can talk about whatever I want. So here we are. No rules.

There’s a lot of things in the works and I hope you will follow along. I want to post more about music, because that’s always on my mind.

Thinking I should play Guitar Hero soon. Need to keep up my skills. also I trimmed my bangs.

- maddie <3