One of the great things about streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and the many others is that we can watch whatever we want, whenever we want. We don’t have to interrupt our school schedule to watch a pre-scheduled show, we can just watch it after class or during a break. As the global pandemic continues to affect our lives and classes have been moved online, it can be good to take a break, relax, and enjoy a nice episodic comedy…
There’s something about the swooning guitar and consistent drumbeat that gets my fingers moving across the keyboard. I’ve written some of my best—and by that, I mean “most passable”—papers while listening to Wolfmother or other music like it. Something hard, fast, and not commanding enough to distract me from my paper. The ticka-ticka-ticka of my keyboard joins the clashing of the drums and the shrill guitars in an orchestral harmony…
King Tubby’s mesmeric songs are sonic resurrections, and his body of work is, in a word, a sublime tribute to the artists whose songs he’s reimagined, setting the blueprint for likeminded recording engineers and head-expanders worldwide…
This show has been on for years now, as it is an incredibly relaxing yet engaging show to watch. Its premise is simple–a dozen or so bakers from the U.K take part in an intense competition that tests their baking skills, whether it be cakes, bread, pastries, or desserts. When you are overwhelmed with school work or have a lot on your mind, watching a show like this briefly takes your attention away from your next assignment and shifts it to the show’s entertaining competition. It may even inspire you to start baking in your free time…
School can be rough sometimes, no one can deny that. However, it isn’t the center of your life and you should always make time to de-stress. So instead of pushing through all of your homework at once, take breaks in between to relax. As a reader, here are some of my favorites things to do in between work…