Songs that Remind Me

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Over the past four years of university especially, there are a few songs that are reminders of particular moments of where I was and what I was doing at the time. They were the songs I worked to at my desk, to drown out noisy neighbors, and to relax myself at night when the thoughts of work and tests kept me awake. I would associate them with the seasons, and what I was obsessed with at the time. Ahh, memories!

1. The Painted Veil Soundtrack. Listened it during my first year, and especially adored this track.

2. Dreaming of You, by the Corals. It reminds me of March (first year again), for some reason. And this commercial, which I actually like better than the original.
3. Lily Allen. When I think of LDN I think of spring, and the end of exams. And funny enough, The Fear reminds me of the end of my second year!
4. Philip Glass. I can't get enough of his music! The Hours, Metamorphasis, Glassworks. Minimalist perfection! Once you hear his music, there's no turning back.
5. Rain. And thunder. Perfect for drowning out the stupid noisy neighbors above.
6. The Beatles. But that's a given.
7. This is gonna be a bit weird, but Goodbye Lenin. Reasons unknown. I just liked it. At 5:00 in the morning once I was finishing up a death essay, and I played this song as I concluded it. It made me feel... Triumphant. (And I gave the movie three stars)
8. Mika. I listened to this often, and I danced to this for a ballet performance once.
9. This song will forever remind me of Lost, even though I heard it long before university.
10. Ella Fitzgerald. Usually while walking or on the bus.
11. Jesus Christ Superstar. Another... Odd late night work song.

I heard it this morning.

First Christmas song. Of the season. On the radio. Eeeeeeee!!!

(We're getting closer...!!!)

Thoughts on a Friday

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-Hearing this on the radio again.
-How I wish we played it in our high school symphony!
-Maybe in another life.
-"See you in another life, brotha!"
-How long has it been since I played a violin?
-Five years.
-Wow.
-Yesterday I re-fulfilled my dream of sitting in a cafe, just reading and watching people go by the windows.
-That cafe was Starbucks, but a cafe non the less.
-I should do it more often.
-Lots of people with dogs went by.
-And babies.
-I see babies everywhere... And pregnant women. But I digress.
-One striking moment was when a woman in a redcoat went by.
-I wonder where she was off to?
-Heading to her car? Rushing to meet a friend? On the run from something sinister?
-Or, she could just be on the job.
-I could go on.
-Dammit, I need to make some phone calls.
-But it can wait.
-Liz Lemon, you're my hero[ine].
-"You're like a drug to me... My own, personal brand of heroine".
-Oh my god, if that line doesn't make you swoon I don't know what else would.**
-And yes, yes I would like to yell at the moon with Buzz Aldrin.
-"It's the 90s' for God's sake!"
-I didn't realize how often everyone said that til I saw this.
-I love how easy it just rolls off the tongue, unlike other decades.
-Certainly can't say things like that today.
-Maybe I'll bring that saying back, only to result in having everyone think I'm batshit.
-Then again, I guess we're all a little crazy.
-While nobody is perfect, all we can do is be who we think we are when we have an audience before us.
-Or maybe even who our audiences think we are.
-Identity is a magical thing.
-Think about that this weekend.
-Say farewell to September until next year.

Peace, love and chocolate cake.

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**I was kidding. No one, not even 1000000 good looking gents (or vamps) could win me over with that line.

Warning: Lame-ball alert

The voices behind Aladdin and Jasmine. Dammit, I knew there was a good reason behind my childhood crush of him. (Not to mention I wish I had her voice)