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Fall 2008 Soundtrack

December 4, 2008 in Personal, Soundtracks · No comments

I have to admit, not many of my articles from the last three months were categorized as “personal,” and therefore, there are not as many songs in this soundtrack as in others. I will blame this (if any blame is actually necessary, and I don’t think it is) on the brain-killing institution that is school (which I started in September) and on my recent lay-off. It’s been a time to buckle down and not reflect as much. But, luckily, I feel the reflection juices flowing again — so expect some new stuff soon! Soundtrack after the jump!

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I believe in the joy of not knowing

October 22, 2008 in Personal · One comment

It’s funny really. I found this song (”I Believe (In Everything)” – Mofro) just a few days ago, and it’s a very fitting song for the situation I now find myself in — without a job. I definitely did not see it coming, nor did anyone else who was laid off today.

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You got to buckle up and face that stormy weather, together

October 2, 2008 in America, Locations, Personal, Recommended, Washington · 2 comments

This post is a little late, but I’ve been trying to decide the best angle to approach it from, what specific facet of this major event I wanted to discuss. I’m still not sure, to be entirely honest. But let’s lay it all on the table now before I ramble myself into a hole: I’m engaged. Last weekend Randy and I went up to Bellingham to check out some potential wedding venues. Saturday, between two venues and while looking for crabs at a waterfront park, Randy hid the ring beneath one, and after flipping it over on the pretense of looking for crabs, seeing two and asking, “Why did you have me flip this rock over,” then looking once more to see the ring as he moved to his knee, I found my jaw agape.

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June – August 2008 Soundtrack

September 1, 2008 in Soundtracks · No comments

You may or may not have noticed, but each personal article I post uses a lyric from a song for the title. That song is usually what I’ve been listening to on a loop while writing the article. (You will find the song title and the artist listed in the tags.) Thus, every few months I am going to release a soundtrack and link to past soundtracks as well, in case you’re remotely interested in the aggregate. I don’t know and can’t guarantee that they’ll flow well, but I think it’s interesting none the less. They’re songs that I have identified with enough to inspire a post and that means something, doesn’t it?

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Where did all the fire flies go?

August 28, 2008 in Personal · 2 comments

The beginning of spring and the end of summer in Washington always manage to remind me of my childhood in Florida. Something about the lighting, the pattern of sun and rain, some indescribable feeling of the months of May and August always seem to make me nostalgic for the backdrop of the first eight years of my life. Most of the time you’ll hear me say that the only thing I miss about Florida is the thunderstorms. But that’s not true. I miss the road trips. I miss the lazy heat-bathed days. I miss pre-hurricane season when I would prepare my closet to be a hurricane shelter and invariably make my mom mad months later when I had forgotten about it and cockroaches began to swarm.

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