memories
On music:
"Black Balloon", Goo Goo Dolls - I cannot listen to this song without immediately being transported to where I was when I first listened to it, over and over, because I'd just bought the CD and fell in love with it. I was living with LN in Louisville in a 1-bedroom apartment, during college, and I didn't even have a PC yet. For whatever reason, I was using her PC, and had this disc in the CD-rom, and I listened to this over and over, and I think I cried at some point, because the lyrics evoked something in me.
I miss LN. I haven't spoken to her in a long time, because I'm a shit communicator, but I still hold her ridiculously close in my heart, and I always will. She complemented me so very well.
"Angel", Sarah McLachlan, from the City of Angels soundtrack - it was my second co-op in Mt. Vernon, Indiana, at GE Plastics - it was summer. I had a fling with Kevin Eppig, who, for a long time, was the only ex I ever sincerely wished well. He was a highly attractive, sweet and giving boy, a swimmer and a frat boy, who made delicious homemade truffles, and I enjoyed several months of genuine good times with him (including seeing the Parthenon replica in Tennessee and discovering the joy of drinking champagne at 10 in the morning at a hotel room). I went to see City of Angels by myself, and bought the soundtrack shortly thereafter. I remember playing the CD in my apartment, laying on my roommate's couch, watching the sky darken as lightning danced over the horizon, waiting for the dense feel of the air to lighten upon rainfall. I remember not being sad with this song, but being peaceful and content and watching the shifting grays of the sky, awaiting the time when I next saw Kevin again, because I was feeling fulfilled and full of enjoyment.
A lot of my life is wrapped up in music; my tastes have changed depending on time and person and mood, but sometimes vivid imagery is at the touch of a button, and I can remember my friend or my lover or my life with the sound of only a few notes.
"Black Balloon", Goo Goo Dolls - I cannot listen to this song without immediately being transported to where I was when I first listened to it, over and over, because I'd just bought the CD and fell in love with it. I was living with LN in Louisville in a 1-bedroom apartment, during college, and I didn't even have a PC yet. For whatever reason, I was using her PC, and had this disc in the CD-rom, and I listened to this over and over, and I think I cried at some point, because the lyrics evoked something in me.
I miss LN. I haven't spoken to her in a long time, because I'm a shit communicator, but I still hold her ridiculously close in my heart, and I always will. She complemented me so very well.
"Angel", Sarah McLachlan, from the City of Angels soundtrack - it was my second co-op in Mt. Vernon, Indiana, at GE Plastics - it was summer. I had a fling with Kevin Eppig, who, for a long time, was the only ex I ever sincerely wished well. He was a highly attractive, sweet and giving boy, a swimmer and a frat boy, who made delicious homemade truffles, and I enjoyed several months of genuine good times with him (including seeing the Parthenon replica in Tennessee and discovering the joy of drinking champagne at 10 in the morning at a hotel room). I went to see City of Angels by myself, and bought the soundtrack shortly thereafter. I remember playing the CD in my apartment, laying on my roommate's couch, watching the sky darken as lightning danced over the horizon, waiting for the dense feel of the air to lighten upon rainfall. I remember not being sad with this song, but being peaceful and content and watching the shifting grays of the sky, awaiting the time when I next saw Kevin again, because I was feeling fulfilled and full of enjoyment.
A lot of my life is wrapped up in music; my tastes have changed depending on time and person and mood, but sometimes vivid imagery is at the touch of a button, and I can remember my friend or my lover or my life with the sound of only a few notes.