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You know, I posted this in my head a few days ago...why didn't it take? Too bad I'm not like that new chick on Heroes. Probably it's better that I'm not; if I could mentally access the Internet, I might completely lose touch with reality.
Anyway, I actually did manage to go swimming on Saturday; I hadn't all last week because I was temping and couldn't get the wherewithal together to swim either before (6 AM dark and cold) or after (7:30 PM, ditto).
It was lovely, but I think I slightly miscalculated when putting together my new swim mix, which consists mainly of folk tunes and anime soundtrack stuff. As my small audience knows, I love the Studio Ghibli film "Whisper of the Heart," and the scene where Shizuku sings "Country Road" in the antique store always makes me cry. (At least it actually is tear-worthy. It makes me mad that the uber-schmaltzy, cheap sentimentality of the end scene of "Mr. Holland's Opus" as well as the photo montage of hugging people during the credits of "Love, Actually" ALSO make me cry.) So why, why, WHY did I put that version of "Country Road" in my mix? Trying to swim laps and fight off tears at the same time is, at best, inefficient.
Anyway, I actually did manage to go swimming on Saturday; I hadn't all last week because I was temping and couldn't get the wherewithal together to swim either before (6 AM dark and cold) or after (7:30 PM, ditto).
It was lovely, but I think I slightly miscalculated when putting together my new swim mix, which consists mainly of folk tunes and anime soundtrack stuff. As my small audience knows, I love the Studio Ghibli film "Whisper of the Heart," and the scene where Shizuku sings "Country Road" in the antique store always makes me cry. (At least it actually is tear-worthy. It makes me mad that the uber-schmaltzy, cheap sentimentality of the end scene of "Mr. Holland's Opus" as well as the photo montage of hugging people during the credits of "Love, Actually" ALSO make me cry.) So why, why, WHY did I put that version of "Country Road" in my mix? Trying to swim laps and fight off tears at the same time is, at best, inefficient.