I was pulling out of the garage yesterday and I turned on the radio. An REM song was on and I had to stop the car. It is amazing how a song can bring back memories. It got me thinking about the music that was so important to me in high school and college. The music that my friends and I danced to, drove around the city to and played in the background while we were going about our lives. REM and the B-52’s always bring back memories. Loveshack! I think of the parties that Phil had in his basement. We were always dancing-always! The Red Hot Chili Peppers were a favorite when things got a little crazy. New Order always makes me think of dancing at the Monolith in high school. Whenever I hear Madonna’s Vogue it reminds me of a time when Dana and I were driving down the freeway with the windows down at night singing at the top of our lungs or the time I made Matt Livengood listen to it a zillion times in my car as we were driving around because I had it taped back to back the length of an entire tape. He loved it though. 🙂 Whenever I hear Erasure it reminds me of the mornings I drove to the hospital before I went to school to see my mom when she was in a coma. That tape must have been in my car during that time. The Samples and the Indigo Girls always makes me think of the last summer I worked as a camp counselor when I was in college. On the weekends, when the kids were gone and all of the counselors were left alone to gear up for the next busload of kids coming on Monday, those two were staples of our reenergizing. What soundtracks define my life right now? The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything soundtrack, Suzuki Book One listening CD and the Backyardigans CD. My how times have changed. 🙂
Archive for February 4th 2008
Colm and I went swimming today (inside!) and I look over and he is praying-in the pool! I asked him why he was praying. He says he is praying to God to help him find the pool toy he can’t find. I love it!
Liam informed me tonight that he has a crush (his word not mine) on Sarah. I will admit, Sarah is pretty cute. It’s her freckles.