I am beyond stoked for what is to come over the next month. Ever have those periods in life when everything falls perfectly, haphazardly into place? I have to take it as a sign from the cosmos that I’m on the right path, pursuing a truthful destiny with integrity & just the right amount of positivity & naïveté.
Vacation in 3 days. Whewww. I’ve spent the last week/weekend working my ass off, & am soooo ready for this epic 6-day vacay. With everything that we’ve already planned, I know we’re going to have the most radass time; it’ll be unforgettable.
My parent’s house is as good as sold, so soon I’ll be helping mum house-shop in Frisco which will be funnn. She’s looking to get a 4-bedroom with a pool, so we can all be expected to raid her backyard next summer, hahah.
Eric is b u s y between school & work. Seeing him so stressed is difficult - we’ve developed some weird-ass empathetic connection that forces us to endure the others pain, no matter what it is. Strange, I know. I guess that’s what happens when someone’s attached to your hip for 4 years. Anyway, last night was spent making him flash cards for his test tomorrow (with my own silly-sappy notes in between). I hope they help :/.
I am now off to spend the rest of the afternoon with my brosephs. Have a good one.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111679769
footnotestohappiness:
Watching this gives me the chills. It reminds me of when I saw them play here in Dallas at the Palladium. Just as he does here, Glen Hansard invites you to be part of the music, to sing along as loud as you can. I remember how the stadium became a chorus and for just an hour or so we were part of the music, part of the songs. We knew the songs by heart, not just because they were in the film, but because they came from his heart and from there they touched our hearts as well. For him there is no separation between the musician and the listener. He lets you know that these are our songs as much as they are his; these are our pains and joys and loss and love, and we were all there because of this, because somewhere we were, and are, connected. I had never felt that close to a musician in my life. In an interview he states that the artist’s job is to destroy the stage, and I believe that every time he performs—whether that be in a NPR office or in front of thousands of fans—he does exactly this, he brings you closer to the music and to him.
(After thought-slash-post script: The song is so bittersweet because the two are no longer romantically involved. But as the song says: “maybe I was born to hold you in these arms,” and even if this is so, sometimes the ones we love the most, the ones we are meant to be with are the ones we can not stay with in real life.)
You know, The Swell Season is going to be at Palladium again on Nov. 14.
I’m going to be there, we should meet up :).
so now, we start the liver damage. ftw.
