My good friend Jamie, who I've known since high school, has started a very enjoyable blog ever since leaving us for Scotland this summer. I have her linked over there on the left, but I wanted to share something she wrote recently here in my own blog:

"Yesterday, as I was singing Bridge Over Troubled Water while Alan played it, I was thinking of friends I love and hoping that you all see the brilliance and beauty of your lives. That you see how crossing the street can be a perfect moment. Because of all the possibility it holds, and because of all the moments you could be having, of all the moments you have had, that you will have, this is the one you are having. And being in the moment you are having is really powerful. I hope you know that you are all the time having moments worthy of being turned into songs."

Today Chris accused me of only liking sad songs while we were in his car listening to the nasely pvoice of the singer from the band "The Rocket Summer" (happy music according to Chris). In responce I yelled at him half-jokingly that "Maybe it's because I've had a tough life!" Then I really considered it for a moment....do I like only sad songs? I wouldn't call the music I listen to peppy per se...except the oldies.

Nah....just ask Erik and Lauren....they probably heard me play Chipi-Chipi and Hollaback Girl one too many times the last few months we lived together ;-)

But I do have a tendancy to be attracted to songs that are bittersweet, or songs that start out slow and sad and build up to a creciendo of hopefulness. Those songs speak to me.

I'm not really going anywhere this post. Just wanted to share.