music warms my soul...

A little sampling of what I've been listening to as of late:

1. Miley Cyrus - When I Look at You (Not on I Tunes yet. Go to You Tube and look up the music video.)

2. Joshua Radin - I'd Rather Be With You

3. Regina Spektor - anything by this lovely lady

4. Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek

5. Coldplay - Fix You

6. Josh Groban - You are Loved

7. Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life

8. Your Ex Lover is Dead - Stars

9. Sufjan Stevens - To Be Alone With You

10. Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Follow You Into The Dark

You can't go wrong with any of these gems.

the climb

I'm a huge Disney fan. (If you didn't know this by now then I don't think you know me.) I love Hannah Montana. Yes, I said it. I love a show about some sixteen year old girl who is leading a double life: one as a pop star and the other as a normal teen.

On April 10th the Hannah Montana movie is coming out. It's going to be bittersweet. Sweet because I love HM. Bitter because I know deep down it will be the end of Hannah Montana.

I love the song that has been released on the radio. "The Climb". It's amazing. You tube it. I Tunes it. Steal it illegally off of Limewire Do anything it just so you can hear it. (Kidding, don't Limewire it. That's illegal and I don't want to get in trouble for promoting it. It's baaaad.) :-)

Anyways, it's a really inspirational song and the music video is also really good. Check it out!


There's always going to be another mountain
I'm always gonna want to make it move.
Always gonna be an uphill battle,
sometimes I'm going to have to lose.
It aint about how fast I get there,
aint about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb!

~

Yay Miley!

My Love

I love music.

Music is my passion. (One of them at least) I don’t understand how people cannot care for music very much. Music is perfect for any mood because there are so many different types of music! I love concerts! I haven’t been to one in way way too long. (A couple months at least.) Most of my favorite bands I have seen in concert. These concerts consist of a small room where bodies are packed in so tightly you can smell everyone around you. When the guy in front of you has really bad BO believe me, you know.

Here are some songs that I am loving today!

Ben Folds – You Don’t Know Me

Starting Line – Best of Me (I think this song has been on my ‘list’ for about five years.)

Augustana – Boston (I fell in love with this song on the way to Boston. Seriously)

The Shins – Australia

Imogen Heap – Hide and Seek

Silverstein – Your Sword vs. My Dagger

Maroon 5 – Human

Rise Against – Give it All (Also on ‘the list’ for years)

Secondhand Serenade – Fall For You

Fall Out Boy – Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet

Brand New – Seventy Times Seven

Enjoy!

Who Loves You More

So I was searching for a song by The Starting Line because, 1. I love this song, 2. I didn't know the name of it and I wanted to make sure I had it on my I Tunes. I came across this blog posted on Feb. 8 of this year by a blogger on MSN... (I couldn't find the name.)

Now I'm not at this place in my life anymore. Not even close! But had I come across this at about the time that this blog was written I would have related perfectly! It's always nice to be reminded that when you are having hard times in your life you are not the only one. You aren't alone. So I copied and pasted the post. I hope I'm not plagiarizing. :(

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Being generous and turning the other cheek is always hard for anyone. You can be as zen or taoist or Christ-like or [insert your model for unselfish behavior here] and it still hurts to watch the world keep revolving when some shock or loss keeps your mind standing still.

Maybe it's that I haven't yet reached that limit of loss. Perhaps there is some floor you have to hit, some threshold where numbness envelops and stillness settles you to its chest. I feel I've been there before and it isn't the lack pain I'm longing. Pain is living, another breath is another moment I shouldn't waste. No, I the return to normalcy is my hearts need. That infusion of passion from facing the future and feeling free, no foundering or fragility.

I know where my confidence should be. I just can't push through. There is to much Me in me today.

I can't wait for this to end
And leave tonight behind us
I'm unsettled letting go of you
And sleeping the night in silence

This letdown falls along with me
Onto my bed while rolling over
So break my heart or break my fall
Don't kiss him or cover all
The memories you had of me

The last time I saw you
You were standing by his side
The last time you saw me
Was through your closed eyes
As I'm waiting by the phone

He loves you
Who loves you more?
To let you go

He loves you
Who loves you more?
To let you go

I can't wait until my heart mends
So I can finally go outside
And I tell myself, "Well Ken
It's better to have lost love
Than to paint a smile and pretend."

The last time I saw you
You were standing by his side
The last time you saw me
Was through your closed eyes as I'm waiting by the phone

He loves you
Who loves you more?
To let you go

He loves you
Who loves you more?
To let you go

The last time I saw you
You were standing by his side
The last time you saw me
Was in a crumpled photograph that missed the bin

He loves you
Who loves you more?
To let you go

-- Decisions, Decisions from A Goodnight's Sleep by The Starting Line