As I was driving in the car this morning, I got to think about the impact music has. For me personally, all of my favorite songs relate to some point in my life, either good or bad. Here is just an example of a few that came up on my itunes as I was writing these:
I think back to driving up to the beach back in high school when Tara spilled her coolatta all over the place and threw the icy mix at Christine, just because she could, whenever I hear Everytime We Touch. Or whenever I hear a Taking Back Sunday song I think about how for 3 years in a row they were in Boston for my birthday and I went to their concert then out drinking afterwards. I think of my time in South Africa whenever I hear Girlfriend since we heard it EVERYWHERE over there. Bob Marley and Jimmy Buffett = all the caribbean vacations. Dani California? Trying to find ice cream in Maine with Nate and Katlyn. Jessie's Girl? Screaming at the top of my lungs in Schubies' old room at Merrimack. Crazy Bitch? TJ, for some unknown reason, but it still reminds me of him ha. Guster? Standing outside with Katlyn freezing our butts off in AUGUST waiting for the concert to start, as well as them coming for Spring Week and getting to hang out with them after, even though I was underage and wasn't suppose to be there. Gwen? Thinking about how Kenny would sing that dumb bananas song and claim that's how he learned how to spell bananas. New Found Glory? Going to Warped Tour back in high school and Tara crowd surfing, losing her shoe, and having to walk around all day with one shoe on. U2? Getting woken up at 4:30 a.m. for the MS Challenge Walk to get ready to walk 20 miles for the day. Nsync reminds me of watching the Super Bowl and not caring who was playing, except for the half time show, as well as the two concerts I went to with my mom :) Low? Convincing Ronnie that instead of it being 'boots with the fur' it was 'squirrels with the fur', which he would go around singing. Singing Build Me Up Buttercup after every swim meet on the bus ride back to school, even though we definitely probably lost, but we still wanted to have fun.
Music has the ability to bring a smile to my face and remind of mostly the good times, especially when I start to miss my old house and life. Or when I start to think about how fast college went by, I hear a great song and remember a time when I had an incredibly crazy time and it makes me realize that yes, even though I was completely stressed out most of the time, I had a great experience and I would never want to change it.
I wonder what new songs and experiences I will have in the new few months?
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