I'm Home

Fed the chickens
Smelled the cows
Visited Grandma
Planned a party
Saw the arboretum
Bought a cactus
Sipped my tea
Laughed with my sister
I'm home
I'm so happy to be home!

Today's dance around with happiness song:
Everything With You by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Grandpa & Grandma

Song:
Breakable by Ingrid Michaelson

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Occupation

How I feel about working at Wal-Mart...

Song:
Welcome to the Occupation by R.E.M.

A little harsh, I know. But you try it sometime.

I'm not sure if I was born like this or if I became like this because of my friend the painter, but when I look at something, the first thing I notice is the color.

-My Friend the Painter by Lygia Bojunga Nunes

Song:
Desert Fly by Nina Nastasia
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On the way down the hill we walked three abreast in the cobblestone street, drunk and laughing and talking like men who knew they would separate at dawn and travel to the far corners of the earth.
-The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson

Song:
A Minha Menina by Os Mutantes

Cannery Row is the gathered and scattered, tin and iron and rust and splintered wood, chipped pavement and weedy lots and junk heaps...
-Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

Song:
Pepita by Calexico

Road Trippin'

Arizona road trip season has begun, and I can hardly sit still. I crave heat waves on asphalt. Sobe and water bottles collecting on the floor and under the seat. Acrid heat and a stuffy cab as the air conditioning finally fails. Subway sandwiches and Safeway and hysterical giggles. Bass shaking the cab. "18 is a good volume."

And Superior. Oh, Superior.
You can never have a road trip without Superior.

The following is a mix composed of songs I remember listening to on road trips with my sister and my friends. Old songs and good memories.
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