Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles
One of the most depressing things about winter for me is walking out of my building at 5:01pm and finding that it might as well be 9pm because its pitch black outside already. Options for after-work bludging now seem limited and the day already feels over. Jogging in the park is out of the question, which leaves the only alternative – indoor treadmill running…a not so appealing option, since the last time you were at the gym, you were running next to creepy guy who gave new meaning to the term swamp-ass, not to mention he may have been the reason why deodorant was invented. Anyways, it made me think that if this were summer, i could get by at work half asleep until 5pm hits. Then, I can mentally stop pressing snooze and let my real day begin. Spring comes and beings the sun along with it, which in turn means I jog in the park more…I’m more inclined to cook dinner instead of order takeout or eat cereal. In this capacity, I kinda feel like superman, where my life force is tied with the sun. Those people that get depressed more in the winter, I’m definitely one of them. But the last two weeks, I’ve noticed that the sun is starting to stay a while longer, not completely setting until i get back to my apartment. On one such drive home, i had my ipod on random and this song came on and it captured every essence of hope that a warm and sunny can bring. In my humble opinion, it is the perfect almost spring song, therefore my new happy song. So much so that last week, I made my guitar teacher teach it to me.
The 10 Days of Paramore – Love’s Not A Competition
Day Ten
I like giving each year of my life a theme. Last year’s was “Declutter”, which as it turns out was pretty appropriate not to mention successful . Cut some excess and otherwise dead weight from my life. After some careful consideration, I’ve decided 2011’s theme will be “Empowered”, as I’ve discovered the biggest, toughest lesson I’ve ever had to learn is that nothing makes you feel more empowered than making the decision to stop living your life for other people and to just live life for yourself. As a tribute to this theme I’m dedicating today’s song to all douchebags out there (past, present but hopefully not too many in the future). Thanks for all the lessons learned, hahaha punks =P
“I won’t be the one to disappoint you, anymore…”
Doesn’t hearing this song make you feel all kinds of happy?
For another awesome live version –
If My Life Had a Soundtrack 