My mom woke me up this morning at 8 to tell me that I don’t need to work until 12:30. REALLY? Why not just let me enjoy the last few extra hours of slumber that I ever so rarely get. Reminds me of the days we would put spoons under our pillows, wear our pj’s inside out, and cross our fingers looking up into the winter sky. Just praying to whom ever was up there listening, “I promise if you just let it get icy enough, I’ll do my homework early” Just to have my mom come in and wake me to tell me we have a two hour delay. Great mom, the joy of having a two hour delay is the extra sleep and you’ve ruined EVERYTHING. Well, with the theatrics aside, I found it impossible to fall back asleep this morning so I actually cleaned my room and went for a nice run/walk around the neighborhood. I plugged my earphones into my phone to play Pandora Radio, since my iPod has mysteriously gone missing…. Along with $30 I had laying around (I have the suspects down to my younger brother J, the cleaning laidies, or my stupidity for leaving $30 laying around) I intended on taking just a fast walk, but instantly turned into a light jog once the ‘Katy Perry Radio’ played the first song which was mashedup/techno/remix version of ‘Firework’ which was extremely motivating to kick up my own tempo. Then came on some Ke$sha, a little Avril, then some Adele so I could cool down. It got me thinking how music can really change the mood of any situation.
I discovered a fun website, while spending way too much time on another time consuming website (Stumbleupon.com), that lets you pick from any adjective, mood, or feeling that describes exactly what kind of music you want to hear and it has a playlist of songs that will meet those musical needs of yours. Its called Stereomood.com. The first night I started this blog I clicked on the “Lost in Thought” playlist. Kinda perfect right? Well if you haven’t already picked up on yet, music fascinates me. Music entertains me, releases me, excites me, calms me down, pumps me up, and above all music has never let me down. When I was younger my dad would always play tunes on his acoustic guitar. I grew to the opinion that the acoustic guitar was the most beautiful instrument that anyone could play and that I HAD to marry someone who could serenade me whenever I wanted. Somewhere along the lines I got tired of waiting for Prince Hotness, the lead guitarist of a indie rock band, and decided if I wanted to hear a god damn guitar, I’m gonna play it myself! So when I was in 7th grade asked for a guitar and lessons for Christmas; I loved it, hated it, and quit after the first year. It wasn’t until my senior year of high school when I was ACL torn and bored that I decided to blow off the dust off my guitar, turn on YouTube, and teach myself how to play. My mother likes to brag that instead of the “senior slide” I sat in the office for hours at night learning new songs. So, it has been roughly 2 years that I picked up the guitar and I have sang in front of a few brave souls who helped encourage me to audition for Penn State's Got Talent. Nothing came of it, but for my first time performing in front of an audience was a really cool experience. I really do love the guitar and have experimented with a couple songs of my own. It wasn’t until today that I actually completely finished my first song.
One Life
You ran away
From your problems everyday
All the way to Virginia
Where you felt safe and sound in her arms
Well daddy came and found you
And he told you, “Boy you better get back home,
‘Cause mama’s waiting for you.
And your sisters are worried sick”
Listen up now boy,
You better listen good
There’s only so many roads you can lead down
Until there’s no turning turning back
Because you got one life, one life
To live
You better get your act together
Because you only got one chance
To live
For the next 6 months
It was like walking in egg shells
Every call from home
I found myself falling to my knees
Praying Listen up now Lord,
You better listen good
I think he’s lost his way
And remind him everyday
He;s only got one life, one life
To live
He better get his act together
Because he’s only got one life
To live
We sent you down to sunshine
Hoping it would help you heal
But sometimes it feels like you don’t even care
And the pain sometimes is too much to bare
Lisen up now boy
You better listen good
If you don’t write that letter
I’m not waiting around forever
I know I’ve made my mistakes
You know I’m far from perfect
But the difference between you and I
Is that I’ve realized
I got one life, one life
To live
I’m going to get my act together
Because I’ve only got once chance
To live
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