music & reading books--the only 2 places that allow me to escape from reality.
old friends N new friends
The music you played wasn’t background music, but was the soundtrack to your life. It made all the difference in the world which songs you chose, because the plot—your plot—would be affected by the temp, the mood, and the lyrics. When you closed your eyes, you could glide on the rhythm and, if you listened hard enough, feel the melody etch its way onto your heart. And then there were the words, which touched you like no Freshman Lit poetry ever could. Rock and roll explained what it was like to be a teenager, to hold on to those last, panicked moments of childhood lost, the magical time when escape was imminent, your parents were stupid, and the world was yours for the taking. Adolescence was the first twilight in your life, the first intermission between acts, the one that seemed the most painful, only because it was the first. You had no idea there would be more painful times ahead. How could there be? And those lyrics explained that pain, that suffering, and the release that came with the melody. *Baby Plays Around: A Love Affair With Music
peter pan, now & then, white oleander, cinderella, girl interrupted, chicago, my sassy girl, etc
Viva La Bam, Wild Boyz, FAMILY GUY
the tribes of palos verdes, quiet-crazy, catcher in the rye