because we've been talking about me getting a new computer and since the files on my pink ipod are all corrupt, i have held off putting my music on my iphone. with my new computer perpetually "right around the corner" it just didn't make sense to me to go through the process...twice. during my 4.5 mile walk to work each day i listen to npr podcasts in order to stay up on the latest, two week old news. and of course, for those days gone by when i would sit in a cafe with wireless i always had the pandora option. but now, as i find myself trying to steal a few moments to write here or there i needed a better solution.
desperate times call for desperate measures and so i've uploaded two albums. tapestry by carol king - each of the songs take me back to a specific time and place and oddly, able me in a matter of moments to spill raw emotion onto the page - it's almost like a magic trick. EDDIE sent me my first copy of the album one of my first summers at sleep away camp and i spent every night of every summer there after falling asleep as my walkman quietly hummed along. years later, calling him in a moment of panic, as a counselor from the camp office - after so many summer nights my walkman had finally eaten my tape. he fedexed me a new copy, on cd and a discman, and batteries....the next day.
but while carol king quickly gets my pen moving across the page, only britney's greatest hits (?) can bring an instantaneous ear to ear grin across my face (if only she had been around during my high school days...imagine how differently things might have gone). THE CHARACTER gifted it to me a few years ago for chanukah. 
i remember unwrapping the gift, looking into his eyes and thinking, oh my god, you get me.
while i'm fairly certain i'm the ONLY girl around with this simple music library, in my mind its the perfect combination.
as a side note, BESTIE is going through a stressful time and to make matters worse he got facebook spam that someone was blogging mean stuff about him (which he might have sort of a little bit fallen for...oops). BESTIE - even though we're on the other coast - we love you...and your grandma's meatloaf.
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