"And what lies behind me will not define me... I tell myself nothing can stop me now."

On the heels of my last post, I have to say that music has a stickiness that I don't think anything else has. I've always found a song appropriate to fit each crazy (crazy awesome or crazy ridiculous) part of my life, and though I know that my olfactory may technically have the longest memory (thank you Mr. Sprague), music always seems to be the stronger memory.

So here goes, retracing my steps for the past year or so (excuse the fact that the last 3 songs included are also featured yesterday, but they're awesome, and I put different versions of them so it's okay). I could do the past 10 years (remember that fun post, What will 24 bring?, well trust me, there's a song for each of those crazy moments in my life), but meh, let's go with the sentiment from the title of this post and remember: nothing can stop me now. Yeah, it's been a crazy heck of a decade, but here goes. So far, 25 is pretty awesome.

Moving to LA

You can do this, you can do this; you are not a lunatic.

Crazy would be changing your mind.

My Beginning of the School Year Song

Dear my amazing students, The world is yours.

Mom

Stop this train; I want to get off and go home again.

I can't take the speed it's moving in...

I know I can't, but honestly, won't someone stop this train?

...and of course, if I want to cry while thinking about my mom, I play this song (so basically, I can't/don't listen to this song)...

In the arms of the angel, fly away from here...
...you're in the arms of the angel, may you find some comfort here...


Why yes, I was running on fumes from October through December after flying home for a funeral and memorial service....

Starting the new year...

If you're not laughing, then who is laughing now?

Thanks to Colleen for this one.

And now, you wanna be my friend on Facebook...

are you f-ing kidding me?

Springtime in LA

Everything's gonna be okay; it always is.

I don't understand why the world has to be this way,

but it seems like if you wanna gain understanding, you wanna grow,

you gotta go through some shit. 

I don't know exactly why that is, but that seems to be the way that it is.

Yesterday was 8 months. Sometimes, or always, I miss you, Mom.

...and finally, the song currently on repeat in my car and/or on my phone/iPod/computer

See the title of this post.

"And what lies behind me will not define me... I tell myself nothing can stop me now." :)

♥a