Just Because...

Most of my playlists have a theme of some sort. Songs that remind me of certain people in my life (the Blaine playlist, Lizz playlist, the Kayla playlist, so on...), songs that are good to be mad to, songs that I clean my room to, dance songs, good day songs, bad day songs... This one, on the other hand, doesn't really have a theme. I was bored and thought "I'll make a playlist for my best friend...just because."

Side A

You're My Best Friend- Queen
Wouldn't It Be Nice- The Beach Boys
Here Comes The Sun- The Beatles
Inevitable- Anberlin
Punch Lines And Ironies- Chris Rice
Come Away With Me- Norah Jones
Church On Sunday- Green Day
Must Have Done Something Right- Relient K
Help!- The Beatles
Summertime- Janis Joplin
Drops of Jupiter- Train
I Want You (She's So Heavy)- The Beatles
Sweetness- Less Than Jake
The One I Love- REM

Side B

Under Pressure- Queen and David Bowie
Hot- Avril Lavigne
(You Drive Me) Crazy- Britney Spears
Crazy- Gnarles Barkley
Blister In The Sun- Violent Femmes
Blue Veins- The Raconteurs
At Least We Made It This Far- Relient K
Hard To Concentrate- Red Hot Chili Peppers
Fearless- Taylor Swift
The Best Thing- Relient K
Dear Maria Count Me In- All Time Low
It Takes Two- Zac Efron
A Beautiful Mess- Jason Mraz
1,2,3,4- Plain White T’s
You'll Always Be My Best Friend- Relient K

Black and White Travels

Shoot Up Rhythm and Bleed the Blues

I've got music running through my bloodstream.

One of the dangers of taking one's vices

intraveneously.

I suppose.

You say you have a song stuck in your head?

Ha, you ain't got nothin' on me.

Sock Monkey Smile

On a day like today,

I can smile.

Really, truly smile.

Absolutely exhausted,

but happy.

So happy.

On a day like today,

even breathing feels good.

Strangled By Drapery

I don't want to be home alone today.

I want someone to come stay with me.

Rock me back and forth, play with my hair,

tell me it's ok.
I want someone to spirit me away

on the wind.

Take me somewhere else.

Get me out of a cage made of worries

and fine home furnishings.

is anyone there?

I don't want to be home alone today.

All Dressed Up and Nowhere To Go

I hate the days when I'm having a really good hair day and have nowhere to go. I hate the days I actually feel pretty-gorgeous even-and there's no one around who'll appreciate it fully. I hate the days (few and far between as they are) when for once I feel okay about myself, when I feel confident and beautiful and like I can take on the world, and something horrible happens and proves me wrong.

...

I don't use...ellipses so much...

anymore

Ellipses give a feeling of...open-ended-ness,

of...uncertainty...

of cliffhangers and...

lack of confidence...

But now. Now there's no estimation,

no questionmark, no...ellipses.

Using ellipses now would be like...

taking a guess when the only answer is yes.

I'm sure.

No uncertainty.

No guesswork.

No dot, dot, dot.

Our answer is yes,

Period.

Leave It All At The Door

I'll leave my anxieties behind,

my nightmares where they belong,

my dreams caught between our smiles,

my shoes at the door,

my purse at the foot of the stairs,

my jacket on the floor,

my arm around your waist,

my heart in your hands,

my life in your arms.

For The Sake of a Mutual Friend

If you won't talk anymore,

then I'm not gonna bother listening.

I have enough white noise of my own.

I don't need yours, too.

But we'll pretend for his sake.

Won't we?

Love This Photo. Love This Storm.

Rain storm, thunder storm

I'm so happy I could cry.
But no need!
The sky's crying for me.
It must be happy, too.

HEY YOU. YOU IN THE BLUE. This Is For You.

i thought you were pulling away.

i had no idea why.

that's not true, really.

i had some ideas formulated.

that conversation we had that day:

"if he hadn't been there would we...?"

i thought maybe that freaked you out.

or maybe you were backing off because of the sudden turn

that my life took later that night.

that night was weird.

if he hadn't been there,

who knows what would've happened.

maybe we woulda written a new song

for the band that might actually stand a chance.

maybe we woulda found something

that neither of us noticed before.

maybe listening to that song in the car

woulda meant more,

if we'd been alone.

but we weren't.

and that's fine by me-

i am so happy with where i am.

and it would've disappointed him so much.

i couldn't stand to disappoint him.

never ever.

you know that.

you told me you usually fly solo?

that's bull and we both know it.

one too many late night conversations

with tears and confessions for me to believe that one.

i won't press the issue though.

i'm open to discussion any time-

i love discussion, in fact.

i love picking your brain.

you gave me one of the best compliments i've ever gotten

talking about that book.

it surprised me.

it's still surprising me.

you're a disarming person,

and without question, i love you.