Every Storm Runs Out Of Rain

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Ever since J and I broke up, I have been avoiding listening to country music radio, or really radio at all. I like to be in control of what I'm listening to so that the music can tug on my heart strings when I don't want it to.

Music has the ability to change your life if you let it. I was afraid that it would hurt me though instead of help me, so I just...avoided it. I didn't play it, or I only listened to new stuff that didn't have memories attached to it. That seemed to work until I realized that I was really missing country music.

So a few weeks ago, I decided to suck it up and listen to it whether it made me sad or not. It's good stuff and I don't like that I allowed him to taint it for me.

Now, it's been a while since I've listened to the radio, so of course there's a million new songs playing one right after the other.

The first song I heard was...this one:



I started to sing along to the chorus after the first time it was sung and I seriously felt like my life had just changed...Music is such a powerful thing.

It may not have been the most amazing poetry or the most moving melody in the world, but it was exactly what I needed right then. And though I feel like a chronically unhappy young lady, this song truly made me feel like I just needed to hang in there. That the storm runs out of rain. The sun will come out and the muddy puddles that I accidentally splash in while walking will stop making my boots all dirty.

That I will smile and mean it some day.

Every storm runs out of rain...

Red

This morning, I opened my work email to find this gem about the TV in the break room...I thought it was funny so I thought I might share it:

"All DVD’s must be approved by management. Even though a few of us enjoy The Walking Dead, not everyone wants to watch a zombie decapitation while eating a pepperoni Hot Pocket."

And after I laughed inappropriately at this I realized that I got stuck with one of the stupid office chairs instead of the comfortable ones...Needless to say, the laughing ceased.

Now, on to the real post!

I am currently obsessed with Taylor Swift's new album "Red".

I really cannot stop listening to it and I wish that I was listening to it right now...But they took internet radio away at work : (

What I like about it, is that I feel like it completely describes the life of someone 18-25.

I relate to almost every song. It's catchy and fun to listen to...it's just so good.

So far my favorite songs are

 22
I Knew You Were Trouble
Red

Okay, I may as well just say the every song. There's not a single one that I don't like. I would highly recommend it to anyone that likes T-Swizzle or loves pop, because this album is...awesome and I'm in love.

Go buy it...

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I almost forgot to share with the Walkabout today!

You can link up too at any of the following blogs.

Chantal- Scattered Shells

Jane- Taingamala

Sarah- G.I. Joe's Wife

Jamie- Handling with Grace

 

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Country Music

Currently, I have this obsession with Pandora Internet radio. Along with that, I like to take screen shots of my favorite songs...so in my iPhone camera roll it's mostly screen shots of a million different songs.

I feel a need to do something with them, so here I go :)

Basically, every night before I go to bed, I turn on Pandora, plug in my headphones and cruise Facebook. Or sometimes it's when I'm getting ready for work or for my day or whatever. When something good comes on, I click the home button, rush to Pandora, X out the ad and *BAM* screen shot that. And sometimes I'm dumb like on the Jamey Johnson one and just screen shot the lockscreen...oh well.

Currently, I'm listening to "Eric Church Radio" and these are the lovely songs that I have just loved so much that I had to screenshot them.

Typically, they are songs that I relate to. Ones that when I hear them, I get all weepy and emotional or I get goose bumps or basically just have some kind of response to. So this is what I've got

Jamey Johnson "In Color"

Kenny Chesney "She's Got It All"

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Fishin' In The Dark" (I would consider this one mine and J's song...)

Brad Paisley "Mud On the Tires"

Josh Turner "Time Is Love" (This song is new and I loooove it)

Lee Brice "A Woman Like You"

Jason Aldean "Dirt Road Anthem"

Eric Church "Springsteen" (recently, I downloaded this song and I have been listening to it on repeat for the past...like week or so. And I still get excited when it comes on the radio...)

So there you have it. I'm officially crazy for country music...I've always loved it, but this is a whole new kind of obsession for me. (and this isn't even all the screen shots I took...)

My mandolin and me.

I haven't really talked about my music at all yet, so here I go!

I play the mandolin (it has 8 strings and you play it with a pick to play sweet bluegrass music) and I love it! I went through this little...I guess you could call it a slump, where I didn't want to play much. I started when I was 11 and it just kind of got old. I wasn't getting any better and it wasn't quite as fun for me as it once was, but recently, I have decided that I need to play more and I have not regretted it. 

Last weekend, we went up to Ogden (a city about 45 minutes outside of Salt Lake) for a "bluegrass" festival. I say that with quotation marks because it wasn't strictly bluegrass music, but there was some good bands that were the correct genre for the event, and that was cool.

Anyway, my friend talked me into playing in the Utah State Instrument Championships. I was not really feeling it and I was sure that I wouldn't place well. I haven't really been practicing and I have been playing in this contest for a long time and haven't really done all that well.  Well, oddly enough, I played against 7 other musicians and they were true competition and I took 2nd place! I am truly proud of it!

For the first time in a really long time, music is fun for me and I want to play and play all day long and it's awesome. So, here's to getting a kick out of the things that you used to love and have rediscovered!