he was good.

i was cleaning out my wallet late last night (i couldn't sleep) and out fell an old post-it note with handwriting i didn't immediately recognize. 

about a year ago i had walked into a corner shop called Speakertree Records in downtown Lynchburg, VA. i was looking to replace my O album by Damien Rice with no luck, it wasn't on the shelves.

Instead, i walked out with okkervil river and a post-it with a suggestion he had for me. 

there it sat in my wallet until a restless night a year later. 

"so i found myself a sweetheart 
with the softest of hands
we were unlucky in love but i'd do it all again."


"to be lonely is a habit
like smoking or taking drugs
and i've quit them both
but man, was it rough"

i'm thinking that guy was right. thank-you, for the post-it.

we love music and lyrics speak to me.

and it's always fun to see what music others listen to right? 

so how fun was this shuffle post/idea jessie had. i loved seeing bands like lucero to artists like elvis costella on her iTunes shuffle. Then seeing claire's with jackson browne to my favorite, coldplay. Tillie with her eccentric taste who's shuffle looked most like mine {a girl who has the Beatles and Nirvana}. 

i once had an affaire amour with a guy who looked like Robert Pattinson (no joke) where we dreamt of having sleepovers in my flannel pajamas with apples on them and listening to music. If that was now, this is what would be on my iTunes shuffle: 

*forgive my messy writing... i was outside on the porch with my ipod and morning coffee when i penned this on graph paper

yup, if this was a big sleepover we could dance to abba and MJ and have a glass of wine and talk about our affair amours to coldplay and that beautiful one by Rachael Cantu (who i discovered when she opened for B.B. King)

i also love that two of the songs were ones i discovered through mixed tapes made for me by M (#18) and April (#21).

so what would your 25 songs be if you pressed shuffle on your iTunes?

play along and show a piece of who you are {cos doesn't our music taste say a bit about us?} and if you do, leave me a comment so i can check out your shuffle! no editing... hello, i have the beach boys on mine!

Wanting to Know you Wens.

(images : this tumblr)

play me a song? 

either one that you can't stop listening to or one that means something to you... reminds you of something personal; something felt. or something you dance to in a small dark kitchen.

anything. 

here's one for you, from me. 

this is one i might listen to on one of those nights with a glass of wine. 

but it also reminds me of the epic roadtrip from Virginia to El Paso. somewhere passing through a deserted town in the middle of the night i fell in love with cat power all over again thanks to a mix  edward made me of her greatest hits. 

leave your song in a comment below and tell me what it reminds you of? or leave the powerful lyric you love from it. anything. 

i can't wait to hear a bit of the soundtrack to your life. 

movie date with my "husband" : "Going the Distance."

honestly, who doesn't love Drew Barrymore? she's just beautiful, real, fun, and a guy's girl... the kind of girl i want to always be. 

i fell in love with justin long in "he's just not that into you." I love actors who seem like "real" guys you could actually meet (jake gyllenhaal / james mcavoy anyone?). They don't have the drop dead looks of say Brad Pitt but they're sexier for it. That's Justin Long to me. 

They were my favourite celeb couple and when they broke up i was so sad. I was happy to hear they were back on and together in a film no less. I think their chemistry made it all that much more real onscreen. 

I LOVED "Going the Distance."

 I laughed AND cried ... isn't that the kind of film you wanna see? no spoilers here but i cried because it showed emotions i have felt in my relationship/relationships. Isn't that the definition of a good film?

ladies, take your husband/boyfriends to go see it because though a rom-com, it has some fun for the boys. 

another plus? features music from a band that just might be my new favorite.

i so love movie dates with my husband-to-be.

if you've seen it, did you love it as much?

off to work {on a saturday} ... this song will be blasting in my head all day.

(thank-you Lauren for including it in the mixed tape you sent! love it.)