Bear with me as I try to gather my thoughts.
If you know me, if you read this blog, if you are an extremely perceptive person who can catch the nuances of my writing, then there may be one thing you might have caught on to: I am an extremely passionate person. When I love something…I LOVE it. When I hate something, I HATE it. And so on, and so forth. Some may consider this one of my vices, but I actually like this about myself. I like that I am invested, and I like that I give a damn about stuff. Yeah, stuff.
So where am I going with all of this? I’m going to music. I’ll say it again. Music. Those five letters make my day what it is and simultaneously narrate my life. When I look back on different moments, I can almost always find the song that was present within them. Music is something that I feel so passionately about and if possible, would find a plastic surgeon who would surgically implant ear buds in my ear and attach an iPod to my hand.
The motivation for this particular blog post is as follows: It is 1:36 a.m. I have approximately one test to study for, two articles to write, three e-mails to send, five TV shows to catch up on and a lovely queen-size bed calling my name. Yet instead of doing any one of those things, I am sitting at my computer, positively overwhelmed by the new music released this week. These so-called tasks that need tending to have floated out the window. And all I can think about are the chills running up and down my arms as I decide if my mother would be upset if the credit card bill said there was a $1,000 charge to the iTunes store.
OneRepublic, Dashboard Confessional, JASON MRAZ, podcasts, playlists, singles, Adam Lambert…and this is all just in one week. How many people can say they love something with this much passion and commitment? Not many, I would gamble. But I am lucky enough to count myself among them.
If you are not a music addict at this point, maybe this blog post has converted you. If you still remain unfaithful to the cause, let me know and I am happy to provide you with a slew of songs that will quickly change your mind. For those of you that may be alarmed at my fervor for music, I apologize. But I assure you that my passion is well-founded and well-invested. If I have motivated just one curious reader to take a deeper look into music and all that it encompasses, then I shall rest easy tonight.
Now, about studying for that test….Oh, who am I kidding?!
