This time of year, I find the seduction of cool nights (finally, cool nights) impossible to resist, and you are likely to find me and my iPod outside. I love running on nights like that, though my soundtrack tends to be a little too melancholy to inspire running at a very admirable pace. Mike listens [...]
Categories: Introspection,Music
Hello Internet People. I can’t think of anything interesting to say. But I have been working on my iPod a lot lately, finally making a playlist that I think is awesome. Here is what I am listening to lately, with, of course, the reasons why I am certainly loving each song. “Heavenly Day” by Patty [...]
Categories: Music
Would you rather hear about the M. Ward concert I went to last night, or the awkwardness I had at the grocery store this morning? Both? Really? Okay. I’ll start with the awkwardness. I am well-known for awkwardness at the grocery store, what with the apple-lanches and the having to ask tall people to get [...]
Categories: Funny Stuff,Music
Note: To really get a feel for what this conversation sounded like, you have to imagine us yelling more than singing this song at the top of our lungs. KARI: What do you want to listen to? MIKE: You can choose. KARI: *grabs iPod* You know what I’m going to choose! MIKE: Yes. KARI: ONCE [...]
Categories: Music
I like the idea of being able to chronicle your life through mix tapes. I remember the mix tape of They Might Be Giants and R.E.M. that my cousin made for me, the CDs that Sarah and I were given when we drove to Memphis in 2003, the countless playlists that Mike has devised for [...]
Once upon a time, Harry and the Potters played at the Greensboro Public Library on a Saturday afternoon. I had to work that day. I did not get to go. But then! Then Harry and the Potters came back! And I got to be there! While they rocked the library! It was a good time [...]
I was brave and did the Christmas CD Circle this year (has it been done before? I usually avoid CD circles because I don’t really think of myself as a music person). Since I wrote out all the reasons why I picked the songs, I thought I’d post it here instead of it being lost [...]
Categories: Music
I do very much mind if I am getting nowhere, actually. It weighs on my mind and makes me even more tired than a plate full of tryptophans. But, slowly, slowly, I’ve been learning that heading in a straight line to what I perceive to be the answer may not be an answer at all. [...]
Categories: God,Introspection,Music
Good. Lately I’ve been drinking more decaf tea in the evenings. After many years of rejecting fruit tea, I have decided I like it after all. I especially like Black Cherry Berry Herb Tea by Celestial Seasonings. I don’t even normally like cherries. Sadly, I realized last night that one of the reasons I might [...]
Categories: Books,General,God,Introspection,Music
Every time Mike goes out of town, I feel the urge to act like a teenager and throw wild keg parties. Which is ridiculous . . . why do I act as if he’s the adult in our house? He might care if I was throwing wild keg parties, it’s true, but he doesn’t care [...]
Categories: Introspection,Music
The reason I don’t really listen to the radio is that they play songs over and over. For me, the stage between, “I hate this,” and, “I’m singing along to every word,” is bridged by repetition. In many cases, all you have to do to get me to like a song is . . . [...]
Categories: Music
On the 4th of July, I found myself standing by the side of the road (under an umbrella) watching two sets of fireworks go off, one to my right and one to my left. The car stereo was cranked up, patriotic music was playing, and, oh yeah, the two guys I was standing with had [...]
Categories: Funny Stuff,General,Introspection,Music
Alisa and Carla have reported that they like the songs on the CD I made, except for one: The Dandy Warhols singing “We Used to Be Friends,” AKA the Veronica Mars theme song. I’ve started running again, and I’ve been using that playlist. I have to say that “We Used to Be Friends is a [...]
Categories: Books,Marriage,Music,Television
Alisa is leaving on Monday to drive to North Carolina, and she requested mix CDs. Mike and I made a set of three to send her, with him contributing two and me contributing one. I was pretty pleased with mine, so I’m posting it here, with my notes for Alisa on each song. The title [...]
Categories: Music
Recently, Mike has discovered The Beatles. I mean, sure, he knew about them, and he listened to some of the albums I owned, but he finally got around to watching The Beatles Anthology on DVD, and, suddenly, I feel the need to apologize to my parents for my Beatles fan-girl-ness back in high school. Mom [...]
Categories: Introspection,Music
I haven’t had any of Sonic’s tots, but the tots that we had, with homemade chili and cheese on top of them, were so delicious. I didn’t expect them to be quite that good. Wow. There was no weak tot action in our house. It’s been an up-and-down kind of week, and suddenly, at the [...]
God made me for a reason and nothing is in vain Redemption comes in many shapes with many kinds of pain Oh sweet Jesus, if you’re listening, keep me ever close to you As I’m stumblin’, tumblin’, wanderin’, as I’m travelin’ thru -Dolly Parton The best thing about being on vacation last week was simply [...]
Categories: Introspection,Music
On the way to church last night, I left the music off and left the phone in my purse. I had a couple of things on my mind, something that had been bugging me all day, and I needed to give myself some space to think about it, to wonder why I’ve been carrying so [...]
Categories: God,Introspection,Music that Matters
“Love is a healing thing, love is a believing thing, like spring and swinging and talking with your friends over some tea.” -Sarah Masen’s version of “Love” Yesterday morning I was doing some cleaning in the kitchen, and I looked around and thought how much I love that room of our house. It’s big and [...]
Categories: Introspection,Music
I give in. Christmas trees at work, Christmas music on the radio when I wake up in the mornings, making plans for December, Christmas in all the stores – I was able to resist all of that, but Sunday afternoon I helped decorate the church for Advent, and I finally decided I could give in [...]