Songs, Faces and Second Hand Clothes

I go to the thrift store at least once a week. Lately I've had difficulty finding anything of any worth to me, but I continue to go hoping to luck out and find something worthy of my thrift store collection. 

Saturday I made my weekly trip to DI in search of second hand treasures. I wasn't expecting to find anything of much worth, but that's what I do, I go and look anyway. I always start off looking through the clothes, then the shoes, then records. After records I go out and look in courtyard area for paintings, various sporting goods and lamps. After that I make my way back inside to look at the books, hats and sunglasses, oh! and mugs. I like mugs. 

Saturday was a special day. It was the best thrift-store day I've had in the past 6 months. I found all sorts of hidden gems. I found a really cool vintage polo and a navy blue cardigan in the clothing area, but the find of the day were all the records I discovered. It was truly an amazing day. I love DI. 

Here are the records I found

1. Paula Abdul- Forever Your Girl
2. Belinda Carlisle- Heaven on Earth
3. Huey Lewis and the News- Selftitled
4. Huey Lewis and the News- FORE!
5. Bon  Jovi- Slippery When Wet
6. The Police- Every Breath You Take
7. Michael Jackson- Thriller
8. Jefferson Starship- Nuclear Furniture
9. Mr. Mister- Welcome to the Real World
10. Carly Simon- Coming Around Again
11. Peter Gabriel- So
12. The Dirty Dancing sound track

Love Is Hell, Pt. 1

Songs like this are why I like music so much 

Ryan Adams

I Taught Myself How to Grow Old

"Poor little rose, beaten by the rain

In the wind in the gale, thunder and the hail
Sometimes I feel like I'm going insane
Without the numbness or the pain so intense to feel
Especially now it added up through the years
And I, I taught myself how to grow
Without any love and there was poison in the rain
I taught myself how to grow
Now I'm crooked on the outside, and the inside's broke

Most of the time I got nothing to say
When I do it's nothing and nobody's there to listen anyway
I know I'm probably better off this way
I just listen to the voices on the TV 'til I'm tired
My eyes grow heavy and I fade away

'Cause I, I taught myself how to grow
Without any love and there was poison in the rain
I taught myself how to grow
'Til I was crooked on the outside
I taught myself how to grow
Without any love and there was poison in the rain
I taught myself how to grow
'Til I was crooked on the outside, inside's caved
Crooked on the outside, inside's caved
Crooked on the outside, inside's caved
I taught myself how to grow old"

The Lucky One

I got to put on his name tag. As I walked him down to put up his luggage it hit me that I'm not going to see or hear from him for two whole years. I did the same thing. I was just as excited as he was when I got to go. He showed no signs of regret or fear. Jed is man. He's so grown up. I've never seen anyone more ready to be a missionary.

 

These last two days have been great. I got to pick up Jed from the airport Tuesday and then take him to the MTC this morning. I'm so happy that I got to see him and spend a little extra time with him before he entered the mission field. 

I love him so much, not only is he my brother but my best friend. We have a special bond that only brothers can have I suppose. He's my younger brother, but yet he's such an example to me. I look up to him. 

I am going to miss him, but I can't wait to get letters from him and know how his two year adventure is going. 

The lyrics from this song remind me of him.

"You’re the lucky one so I’ve been told

Free as the wind blowindown the road
Loved by many, hated by none
I’d say you were lucky cause I know what you’ve done
Not a care in the world not a worry in sight
Everything’s going to be all right
Cause you’re the lucky one"

Plus Ones

Every once and a while I'll here a song that has an absolute profound effect on me. Like the first time I heard "Gone For Good" by The Shins or "If Work Permits" by The Format. 

The other day I I was listening to All Songs Considered, a podcast by NPR that I subscribe to.  At the end of the program they played a song that I had never heard before, Plus Ones by Okkervil River. As soon as I heard it I focused in to all the words and the music of the song. I fell in love. It was amazing. It had the same kind of effect on me that the above songs had on me. 

What is really neat is that I had just got the album a few days before from my brother-in-law. I've listened to it like a thousands times or so since. 

That's all I guess.