Lost & Found

I was sifting through a box of old CDs, mostly empty CD cases, the actual discs lost or misplaced whenever they became obsolete and I moved to Germany. Most of them only exist in CD form, not on any iPod or computer or burned CD that I have, but actual CDs with the art work and everything included. Strange, I know. So I started sorting through and finding albums that I had bought used from Plan 9 and had forgotten about. I found a Little Feat CD that my dad used to play in his car when he would take my brother and I up to Paint Bank to the cabin. Memories came flooding back. The album lived in my car for a while and I eventually put it on my iPod. What surprised me was the order of the songs. I thought something was wrong when I looked at the tracklist. What I thought was Side 1, Track 1, was actually Side 2 Track 1. I had been listening to the album from the middle onward on the tape basically my entire life. How quaint, I thought and I smile a little bit remembering the song "Let It Roll." My first favorite song. I was probably around 8 years old. There was something about that song that sparked something inside me. I feeling of freedom and rebellion, the feeling of being able to jump off the edge of Potts Mountain and fly all the way down into the towns and valleys below.

I still get that feeling from that song...from the whole album. Since then, I've been finding other lost treasures still in CD format deemed obsolete because it's not on my ipod. As I write this, I keep looking for the time on the computer screen even though there's an analog clock on my desk. My moleskine remains almost as neglected as my blog. I started writing it in Amsterdam on the way back from Werchter. It's sad how empty it is.

I check Leah's blog just about every day, waiting for her to post something new. But, here I am, writing in my blog once every 4 months or so. It feels old and familiar to write on the blog. When I started it in Munich, I wrote for people at home, so they could keep up with my life. Now that I've moved, I haven't done the same for people I left in Munich (if anyone still checks it). So, I'll make a pledge, or a few pledges.
1) I'll start writing more on my blog, and writing about more personal stuff
2) I'll revisit an album that I love but haven't heard in a while (starting with Weezer's "Blue Album")
3) I'll read more books that aren't assigned

so, just the three I guess. But I do plan on writing more and hopefully I'll find more music, inspiration, love and friendship that have been boxed up and stored away somewhere.