Nostalgia

I've realized that I have this natural instinct to attach music to certain feelings, events, and people. It's never really intentional, but they always stick and I have such an eclectic music taste that I never really get bored of the music that I listen to because its always changing. If you take a look through my music, there are really only two genres of music that I won't listen to: country and rap. Country has a little too much twang and repetition for me while rap just sounds bad. Just... Bad.

But I figure since I've spent the past couple days just reminiscing, I could put a few stories here and their songs. I'll also note that videos aren't really the point of these... I just couldn't think of a better way to post the music... Oh well. Creativity points for me!

1. The Grand Fonic Hymn (from Tales of the Abyss)

This song is probably going to be the first of a few that remind me of all the good times I had hanging out with Katie for hours and hours in Everett. Tales of the Abyss is just one of the many games that we played to DEATH. I really miss a lot of the people in Everett and I swear I'm still trying to visit... But expenses and free time don't always line up so nice and neat. But here's the first of a few to my best friend in Everett. Katie, you're awesome. Also, I still have that Samus picture you drew for me hanging on my wall :D

2. Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) - Lady Gaga

Heh, this song still makes me laugh. Why? I remember that before we were dating, and I really liked her, my first girlfriend really liked this song when it first came out. So what did I do? I asked her to prom and spent the entire week prior to prom listening to this song on repeat trying to learn the lyrics. Silly? Sure. But that's how I do just about everything. So I did just that. I learned all the lyrics in less than a week and felt pretty proud and silly that I did it. Now I just laugh at exactly how ridiculous that sounds.

3. Cry For You - September

When its 2am and I'm writing a sit rep, this was the song I would play on repeat in order to keep myself awake and focused on the writing at hand. Because they were so long... And so boring... And so ugh. Go go being an RA.

4. Rewrite - Asian Kung-Fu Generation

Here's the second one for Katie. The person who introduced me to the world of anime, manga, and the Japanese culture. I think this was my first anime and we used to joke that Izumi and Ed were just like the two of us. Going back and forth and back and forth. I think I still have my #7 DVD of the series around here somewhere...

5. Mad World - Gary Jules & Dead Island Trailer - Giles Lamb

Whenever I get really bummed out about whatever, I seem to listen to these two songs. It probably just makes things worse, but they're really pretty and I do what I think is my best thinking while just deciding to contemplate everything at once while listening to them. I should stop doing that. Thinking is hard.

6. Lon Lon Ranch (Orchestrated) - Koji Kondo

Its true, I am a huge Zelda fan. I've got the Hylian Crest basically splattered over about everything I can from my keys to my computer. But more than just that, this song is really mellow. Its well orchestrated and it kinda makes me feel comfortable and calm no matter what the situation. If you listen closely in the hallways, you might even hear it going as I pass by.

7. Around the World - ATC

This song first came out back when I lived in Virginia. Man that was a long time ago... I can remember I used to listen to it all the time with my Cub Scout buddies (especially John) and I still remember some of those times to this day. That's also why I no longer eat dry noodles. They tasted awful then and they probably still taste awful today.

8. It's the End of the World As We Know It - R.E.M

Here's a great example of bus music for the VHS Ski Team. Kasey and I would sit in the back and harmonize and sing all trip long every trip. I loved that ski team and being captain my senior year was pretty cool too until I hurt my shoulder and then basically became useless for the entire end of the season... Not skiing with poles for 3 weeks will do that to you...

9. A Song for the King of Kings - Kitomu Miyaza

All of my yes. Just. Yes. Another song for the wonderful Katie and our terrifying neural link that we had while playing this game. I swear, we played it enough that we could predict each other's moves in advance and move the katamari fluidly without any change in speed (unless we were reversing or boosting of course). It was great. "Everyday, everynight, something something on the rainbow. I leave no messages!"

10. Rhythm of Love - Plain White T's

This song is sad time o' clock. Nuff said.

So that's kind of a quick list of some of my recent nostalgia... The good, the bad, and the silly. Its all right there.