Incandescence

Sunday I spent some time browsing through the CD collection at the public library. I like being able to listen to a whole CD instead of just buying one song and possibly missing out on other goods songs. And no, I do not illegally burn them onto my computer! During this trip I picked up a few that I might not have listened to otherwise: Blue Valentine, with Music by Grizzly Bear, Ryan Gosling, and Penny & The Quartets Emma, composed by Rachel Portman. One of my favorite soundtrack composers Amazing Grace, David Arnold Paradise Valley, John Mayer I'm re-reading some of my favorite childhood books: Up a Road Slowly , by Irene Hunt The Witch of Blackbird Pond , by Elizabeth George Spear Occasionally I do read the news. I try to be semi-informed about events locally and globally. Here are just a few things I found while browsing around: A list of  Bank Robbers  who actually had a 'happily ever after' A  family  of shoplifters that was just ar...

Do you ever feel like you have given up on your dreams? Or maybe you have just lost sight of them because they have changed so completely. Before I went to college I wanted to be a writer. That is what I felt most gifted towards--I'm not exceptionally smart, I don't like math, I'm a mediocre musician. Forget art. Even my stick figures are almost  unrecognizable  as human beings. I went to school with ideals and dreams just like anyone else. I came out four years later with those dreams mostly intact. Instead of a creative writer I was going to be a technical writer.  But I've been out of school for almost two years and I'm still not writing. I know that if anyone is to blame, it is myself; I haven't tried hard enough, searched hard enough.  Maybe I'm having a mid-twenties crisis because I do not know what I want to do. I'm supposed to be too young for this right? This is the time when I pursue my dreams and make a name for myself. But let's be ho...