Music is my Therapy

Song: The Wizard of Ahhh's Artist: Todrick Hall feat. Pentatonix I just finished reading (and watching)  The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum!   It was an abridged, picture book version that I have had since I was a child (it's beautiful!). I was obsessed with The Wizard of Oz as a kid. It was my favorite movie and it still holds a special place in my heart today. I read this book as my final lead in to my official October/ H a l l o w e e n book selection of 2020: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West ! I'm excited to read this book! I love the musical and am looking forward to see how it compares with the book. I did hear that the book is pretty dark and has some "risque" content so we'll see if I actually make it through all the way. I also just found out that Wicked is the first book in a series of books so I hope to be able to read the others once I finish (whether it be in October or later in the future). I decided to share this...

I'm giving myself a NEW challenge/goal for this blog in honor of my 28th year ! Every 28th day of each month I'm going to post a song. There will be no context given, just a song that resonates with me at that moment and time of my life. I hope to look back, in a year from now , and see how my musical journey has changed and evolved and hopefully, I will have too. That's one of my favorite things about looking back at my blog. I can remember discovering, loving, obsessing and connecting with each song I've shared. These "28th Day Songs" will serve as the Playlist of my 28th Year!  Song: The Wind Artist: Cat Stevens I listen to the wind To the wind of my soul Where I'll end up, well, I think Only God really knows I've sat upon the setting sun But never, never, never, never I never wanted water once No never, never, never I listen to my words But they fall far below I let my music take me Where my heart wants to go I've swam up...

Song: Just Like Fire Artist: P!nk (from, Alice Through the Looking-Glass, 2016 ) Today I watched the final film from my list, Alice Through the Looking-Glass! I know there are several more adaptations out there I could watch (and I recall one I watched years ago that had the part where the baby turns into the pig, just like in the book - I will never forget how hideous the baby was and how uncomfortable I was watching that scene - and movie in general, haha!). My verdict on my last and final film in the Alice series: Terrible! Worse than the first! Totally crazy! Why did Johnny Depp sound like a baby the entire time!? I honestly think he forgot how to be the Mad Hatter, he was so different from the first movie! The plot was ridiculous and took so many random turns it didn't flow cohesively and make a pleasurable viewing experience. I didn't have my hopes up too high so I wasn't necessarily disappointed....I kind of knew what I was getting into. But the song is fantast...

Song: Alice Artist: Avril Lavigne (from Alice in Wonderland, 2010 ) I am continuing to watch Alice in Wonderland films after finishing the book . The next movie on my list is Tim Burton's 2010 adaptation. I had seen this once before (back when it first came out) but I couldn't remember a thing! My verdict: Definitely stick to the cartoon!! Granted, this film isn't based on the book/story but more so on the characters from the book. It takes place years after Alice first went to Wonderland (which is apparently really called Under land.....Alice, as a silly child, just called it  Wonder land....ha! No. I don't like that). I decided to share the song from the credits because the music video is visually really cool and crazy and the song itself is called Alice so.....enjoy! Avril Lavigne's outfit totally looks like a Halloween costume! Trippin' out Spinnin' around I'm underground, I fell down Yeah, I fell down I'm freakin' out So wher...

Song: Sunshine Artist: Aerosmith I'm so excited for October and H a L l O w E n ! ! !💀 I love the holidays so much! For the past several years, I have been reading "holiday inspired" books beginning around this time of year. I have read books such as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevensen , Frakenstien by Mary Shelly, The Witches  by Roald Dahl, The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux   and And Then There Were None by Agatha Christy. I also read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving every year. It's very important to note that I am NOT a fan of horror or "super scary." I like the fun side of Halloween, not the creepy. So, there will be NO Stephen King novels for this girl! This year, I started reading a book that I felt could work for Halloween but also wasn't quite "Halloweeny" enough, so I decided to start reading mid-September and slowly start ringing in "spooky season" that ...

It's the first day of the BEST SEASON !! FALL !!  🍂  AUTUMN !! Whichever you prefer, they are one and the same, and it's the best time of the year! Cooler weather, colorful leaves  🍂 , holidays beginning 💀🙏🎄, pumpkin bread 🎃🍞... so much to look forward too! Song: Autumn Leaves 🍂 Artist: Goo Goo Dolls It seems only appropriate to dedicate this song to the season because the name (of said season) is in the title 😊 Plus, it's the Goo Goo Dolls.... need I say more? And they literally just released the music video today so it's kind of fate. Get your fall on y'all! (I'm a fan of this phrase if you couldn't tell). This sounds/feels like the perfect song to listen to on a cool, crisp, autumn day, wrapped in a sweater and eating a slice of pumpkin bread. 😊 Lovely. In the trees The autumn breeze The winter's cold But summer's soul is underneath The sun is low The heavy sky I sometimes watch it 'till it sinks below the tide So I wait So I wa...

DO YOU REMEMBER? THE 21ST NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER ??  What? You didn't think today was just any, old, boring ordinary day did you?? IT'S SEPTEMBER 21ST!! One of the only specific days that has it's own THEME SONG! I love finding  any reason to CELEBRATE and today is, for all intents and purposes, a "pop culture holiday!" So that requires some celebration of some kind, wouldn't you agree? How about a dance party!?! I don't care who you are or where you are, drop whatever it is you're doing and BLAST this song as loud as you can and DANCE!! SING ALONG!! Do it all!! Man, if I had thought of this sooner and had more time to prepare I would have baked cookies or something! Haha. I'm a nerd and I LOVE IT!  Been listening to this song all day 😁 Do you remember the 21st night of September? Love was changing the minds of pretenders While chasing the clouds away Our hearts were ringing In the key that our souls were singing ...

Today you are you! That is truer than true!  There is no one alive who is you-er than you! Shout loud, "I am lucky to be what I am! Thank goodness I'm not just a clam or a ham Or a dusty old jar of sour gooseberry jam! I am what I am! That's a great thing to be!  If I say so myself, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!" Today is my 28th birthday and I'm SO HAPPY!!! 😃 I really am. My post yesterday seems a little ridiculous now, haha. I've had such a lovely day! It's been super chill and relaxed and not much happened and that's just fine with me. As always, my family has been so wonderful and made me feel so loved!! I checked out the book  Happy Birthday To You! by Dr. Seuss and read it to myself today 😁 The quote above made me smile and feel happy to be celebrating ME . Which is something I rarely feel happy to be.....me. I'm so hard and down on myself all of the time. I criticize every little thing I do, say, think, feel, etc. It's r...

Counting down the seconds, minutes, hours left of being 27. What. A. Year. It was suppose to be a good one. It was suppose to be "lucky." It was suppose to be different.  It was challenging. It was heavy. It was.....the same. Minus a worldwide pandemic! I don't feel sad or happy about turning 28 in a mere two and a half hours. I feel.....numb. Maybe that's because I feel.....ashamed? Of how unchanged I am? Or maybe, because I'm finally getting my wish of not really celebrating my birthday and now I feel kind of sad about it. How ironic is that? For the past, oh I don't know, at least  6 years I have dreaded celebrating my birthday because I hate attention and aging, etc. But this year, things are different. And now I'm sad. Really? REALLY!?  I'll let you know how I feel in the morning....it's definitely going to be a different type of birthday this year. And I'm not even one who ever has any kind of parties or celebrating ou...