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21 Songs.


These songs are pretty significant because they were once on constant repeat as I went about life at one point or another. Some I haven’t listened to in a while, but I still have nostalgia when I listen to them. It’s strange how songs can bring about certain smells or insignificant memories. Hurricane by Parachute (and honestly the entire album) reminds of me of fall and Salvation by Gabriella Aplin reminds me of the winter months my first year at my community college. Pictures Of You and Your Hand In Mine reminds me of the marathons of Friday Night Lights and Robin Hood. Butterfly by BTS is a shout out to all things Korean, but this song was probably the first one I heard that didn’t require a music video to watch with it because it’s beautiful by itself. Breathe Me by Sia reminds me of all things Jane Austen and don’t ask me why certain songs associate with such random memories, but they do and for that I love them. Stop and Stare by OneRepublic was my theme song when I started college and had to return to my old high school job. No One by Aly & AJ is a shout out to the Ice Princess and Princess Diaries and yes, I still listen to it on my playlist. Demons by Imagine Dragons was in a trailer for some really awful movie that was not good at all and I couldn’t stop listening to it afterwards. The trailer was better then the movie.

  1. Salvation by Gabriella Aplin
  2. Demons by Imagine Dragons
  3. All This Time by OneRepublic
  4. High Hopes by Kodaline
  5. Say It Now by The Afters
  6. Hunger by Ross Copperman
  7. Your Hand In Mine by Explosions In The Sky
  8. No One by Aly & AJ
  9. Breathe Me by Sia
  10. Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
  11. Come Back When You Can by Barcelona
  12. Hurricane by Parachute
  13. Find My Way Back by Eric Arjes
  14. Ships In The Night by Mat Kearney
  15. Staring At It by SafetySuit
  16. Pictures Of You by The Last Goodnight
  17. Butterfly by BTS
  18. Everybody’s Got Somebody But Me by Hunter Hayes
  19. When I Was Younger by Liz Lawrence
  20. Stop And Stare by OneRepublic
  21. Chariots by Jacob Lee

“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” – Maya Angelou

My Pride & Prejudice Obsession

I’m going to admit to one of my flaws.  Get ready…it’s coming…

I have never actually read Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen.

I know…*sigh*…I’ve read Sense & Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, skipped Persuasions (because nobody wants to read that one), but never got around to reading Pride & Prejudice.  Why you ask? BECAUSE I WATCHED THE MOVIE.

No, not the 2 hour long movie, no offense to all you Keira Knightley fans, but the 6 episode BBC Pride & Prejudice with Colin Firth.  Every time I still get over joyed when Darcy and Elizabeth stare at each from the across the room and the sparks of complete admiration and love fly everywhere.

Ah, true love.
Ah, true love.

So, what did I do last night when I should have been working on a persuasive speech about cheese? I went on the glorious Youtube and skimmed through six 1 hour long episodes of Pride & Prejudice to find my favorite parts with Darcy and Lizzie…and yes, it did take three hours.

Halfway through my escapade, I looked at Hope, who was sitting across the room, and noted how nice it would be if we went to a dance party and she ended up with a Bingley (because she automatically is Jane, even if she wasn’t the eldest, she would always be Jane) and I would be Lizzie, seething over how “Intolerably rude Mr. Darcy is and blinded by his prejudice for poor people because HE WOULDN’T DANCE WITH ME.”

But alas! My family’s last name isn’t Bennet and my name isn’t Lizzie.  But trust me, Hope will end up with a modern day version of Bingley if I have anything to say about it.

Hey, maybe I’ll find a Mr. Darcy and we will get this dream come true of a wedding…

Double wedding everyone!
Double wedding everyone!

I can’t help but think it would be nice to marry a rich single man who lived in such a place as Pemberley…but that only happens in books, and by the way, Jane Austen was single till her death at 41…so that’s what happens when you write romance novels and make too high of expectations for men.

But my time wasn’t just spent on Pride & Prejudice last night.  I was up til 1:30 AM watching The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.

Yes, it is a modern day version of Pride & Prejudice, so yeah, I did spend my entire night watching P&P.

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is about Lizzie Bennet running a video blog of her rather messed up and comical life. Yeah, that’s basically it, and it’s all based on the book.

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But it’s funny and I’m obsessed with it, so go and watch all 100 episodes! 🙂 YAY!