Pits and Bieces
When I started writing this blog there were a few little things I promised myself I would not do. These include trying not to start a sentence with the word “I” (which I think I failed dismally with in the very first post I made here), fall behind in updating (at least one post a week) and talk about my personal life (too much). I’ve already failed at updating for the last two weeks and I’m about to break the rule about my life as well.
There have been moments over the past months where I have not been in a good space. Yesterday that changed in a split second. You see, there are moments and then there are those perfect, perfectly beautiful moments where the universe comes together to bring you something so special it makes you warm just to think about it. Mine happened while sitting in a new friends apartment hiding from the rain. It had begun to clear and the clouds were burning off in a display of subtle tones both pink and blue. A rainbow appeared on the horizon – a barely-there puddle of colour – and one of my favourite songs started to play on the laptop we were perched in front of.
Sublimes What I Got has been with me from highschool and through my rapidly fading youth. It has always been the song I listen to when it all seems hopeless or the sun is shining and a breeze is blowing on a great day.
“Is there a point to this?” I hear you ask. Probably not a major one that will hold meaning for anybody else but it signifies my return to being happy. For all my friends, family, coworkers and the fucking cat, thank you for putting up with all my bullshit over the last few months. You are the sole reason I have come back to level ground again. But what is really making me happy is appreciation of the little things. Like music. A subtle shift in the bassline of a good drum and bass track or a peppy Russian ska band brings a smile to my face. The first bite and last bite of a fantastic meal (and everything in between). Good conversation and getting to know new and amazing people. Laughing at blatently stupid things. Coffee.
As for yesterday… it meant the world to me.
Thanks to Ms. Weiser for the closing track to this little post of mine. Both the song and video are simplistic but so, so, so beautiful in their execution. I prefer this cover to the original. There. I said it. Enjoy.
