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We have posted about the therapeutic power of making a mix tapes. Now, I (Cory) present to you the album, and story of my Summer 2004. When in order to get over my pain, and win back a girl, I made an album (okay, 5 songs, more like an ep).
S. American Agriculture - "I'm Home, But I'm Losing You"
1. I Wish
2. I Will No Longer Act Like I Know
3. What Did I Do?
4. If I Could Change (Everything)
5. Why Do I Think Anything?
There have been only a few times I have just driven for the hell of it. During the Summer of 2004 is one of those times. Tears rolled down my cheeks as I drove the familiar roads of Saline Michigan, making sure not to make eye contact with any of the passing drivers, because no one wants to see an 18 year old boy crying his eyes out. That's awkward.
For two weeks I missed Karen. My friend Darin, and I had driven out west to attend What The Heck Fest in Anacortes, WA. While in retrospect the trip was incredible, during it, was another story. Karen and I had only been together four months, but we had grown into the couple who says "I love you", and buys each other promise rings. She was already working thirty minutes away at YMCA storer camp that summer, so I was really only able to see her twice a week as it was. Still, twice was all I needed. I feared what would happen without twice a week.
Don't you know, breaking up is hard to do. Well, we do and we are truly bummed out by the rift that Ultimate Blogger 3 ("UB3") seems to have caused in the relationship between our friends Michael and Steven. We are worried, and our collective shattering heart go es out to them. Apart from just being there to listen if they even need to talk (We are here for you guys!) we aren't really sure what to say to them, or what advice we can really offer other than to empathize and share our own methods of coping and catharsis. As our esteemed colleagues BodyCity have recently and wisely reminded us "sharing is caring." There are many, many things that help one get over an emotional hurdle such as this. We might agree that music is one of the more important ones. Often when we get sad, we make tapes!
Without getting all "adult contemporary Disc Jockey" about this, we believe that the right song holds the ability to help to get us through our problems. Like magic healing crystals, perfect breakup songs hold some of the strongest therapeutic powers. With this in mind, Team G-RAD has prepared this special break up tape for you guys. Listen to it, and find solace and comfort in the words and sounds of people who have been there. And, like Mr. R. Kelly himself, we will all Rise Up together in song.
Directions:
To make your own "official" Team G-RAD "Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain" Breakup Mixed Cassette, please:
1) Download the following .MP3 files and record them onto a 90 minute cassette.
2) Print out the cover, fold appropriately and insert into the cassette case.
3) Play in a cassette player.
4) Let it all out. it's "OK" to cry. it helps, really.
Side B (.MP3, 55.7 Mb)
(click for print-appropriate size)
The Ultimate Breakup 3:
Like we mentioned before, sharing is, in fact, caring. And we want to see how much you care! Please reply to this post with a comment indicating your top three (3) breakup song suggestions so that we can collaboratively make the ULTIMATE masterpiece of a breakup mixed cassette together! Sometimes you just need a little help to get over that special someone, so lets to do this thing hand-in-hand, shoulder-to-shoulder, and cheek-by-jowl! But, please do it by 3:00 AM EST (Midnight PST) Sunday morning. At that time we will dig though the suggestions and compile the ultimate breakup tape that we will ALL want to hear when our hearts have been trampled, our dignity shattered, and our hope whittled down to just barely enough fortitude to press play.
♥ Team G-RAD
Time Began: 10:00p.m. EST
Time Ended: 12:15p.m. EST
Total Number of Chatters: 24
Obviously we will not be posting a 2 hour chat in its entirety, as that would be tiring. So, instead, we present to you a summarized recap of the highlights.
Note: Names, and screennames have been blurred to protect individuals from internet abuse. Although, one celebrity remains uncensored, and a few slips...
The night began slowly with just a few of us, and a mild discussion about blogging.
Things then started to "blow up". We all talked about a certain someone and their whereabouts.
(There are 17 of these, so in respect to other Ultimate Bloggers this will be extended so we don't hog ALL of the space. Click the link below, or here)
